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Children's Chair Bar Harbor Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Chair, Child's Chair	none	1850 c	Bar Harbor	Copyright Undetermined	Children's Chair Bar Harbor Historical Society Identifier: bhhs-35 Type: Object, Furnishings, Chair, Child's Chair Subject: none Date: 1850 c Place: Bar Harbor Description: Bent wood arms, back and legs. Cane seat. Light colored. Used by George B Dorr as a child.
Cradle Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Bed, Child's Bed, Cradle		1858			Cradle Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13172 Type: Object, Furnishings, Bed, Child's Bed, Cradle Date: 1858 Description: Made of walnut; shaped like a small boat. Sits in frame and rocks. Cradle has swan head and end like a ship’s stern. Frame is carved with flowers on each end and underneath. Donor info - made for Olive Perkins (Mrs. S.W. Smith, Jr.) of Warren, Ohio born August 17, 1858. Mattress made in 1924 for Samuel Smith Wilson. Following info from Samuel Smith Wilson who visited Museum in 1997. Olive Perkins married Judge Smith who rented the house between the Mount Desert Tavern and the Abraham Somes III house in Somesville. This house is no longer standing. She died near 1930. Her grandfather was Brig. General Simon Perkins, an Ohio land surveyor and speculator. [show more]
Rocking Chair Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Chair, Rocking Chair		c 1850			Rocking Chair Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3219 Type: Object, Furnishings, Chair, Rocking Chair Date: c 1850 Description: Child sized rocking chair. Natural finish with red trim. Donor info - belonged to his grandmother, Maria Merritt Beckworth, who is pictured in the chair in MDIHS photo # 996-39-39.
School Master’s Desk Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Floor Stand, Lectern	Other, Desks Other, Furniture Other, Schools Other, Teachers	1850s			School Master’s Desk Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3204 Type: Object, Furnishings, Floor Stand, Lectern Subject: Other, Desks Other, Furniture Other, Schools Other, Teachers Date: 1850s Description: Top lifts to reveal space for books and pencils. One drawer at top with white knob. Two doors with shelves behind. One drawer at bottom missing pull. Decorative cut base. Lender info - used by Lynam Smith during the 1850s when he was the teacher in the first school in Pretty Marsh, called "The Little Red Schoolhouse." Lyman Smith also taught in other area schools. Donor is a descendant of Smith.
School Master's Desk Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Desk, Standing Desk	Organizations, School Institution Structures, Institutional, School	1850 c.	Mount Desert, Pretty Marsh	No Known Copyright	School Master's Desk Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-1686 Type: Object, Furnishings, Desk, Standing Desk Subject: Organizations, School Institution Structures, Institutional, School Date: 1850 c. Place: Mount Desert, Pretty Marsh Description: School master's desk. Top lifts to reveal space for books and pencils. One drawer at top with white knob. Two doors with shelves behind. One drawer at bottom missing pull. Decorative cut base. Lender info - used by Lynam Smith during the 1850s when he was the teacher in the first school in Pretty Marsh, called "The Little Red Schoolhouse." Lyman Smith also taught in other area schools. Donor is a descendant of Smith.

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