Description: Two photos of interior of MDI Historical Society Historic Selectmen’s Building Museum printed on same paper. Top photo shows wood stove, hay fork, powder horns, lantern, mail bags, pewter communion set, clothes wringer and other itms. Second photo shows Sarah Kittredge portrait, chinaware, bottles, display case and pewter communion set and other items.
Description: MDI class boat #16. Owned and skippered by Sturgis Haskins, of Sorrento. The MDI class was designed and built in 1924 for the Bar Harbor and Seal Harbor Yacht Clubs. Edsel Ford was said to have underwritten the design. This boat, the Rugusa , was originally owned by Sandy Kellog, of Sandy Kellog, of Bar Harbor. It was the last built in the class -1925. A later owner, in the 1930s,was Mary Smith of Greenings Island. Later in the 1950s it was owned by Rev. Palfred Perkins of Southwest Harbor who changed the name from Red Jacket to Lillibet. Toby Strong of Southwest Harbor purchased it from Perkins lat selling it to Sturgis Haskins. It is the last MDI left on Mt. Desert. The nearest two are in the Penobscot Marine Museum, in Searsport, and on an island in Penobscot Bay owned by the Porters. [show more]
Description: 8 X 10 color glossy photograph of a single yellow lady's slipper. The flower is sorrounded by green leaves and the leaves of the flower are twisted.
Description: Nan and Art Kellam rowing their dory This image is used in Peter Blanchard's book, "We Were an Island" published in 2010, on page 66. The caption reads: Art and Nan Rowing the BLB. Photograph by Nancy Rigdon; courtesy of E. Northwood Kenway. Nancy Rigdon is E. Northwood Kenway's daughter. Nancy Kenway Rigdon was a godchild of Art and Nan Kellam and summered on Gotts Island. Considering the attribution in Peter Blanchard's book, it is likely that the MDIHS does not have blanket permission to use this photograph. (note made by Rosamond Rea April 2, 2014). [show more]
Description: Photograph of Hazen Blanchard, who built a model "Blanchard Lumber Mill". Photo shows him standing behind mill. Top unit has been removed to show interior workings. Carpentry shop is visible in background.
Description: Color Photo of plaque memorializing the first Town House built in Eden. It was built in 1842 and razed in 1931. The memorial was erected in 1932. The back of the photograph is marked "This plaque is one of the few reminders that this area was once the center of Mt. Desert Island Business." -Connee Jellison
Description: 11 X 14 color aerial photograph in a cardboard mat showing the Somesville School after conversion to condominiums. Documentation on back: American Aerial Scenes, PO Box 239, Shea Rd., Pompey, NY. Reorder # 171-232.