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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
12564United States Stamp - U.S. Frigate Constitution - 1797-1947 - Issued October 21, 1947
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate
  • Hepburn - Andrew Hopewell Hepburn Sr. (1880-1967)
  • United States Postal Service
  • 1947
  • Boston MA
Media: Rotary Press-Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue green Size: 1.5625" x 1" Country: United States Postage Value: 3 Cents Issue Origin: To commemorate the 150th anniversary if the launching of the U.S. Frigate Constitution Issue Date: October 21, 1947 Issue Location: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 131,488,000
United States Stamp - U.S. Frigate Constitution - 1797-1947 - Issued October 21, 1947
Item:
  • 12564   
Type:
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
Subject:
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate
Creator:
  • Hepburn - Andrew Hopewell Hepburn Sr. (1880-1967)
Publisher:
  • United States Postal Service
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Boston MA
State:
  • MA
Tags:
boat, ship
Description:
Media: Rotary Press-Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue green Size: 1.5625" x 1" Country: United States Postage Value: 3 Cents Issue Origin: To commemorate the 150th anniversary if the launching of the U.S. Frigate Constitution Issue Date: October 21, 1947 Issue Location: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 131,488,000
12570United States Stamp - Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) - Issued March 28, 1940
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • People
  • Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958)
  • Roach - William A. Roach (1888-1969)
  • Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992)
  • Vail - James T. Vail (1907-)
  • Wells - William B. Wells (1874-1942)
  • United States Postal Service
  • 1940
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
Postage Stamp Title: Charles W. Eliot Scott Cat. Number: 871 Subject: Eliot – Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) Design: William A. Roach (1888-1969) Engravers - Lettering: William B. Wells (1874-1942) and James T. Vail (1907-) Engraver – Portrait: Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992) Engraver – Frame: Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958) Media: Rotary Press Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Bright red violet Size: 1” x 1.0625” Country: United States Postage Value: 3 cents Issue Series: Famous American Educators Issue Origin: American educators Issue Date: March 28, 1940 Issue Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Issue Size: 51,636,270 The third group in the Famous Americans Series honors five American educators — Horace Mann, Mark Hopkins, Charles W. Eliot, Frances E. Willard, and Booker T. Washington. The issues appeared between March 14 and April 7, 1940. The five stamps were issued in the birth order of their honorees. The “Lamp of Knowledge” shown on the stamp was the symbol designated by the United States Postal Service to indicate an educator.
United States Stamp - Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) - Issued March 28, 1940
Item:
  • 12570   
Type:
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958)
  • Roach - William A. Roach (1888-1969)
  • Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992)
  • Vail - James T. Vail (1907-)
  • Wells - William B. Wells (1874-1942)
Publisher:
  • United States Postal Service
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
State:
  • MA
Description:
Postage Stamp Title: Charles W. Eliot Scott Cat. Number: 871 Subject: Eliot – Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) Design: William A. Roach (1888-1969) Engravers - Lettering: William B. Wells (1874-1942) and James T. Vail (1907-) Engraver – Portrait: Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992) Engraver – Frame: Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958) Media: Rotary Press Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Bright red violet Size: 1” x 1.0625” Country: United States Postage Value: 3 cents Issue Series: Famous American Educators Issue Origin: American educators Issue Date: March 28, 1940 Issue Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Issue Size: 51,636,270 The third group in the Famous Americans Series honors five American educators — Horace Mann, Mark Hopkins, Charles W. Eliot, Frances E. Willard, and Booker T. Washington. The issues appeared between March 14 and April 7, 1940. The five stamps were issued in the birth order of their honorees. The “Lamp of Knowledge” shown on the stamp was the symbol designated by the United States Postal Service to indicate an educator. [show more]
13559Children's Book Week
  • Reference
  • Events
  • 1941-11
Children's Book Week Themes at the Southwest Harbor Public Library included: November 12-18, 1939 - "Around the World" November 2-8, 1941 - "Forward with Books"
Children's Book Week
Item:
  • 13559   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events
Date:
  • 1941-11
Description:
Children's Book Week Themes at the Southwest Harbor Public Library included: November 12-18, 1939 - "Around the World" November 2-8, 1941 - "Forward with Books"
11952Ralph Merrill Grindle and Ruth Mae Thurston, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1946 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Ralph Merrill Grindle and Ruth Mae Thurston, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle
Item:
