The Hotel Heiress and Her Calamitous Captain

The Hotel Heiress and Her Calamitous Captain

Monday, November 9, 2026
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Dyer Library371 Main St, Saco, ME
Free
Last updated October 31, 2026 · 10:16 AM
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The Hotel Heiress and Her Calamitous Captain
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The Hotel Heiress and Her Calamitous Captain

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Where
Dyer Library
371 Main St, Saco, ME
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Free
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October 31, 2026 · 10:16 AM

Museum Artifact Session on the Staples Family Painting: the wild saga behind the Saco Museum's newly restored Civil War-era "China Trade" portrait of Old Orchard Beach's vaunted hotel family — commissioned in Hong Kong by heiress Josephine Staples, whose husband Capt. Charles Lee Moses's erratic escapades sparked a full-blown diplomatic disaster in Borneo. See the large painting in its fully restored glory (listing photo is pre-restoration).