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Wedding belt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Belt
  • ca. 1835
Wedding belt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • mdihs-11798
Type:
  • Object, Clothing, Belt
Date:
  • ca. 1835
Description:
Silk wedding belt Belonged to Bethany Oaks who married Nathan Salisbury in 1835
Bill for L. Higgins from Samuel Reed
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Bill
  • June 11, 1833
Bill for L. Higgins from Samuel Reed
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • mdihs-3459
Type:
  • Object, Armaments, Bill
Date:
  • June 11, 1833
Description:
This appears to be an account bill for L. Higgins from Samuel Reed. Each item is dated and they appear to be mostly grocery store items.
Clock
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clock
  • 1835 c
Clock
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • mdihs-13474
Type:
  • Object, Clock
Date:
  • 1835 c
Description:
Clock made by “Boardman and Wells - Forestville, Conn.”. Label inside glass shows eagle with “E Plurubus Unum”. Also marked, “Improved clocks manufactured and sold by Boardman and Wells, Bristol, Conn. Case Tiffany and Co, Printers - Hartford”. Label gives directions to set clock. Glass not original. Probably had reverse painting on glass. Clock face is painted on wood. White in center with strawberries. Gold in corners. “Pillars” carved on each side of clock. Dark wood. Missing weight. The works are still intact. Donor info- came from Gilley house on Baker’s Island. This house was built by William Gilley in 1812. Clock was given to donor by his grandmother, Phoebe Gilley Stanley. [show more]
Treasurer’s Bond - Mount Desert Bridge Company, 1836
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Pay Order, Bond
  • Other, Bridges
  • 10/1/1836
Treasurer’s Bond - Mount Desert Bridge Company, 1836
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • mdihs-4079
Type:
  • Object, Pay Order, Bond
Subject:
  • Other, Bridges
Date:
  • 10/1/1836
Description:
Bond of $8000 - Contractors to build a bridge across Mount Desert Narows - to John Black for Mt. Desert Bridge Corporation signed by William Thompson, John M. Noyes, Edward Brewer and Joel Emery.
Pillowcase
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Pillowcase
  • c 1835
Pillowcase
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • mdihs-1618
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Pillowcase
Date:
  • c 1835
Description:
Hand stitched with ruffle on edge. Marked in brown ink “Mary A. Tapley”. Number after name not legible. Donor info - pillow case from Somes family of Gloucester, Massachusetts. From 1835 trousseau of Mary A. Tapley. It appears that there are two identical pillowcases with this ID #.
Stove Lid Lifter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Stove Tool, Stove Lifter
  • c.1830
Stove Lid Lifter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • mdihs-3191
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Stove Tool, Stove Lifter
Date:
  • c.1830
Description:
wound iron rod with loop handle and turned end found at kitchen midden of Benjamin and Sophronia Carter home “C” relates to a map that was created by Alice Smith 002.47
Stove Lid Lifter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Stove Tool, Stove Lifter
  • Other, Kitchens
  • c.1830
Stove Lid Lifter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • mdihs-3165
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Stove Tool, Stove Lifter
Subject:
  • Other, Kitchens
Date:
  • c.1830
Description:
10 “ iron rod with loop handle and hooked end found at kitchen midden of Benjamin and Sophronia Carter home“C” relates to a map that was created by Alice Smith 002.47