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  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
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Sunglasses
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Personal, Eyeglasses, Sunglasses
Sunglasses
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Frames hinged on each side and bend around to shade side of eye from sun. Temple length adjustable.
Eyeglasses
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Personal, Eyeglasses
Eyeglasses
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Small wire rimmed rectangular frames with rounded edges. Temple length adjustable.
Eyeglasses
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Personal, Eyeglasses
Eyeglasses
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Blue wire rimmed oval framed glasses.
Eyeglasses
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Personal, Eyeglasses
Eyeglasses
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Brass frames with green lenses. Temple length adjustable.
Eyeglasses
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Personal, Eyeglasses
  • Object, Personal, Eyeglasses
Eyeglasses
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
No frames. Metal nose piece. Flexible temples.
Stencil
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Stencil
Stencil
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Tin stencil marked, “James Flye, Seal Cove, ME”.
Stencil
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Stencil
Stencil
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Tin stencil marked, “Extra Scaled Herring. H.F.”.
Smoothing Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Plane, Leveling Plane, Smoothing Plane
Smoothing Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Plane for smoothing boards and floors. Blade marked, “Baldwin tool company made from Butchers Cast Steel”. Plane marked, “J. Boston”.
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Plane, Molding Plane
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Narrow curved blade. Blade guide intact.
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Plane, Molding Plane
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Narrow blade makes thin curved molding. Marked, “W.M. Bowman. D.P. Sandborn, Littleton, N.H.”.
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Plane, Molding Plane
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Half curved blade. Blade guide intact. Marked, “W.M. Bowman. D.P. Sandborn, Littleton, N.H.”.
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Plane, Molding Plane
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Curved blade. Blade guide intact.
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Plane, Molding Plane
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Blade missing. Blade guide intact. Marked, “W. M.Bowman. D.P. Sandborn, Littleton, N.H.”.
Camera
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Photographic, Camera
  • Early 20th c
Camera
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Target Brownie Six - 20. Made in the USA. Red vinyl handle on top, otherwise black. In front three holes. Lenses (square) on top and side.
Doll
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Doll
Doll
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Cornsilk hair, cornhusk sunbonnet, dress and apron around corn cob. Eye, brows and lips drawn on face. String tied around neck and waist. Bonnet sewn together. Hair falling out. Donor info - found in Wasgatt house at Beech Hill.
Bond for Deed, Reuben W. Carter to Bloomfield Smith
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Pay Order, Bond
  • 1887
Bond for Deed, Reuben W. Carter to Bloomfield Smith
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Reuben W. Carter to pay Bloomfield R. Smith $10,000.00 for c.40 acres of land on Beech Hill in Mt. Desert. Land described by who owns other land to north, south and west and by the county road to the east. (However, there is some confusion about who is the seller and who the buyer.)
Flashilight, black and metal
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Flashlight
  • 1899c.
Flashilight, black and metal
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
9" long; part unscrews to insert battery; date (ca. 1899) suggested by donor. Metal loop perhaps for hanging or affixing to belt. Found in apartment over old store in Seal Harbor. Marked patent pending.
Shuttle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Shuttle
  • 19th c.
Shuttle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Metal tips on each end. Hinge opens. Clasp holds spindle inside case. Donor info - came from woolen mill owned and run by Abraham Somes II and later his sons Isaac and Lyman. Lyman was the father of Mrs. Lethiecq.
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Plane, Molding Plane
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Full curved blade. Marked, “RSW. Gladwin & [J] Boston” in pencil.
Wallet
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Personal Case, Wallet
  • Other, Wallets
  • c.1900
Wallet
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Small brown leather accordian wallet.Came from Reiss’s basement. Included a receipt for Stanley from Granite Union 1904.
Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Box
Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Round box with checkerboard pattern on top. Sides striped green, maroon and yellow. Contains button and shoe button. Also contains “Erin Go Bragh” pin. Provenance not known. Deed of gift not found.
Compact for Face Powder
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Cosmetic Container, Compact
  • Other, Boxes
  • Other, Women
Compact for Face Powder
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Yellow wood box with hinged lid and small oval shell medallion in center. Appears to hold dried, caked make-up. Wood may be maple. Compact for face powder.
Needle Case
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Needlework Container, Needlework Case, Needle Case
Needle Case
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Made of woven straw. Green leaves in yellow pattern on front. Lined with green fabric. Two wool “pages” for needles.
Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Accessory Box, Trinket Box
Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Box covered with flowered paper. Made of cardboard. Lid has red cushion top Embroidered design on top. Number 239 is written on tape on the side of the box. Inside the box are trinkets: 3 miniature pewter spoons; 1 Lilac Sweets perfume bottle; one hair pin with glass flower; one brooch with with two leaves and a flower with glass inset; 10 miscellaneous buttons, one sewn on cloth; and one unknown piece of wood or ivory that would screw into another object. [show more]
Bell
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Sound Signaling Device, Bell
Bell
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Silver handle bell with ornate pattern. Donor info - bell used in Somes House Inn.