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1081Dodge's Guide Book and Map
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Places, Island
  • Ezra Herrick Dodge
  • Portland: Loring, Short and Harmon
  • 1874-06
Description:
Guidebook of Mount Desert Island writen by Ezra Herrick Dodge. Title page read's: "Dodge's Guide Book and Map to and over Mount Desert Island by E. H. Dodge, of Tremont (Mt. Desert), Me. Portland: Loring, Short and Harmon. June, 1872"
321"The Bar Harbor Blue Book and Mount Desert Guide"
  • Publication, Directory, Business Directory
  • Places, Island
  • Bee - Albet Wilson Bee II (1854 - 1949)
  • 1881
Description:
Book with blue cover and in gilded text: "The Bar Harbor Blue Book and Mount Desert Guide 1881". Contains addresses and guide book with advertisements.
135Annette Kellerman Newspaper Article
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • People
  • 1952 c
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.
142Ted Shawn and Dancers Collage
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • People
  • 1938
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.
16Acadia National Park: It's Origin and Background by George B Dorr
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Dorr - George Bucknam Dorr (1853 - 1944)
  • 1948
Description:
Hard cover book, green cover embossed with gold lettering. Written by George B Dorr.
15Acadia National Park: It's Growth and Development by George B Dorr
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Dorr - George Bucknam Dorr (1853 - 1944)
  • 1948
Description:
Hard cover book, green cover embossed with gold lettering. Written by George B Dorr.
21Personal Bible
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • 1853
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.
20"Apocrypha" book
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • 1880 - 1900 c
Description:
Brown leather with embossed gold letters on upper left of cover reading "APOCRYPHA". Christian text belonging to George B Dorr.
46"Golden-Rod, An Idyll of Mount Desert" Book by Constance Cary Harrison
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Harrison - Constance Cary Harrison
  • 1887 - 1889
Description:
Framed book titled "Golden Rod, Story of Mt. Desert and Bar Harbor" written by Constance Cary Harrison.
155A Path Guide of Mount Desert Island Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • The Village Improvement Societiesof Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor, Northeast, and Southeast Harbor1915
  • 1915
Description:
Guide to Mount Desert Island paths published by the Village Improvement Societies of Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor, Northeast, and Southeast Harbor. Cover reads: "A Path Guide of Mount Desert Island Maine Published by The Village Improvement Societies of Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor, Northeast, and Southeast Harbor 1915"
985"Tid-bits From Town Talk" Cook Book
  • Publication, Book
  • none
  • 1908 c.
Description:
Recipe book with an illustration of a woman in front of a wood stove holding a tin of baked goods. Texts reads: "Tid-bits From Town Talk, a few reliable suggestions for conjuring with the staff of life".
986"One Hundred Salads" Cook Book
  • Publication, Book
  • none
  • Linda Hull Larned
  • 1918 c.
Description:
Small white cook book by Linda Hull Larned. Title reads: "One Hundred Salads".
987"Sunkist Recipes" Cook Book
  • Publication, Book
  • none
  • 1916 c.
Description:
Small recipe book with illustration of a worker picking oranges. Text reads: "Sunkist Recipes Oranges - Lemons".
988"Choice Recipes" Cook Book
  • Publication, Book
  • none
  • Walter Baker & Co Ltd Dorchester, Mass.
  • 1916 c.
Description:
Small cook book with illustration of woman holding a tray with cups on it, framed by a motif of yellow fruits, leaves, and pink flowers. Text reads: "Choice Recipes. Compliments of Walter Baker & Co Ltd Dorchester, Mass. Established 1780."
1104"My Dear Cornelia" by Stewart R. Sherman
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Stewart R. Sherman
  • 1924 c
Description:
From the library of the landscape architect Beatrix Farrand. Tucked into book is a clover and page marker.
1110Two copies of "Corleone" by F. Marion Crawford
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Frances Marion Crawford
Description:
From the library of Beatrix Farrand.
1105"Via Crucis" by F. Marion Crawford
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Frances Marion Crawford
  • 1899 c
Description:
From the library of Beatrix Farrand.
1106"Gertrude Jekyll" by Frank Jekyll
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Frank Jekyll
Description:
Memoir about horticulturist Gertrude Jekyll by her husband Frank Jekyll. From the library of Beatrix Farrand.
1109"Rab and his Friends" by John Brown
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • 1859
Description:
From the library of Beatrix Farrand.
1107"A Book About Fans" by M. A. Flory
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • M. A. Flory
Description:
From the library of Beatrix Farrand.
121Leather Portfolio and Key
  • Object, Writing, Stationery
  • none
  • 1900 - 1920 c
Description:
Beatrix Farrand's black leather portfolio with matching leather insert. Portfolio has tabs which are labeled "Unanswered", "Answered", "Unpaid", and "Paid". Outside of both the portfolio and insert are initialed "BJ" for Beatrix Jones, her maiden name. Small paper envelope labeled "key" contains the small key which goes to the portfolio. Portfolio "A" (.01), Portfolio "B" (.02), Key (.03) [show more]
108Beatrix Farrand Reef Point Stationary
  • Object, Writing, Stationery
  • People
  • 1900 - 1950 c.
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".
12George B Dorr at Hunter's Beach postcard
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • none
  • 1880 - 1900
Description:
Vertical postcard, colorized image of George B. Dorr standing on a rocky outcrop at Hunter's Beach. Caption on card reads "Cleft at Hunter's Beach, Bar Harbor, ME".
136"Queen of the Sea" Movie Postcards
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • People
  • 1917
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]
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.