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Channel 7: Video from the restoration of the Somes Sound Schoolhouse, 1998 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Photographic, Videotape		Westphal, David	1998	Channel 7: Video from the restoration of the Somes Sound Schoolhouse, 1998 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14708 Type: Object, Photographic, Videotape Creator: Westphal, David Date: 1998 Description: Videotape title: Channel 7 in Beta Cam SP video cassette format. One of ten videos assembled by David Westphal during the restoration of the Somes Sound Schoolhouse, 1995-2000.
School H: Video from the restoration of the Somes Sound Schoolhouse, 1998 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Photographic, Videotape		Westphal, David	1998	School H: Video from the restoration of the Somes Sound Schoolhouse, 1998 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14707 Type: Object, Photographic, Videotape Creator: Westphal, David Date: 1998 Description: Videotape title: School H, in Sony U-matic SSp (KSP-520) cassette format. One of ten videos assembled by David Westphal during the restoration of the Somes Sound Schoolhouse, 1995-2000.
Blouse Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Shirt, Blouse				Blouse Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14704 Type: Object, Clothing, Shirt, Blouse Description: White cotton blouse with lace top and pink details, ruffles and glass buttons.
Envelope with postmark Mount Desert July 12, 1887 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Writing, Envelope			1887	Envelope with postmark Mount Desert July 12, 1887 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14653 Type: Object, Writing, Envelope Date: 1887 Description: Addressed to Dunn & Elliot, Thomaston, Maine Return address: Parsons & Loud, Ship Brokers, 50 South St., New York Envelope is encased in plastic; nothing inside.
Parade of Amphibicons Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Writing, Postcard		Augustus D. Phillips & Son		Parade of Amphibicons Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14652 Type: Object, Writing, Postcard Creator: Augustus D. Phillips & Son Description: 12 photographic postcards showing this class of sailboat at entrance to Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Some of these Compact Craft, first built at Mount Desert Yact Yard, and designed by Farnum Butler, were towed 1000 miles overland for the race.
Post Card Request for Tourism Information Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Writing, Postcard			1917	Post Card Request for Tourism Information Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14363 Type: Object, Writing, Postcard Date: 1917 Description: From G. A. Vertins Los Gatos Ca.
Somesville Maine, Settled 1762 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Art, Needlework, Embroidery, Sampler				Somesville Maine, Settled 1762 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14300 Type: Object, Art, Needlework, Embroidery, Sampler Description: Hand stitched sampler showing scenes around Somesville; designed by Lillian P, Somes, 1944. From home of Barbara Ninfi, Hall Quarry, via her daughter, Debie Ninfi Williams, wife of Jock Williams, boat-builder.
Birchbark Frame with Photo of Lucie Pray Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Frame, Picture Frame				Birchbark Frame with Photo of Lucie Pray Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14191 Type: Object, Furnishings, Frame, Picture Frame Description: Rectangular birchbark picture frame, with glass window 3 1/2” by 4”, framing photo of Lucie Pray, age 12 to 16 (photo #001.59.297. )Rough texture, edges of frame bound with some sort of slim wood binding. Thin metal rods attached to back as prop. Glass is coated with dirt and grime.
Eyeglasses Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Personal, Eyeglasses	Other, Seal Harbor Other, Stores & shops			Eyeglasses Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14187 Type: Object, Personal, Eyeglasses Subject: Other, Seal Harbor Other, Stores & shops Description: Gold wire-framed glasses in (slightly mildewed) case marked Brown Optical Co., 1101 5th St., San Diego, California. Includes pink cleaning cloth. Found in old general store building in Seal Harbor.
Guide to Historic Homes of America: Part 1: The Northeast Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Photographic, Videotape		unknown		Guide to Historic Homes of America: Part 1: The Northeast Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14162 Type: Object, Photographic, Videotape Creator: unknown Description: A home recorded videotape of several television programs, including several hosted by Bob Vila. These Vila shows are part of a Historic Homes of America Series, probably distributed on Public Television. Those included on the tape are home in New York and Hancock Shaker Village, Massachusetts. This tape needs serious editing as it also includes other television programming that is unrelated to the historic homes series.
Television News Segment, Interview with Jaylene Roths re: opening of MDIHS Yellow Building Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Photographic, Videotape		Unknown		Television News Segment, Interview with Jaylene Roths re: opening of MDIHS Yellow Building Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14161 Type: Object, Photographic, Videotape Creator: Unknown Description: A home recorded videotape of a television news segment, WLBZ-Bangor, of an interview with Jaylene Roths, EDirector of MDIHS. Date Unknown. Video is embedded in other programming and needs further work to be shared with the public or archived.
Town Meeting, Mount Desert, February, 2000: MDIHS presentation Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Photographic, Videotape		Unknown	2000	Town Meeting, Mount Desert, February, 2000: MDIHS presentation Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14160 Type: Object, Photographic, Videotape Creator: Unknown Date: 2000 Description: A home recorded videotape that includes video footage of a presentation by Ralph Stanley and Jaylene Roths at a public meeting, probably in 2000. Tape label indicates that the tape is the "Property of Mary Jones".
Bridge Street Improvement Bond, Bucksport Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Pay Order, Bond			1957	Bridge Street Improvement Bond, Bucksport Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14015 Type: Object, Pay Order, Bond Date: 1957 Description: Letter from Eaton, Peabody, Bradford & Veague to Merrill Trust Co. re Bond for $210,000.
