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Keepsake Autograph Book Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Memorabilia, Album, Autograph Album			1879		Keepsake Autograph Book Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3040 Type: Document, Memorabilia, Album, Autograph Album Date: 1879 Description: Small 4*3in book, leather with autographs of individuals on the island in 1879. Belonged to Willie Heath of Seal Cove Maine. Many have faded but as of 2013 are still legible.
Steel Engraving: "Mount Desert, Coast of Maine" Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Print, Intaglio Print, Engraving		R. Hinshelwood	1877		Steel Engraving: "Mount Desert, Coast of Maine" Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-11666 Type: Image, Print, Intaglio Print, Engraving Creator: R. Hinshelwood Date: 1877 Description: Steel engraving of scene of Mount Desert Island. Engraver: R. Hinshelwood. Schooner in foreground, sloping mountain and cliffs in middle ground, higher mountains in background. Rays of light shine through clouds. 9.75" x 12.5" wide. Some stain around edges, a few water spots
Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape		1875c.	Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine	Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-7418 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Date: 1875c. Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: View of Village of Somesville including Somes Cove, Somesville Lumber Mill, Somesville Union Meeting House, A.J. Whiting store, and Mount Desert House, taken from the Somes House.
Ida Downing Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Portrait	Unknown	c 1870s		Ida Downing Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9180 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Portrait Creator: Unknown Date: c 1870s Description: Ida Downing, marked Aunt Ida. Married Carolus Downing Dec. 15, 1875. Born Oct 19, 1851. Woman age 20s. Wears hair parted in middle and pulled to back of head. Paper worn over left eye and on jawbone. Head turned to the right. High white collar with dark dress of stripe or plaid. Shoulders only visible. Tiny portrait on paper. Paper has been folded - has waxy surface.
Main Street, Somesville, 1870 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Nature, Animals Other, Buildings Other, Transportation People Places, Landscape		1870c.	Somesville, Mt. Desert, ME	Main Street, Somesville, 1870 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12358 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Nature, Animals Other, Buildings Other, Transportation People Places, Landscape Date: 1870c. Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, ME Description: Caption in The Living Past, p. 122: "Somesville's main road in 1870, looking north towards Ellsworth. Mount Desert House on left; A.J. Whiting store on right (note balcony and porch); corner of blacksmith shop on right. Telegraph wires were in use in 1870." Horse-drawn vehicles on each side of rutted dirt roadstopped in front of blacksmith’s shop.
Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape	Unknown	1875 c.	Somesville, Mt. Desert, Me	Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9164 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Date: 1875 c. Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Me Description: A view of the Village of Somesville including Somes Cove, Somesville Lumber Mill, Somesville Union Meeting House, A.J. Whiting Store, and Mount Desert House taken from The Somes House. Small B&W print.
Main Street and Cove, Somesville Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape		1877	Somesville, ME	Main Street and Cove, Somesville Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12366 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Date: 1877 Place: Somesville, ME Description: Main Street, Somesville.Somes Cove on left. Trees line street. Board sidewalk visible on right near picket fenced yards. Fernald’s Store (later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore) hidden by trees. Lumber Mill to left. Two masts of schooner rise up over trees.
Rodick House Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building	unknown	1875	Bar Harbor, Maine	Rodick House Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13174 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Creator: unknown Date: 1875 Place: Bar Harbor, Maine Description: Matted print of Rodick House c. 1875. Porch stretched across front of entire building. Two stariways descend from porch. Small porch on second story. Small crowd on porch. Building four storied high with two towers on front. Covered walk connects to building next door. Came from frame artifact # 997-37-526
Mrs. George F. Arnold Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print			1873		Mrs. George F. Arnold Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13055 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Date: 1873 Description: Mrs. George F. Arnold, Brightside, Mt. Desert , 1873 taken in Boston
Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print			1875 c.		Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12487 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Date: 1875 c. Description: A view of the Village of Somesville including Somes Cove, Somesville Lumber Mill, Somesville Union Meeting House, A.J. Whiting Store, and Mount Desert House taken from The Somes House. Marked on back: "Toward Southwest middle 1800's. Whiting store until 1897, Fernalds on left. 8x10 print.
Man with dark hair and thick mustache Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	People	E. Crockett	1860-1870	Rockland ME	Man with dark hair and thick mustache Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5092 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: People Creator: E. Crockett Date: 1860-1870 Place: Rockland ME Description: portrait of man with dark hair, thick mustache, seated, wearing a dark suit (coat and vest) with a white shirt and a dark bow tie. Right hand in lap, left hand propped on some sort of couch.
