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You searched for: Date: 1880sPlace: [blank]Type: Object
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Alphia Doll and Storybook
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Doll
  • none
  • 1880
  • Copyright Undetermined
Alphia Doll and Storybook
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
Bisque head and limbs with cloth body, red hair, glass eyes, and painted brows. Wearing a red plaid dress, tule and purple cloth bonnet, and has molded and painted shoes. Doll belonged to Maybelle Gonya, who gave it the matching address book. Doll is named Alphia. Doll (.01) and Storybook (.02)
Children's Single Shoe
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Shoe
  • none
  • 1880 c.
  • Copyright Undetermined
Children's Single Shoe
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
Single black leather shoe with an ankle strap.
Certificate of Ordination as Deacon - William Thomas Manning
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Award, Achievement Certificate
  • 1889
Description:
Certificate of ordination as a Deacon in the Episcopal Church, Diocese of Tennessee, for William Thomas Manning. Manning was a summer resident of Somesville and owner of The Mount Desert House. Manning became Bishop of the Diocese of New York. 1889. William Thomas Manning From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008 | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: William Thomas Manning 1866-1949, American Episcopal bishop of New York, b. England, received his collegiate and theological training at the Univ. of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. Ordained a priest (1891), he served parishes in California, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee and taught dogmatic theology at the Univ. of the South before becoming rector of Trinity parish, New York City, in 1908. Manning was bishop of New York from 1921 until his retirement in 1946. [show more]
Mourning Card, Hollis Edmond Fernald, 1889
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Mourning Card
  • 1889
Mourning Card, Hollis Edmond Fernald, 1889
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
One page of photos and memorabilia found in a 8x10 worn red velvet photo album in poor condition. This card was probably used at the funeral services for Hollis Edmond Fernald, 5 mo., 1889.
Women's Bodice
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Bodice
  • 1885 c
  • Copyright Undetermined
Women's Bodice
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
Pink polished cotton print bodice with button front with steal cut buttons and a back drape.
S.A. Eliot Essay on de Champlain 1882, on CD
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Data Processing, Compact Disc
  • 1882
S.A. Eliot Essay on de Champlain 1882, on CD
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
CD copy of essay on de Champlain, 1882. Files have been downloaded on the archive computer.
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
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.
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
Description:
Three pages cut off the back of the notebook.
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.)
Samuel de Champlain April 1882
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Eliot, Charles
  • 1882
Samuel de Champlain April 1882
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Samuel de Champlain April 1882 - Information about Samuel de Champlain Compiled/Written 1882 A copy of whole paper on Champlain by C. Eliot for Nathan Price (in 11 pages)
Candlewick Trimmer
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Wick Trimmer
  • Other, Candles
  • Other, Tools & implements
  • c 1883
Candlewick Trimmer
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Cast iron tool - handle squeezed together causing blade to cut candle wick. Spring mechanism. Small ring on handle perhaps for hanging. Marked Pat Nov 22 81 Jan 23 + JE 5 83.
Mourning Brooch
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Clothing Pin, Brooch
  • c 1880
Mourning Brooch
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Dull black enamel on metal. Gold backing and pin with safety catch. Tiny beads on wire in center of pin which resemble pollen.
Cologne Bottle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Toilet Bottle, Cologne Bottle
  • c 1880s
Cologne Bottle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Tall clear glass bottle with one handle on a foot. Has glass stopper shaped like spouting water. Pattern in rounded part of bottle. Paper label reads, “With kindest regards.” On label blue and white flowers and ferns.
Advertising envelope from Ceo. M. Tower, Buckboard Builder, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Tremont Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Envelope
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Stamps
  • Other, Transportation
  • 7/11/1889
Description:
Advertising envelope from Geo. M. Tower, Buckboard Builder, Bar Harbor, Maine. Stamp canceled in Bar Harbor post office.
Advertising envelope from Osmond Emery, Painter, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Tremont Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Envelope
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Painters
  • Other, Stamps
  • 10/5/1886
Description:
Advertising envelope from Osmond Emery, Painter, Bar Harbor, Maine. Stamp canceled in Bar Harbor post office.
Advertising envelope with stamp sent from The Rodick hotel in Bar Harbor to Charles A. Atkinson, Esq. in South Norridewock, Maine.
Tremont Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Envelope
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Businesses, Lodging Business, Hotels & Motel Business
  • Other, Louisburg Hotel
  • Other, Post Offices
  • Other, Rodick Hotel
  • Other, Stamps
  • 6/25/1888
Description:
Advertising envelope with stamp sent from The Rodick hotel in Bar Harbor to Charles A. Atkinson, Esq. in South Norridewock, Maine.
Envelope and postcard with stamps sent from Bar Harbor.
Tremont Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Envelope
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Post Offices
  • Other, Stamps
  • 6/15/1885
Description:
Envelope and postcard with stamps sent from Bar Harbor.
Stamped envelope sent from Southwest Harbor post office,1883
Tremont Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Envelope
  • Other, Post Offices
  • Other, Postal Service
  • Other, Southwest Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
  • Other, Stamps
  • Other, Steamships
  • Other, Transportation
  • 1883
Description:
Stamped envelope sent from Southwest Harbor post office,1883
U.S.Post Office Department registered package (large envelope) sent from Southwest Harbor
Tremont Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Envelope
  • Other, Post Offices
  • Other, Southwest Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
  • Other, Stamps
  • c.1885
Description:
U.S.Post Office Department registered package (large envelope) sent from Southwest Harbor
Base and spinning wheel head for a 'walking' or 'great' spinning wheel
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Spinning Wheel
  • Other
  • 1880
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Description:
Three-legged base for a 'walking' or 'great' spinning wheel. Base was originally from the attic of the Scudder house on the north shore of Islesford. Head is termed a 'minor' head made of wood and iron; it came from the donor's wheel in Sullivan, Maine. Donor is a spinner and weaver, and lectures about heritage textiles. She noticed GCIHS had a wheel with no base in collection (GCIHS 2015.312.2072). The two parts married up perfectly. Wheel dates to ca. 1880s; Shakers made this type of great wheel. [show more]
Gospel Hymns No. 5
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Hymnal
  • Sankey, Ira D., James McGranahan and Stebbins, Geo. C.
  • 1887
Gospel Hymns No. 5
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Contains the "latest and best pieces...and a large number of the most useful and popular Sacred Songs..." Inscribed "Emma Whitmore"
Our Glad Hosanna
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Hymnal
  • Lowry, Rev. Robert and W. Howard Doane
  • 1882
Our Glad Hosanna
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Songs and hymns for Sunday School, Social Gatherings, and Prayer Meetings. Inscribed Emma Whitmore, Oct. 4, 1882 and [??] Pray and Epping Camp Ground.
Songs of Joy and Gladness
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Hymnal
  • McDonald, J, Joshua Gill, JNO R. Sweeney, W.J. Kirkpatrick
  • 1885
Songs of Joy and Gladness
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Words and music for more than 250 hymns. Inscribed Emma Whitmore.
Good as Gold: A New Collection of Sunday School Songs
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Hymnal
  • Lowry, Rev. Robert and W. Howard Doane
  • 1880
Good as Gold: A New Collection of Sunday School Songs
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
188 hymns Inscribed Emma A. Whitmore by Henry C. Pray and the Echo Music Co., Lafayette, Indiana
Gospel Hymns No. 4
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Hymnal
  • Sankey, Ira D. and James McGranahan, Geo. C Stebbins
  • 1881
Gospel Hymns No. 4
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
,,,as used in Gospel Meetings; new and old favorites Inscribed Emma Whitmore