Description: William Patch Dickey is standing next to the desk in his prodigiously stocked hardware store on Broad Street in Bangor, Maine. Among the items shown for sale are: H & B pocket knives made by William L. Humason, Sr., who founded the Humason & Beckley Manufacturing Company of New Britain, Connecticut, in 1853. The company produced fine pocket cutlery, corkscrews and other hardware. Kerosene lamps of every description – hanging from the ceiling Chamois – hanging from the ceiling Many varieties of thermometers hanging in a row from the ceiling Shotguns and other knives Feather dusters String and a cast iron string holder A model of the Eiffel tower A small, portable steam engine, possibly a toy Chain and twine A beautiful wind-up alarm clock with a bell on top Cow bells Pratt & Lambert’s “Faultless Varnishes" Boxes of sleigh bells and shaft bells Glass. Mr. Dickey’s female clerk, carefully dressed in an apron with her hair put up in a bun, is standing at the desk. Items seen on the desk are: W.P. Dickey & Co. invoices neatly held by a painted tin box stenciled “Bill-Heads" Glass Ink pots Standard Liquid Glue A leather-bound ledger Steel-nibbed pens Rubber stamps [show more]
Description: A traverse jury is a trial jury selected to serve on a court case in civil or criminal court. It is different from a grand jury, which reviews evidence and decides whether there is a case to be answered in a criminal matter. Sitting - Left to Right M.A. Blaisdell - Brooklin L.E. Crosby - Amherst Otis Collins - Foreman - Bar Harbor W.A. Emery - Lamoine C.W. Carman - Deer Isle Standing - Left to Right L.M. Ames - Orland E.W. Burrill - Dedham F.C. Allen - Sedgwick F.W. Bunker - Cranberry Isles W.H. Ball - Hancock John Carroll - Southwest Harbor Charles H. Bickford - Winter Harbor [show more]