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Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Place	Address	Description
12565	Samuel de Champlain	Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving	People					There are no actual images of Samuel de Champlain. This wood engraving is often used to depict him although there are several theories about who the model for earlier versions of this image may have been.	Samuel de Champlain Item: 12565 Type: Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving Subject: People State: ME Source: “Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast” by Samuel Adams Drake, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1875, Chapter II, p. 29. Description: There are no actual images of Samuel de Champlain. This wood engraving is often used to depict him although there are several theories about who the model for earlier versions of this image may have been.
12748	The “Spouting Horn” in a Storm	Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving	Places, Shore	Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) Linton - William James Linton (1812-1897)		Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Schooner Head	"Even more dramatic is Fenn’s view of the Maine coast, ‘The Spouting Horn’ in a Storm,” with the mast of a wrecked ship, an example of the sublime associated with danger and man’s weakness in face of nature’s power. The metaphor of battle to describe the confrontation of sea and rocky coast had become a literary convention used by several Picturesque America writers." – Part of the author’s discussion of 19th century artists who added drama to what they saw when illustrating it, before the advent of photography. - "Creating picturesque America: Monument to the Natural and Cultural Landscape" by Sue Rainey, Vanderbilt University Press, 1994, p. 215. Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by William James Linton	The “Spouting Horn” in a Storm Item: 12748 Type: Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving Subject: Places, Shore Creator: Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) Linton - William James Linton (1812-1897) Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR State: ME Address: Schooner Head Source: Picturesque America Description: "Even more dramatic is Fenn’s view of the Maine coast, ‘The Spouting Horn’ in a Storm,” with the mast of a wrecked ship, an example of the sublime associated with danger and man’s weakness in face of nature’s power. The metaphor of battle to describe the confrontation of sea and rocky coast had become a literary convention used by several Picturesque America writers." – Part of the author’s discussion of 19th century artists who added drama to what they saw when illustrating it, before the advent of photography. - "Creating picturesque America: Monument to the Natural and Cultural Landscape" by Sue Rainey, Vanderbilt University Press, 1994, p. 215. Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by William James Linton [show more]
12749	Thunder Cave	Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving	Places, Shore	Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) Filmer - John Filmer (1836-1929)		Acadia National Park, HCTPR		Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by John Filmer	Thunder Cave Item: 12749 Type: Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving Subject: Places, Shore Creator: Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) Filmer - John Filmer (1836-1929) Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR State: ME Source: Picturesque America Description: Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by John Filmer
12751	Great Head	Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving	Places, Shore	Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) H. Linton - Unknown		Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Great Head	Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by H. Linton	Great Head Item: 12751 Type: Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving Subject: Places, Shore Creator: Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) H. Linton - Unknown Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR State: ME Address: Great Head Source: Picturesque America Description: Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by H. Linton
9834	Bear Island Light	Image, Photograph, Transparency, Slide Transparency	Places, Island Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse			Cranberry Isles, Bear Island		Taken off Bear Island Light from the Roger Clifton Rich - Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders - Lobster Boat "Meredith"	Bear Island Light Item: 9834 Type: Image, Photograph, Transparency, Slide Transparency Subject: Places, Island Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Place: Cranberry Isles, Bear Island State: ME Source: Collection of Meredith Rich Hutchins Description: Taken off Bear Island Light from the Roger Clifton Rich - Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders - Lobster Boat "Meredith"
7336	Remains of St. Columba's Episcopal Chapel, Gotts Island	Image, Photograph, Transparency, Slide Transparency	Structures, Ceremonial, Church			Tremont, Great Gott Island			Remains of St. Columba's Episcopal Chapel, Gotts Island Item: 7336 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph, Transparency, Slide Transparency Subject: Structures, Ceremonial, Church Place: Tremont, Great Gott Island State: ME Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
