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460China Dish and Cover
  • Object, Food Service Sets, China
  • Lenox
  • 1900 - 1920c
Description:
Lenox dish (.03) with cover (.04). White with gilded rims and handle on cover. Owned by Mrs. Eva Stotesbury.
96Child's Wicker Rocking Chair
  • Object, Furnishings, Chair, Child's Chair
  • 1920 c
Description:
Small wicker rocking chair with wicker back and armrests. Displayed with a checkered cushion which covers where original cushion sat.
451Capitan's Inkwell from Kronprinzessin Cecilie
  • Object, Writing, Inkwell
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1914 c
Description:
Silver inkwell with an engraving of the SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie and the name "Cecilie" engraved under. Inkwell belonged to SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie, a German ocean liner which came to Bar Harbor August 5, 1914.
442Engraved Silver-Handled Cane
  • Object, Walking Stick, Cane
  • 1893
Description:
Wood cane with a silver engraved handle. Owned by Dr. Frederic Dolbeare.
440"The Bar Harbor Fire" Oil Painting by Howe Duane Higgins
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Island
  • Higgins - Howe Duane Higgins (1894 - 1974)
  • 1950 c
Description:
Panoramic view of the 1947 Bar Harbor fire painted by Howe Duane Higgins and framed in a ornate gilded frame.
439Interior of Mercer Cottage Photograph
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1920
Description:
Black and white sepia tone photo of the interior of the Mercer Cottage.
438Watercolor Painting "Bass Cottage"
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Description:
Watercolor painting of the summer cottage "Bass Cottage" with a dedication on the lower left which reads: "Love Roy and Helene" and has the artist signature "Hallowell" on the lower right.
414Flintlock Pistol Lamp and Shade
  • Object, Furnishings, Lamp
Description:
Lamp with a flintlock pistol as a base and fixture (.01) for two lightbulbs. Has a blue circular shade (.02)with gilded vine pattern around top and bottom. Originally from the Bar Harbor Club
410Atwater Kent Radio
  • Object, Radio
  • none
  • Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company
  • 1934
Description:
Veneered wood radio with four knobs, a brass station indicator and a screened speaker. Five tube radio for standard and short waves.
409Hand Tinted Photo of USS Constitution
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel
  • 1931
Description:
Hand-tinted black and white photograph of the USS Constitution in Bar Harbor.
408Photo of A.V. Wilson and Airplane
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • 1890 - 1908
Description:
Black and white photo depicting several people gathered around a bi-wing airplane made by Alexander V. Wilson who used to do aviation experiments in Bar Harbor.
397Photo of SS George Washington
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1933-08-27
Description:
Black & white photo of steamship SS George Washington at sea, no humans visible, two stacks. In document frame. Writing on lower right-hand corner read: "U.S.S. George Washington at Bar Harbor. Aug 27 1933. Browns Studio Hulls Cove."
396Hand Colored Panorama Photo of Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1902
Description:
Hand colored black & white panoramic view of Bar Harbor with Porcupine Islands in the distance. Architecture visible. Matted and framed.
394Photo of Bar Harbor Express
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • 1900 c
Description:
Black & white photo depicting the Bar Harbor Express Railroad train leaving Mt. Desert Ferry. Locomotive under full steam with exhaust clearly visible and is along shoreline.
382Handkerchief from SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie
  • Object, Handkerchief
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1914
Description:
Framed handkerchief souvenir of the German ship SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie with embroidered image of the steamship in tan, yellow, white & red floss. Embroidered texts reads: "N.D.L Kronprinzessin Cecilie", N.D.L Stands for Norddeutscher Lloyd, the German shipping company,
379Framed photo of SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie and newspaper article
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1914
Description:
Framed combination of photograph & two columns of newspaper story which describes the SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie, a German ship arriving & hiding out in Bar Harbor. The photo depicts ship off Shore Path, spectators & dog.
375Painting of Steamship Kronprinzessin Cecilie
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1914
Description:
Reprint of a painting portraying fisherman & boat, a woman & boy with nets & row boat in foreground and in the background the SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie. Has name of the ship on bottom of frame.
361Square Grand Piano
  • Object, Musical, Keyboard Instrument, Piano, Grand Piano
  • Henry F. Miller Boston
  • 1900 - 1930c
Description:
Henry F. Miller grand piano with scrolled legs, a music holder, and a hinged folding top cover. Played by Ignacy Paderewski in the Building of Arts.
357Photo of the Building of Arts and Lawn
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Cultural & Recreational Structures
  • 1900 - 1920c
Description:
Framed black and white photo of the old Building of the Arts with a woman sitting on the lawn in front of it.
248Photo of the Steamer "Lewiston"
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1868 c.
Description:
Black and white image of the steamer paddle wheel boat "Lewiston" docked at Bar Harbor wharf. The Lewiston was the first passenger boat to make regular trips to Bar Harbor's wharf.
247Rip Rap Dog Portrait
  • Image, Art, Picture, Portrait
  • Nature, Animals
  • 1900 - 1920 c
Description:
Framed oil painting of Rip Rap, the Springer Spaniel stud dog who was a descendant of champion dogs.
237Yellow Nursing Chairs
  • Object, Furnishings, Chair
  • none
  • 1890 - 1910 c.
Description:
Two identical yellow upholstered nursing chairs with natural wood frame. Wood has circular detailing. Upholstery has yellow and green floral pattern. Belonged to Joseph Pulitzer's Bar Harbor "Chatwold" Estate.
228Bar Harbor Railroad Painted Toy Train
  • Object, Toy
  • none
  • Bar Harbor Toy Co.
  • 1950 c.
Description:
Painted black wood toy train with an attached train car. Engine car is black with six red wheels and yellow detail of the silhouette of conductor and the text: "1492 BHRR". Second car has four red wheels and carries nine blocks of wood suspended on a wooden pole. The two sections are attached with a small metal hook.
227Bar Harbor Rail Road Toy Train
  • Object, Toy
  • Bar Harbor Toy Co.
  • 1950 c.
Description:
Wooden toy train with four red painted wood wheels. Body of train has "1492 BHRR" painted on as well as a painted conductor silhouette.
218Bar Harbor Horse Show Poster, 1910
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Cultural & Recreational Structures
  • 1910-08
Description:
Poster for the Bar Harbor Horse Show. Poster is a Charles W. Holmes Lithograph depicting a woman with a light blue bonnet holding a parasol and holding a horse's face to her own. The Horse is poking its head out of a circle in the blank background of the print. Text of the poster reads: "Bar Harbor Horse Show Aug. 23, 24, 25 1910" In the lower left hand corner is the phrase "When Thoroughbreds Meet" and above that, next to the parasol tip, is Holmes' signature "Chas. W. Holmes". [show more]