Description: Block of railing from the German liner ship the Kronprinzessin Cecilie. Gold plaque attached says "Teakwood Rail from the U.S.S. Mount Vernon 1917 - 1940". The Kronprinzessin Cecilie was given the name U.S.S. Mount Vernon when it was seized by the U.S. government at the start of WWI.
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.
Description: Two identical souvenir pins commemorating the opening of the Cadillac Mountain Road. On pin is a black and white image of the view of the road and around the edge reads "Cadillac Mountain Road Dedicated July 23, 1932". A small American flag is attached to bottom of the pin.
Description: Four footed silver memorabilia dish from the ship Kronprinzessin Cecilie with engraved miniature image of the ship inside base of the bowl.
Description: Souvenir booklet depicting scenes from the interior of the SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie set in various illustrated frames with labels under each photo.
Structures, Civic, Cultural & Recreational Structures
Date:
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]
Description: Green ink on white card stock. Program for "Maine Summer Visitors Day". Cover text reads: "Maine Summer Visitors Day Bar Harbor Maine Friday Aug. 16, 1935". Names featured in Program: Bishop Willian A. Lawrence Governor Louis J. Brann Walter Damrosch Ed Wynn Camella Ponselle George W. Wickersham Dorothy Robbins Margaret Sittig William A. Brady Doris Doe Edith Barrett Clarence Chamberlain Ruth Nichols Mitzie Green Mary Rogers Robert Fechner Mary Roberts Rinehart Henry Morganthau Keenan Wynn Owen Davis Arthur Byron Grace George Kenneth Roberts Arthur Train Bill Cunningham Charles Harrison Madame Rosa Zulalian Major Gen. Philip B. Fleming Dexter P. Cooper Capt. Donald J. Leehay Capt. John W. Lord Kenneth Wright Robert Trout [show more]
Description: Play program with illustration of two women playing instruments. Play is written by Mrs. Christian Hemmick, better known as Alice Pike Barney. Text reads: "The Enchantress of Streams. A Wordless Greed Idyl of Descriptive Dances and Pantomime. Composed, Taught and Managed by Mrs. Christian Hemmick" Written in black pen on bottom of cover is the date 1912
Description: Dance card with pencil attached and rippled edges. Inside has the order of each song and a space for someone to reserve a dance. Of the eighteen dances, six have been reserved on this card. Dance was put on by the Mt. Desert Fire Company.
Description: Beige card with red illustration and black text. Advertisement for the roller skating rink in Bar Harbor. Illustration depicts two people in floppy hats holding onto rope. Top text in red reads: "The Sea! The Sea! The Beautiful, See?" Bottom black text reads: "Bar Harbor Roller Skating Rink, 'Not the Tent' Prices Reduced."
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: Addressed to Morris Franklin, Bar Harbor From George B. Dorr, Boston Expressing his support for a Marconi wireless station on Green (Cadillac) Mountain. See https://barharborhistorical.net/digitalarchive/items/show/16
Description: Addressed to Charles Pineo, Bar Harbor Board of Trade From Guglielmo Marconi, Ottawa Content of letter is Marconi declining invitation to establish a radio transmission station on Green (Cadillac) Mountain. See https://barharborhistorical.net/digitalarchive/items/show/17