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Shuttle on Frame / Pastel of Woolen Mill
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Shuttle
  • Other, commerce
  • Other, important family
  • Howe D. Higgins (1894-1974)
  • 1972c.
Shuttle on Frame / Pastel of Woolen Mill
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • mdihs-12789
Type:
  • Object, Shuttle
Subject:
  • Other, commerce
  • Other, important family
Creator:
  • Howe D. Higgins (1894-1974)
Date:
  • 1972c.
Description:
Wooden shuttle mounted on board and framed. Also a framed bill from Isaac Somes to Sylvanus Higgins, Mt. Desert, May 29, 1862, for carding and oiling 17 3/4 lbs of wool at 6 cts per lb. In print below shuttle and bill, “From Old Woolen Mill in Somesville owned by Isaac Somes”. On back a pastel of woolen mill by Howe D. Higgins, grandson of Sylvanus. Done on April 21, 1972. Caption on back describes the mill. Note: The pastel painting of the woolen mill has been removed from the back and is located in Flat File #2, Drawer #8 with two other Howe Higgins paintings. [show more]