Hand colored print of baby in white dress with black trim Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	People	Taylor and Lamson	1860-1870	Cuba	Hand colored print of baby in white dress with black trim Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5093 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: People Creator: Taylor and Lamson Date: 1860-1870 Place: Cuba Description: Hand-colored albumen print of small baby, wearing white dress with black trim at edge, plaid sash, white stockings and black maryjane shoes. Sitting on a divan. Inscription on back reads “Lamson child. Lamson baby from Cuba” (written in two different hands). Also stamped on back, “Taylor e Lamson, Photographos de Nueva York.”
Helps For Teachers Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Catalog	Other, Education Other, Schools		1877		Helps For Teachers Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-17659 Type: Publication, Catalog Subject: Other, Education Other, Schools Date: 1877 Description: 56 page Helps For Teachers catalogue of school products. Published by: D.H. Knowlton & Co., Farmington, Maine. 1877 is written on the cover. Also written is, “Emma Frances Somes Previously archived as 016.FIC.001.11
Certificate of Marriage, Nancy Freeman and Dr. James Hanson Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Marriage Record, Marriage Certificate			Jan. 2, 1878		Certificate of Marriage, Nancy Freeman and Dr. James Hanson Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-17656 Type: Document, Government, Marriage Record, Marriage Certificate Date: Jan. 2, 1878 Description: Certificate of Marriage (January 2, 1878) for Nancy W. Freeman of Mount Desert and Dr. James Hanson of Boston.
Certificate of Marriage for Capt. Joseph S. King and Miss Addie Gilley Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Marriage Record, Marriage Certificate			June 25, c. 1870		Certificate of Marriage for Capt. Joseph S. King and Miss Addie Gilley Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-17655 Type: Document, Government, Marriage Record, Marriage Certificate Date: June 25, c. 1870 Description: Certificate of Marriage for Capt. Joseph S. King of Tremont and Miss Addie V. Gilley of Tremont June 25, 187_ (last number of year is missing).
Lodge Certificate Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate, Membership Certificate			1872c..		Lodge Certificate Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-17510 Type: Document, Certificate, Membership Certificate Date: 1872c.. Description: Framed Masonic Lodge Certificate for George H. Gilley. Frame has dark finish. Certificate shows symbols for faith, hope and charity. Reads, “Brother George H. Gilley raised to Master Mason Tremont Lodge #77 Nov 16, 1872”. Signed Feb 6th 1873 by Levi Lurvey, Jacob Carroll, William Stanley, John Freeman. backing intact.
Nooks and Corners of the New England coast Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, New England	Drake, Samuel Adams	1875		Nooks and Corners of the New England coast Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-17191 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, New England Creator: Drake, Samuel Adams Publisher: Harper Date: 1875 Description: Photocopy of Chapter II ,“Mount Desert Island,” and Chapter III, “Christmas on Mt. Desert Island.”
Scenes in the Isle of Mount Desert, Coast of Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, Mount Desert Island	DeCosta, B.F.	1871		Scenes in the Isle of Mount Desert, Coast of Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-17182 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Mount Desert Island Creator: DeCosta, B.F. Date: 1871
McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, Education Other, Reading Other, Schools		1879		McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-17147 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Education Other, Reading Other, Schools Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Date: 1879
McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, Reading Other, Schools		1879		McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-17114 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Reading Other, Schools Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Date: 1879
McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Instructional, Instruction Book	Other, Literature, grammar, speech		1879		McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-16966 Type: Document, Instructional, Instruction Book Subject: Other, Literature, grammar, speech Publisher: Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co Date: 1879 Description: McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader (revised edition), 1879. Published by Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co, Cincinnati and New York. Donated to Sawtelle Collection, transferred to MDI Historical Society. Originally owned by a family in North Canton, Ohio.
Somes Carding Mill Records Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger			1875		Somes Carding Mill Records Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-16773 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger Date: 1875 Description: 1875 Record of Weight and Cost of Carded Wool
Somes Carding Mill Records Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger			1871		Somes Carding Mill Records Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-16766 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger Date: 1871 Description: 1871 Record of Weight and Cost of Carded Wool
Somes Carding Mill Records Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger			1872		Somes Carding Mill Records Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-16765 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger Date: 1872 Description: 1872 Record of Weight and Cost of Carded Wool
Lossing's Primary History of the United States for Schools and Families Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, History Other, United States	Lossing, Benson J.	1874.		Lossing's Primary History of the United States for Schools and Families Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-16658 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, History Other, United States Creator: Lossing, Benson J. Publisher: Sheldon and Company Date: 1874. Description: School Book illustrated with numerous engravings. (no local relevance found)

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