15617	Art and Nan Kellam rowing the BLB	Image, Photograph, Transparency, Slide Transparency	People	Kenway - Nancy Hilda (Kenway) Rigdon		Tremont, Great Gott Island		This photo appears on page 66 in Peter Blanchard's book "We Were an Island" but archivists at the Southwest Harbor Pubic Library believe that in the book it is printed backward (flipped horizontally). This is based on a) having scanned the original slide emulsion-side up, which is the correct way on a flatbed scanner and b) noting that the buildings in the background on Great Gott Island look reversed in the book photo. Northwood Kenway loaned the original Agfachrome 35mm slide to the Library for scanning. His daughter Nancy took the picture.	Art and Nan Kellam rowing the BLB Item: 15617 Type: Image, Photograph, Transparency, Slide Transparency Subject: People Creator: Kenway - Nancy Hilda (Kenway) Rigdon Place: Tremont, Great Gott Island State: ME Source: Collection of Northwood Kenway Description: This photo appears on page 66 in Peter Blanchard's book "We Were an Island" but archivists at the Southwest Harbor Pubic Library believe that in the book it is printed backward (flipped horizontally). This is based on a) having scanned the original slide emulsion-side up, which is the correct way on a flatbed scanner and b) noting that the buildings in the background on Great Gott Island look reversed in the book photo. Northwood Kenway loaned the original Agfachrome 35mm slide to the Library for scanning. His daughter Nancy took the picture. [show more]
15618	Art and Nan Kellam outside at their home on Placentia Island	Image, Photograph, Transparency, Slide Transparency	People Places, Island	Kenway - Edward Northwood Kenway (1924-2017)		Frenchboro, Placentia Island		Northwood Kenway took this photograph of Art and Nan in the yard of their home on Placentia Island	Art and Nan Kellam outside at their home on Placentia Island Item: 15618 Type: Image, Photograph, Transparency, Slide Transparency Subject: People Places, Island Creator: Kenway - Edward Northwood Kenway (1924-2017) Place: Frenchboro, Placentia Island State: ME Source: Collection of Northwood Kenway Description: Northwood Kenway took this photograph of Art and Nan in the yard of their home on Placentia Island
6998	Bar Harbor - Emery's Black and White Cottages	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Tourist Cottage		Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company	Bar Harbor			Bar Harbor - Emery's Black and White Cottages Item: 6998 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Tourist Cottage Publisher: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Tags: building, aerial view
9310	Bar Harbor from Green Mountain	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places		Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company	Bar Harbor			Bar Harbor from Green Mountain Item: 9310 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places Publisher: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Place: Bar Harbor State: ME
9517	Looking East from Hotel Islesford, Islesford, ME	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places, Town		Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company				Looking East from Hotel Islesford, Islesford, ME Item: 9517 Accession #: 1034 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places, Town Publisher: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company State: ME Source: Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
10671	Buildings on Shore Road in Manset	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places		Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company	Southwest Harbor, Manset			Buildings on Shore Road in Manset Item: 10671 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places Publisher: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Source: Collection of Frank Dunton Tags: zoomable
10964	Bernard from McKinley - Showing Dr. Watson's Lobster Smack Onaway	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places, Harbor		Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company	Tremont, Bernard			Bernard from McKinley - Showing Dr. Watson's Lobster Smack Onaway Item: 10964 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places, Harbor Publisher: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Place: Tremont, Bernard State: ME
10965	McKinley from Bernard - Showing Dr. Watson's Lobster Smack Onaway	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places, Harbor		Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company	Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley			McKinley from Bernard - Showing Dr. Watson's Lobster Smack Onaway Item: 10965 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places, Harbor Publisher: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Place: Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley State: ME
11110	The Frank Leslie Smith House, Manset	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Structures, Dwellings, House		Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company	Southwest Harbor, Manset	130 Shore Road		The Frank Leslie Smith House, Manset Item: 11110 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Publisher: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 130 Shore Road Tags: building
