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Sarsaparilla bottle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Vessel, Bottle
Sarsaparilla bottle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
sarsaparilla bottle with cork inside the bottle
Sarsaparilla bottle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Vessel, Bottle
Sarsaparilla bottle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
sarsaparilla bottle with cork in neck
Torpedo ballast bottle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Vessel, Bottle
Torpedo ballast bottle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Handmade "Torpedo" ballast bottle found in water near Somesville landing in August 2009. Would have been used to carry fresh water on a ship; added ballast during voyage.
Ballast bottle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Vessel, Bottle
Ballast bottle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Handmade ballast bottle found in water near Somesville landing in August 2009. Would have been used to carry fresh water on a ship; added ballast during voyage. Thinner glass at mouth of bottler than item 009.052.3
Ballast bottle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Vessel, Bottle
Ballast bottle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Handmade ballast bottle found in water near Somesville landing in August 2009. Would have been used to carry fresh water on a ship; added ballast during voyage. Has thicker glass around mouth than item 009.052.2.
Half pint milk or cream bottle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Vessel, Bottle
Half pint milk or cream bottle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Half pint liquid bottle. Marked "Maine L Seal" and "152 Registered". 5.5 inches high.
Carter's Mucilage bottle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Vessel, Bottle
Carter's Mucilage bottle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Carter's Mucilage bottle. Carter Dinsmore & Co. Cork stopper. Red, yellow and black label intact. Thick brown substance inside attached to one side. Approx. 2.5 inches tall, 2 inches in diameter.
Bowl
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Vessel, Bowl
Bowl
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Blue glass bowl in “Tree of Life” pattern. One seam from top to bottom. Donor info - Aberina glass.
Box for "Vegetine. Purely Vegetable. Nature's Remedy."
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Box
Box for "Vegetine. Purely Vegetable. Nature's Remedy."
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Box for "Vegetine. Purely Vegetable. Nature's Remedy."
F. Pervear lunch box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Box
F. Pervear lunch box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black painted lunch box marked F. Pervear in red paint. Contains thermos. Leather handle intact. Upper sides painted red.
Oval tin box with lid
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Box
Oval tin box with lid
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Oval tin box with deep lid. Sloping lid; raised circle in center. Rusty. Approx. 8.75" long, 6" wide.
Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Box
Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Oval box with lid made of light wood. Wood almost as thin as a wood shaving.
Tinder Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Box
Tinder Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Small tin box with handles on each side. Handle on lid.
Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Box
Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Box with white woven design overall. Red/blue and pink/blue geometric paper border. On top boy in green coat with yellow scarf and boots with small dog ready to throw snowballs. Paper hinge. Paper lace inside.
Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Box
Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Covered with purple paper. Decorative gold paper in corners. Pastoral scene in oval frame in center of lid. Cooper or brass latch. Lace hinges inside. Sides lined with paper lace some torn. Under lid decorative paper covering sachet. Sits on four small legs 1/4” high.
Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Box
Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Round paper box with glass top. Top detached from box. Blue paper border with black and orange design. Brown dots chained together on edge of glass. Bottom pink.
Can for Beach Cliff Fish Steaks in Soybean Oil
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Can
  • Other, Canneries
  • Other, Labels
Can for Beach Cliff Fish Steaks in Soybean Oil
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Can for Beach Cliff Fish Steaks (Bite Size Herring) in Soybean Oil
Enamel Bucket
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Vessel, Bucket
Enamel Bucket
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Blue spatter enamel bucket. Handle has a wooden grip.
Small wooden basket.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • Object, Other Object
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • No Copyright - United States
Small wooden basket.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Small woven basket. The basket has a small handle that can be used to open the basket. There is a latch for the basket to close, but it looks as though it broke. This basket looks like it was probably used to hold small objects like jewelry or small children's toys.
Blue pitcher with wash basin and vase
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Vessel
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Blue pitcher with wash basin and vase
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Blue pitcher with wash basin and vase. Labeled : Ada Rice Set
Steamer trunk
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Steamer trunk
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Steamer trunk with metal bottom with inset wheels, reinforced metal corners and edges, wooden slats on all sides including top and bottom to protect the exterior sides, a leather handle on each short side (one handle broken), with remains of two paper shipping labels: on the bottom, RECEIPT COLLECT 353551 WAYBILL LABEL BOSTON MASS AMERICAN RAILWAY EXPRESS NOV ??? 18; on the short side, unreadable; written inside on the bottom: C.M. Gott
Basket and lid with modern sewing notions
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • Object, Other Object
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Basket and lid with modern sewing notions
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Basket and lid, flat bottomed, made of sweetgrass? or rattan?, filled with modern sewing notions, lid has two decorative rope handles with Asian characters on coin-like buttons, blue on the inside.
Native American sweetgrass whisk brooms
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • Object, Other Object
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Native American sweetgrass whisk brooms
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Two Native American sweetgrass whisk brooms with braided loop handles, one (10" L, handle 3" across) decorated with purple twine, the other (9.5" L, handle 3" across) tied with green twine. The broom with the green twine was one of several basketry items collected by Mary E. Shaw (Mrs. Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor. She eventually sold them to Wini Smart's daughter, Gail, (per Mrs. Shaw visit 9/25/14). [show more]
Native American comb or wall-pocket basket
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • Object, Other Object
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Native American comb or wall-pocket basket
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Basket, small comb or wall pocket basket woven of natural and red fibers, suitable to hold hair combs, keys, paper clips. This type of basket was made by the Wabanaki for sale to visitors during the late 19th-early 20th century.
Flat basket
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • Object, Other Object
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Flat basket
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Basket and lid, flat basket, green bottom with green, tan, and yellow twine woven throughout, lid with twine handle, marked "Made In Canada" on bottom