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Border of fancy ball skirt or dress
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Skirt
Border of fancy ball skirt or dress
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Border of very elegant ball gown or skirt worn by Anne Funderburk's grandmother. Blue silk with tiers of lace. Has been removed from the bottom of the gown.
Black wool window-pane pattern skirt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Skirt
Black wool window-pane pattern skirt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black window-pane pattern wool skirt, fully lined. Moth hole.
Plaid skirt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Skirt
Plaid skirt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Long plaid skirt, pink and brown. Several holes in fabric
Brown embossed woman's skirt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Skirt
Brown embossed woman's skirt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Brown embossed woman's skirt, heavily lined. Full length for a tall woman.
Baby shirt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Shirt
Baby shirt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Baby button-downed shirt, now yellowed. MF 2/19/19
Men's Army Shirt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Shirt
Men's Army Shirt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
This is a tan twill cotton army shirt. It has the markings "MERC and M9149 on the inside collar. There are two buttoned tabs on the shoulders and a 6 button fly front. In addition, there are two tabbed pockets on the front. The sleeves have buttoned cuffs. The shirt is folded with a cardboard insert in the collar as if it had just been cleaned at a laundry.
Infant shirt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Shirt
  • c. 1940s
Infant shirt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Pale green cotton embroidered infant's shirt, with buttons down front and scalloped opening at neck. Embroidered around neck. "Pemae Hand Made."
Infant shirt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Shirt
  • c. 1940s
Infant shirt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Sleeveless cream cotton infant shirt with pocket and rabbit embroidery in green thread. hand made in the Philippines.
Fork and Knife
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Flatware Set
Fork and Knife
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The fork is 7 and 1/4 inches long.The knife measures 8 and 3/4 inches long. Each has a handle that measures 4 and 1/4 inches. Each handle has a 2 and 1/2 inch section which appears to be pearl. On either end of this pearl section is a fan-like carving in the pearl. This pearl section is framed on both end by one inch sections of silver which has elaborate carvings.
Brown fringed shawl
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Shawl
Brown fringed shawl
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Brown fringed shawl. May be part of an outfit that included a pink and brown dress (997-72-561)
Private Communion Set
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Ritual Container, Communion Vessel, Communion Set
Private Communion Set
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Private communion set that had been given to George Price by descendants of The Reverend Dr. Horace Hall Leavitt, to whom it had belonged. Dr. Leavitt, married to the former Louise B. Whiteman, was the father of Mrs. Constance Scott and Mrs. Carlo Ninfi, both of Somesville. Leavitt's sister was Mrs. Charles E. Gilpatric of New York. Dr. Leavitt died in Somesville in 1966, at age 84. The Reverend Dr. Leavitt was a graduate of Princeton University and Union Theological Seminary. He was pastor of Presyterian churches in Amagansett and Brooklyn, New York and in Honolulu. The communion set is in a case initialed "H.H. L." [show more]
Corporate Seal for the MDI Historical Society
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Seal
Corporate Seal for the MDI Historical Society
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
This is a corporate seal which measures 9 and three quarters inches high when the handle is in the "up" position. At the base, it measures 6 inches long by two inches wide (under the seal section). It is made of metal and is black with gold trim. When the handle is pressed down and a paper is inserted between the seal discs, the paper is marked with "MDI Historical Society 1931".
Corporate Seal Marked with the Town of Eden
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Seal
Corporate Seal Marked with the Town of Eden
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
This item is made of metal and has two holes in its base to mount it on a desk, table or counter. It is an embosser. There is a seal which is not engaged when the handle is up. This allows a person to insert a document under the seal template. When the handle is pressed down, the seal makes an imprint on the document. This reads, " Town of Eden, Maine" at the top and "incorporated in 1796" in the bottom section of the circle. It measures 11 inches high when the handle is in the up position and the base is 6 and a half inches long by 2inches wide. There is a hole on either end of the base. On the sides, there are painted flowers in gold and red. [show more]
Deep blue silk scarf
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Scarf
Deep blue silk scarf
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Deep blue silk scarf with fringe
Scarf with metal fringe
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Scarf
  • Unknown
Scarf with metal fringe
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black silk scarf with metallic fringe. Had been stored in Box # T-2 and marked as LC19.
Balance Scale
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Scale
Balance Scale
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bar hangs on pin in center. Each end has a ring from which an object can be hung. Hook in center to hang scale. Marked, “H” in three places.
Broken Scabbard
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Scabbard
Broken Scabbard
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Broken scabbard; broken at lower end. Now approx. 19" in length. Width approx. 1.75"
Fabric Samples
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Merchandising, Sales Sample
  • Other, Seal Harbor
  • Other, Stores & shops
Fabric Samples
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fabric samples; found in building that housed old general store in Seal Harbor. Envelope addressed to WH Whitmore, Seal Harbor, Maine. Return address: Callender, McAuslan & Troup Co., Providence, RI.
Fabric Sample
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Merchandising, Sales Sample
  • Other, Fabrics
  • Other, Samples
  • Other, Seal Harbor
Fabric Sample
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fabric samples from John Wanamaker (Philadelphia), R.H. White (Boston); envelope addressed to Emma Whitmore, Seal Harbor, Me; return address: John Wanakamer, Philadelphia.
Weather Strip sample
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Merchandising, Sales Sample
  • Monarch Metal Weather Strip
  • 1920 ca
Weather Strip sample
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Salesman's Sample
Wooden skate of an ice sled
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Vehicle Component, Vehicle Runner, Sleigh Runner
Wooden skate of an ice sled
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wooden skate of an ice sled with steel blade. Round metal rod anchored in bracket attached to wooden skate; hole in end of rod. Long thin curved rod extends from one hand horizontal to skate.
Embroidered runner
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Furniture Runner, Table Runner
Embroidered runner
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Embroidered cotton runner
Infant rattle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Sound Signaling Device, Rattle
  • c. 1950s
Infant rattle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Owned by Steven Joseph Carvajal of Pretty Marsh. His silver infant rattle. One end marked with heart and initials S , J and C. Other end shows a clock. birth 3/3/53 - died 3/9/2005 Brother of Mt. Desert resident, Annette Carvajal.
Drying rack for doll clothes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Maintenance, Drying Rack
  • c. 1902
Drying rack for doll clothes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Drying rack for doll clothes given to Edna Rumill by her father, Capt. Edwin Rumill
Breast pump
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Breast Pump
Breast pump
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Glass breast pump. Rubber pump is hard and cracked