9293	Herbert Perry Richardson and his son, Douglas Leffingwell Richardson	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	People		Hanover Photo Postal Studio, 51 Hanover St., Boston, MA				Herbert Perry Richardson and his son, Douglas Leffingwell Richardson Item: 9293 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: People Publisher: Hanover Photo Postal Studio, 51 Hanover St., Boston, MA State: ME Source: Collection of The Tremont Historical Society Tags: hat, people, portrait, apparel, man
6730	Carlton Bridge from Phoenix Hotel, Bath Maine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Structures, Transportation, Bridge	Lindsay Photo					Carlton Bridge from Phoenix Hotel, Bath Maine Item: 6730 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Structures, Transportation, Bridge Creator: Lindsay Photo State: ME Source: Collection of the Clark Family, Courtesy of Frances Eliot Foote Stehman
6855	Hinckley Yacht in Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places, Harbor Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Knaut - Paul A. Knaut, Jr.	Bromley & Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts	Southwest Harbor			Hinckley Yacht in Southwest Harbor Item: 6855 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places, Harbor Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Knaut - Paul A. Knaut, Jr. Publisher: Bromley & Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
6999	Bluenose I at the Bar Harbor - Yarmouth Ferry Terminal	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Structures, Transportation, Terminal, Marine Terminal Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry	Knaut - Paul A. Knaut, Jr.	Bromley & Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts	Bar Harbor			Bluenose I at the Bar Harbor - Yarmouth Ferry Terminal Item: 6999 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Structures, Transportation, Terminal, Marine Terminal Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry Creator: Knaut - Paul A. Knaut, Jr. Publisher: Bromley & Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts Place: Bar Harbor State: ME
7012	View of Seal Harbor from Harbor Point	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places	Knaut - Paul A. Knaut, Jr.	Bromley & Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts	Mount Desert, Seal Harbor			View of Seal Harbor from Harbor Point Item: 7012 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places Creator: Knaut - Paul A. Knaut, Jr. Publisher: Bromley & Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor State: ME
9322	Steamship Wharf, East Shore, Hancock Point, Maine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places, Shore Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf	Mitchell - W.H. Mitchell, Philadelphia, Pa.	The Wyanoak Publishing Co., New York City	Hancock Point ME			Steamship Wharf, East Shore, Hancock Point, Maine Item: 9322 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places, Shore Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf Creator: Mitchell - W.H. Mitchell, Philadelphia, Pa. Publisher: The Wyanoak Publishing Co., New York City Place: Hancock Point ME State: ME
9498	Postcard printed for Jordan Pond House, Seal Harbor, Maine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Nature, Plants			Mount Desert, Seal Harbor	Postcard, Picture		Postcard printed for Jordan Pond House, Seal Harbor, Maine Item: 9498 Accession #: 1034 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Nature, Plants Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor State: ME Address: Postcard, Picture Source: Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
9308	Aerial View of the Appalachian Mountain Club Echo Lake Camp	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places, Camp Places, Lake		Carroll Drug Store	Southwest Harbor			Aerial View of the Appalachian Mountain Club Echo Lake Camp Item: 9308 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places, Camp Places, Lake Publisher: Carroll Drug Store Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
9327	Hotel Florence, Bar Harbor, Me. Hotel Porcupine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel		F.E. Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME	Bar Harbor		Published by F.E. Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME. - Made in U.S.A.	Hotel Florence, Bar Harbor, Me. Hotel Porcupine Item: 9327 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Publisher: F.E. Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Description: Published by F.E. Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME. - Made in U.S.A.
9510	Pleasure Boats Near the Clifton Hotel	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Vessels, Boat		F.E. Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Published by F.E. Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME. - Made in U.S.A.	Pleasure Boats Near the Clifton Hotel Item: 9510 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Vessels, Boat Publisher: F.E. Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor State: ME Description: Published by F.E. Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME. - Made in U.S.A.

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