Description: Black Knights of Templar double breasted frock coat with black velvet buttons with a Knights Templar Pin and World War service pin which says "Ben Hadley" on back. "Blanquefort" embroidered on collar. Worn by Ben Hadley in the Ellsworth branch of the Knights Templar, called "Blanquefort".
Description: Three piece suit which includes a black tailcoat with satin lapels, black pants with braided detail, and a cream silk vest. Belonged to Warren A. Shaw. Label says: "William H. Bellis Co. Annapolis Maryland"
Description: Green umbrella with ivory handle. Prized possession of George B. Dorr. Originally owned by theologian and famed scholar Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758).
Description: Three framed black and white postcards of various scenes from the movie "The Queen of the Sea". Postcard in upper righthand corner depicts actress, probably Annette Kellerman, dressed as a mermaid laying on rocky shore. Below that is a postcard depicting a child actress dressed in white toga in a rock crevasse. Third postcard depicts an actor dressed in furs, a round helmet, and sandals standing next to a boat. Text of this postcard reads: "A Boreas Guard in Annette Kellerman's picture Queen of the Sea. August 19, 1917". "The Queen of the Sea" was released in 1918 and was filmed on Mount Desert Island. It starred Annette Kellerman as Merilla the Queen of the Sea. [show more]
Description: Varying sized of white paper with blue type. Larger sheet reads "Beatrix Farrand Landscape Gardener Reef Point Bar Harbor, Maine". Smaller sheets read "Reef Point Bar Harbor, Maine". Last pieces of stationary in which Farrand refers to herself as "Landscape Gardener".
Description: Brown leather cover with embossed design and gold metal trim with clasp initialed with "MGWD". Page edges are gilded. Owned by Mary Gray Ward Dorr, George B. Dorr's mother.
Description: Framed newspaper article regarding actress Annette Kellerman and the 1952 movie "Million Dollar Mermaid" about Kellerman's life in which actress Esther Williams portrays Kellerman. Clipping has two photos, one showing Esther Williams and Annette Kellerman looking at a sketch of a Kellerman inspired bathing suit and the second photo depicts Williams in the bathing suit.
Description: Promotional Clippings of Ted Shawn and his Ensemble of Men Dancers. Ted Shawn dance company performed in at the Bar Harbor Building of the Arts in 1938, the bottom clipping advertises that performance. Ted Shawn was one of the first notable male pioneers of American modern dance.