  • 11952   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1946 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of RuthAnn Grindle Fenton
11959The Ralph Merrill Grindle House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1946
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 49 Clark Point Road
Left to Right: Sylvia (Richardson) Grindle, Mrs. Charles Glidden Grindle (1893-1970) Ruth Mae (Thurston) Grindle, Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2008) Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005)
The Ralph Merrill Grindle House
Item:
  • 11959   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1946
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 49 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Collection of RuthAnn Grindle Fenton
Description:
Left to Right: Sylvia (Richardson) Grindle, Mrs. Charles Glidden Grindle (1893-1970) Ruth Mae (Thurston) Grindle, Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2008) Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005)
12022Steven Linwood Herrick, Ruth Ann Sugar Grindle and Philip Clifton Rich
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1947 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Steven Linwood Herrick, Ruth Ann Sugar Grindle and Philip Clifton Rich
Item:
  • 12022   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1947 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of RuthAnn Grindle Fenton
12023Children with Rich & Grindle Lobster Boat
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • 1947 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 50 Clark Point Road
Left to Right: Eleanor Rebecca (Hodgkins) Carlson aka Becky Lynne Marie Birlem Donna Lee (Miller) Chick (1938-2017) Meredith Adelle (Rich) Hutchins (1939-2016) Mary Elizabeth (Grindle) Berry Densmore (1938-2005) aka Betsy
Children with Rich & Grindle Lobster Boat
Item:
  • 12023   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Date:
  • 1947 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 50 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Collection of RuthAnn Grindle Fenton
Description:
Left to Right: Eleanor Rebecca (Hodgkins) Carlson aka Becky Lynne Marie Birlem Donna Lee (Miller) Chick (1938-2017) Meredith Adelle (Rich) Hutchins (1939-2016) Mary Elizabeth (Grindle) Berry Densmore (1938-2005) aka Betsy
12024Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders - Offshore Fishing Style Boat for Nelson Rockefeller
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1948
  • Southwest Harbor
Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders - Offshore Fishing Style Boat for Nelson Rockefeller
Item:
  • 12024   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1948
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of RuthAnn Grindle Fenton
12058Ruth Celestia Stanley as a Waitress at the Claremont Hotel
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1948 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Ruth worked as a waitress at the Claremont Hotel for two or three summers.
Ruth Celestia Stanley as a Waitress at the Claremont Hotel
Item:
  • 12058   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1948 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Ruth Celestia (Stanley) Holmes
Description:
Ruth worked as a waitress at the Claremont Hotel for two or three summers.
12078Franklin Ward's Children at the Franklin Ward Machine Shop, Manset
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • 1940
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 48 Shore Road
Franklin Ward's Children at the Franklin Ward Machine Shop, Manset
Item:
  • 12078   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 48 Shore Road
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
12210Peter Theodore Benson Jr.. Gertrude Katherine Benson and Children
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Agricultural, Barn
  • 1940 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Seawall
  • 506 Seawall Road
Peter Theodore Benson Jr.. Gertrude Katherine Benson and Children
Item:
  • 12210   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Agricultural, Barn
Date:
  • 1940 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Seawall
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 506 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Collection of the David B. Benson Family
12213Peter Theodore Benson Jr. with two Great Danes
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1945 c.-1946
  • Southwest Harbor, Seawall
Peter Theodore Benson Jr. with two Great Danes
Item:
  • 12213   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1945 c.-1946
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Seawall
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the David B. Benson Family
12290Meredith Adelle Rich at the Clifton Melbourne Rich House
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1940 c.
  • Tremont, Bernard
Meredith Adelle Rich at the Clifton Melbourne Rich House
Item:
  • 12290   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1940 c.
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Meredith Rich Hutchins
123421942 - Army Boat - MT-467 - Design 207-A Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1942 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
1942 - Army Boat - MT-467 - Design 207-A Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
Item:
  • 12342   
Accession #:
  • 1055
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1942 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of David Lennox Sargent
12357Roger Clifton Rich's Capitol Corner Filling Station as Norwood's Premier Shop
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • 1943 c.
