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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
108Beatrix Farrand Reef Point Stationary
  • Object, Writing, Stationery
  • People
  • 1900 - 1950 c.
Beatrix Farrand Reef Point Stationary
Item:
  • 108   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Stationery
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 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".
111"Reef Point Gardens Bulletin" Pamphlet
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • People
  • Places, Garden
  • The Max Farrand Memorial Fund, Bar Harbor, Maine. Copyright, 1953, by Reef Point Gardens Corporation.
  • 1953-06
"Reef Point Gardens Bulletin" Pamphlet
Item:
  • 111   
Type:
  • Document, Pamphlet
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Publisher:
  • The Max Farrand Memorial Fund, Bar Harbor, Maine. Copyright, 1953, by Reef Point Gardens Corporation.
Date:
  • 1953-06
Description:
Pamphlet titled "Reef Point Gardens Bulletin" published by the Max Farrand Memorial Fund, Bar Harbor Maine in June 1953. Vol. I, No. 10. Has a black and white image of a flower in a vase titled "Hybrid Tea Rose Innocence". Photograph by Sewall Brown.
107Engraved Floral Scissors
  • Object, Scissors
  • none
  • 1900 - 1950 c
Engraved Floral Scissors
Item:
  • 107   
Type:
  • Object, Scissors
Subject:
  • none
Date:
  • 1900 - 1950 c
Description:
Decoratively engraved metal scissors owned by Beatrix Farrand.
106Max Farrand Portrait Photograph
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • 1900 - 1950 c
Max Farrand Portrait Photograph
Item:
  • 106   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1900 - 1950 c
Description:
Small brown leather folding portfolio with a black and white portrait of Max Farrand, husband of Beatrix Farrand.
94Bar Harbor Gardening Club Silver Award Plate
  • Object, Furnishings, Knickknack, Decorative Plate
  • none
  • 1953
Bar Harbor Gardening Club Silver Award Plate
Item:
  • 94   
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Knickknack, Decorative Plate
Subject:
  • none
Date:
  • 1953
Description:
Silver plate gifted to the Bar Harbor gardening club by Beatrix Farrand to be the award for the best single roses category, then given to Mary Hodgkins as an prize for her single rose. Text engraved on plate reads: "A gift to the Bar Harbor Garden Club from Beatrix Farrand owner of Reef Point Gardens An award to be given annually for the best exhibit of Single Roses 1953"
582Hamor Telescope, Case and Letter
  • Object, Astronomical Telescope
  • 1860 and 1958
Hamor Telescope, Case and Letter
Item:
  • 582   
Type:
  • Object, Astronomical Telescope
Date:
  • 1860 and 1958
Description:
Wood and metal telescope (.03) and wood case (.01) presented to Captain Richard Hamor for assisting the British ship "Dominica" when it had caught fire on August 3rd, 1860. Corresponding letter(.02) is from the Royal Admiralty explaining the incident and how Richard Hamor and Aaron S. Lanfor both were awarded telescopes in thanks for their help. It is addressed to R.W. Gillen and dated 8th August, 1958.
440"The Bar Harbor Fire" Oil Painting by Howe Duane Higgins
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Island
  • Higgins - Howe Duane Higgins (1894 - 1974)
  • 1950 c
"The Bar Harbor Fire" Oil Painting by Howe Duane Higgins
Item:
  • 440   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Higgins - Howe Duane Higgins (1894 - 1974)
Date:
  • 1950 c
Description:
Panoramic view of the 1947 Bar Harbor fire painted by Howe Duane Higgins and framed in a ornate gilded frame.
228Bar Harbor Railroad Painted Toy Train
  • Object, Toy
  • none
  • Bar Harbor Toy Co.
  • 1950 c.
Bar Harbor Railroad Painted Toy Train
Item:
  • 228   
Type:
  • Object, Toy
Subject:
  • none
Creator:
  • Bar Harbor Toy Co.
Date:
  • 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.
Bar Harbor Rail Road Toy Train
Item:
  • 227   
Type:
  • Object, Toy
Creator:
  • Bar Harbor Toy Co.
Date:
  • 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.
47Mary Roberts Rinehart Portrait and Card
  • Image, Art, Picture, Portrait
  • People
  • Painting by Howard Chandler Christy
  • 1880 - 1950 c
Mary Roberts Rinehart Portrait and Card
Item:
  • 47   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Picture, Portrait
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Painting by Howard Chandler Christy
Date:
  • 1880 - 1950 c
Description:
Portrait of Mary Roberts Rinehart. Color print of painting by Howard Chandler Christy. Matted and framed in a gilded frame. Framed with portrait is an (unrelated) illustrated birthday card for Ted Faulkenstrom, Rinehart's chauffeur, signed "and much love, from Mary Roberts Rinehart".
45Rinehart Teapot
  • Object, Drink Serving Vessel, Teapot
  • People
  • 1876 - 1958
Rinehart Teapot
Item:
  • 45   
Type:
  • Object, Drink Serving Vessel, Teapot
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1876 - 1958
Description:
Teapot and lid, white china with gilded edges and initial "R". Owned by Mary Roberts Rinehart, part of her set.
719Dinner Dress
  • Object, Clothing, Dress, Cocktail Dress
  • 1954 - 1957 c
Dinner Dress
Item:
  • 719   
Type:
  • Object, Clothing, Dress, Cocktail Dress
Date:
  • 1954 - 1957 c
Description:
Slate blue heavy weight taffeta dinner dress with a split neck sweetheart neck line with mercury silver beads and matching belt. Tag reads: "The Garden Seat Clearwater, Florida. Franelle Bar Harbor, Maine"
97Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Reference
  • People
  • 1876 - 1958
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Item:
  • 97   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1876 - 1958
75Rabbit hunter
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • 1950 c.
Rabbit hunter
Item:
  • 75   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Description:
"Protege rabbit hunter" Bill Horner on the left holding two rabbits and the .410 shotgun that was given to him by Charlie Hayward. (See also the "Rabbit Feed" photo, item 74. The other young man is George Riddell, son of Jock Riddell who is also in the Rabbit Feed photo. It was a close-knit bunch and there were many boyhood memories of those times.