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.
Description: Black and white photograph of the Jayne Cottage, Bar Harbor. Photograph is slightly blurry, and house is obscured by trees. The Jayne Cottage was designed by W. Ralph Emerson and built in 1887-1887. First owner was Dr. Horace Jayne. On back side of photograph is written: Jayne Cottage Jesups (sic) where Brown now lives In ink is written: Please return to Palmer + Hall Real Estate + Insurance 28 Cottage St Bar Harbor, Maine It should be noted that the reference to the Jesup cottage is incorrect. [show more]
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."
Description: Black and white photograph of The Briars, slightly obscured by trees. The Briars was a summer cottage near the Shore Path, Bar Harbor, built for J. Montgomery Sears in 1881 and designed by architect William Ralph Emerson. It was later occupied by Evalyn Walsh McLean. The house was torn down around 1968. Writing on the back of the photograph reads: The Briars, Sears, McLean E.B. McLean, Shore Path Please return to Palmer + Hall Real Estate + Insurance 28 Cottage St. Bar Harbor, Maine [show more]
Description: Black and white photograph of The Briars, a Shingle Style summer cottage located along the Shore Path, Bar Harbor. The Briars was designed by architect William Ralph Emerson of Boston, and was built for J. Montgomery Sears. The house was razed around 1968.
Description: Black and white photograph depicting the yachts "Corsair IV" on the right side and "Oneida" on the left. Both ships are in Bar Harbor. "Corsair IV" was owned by J.P. Morgan.
Description: Black and white photograph of Homewood, the Maria D. Saunders Cottage in Bar Harbor. Homewood was located on the Eagle Lake Road. It was designed by William Ralph Emerson and built by John E. Clark. The house burned in 1947. The photograph is dated and identified on the back.
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.
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.
Description: Black and white photograph of the interior of the Congregational Church, Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor. This church was built started in 1888 and completed in 1889. It was built by Asa D. Hodgkins, contractor, and designed by William Ralph Emerson, architect. It replaced an earlier building, called "The White Church" and burned in 1942.
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.
Description: Two black and white photograph portraits of Beatrix Farrand set inside a brown leather folding portfolio. Portfolio is decorated with an embossed and gilded boarder. Photograph of Beatrix Farrand in light top (.01) and Photograph of Beatrix Farrand in dark top (.02)
Description: Black and white photograph depicting the cast and band of a musical production at the Casino put on by the Bar Harbor American Legion. Musicians are seated on floor while cast stands are on stage. Various people have at one point been identified and their names are written on the image, though the writing is unclear.