  • Tremont, Bernard
Roger Clifton Rich's Capitol Corner Filling Station as Norwood's Premier Shop
Item:
  • 12357   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Business
Date:
  • 1943 c.
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of The Tremont Historical Society
12358Helen M. Kelley at Roger Clifton Rich's Capitol Corner Filling Station as Norwood's Premier Shop
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • People
  • 1943 c.
  • Tremont, Bernard
Helen M. Kelley at Roger Clifton Rich's Capitol Corner Filling Station as Norwood's Premier Shop
Item:
  • 12358   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1943 c.
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of The Tremont Historical Society
12450James Francis Frank Carroll
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1941 c.
  • Bangor ME
James Francis Frank Carroll
Item:
  • 12450   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1941 c.
Place:
  • Bangor ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Carroll Family
12451James Francis Frank Carroll, William Lloyd Carroll and Helena Nellie Thornton Carroll
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • 1941 c.
  • Bangor ME
James Francis Frank Carroll, William Lloyd Carroll and Helena Nellie Thornton Carroll
Item:
  • 12451   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1941 c.
Place:
  • Bangor ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Carroll Family
12466Probably William Eugene Ward and Leslie Hamblen Ward
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1940 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 48 Shore Road
Probably William Eugene Ward and Leslie Hamblen Ward
Item:
  • 12466   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1940 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 48 Shore Road
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
12512The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Southwest Boat Corporation - Dragger Bonaventure Under Construction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • 1942-09 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Southwest Boat Corporation - Dragger Bonaventure Under Construction
Item:
  • 12512   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
Date:
  • 1942-09 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
2604Map of Shore from Bear Brook to Schooner Head
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • 1947
  • Mount Desert Island
Map of Shore from Bear Brook to Schooner Head
Item:
  • 2604   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
26821945 Map of Gott Islands, Hancock County, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Fleisher
  • 1945
  • Tremont, Great Gott Island
From “Gotts Island Maine, Its People 1880-1992” by Rita Johnson Kenway, Penobscot Press, Bass Harbor, Me., 1993.
1945 Map of Gott Islands, Hancock County, Maine
Item:
  • 2682   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Fleisher
Date:
  • 1945
Place:
  • Tremont, Great Gott Island
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
From “Gotts Island Maine, Its People 1880-1992” by Rita Johnson Kenway, Penobscot Press, Bass Harbor, Me., 1993.
11168Lewis Gilley Stanley (1869-1957)
  • Image, Art, Drawing
  • People
  • Lamb - Aimée Lamb (1893-1989)
  • 1948
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Lewis Gilley Stanley (1869-1957)
Item:
  • 11168   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Drawing
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Lamb - Aimée Lamb (1893-1989)
Date:
  • 1948
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
7768Willis Humphreys Ballard at Work in the Surf
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Blood - Ralph Farnham Blood (1905-1972)
  • 1946-09
  • Popham Beach ME
This photograph was taken at the Hunnewell - Popham Beaches, Maine. According to Ballard's grandson Rob Michael, it is one of the very rare images of Willis with bare legs, something he was ribbed about in later years.
Willis Humphreys Ballard at Work in the Surf
Item:
  • 7768   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Blood - Ralph Farnham Blood (1905-1972)
Date:
  • 1946-09
Place:
  • Popham Beach ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
This photograph was taken at the Hunnewell - Popham Beaches, Maine. According to Ballard's grandson Rob Michael, it is one of the very rare images of Willis with bare legs, something he was ribbed about in later years.
5381Herm Farley's Barn
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Photomechanical Print
  • Structures, Agricultural, Barn
  • Chamberlain - Samuel Vance Chamberlain (1895-1975)
  • 1941 c.
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • Baldwin Corner
Herm Farley's Barn
Item:
  • 5381   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Photomechanical Print
Subject:
  • Structures, Agricultural, Barn
Creator:
  • Chamberlain - Samuel Vance Chamberlain (1895-1975)
Date:
  • 1941 c.
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Baldwin Corner
Source:
  • Collection of Meredith Rich Hutchins