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Eyeglasses
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Personal, Eyeglasses
  • Object, Personal, Eyeglasses
Eyeglasses
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
No frames. Metal nose piece. Flexible temples.
Stencil
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Stencil
Stencil
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Tin stencil marked, “James Flye, Seal Cove, ME”.
Stencil
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Stencil
Stencil
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Tin stencil marked, “Extra Scaled Herring. H.F.”.
Smoothing Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Plane, Leveling Plane, Smoothing Plane
Smoothing Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Plane for smoothing boards and floors. Blade marked, “Baldwin tool company made from Butchers Cast Steel”. Plane marked, “J. Boston”.
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Plane, Molding Plane
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Narrow curved blade. Blade guide intact.
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Plane, Molding Plane
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Narrow blade makes thin curved molding. Marked, “W.M. Bowman. D.P. Sandborn, Littleton, N.H.”.
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Plane, Molding Plane
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Half curved blade. Blade guide intact. Marked, “W.M. Bowman. D.P. Sandborn, Littleton, N.H.”.
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Plane, Molding Plane
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Curved blade. Blade guide intact.
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Plane, Molding Plane
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Blade missing. Blade guide intact. Marked, “W. M.Bowman. D.P. Sandborn, Littleton, N.H.”.
Camera
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Photographic, Camera
  • Early 20th c
Camera
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Target Brownie Six - 20. Made in the USA. Red vinyl handle on top, otherwise black. In front three holes. Lenses (square) on top and side.
Doll
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Doll
Doll
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Cornsilk hair, cornhusk sunbonnet, dress and apron around corn cob. Eye, brows and lips drawn on face. String tied around neck and waist. Bonnet sewn together. Hair falling out. Donor info - found in Wasgatt house at Beech Hill.
Shuttle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Shuttle
  • 19th c.
Shuttle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Metal tips on each end. Hinge opens. Clasp holds spindle inside case. Donor info - came from woolen mill owned and run by Abraham Somes II and later his sons Isaac and Lyman. Lyman was the father of Mrs. Lethiecq.
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Plane, Molding Plane
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Full curved blade. Marked, “RSW. Gladwin & [J] Boston” in pencil.
Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Box
Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Round box with checkerboard pattern on top. Sides striped green, maroon and yellow. Contains button and shoe button. Also contains “Erin Go Bragh” pin. Provenance not known. Deed of gift not found.
Compact for Face Powder
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Cosmetic Container, Compact
  • Other, Boxes
  • Other, Women
Compact for Face Powder
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Yellow wood box with hinged lid and small oval shell medallion in center. Appears to hold dried, caked make-up. Wood may be maple. Compact for face powder.
Needle Case
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Needlework Container, Needlework Case, Needle Case
Needle Case
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Made of woven straw. Green leaves in yellow pattern on front. Lined with green fabric. Two wool “pages” for needles.
Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Accessory Box, Trinket Box
Box
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Box covered with flowered paper. Made of cardboard. Lid has red cushion top Embroidered design on top. Number 239 is written on tape on the side of the box. Inside the box are trinkets: 3 miniature pewter spoons; 1 Lilac Sweets perfume bottle; one hair pin with glass flower; one brooch with with two leaves and a flower with glass inset; 10 miscellaneous buttons, one sewn on cloth; and one unknown piece of wood or ivory that would screw into another object. [show more]
Bell
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Sound Signaling Device, Bell
Bell
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Silver handle bell with ornate pattern. Donor info - bell used in Somes House Inn.
Pincushion, apple-shaped
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Needlework Container, Needlework Holder, Pincushion
  • Other, Sewing
Pincushion, apple-shaped
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Apple-shaped pincushion with needle, straight pins, two large pins with initial W (likely Whitmore) and one large pin with man's figure. Found in apartment over old store in Seal Harbor.
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Plane, Molding Plane
Molding Plane
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
A molding plane with a full curved blade. Ends of plane includes markings: “W.M. Bowman - D.P. Sandborn. Littleton, N.H.”. 3/8 marked on end of plane.
Hammer
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Hammer
  • colonial
Hammer
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Claw hammer of heavy iron. Some rust. Rings at top of handle suggest the hammer head was screwed onto the handle. Donor Info - handle said to have been brought over on the Mayflower and handed down through the Mayo and Moore families. Owned by Sally Somes.
Spool of Silk Thread,
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Notion, Thread
  • Object, Notion, Thread
  • Other, Sewing
Spool of Silk Thread,
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Spool of off-white silk thread, 5.50" high; marked 12,000 yards. Found in apartment over old store in Seal Harbor.
Spool of Thread
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Notion, Thread
Spool of Thread
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Large wooden spool of olive green and black thread.
Bellows
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Bellows
Bellows
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Red wood trimmed with leather. Tin tip.
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Bill
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bill from Eastern Steamship Lines to Mrs. Donald N. Gilpin c/o JA Somes for one bureau; amount appears to be $98.00, but only the figure 98 appears in the amount column without and dollar sign.