Allen-Holmes-Smith Photographs and other materials
Date:
1945
Description: Black and white graduation photograph of J. Walter Allen, 1945, in a cardboard folder frame. Allen is a young man wearing a dark jacket, striped dress shirt and necktie. Photographers logo is printed on the frame: Edward L Karam, The Farrington Studio, Brewer, Maine. Handwritten on the back of the frame: "J. Walter Allen, 1945".
Description: Black and white photo. of Donald Smith (in center) on camel during World War II outside Cairo, Egypt, (possibly Giza) with two other soldiers, also on camels, in front of pyramid. One camel held by native person in white. Name of person in right given as Bohliyer. Two copies of same photo, marked c. 1 and c.2
Description: A black and white 4 x 5 photo of the Union Church in Somesville. Union Church in Somesville. Telephone poles visible. New parish house in photo. Two and one-half story cape on the left, dark color with no shutters. Few trees in back of church. Marked on back, “Print of old negative given by [Genaia] Somes Stanley." Also marked “Bicknell Photo Service, Aug 12, 1941, Portland, Maine." Per CH Breedlove, check date because parish house not built until 1962 (AB). Could possibly be parsonage. [show more]
Description: Card with photograph of the U.S.S. Missourilaunched January 29, 1944Commissioned June 11, 1944Visited Bar Harbor in August of 1946Connie Jellison went on board for a tour
Description: Miscellaneous papers related to the formation of the MDI Regional High School from 1948 - 1949. Includes surveys, letters to the editor, letters to Rockefeller, pta minutes, general correspondence
Description: Construction deck plan for 'Little International,' class boat commissioned by William F. Strawbridge from L. Francis Herreshoff, of Marblehead. Two boats were built by Hinckley. One remains on Mount Desert Island today. The class failed to materialize due to the coming of WWII, after which Luders made their debut. White markings of ship design on black background (white paper on back is blank). Shows design of 28' class boat. Construction plan for design number 77. Drawn or designed by L. Francis Herreshoff in Aug. 1940. Scale: 1"=1'. [show more]
Description: Services held in the Union Meeting House of Somesville with Reverend Arthur C. McGiffert and Reverend Horace H. Leavitt. New organ dedication. Members of the Honorary Committee and Anniversary Committee are duly listed.
Description: Newsletter of The Mount Desert Messenger (1945) - volume LVI. Thanksgiving/Christmas issue. Sections include: "News From The Home Front" - local and war news including recent war discharges - and "News From The Camps" - listing local soldiers and their regiments.
Description: Letter of estimate of cost to Fred Smith (1946) from Modern Plumbing for Modern Homes - Ernest L. Young - Ellsworth, Maine, for new toilet and lavatory.
Description: Unbound ledger with accounts and “self-employment questionaire” forms and applications for the Navy as servicemen’s readustment allowance after WWII. Includes forms and business accounts and earnings 1946 - 1949
Description: Facsimile, preliminary sketch, property of Mr. Thomas Flynn, Long Pond, Mount Desert, Maine, House for Mrs. C.B. Estabrooke, Castine, Maine, 1949