Description: Victrola made of oak, hinged top and compartment with two doors for record storage. Logo on inside of lid shows a dog listening to a Talking Machine with the text: "Victrola manufactured by Victor Talking Machine Co Camden, N.J. U.S.A Patented in united states and foreign countries".
Description: Small patch of fabric with the illustration of a woman in a green dress and hat with a parasol leaning against a wood railing. On top reads: "Factory No. 646. First Dist. N.Y." and below reads" 12 Bar Harbor" Part of a collection of "Cigarette Silks" put out by the Tokio Cigarette Company called "Bathing Beauties" depicting various women at different beaches around the U.S.
Description: Brownie style box camera (.01). Brown leather camera (.02) and case with a instruction book. Made by the Eastman Kodak Company. Belonged to Wes Brown.
Description: Black company thermometer which reads: "A.B. Leland sewer and Drain Pipe Land Tile and Five Lining Catch Basnins Man Hole Covers. Office with the Clark Coal Co. Call 202 Bar Harbor, Me" on front and on back: "The Stan Wood Special Inside Thermometer - Keep in upright position - manufactured by Stan Wood MFG. Co. 8 Tremonl Row Boston."
Description: Pencil drawing by Ralph Yardley from Stockholm Record. Represents George B Dorr with caption: "George B Dorr may be a bachelor but he's married to Lafayette Park".
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".
Object, Musical, Keyboard Instrument, Piano, Grand Piano
Creator:
Henry F. Miller Boston
Date:
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.
Description: Stereoscopic view of the Jayne Cottage, off Cleftstone Road, Bar Harbor. The Jayne Cottage was designed in the Shingle Style by Boston architect William Ralph Emerson and built in 1887-1888. The original owner was Dr. Horace Jayne. The house burned in 1947. This stereoscopic view is stamped E. Emery, Bar Harbor, Maine and is labeled Mrs. Jayne.
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.
Description: Celebrated landscape architect, Beatrix Farrand commissioned a watercolor artist (unknown) to produce scenes of downtown Bar Harbor with her recommendations to the Village Improvement Association for beautifying the downtown with trellises, window boxes, plants, and flowers. Farrand's recommendations were never carried out. West End Drug building & delivery wagon on Main Street
Description: Celebrated landscape architect, Beatrix Farrand commissioned a watercolor artist (unknown) to produce scenes of downtown Bar Harbor with her recommendations to the Village Improvement Association for beautifying the downtown with trellises, window boxes, plants, and flowers. Farrand's recommendations were never carried out. Looking toward Cadillac Mt on Main Street and Stephen's Lane