Contributed by Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description
This photograph depicts the dedication of a large granite memorial to Joseph H. Curtis, the pioneering Boston philanthropist and rusticator who bequeathed 40 acres of land with a Lodge and trails on Asticou Hill to the Town of Mount Desert in 1928. This granite memorial with a bronze sculpture was created by R. Tait McKenzie and the stones used in the monument came from the Candage Quarry of Hall Quarry in Mount Desert. Charles K. Savage, trustee of the property after Curtis' death until 1965, designed the memorial.
This photograph includes, among others, the following individuals: Dr. Samuel A. Eliot, Frances H. Eliot, stonemason Samuel Candage, sculptor Robert Tait McKenzie, Ethel McKenzie, Francis Peabody, Harry Ober, and Charles K. Savage.
About This Item
- Title: Dedication of Joseph H. Curtis Memorial, Northeast Harbor, 1933
- Creation Date: 1933-08-22
- Subject Date: 1933-08-22
- Location: Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert, Hancock County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 29 cm x 36 cm
- Collection: Mount Desert Land & Garden Preserve
- Object Type: Image
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- Dedications--Maine--Northeast Harbor
- Monuments & memorials--Maine--Northeast Harbor
- Plaques--Maine--Northeast Harbor
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Mount Desert Island Historical SocietyPO Box 653, 353 Sound Drive, Mount Desert, ME 04660
(207) 276-9323
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