The House at Lobster Cove Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Photographic, Videotape	Other, Architects Other, Architectural drawings Other, Architectural photographs	Holden, Wheaton Arnold	1980	The House at Lobster Cove Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13999 Type: Object, Photographic, Videotape Subject: Other, Architects Other, Architectural drawings Other, Architectural photographs Creator: Holden, Wheaton Arnold Publisher: Northeastern University Date: 1980 Description: This videotape is a history of the home "Cragsyde", aka Kragsyde, a design of Robert Swain Peabody. The video includes historic photographs and commentary, by Wheaton Arnold Holden. This home was built at Manchester-by-the Sea, Massachusetts in 1884 for George Nixon Black, the same owner of Woodlawn House, Ellsworth, Maine. The house was torn down in 1929. The house was also reproduced during the years 2005-6, using original plans, by a family on Swans Island. Other house in video is "La Tourelle", built ca 1930, destroyed 1947. See Roz Rea for more information about this home and tape - 01/30/2013 [show more]
Booklet of Postcards, Acadia National Park Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Writing, Postcard				Booklet of Postcards, Acadia National Park Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13982 Type: Object, Writing, Postcard Description: Fold-out booklet; includes 18 color pictures inside. Pictorial cover; map of MDI printed in blue on inside cover. Produced by the Curt Teich & Co. Printed with ART-COLORTONE method originiated in 1931. D-4266 may indicate 1936 as year of printing. Curt Teich Co. was one of two major postcard publishers in the USA. Gift of Rosamond S. Rea; found in parents' possessions (and information furnished by her). Images are: Bubbles Pond and Pemetic Mountain Bar Harbor, Porcupine Islands and Frenchmen's Bay from Cadillac Mountain Thunder Hole Lobster Fishermen at Otter Creek Balance Rock and Frenchmen's Bay Entrance to Somes Sound and Northeast Harbor Airplane View of Bar Harbor and Cadillac Mountain Rock Cut Ascending Cadillac Mountain Road The Ovens, Bar Harbor Ranger and Boys Looking Westward Eagle Lake and Frenchmen's Bay from Cadillac Summit Road Viaduct over Otter Creek showing top of Champlain Mountain Gorham Mountain and Great Head from Otter Cliff Eagle Lake from Cadillac Mountain Road "The Eyrie"--Summer Home of John D. Rockefeller Jr. Rock Cut on Cadillac Mountain Road Parking Space and Lookout Area on Summit of Cadillac Mountain [show more]
R.W. Patterson Architectural Drawings at the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Writing, Notebook		Hewlett, Betsy		R.W. Patterson Architectural Drawings at the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13871 Type: Object, Writing, Notebook Creator: Hewlett, Betsy Description: Drawings, arranged by groups; list of clients and projects from surviving account books, dated 1985. For complete catalog of Patterson holdings at the MDI Historical Society, search in Past Perfect. They are located in designated flat files in the archival storage area.
Mottoes Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Writing, Notebook		Hadley, Dora		Mottoes Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13844 Type: Object, Writing, Notebook Creator: Hadley, Dora Description: Small notebook (4" x 6") with mottoes written in pencil, e.g., "We make our fortunes but we call them fate." Name on cover: Dora Hadley, Mount Desert, Maine. Cover has drawing of girl in hat, coat, boots, carrying a crutch and pulling a red wagon piled with furniture.
1880 Champlain Society. \| Report of the Meteorolical. Department by Samuel A. Eliot \| Cambridge \| 1881. Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Writing, Notebook		Eliot, Samuel A.	1881	1880 Champlain Society. \| Report of the Meteorolical. Department by Samuel A. Eliot \| Cambridge \| 1881. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13815 Type: Object, Writing, Notebook Creator: Eliot, Samuel A. Date: 1881 Description: Three pages cut off the back of the notebook.
Millstone Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Grain Processing Tool, Millstone			circa 1791	Millstone Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13810 Type: Object, Grain Processing Tool, Millstone Date: circa 1791 Description: Rough grinding stones. Furrows cut in each stone. Hole in center.
Sword Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Armaments, Sword			1776c.	Sword Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13808 Type: Object, Armaments, Sword Date: 1776c. Description: Handle wrapped in black leather.
Tray Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Containers, Tray			unknown	Tray Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13725 Type: Object, Containers, Tray Date: unknown Description: Rectangular tray with black background of white flowers and green leaves, light blue forget-me-nots. Large flowers outlined in red or yellow with yellow centers. Paint chipped.
Tray Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Serving Tray			unknown	Tray Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13724 Type: Object, Serving Tray Date: unknown Description: Rectangular tray with black background and gold stripe around border. Gold scrolls, gold leaves and pale yellow flowers in center.
Somesville Homes Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Writing, Notebook			2007	Somesville Homes Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13682 Type: Object, Writing, Notebook Date: 2007 Description: Black binder containing background information about Somesville Homes for 2007 Walking Tour, Brochure, Historic District Status. Includes maps, descriptions of homes and owners (Richardson, Somes) and copy of newspaper article (no source or date) about razing Somesville Post Office.
Shifting Gears: 2013 Summer Exhibit Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Writing, Notebook	Other, Automobiles		2013	Shifting Gears: 2013 Summer Exhibit Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13670 Type: Object, Writing, Notebook Subject: Other, Automobiles Date: 2013 Description: Binder containing information about Mount Desert Island gas stations, automobile dealerships, or automotive-related businesses; visitors were asked to add their own comments or information. Small pamphlet about exhibit inside pocket.
Rifle Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Armaments, Rifle			c 1840	Rifle Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13604 Type: Object, Armaments, Rifle Date: c 1840 Description: Marked William Read Boston. Ramrod intact. Lock by Read & Son probably a replacement, it does not match drum. Full stock. Brass buttplate, iron furniture. Ignition: caplock Wood: walnut fullstock Caliber: 12 gage Donor info - property of John Somes son of Abraham Somes.

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