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| Lower Indian Pond Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Lower Indian Pond Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Photograph of Lower Indian Pond, 1885 | |||
| Cove at Canoe Landing Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Cove at Canoe Landing Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Picture of two unnamed women in a canoe on an unknown pond. | |||
| Alphia Doll and Storybook Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  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 |
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|  Children's Single Shoe Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Single black leather shoe with an ankle strap. | ||
| Correspondence between Cora and Fred Savage Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Correspondence between Cora and Fred Savage Northeast Harbor Library Description: Copies of letters from Fred Savage to his sister Cora Justine Savage Phillips in Northeast Harbor. From originals of Laura Cross. | |||
| Greenleaf's New Practical Arithmatic Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Greenleaf's New Practical Arithmatic Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 1 copy Benjamin Greenleaf, New Practical Arithmatic. (Boston: Robert Davis and Company, 1880). | |||
| First Book in Arithmetic Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  First Book in Arithmetic Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 1 copy Daniel M. Fish, First Book in Arithmetic. (New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Company, 1880). | |||
| Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library Description: The Green Mountain Railway was finalized in 1883 by Frank H. Clergue of Bangor, Maine. It was 6,300 feet long and started on the shores of Eagle Lake. Its cost was $110.000. It closed down in 1893 after only 10 years of operation. (From Item 2162). | ||
| Colby Atlas of Hancock County Maine 1881 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Colby Atlas of Hancock County Maine 1881 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Book. Colby Atlas of Hancock County Maine 1881. Donor inherited it from his Great Grandfather, Calvin Whitney, with various inscriptions on front and rear pages with dates 1882, 1884, and 1889 with Calvin Whitney's town indicated variously as Jonesboro and Jonesborough in Washington County, ME. Full title: Atlas of Hancock County Maine, Compiled and Published under the direction of Geo. N. Colby, by S. F. Colby & Co., Drawn from Official Plans, U. S. Cost Survey Charts, and Actual Surveys by H. E. Halfpenny & J. H. Stuart, Ellsworth, ME 1881. Engraved by Wm Bracher 27 So. 6th St. Phila, Printed by F. Bourquin 31 So. 6th St. Phila. Assistants: C. E. Williams, B. T. Sowle, Atty at Law. Capt. N. H. Higgins & L. B. Wyman, C. E. All 96 pages of book are present, all color map plates are in tact. Pages 52 & 53 are [intentionally] blank, but it appears some printed material may once have between those pages as both pages have brown staining across them. Some stains and foxing throughout, binding worn, covers stained and frayed. [show more] | |
| Assessed value of vessels Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Assessed value of vessels Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: List, Assessed value of vessels as of 1 Apr 1885 (1865 also written), giving vessel name, owner's name, owner's parts, tonnage, value, & remarks, by William P. Preble, George W. Bulger, Samuel S. Brooks, assessors | ||
| List of barrels of oil from Schooner S. L. Foster and others Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  List of barrels of oil from Schooner S. L. Foster and others Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: List, handwritten, 18 Nov 1882, "Gauger's Returns" listing barrels of oil from ships, SLF (probably S.L. Foster) and R (probably Rozella), Capt. E. Stanley, S.L. Foster, signed by J.G. McKerson, Gauger | ||
| Griswold's Life of Henry Ward Beecher Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Griswold's Life of Henry Ward Beecher Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Book, paperback, "Griswold's Life of Henry Ward Beecher", with selections of his sermons, published by Griswold, 1887. With 2 engravings, Plymouth Church and Beecher's Brooklyn Residence. Owned by Alice White, Lucille Sayre's mother. | ||
| Mortgage release for George N. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Mortgage release for George N. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Release by Heirs of Benjamin Spurling for George N. Spurling's mortgage as recorded in 1864. [Book229/Page329, 1888] | ||
| Letter 1 of 3 from Wm H to Wm P Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Letter 1 of 3 from Wm H to Wm P Preble Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Letter 1 of 3 from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble on Chicago Rawhide MFG Co. (Chicago) letterhead, discussing GCI Church matters. Two pages with transcription. | ||
| Receipts for Schooner Lizzie Maud Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipts for Schooner Lizzie Maud Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Two receipts received of Capt. Benj Spurling Dec 18, 1888 for Ac Div Schr Lizzie Maude. A: in the amount of $220 signed by Lincoln Allen; B: in the amount of $40 signed by Mrs. Ellen Lincoln. | ||
| Fiday Club By-Laws and Consitution Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Fiday Club By-Laws and Consitution Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Four pages of hand written notes titled Constitution and By-laws. Also one page listing the members who have paid their dues. | ||
| New Year’s card from Morey Churchill & Morey of Boston, “Crockery, Lamps, Gas Fixtures.” Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| New Year’s card from Morey Churchill & Morey of Boston, “Crockery, Lamps, Gas Fixtures.” Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: New Year’s card from “Morey Churchill & Morey” of Boston, “Crockery, Lamps, Gas Fixtures.” It includes a monthly calendar on the back, “in convenient form”, for January, 1888. On the front is a color picture of a big snow-covered log cabin with smoking chimneys, a frozen pond, and a man and a woman outside near a wagon. It says, “With the Seasons Compliments; Wishing You a Prosperous New Year; We Subscribe Ourselves: yours to Command. Morey, Churchill and Morey.” Previously archived as object id 016.FIC.001.3.b, old accession number **1540 [show more] | |||
| Death Notice of Daniel Somes Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Death Notice of Daniel Somes Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Death notice of Daniel Somes, 1803-1882, copied from the Mount Desert Herald of January 18, 1883. Includes biographical information on Somes. | ||
| Journal of Voyage to the Island of Mt Desart Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Journal of Voyage to the Island of Mt Desart Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Complete article from Bangor Historical Magazine, Journal of Voyage to the Island of Mt. Desart, 1762 by Sir Francis Bernard | |||
| Notes from Aug 1, 1884-Aug 23, 1884 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Notes from Aug 1, 1884-Aug 23, 1884 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 1 typed page Inventory of photos, papers, books compiled by unknown author. | |||
| Notes from Aug 1, 1884-Aug 23, 1884 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Notes from Aug 1, 1884-Aug 23, 1884 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 7 typed pages A recounting of the founding of the Champlain Society by Charles Eliot, purpose of the group, selection of the camp on Mount Desert Island, the set-up of Northeast Harbor at the time, gathering of provisions while on Mount Desert Island. Hand written notes on the last two pages of the document. | |||
| Notes on the Champlain Society Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Notes on the Champlain Society Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 hand witten pages Diary of events from March 31, 1880, May 6, 1880, July 26-29, 1884 Aug 1-23, 1884. Personal diary of unknown author detalining leaving Mount Desert Island and returning to Cambridge and then the return to Camp a few days later. | |||
| Note Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Note Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 1 Typed Page Excerpt fromt he Champlain Society Log book Monday July 4,1881. Details, Raising of the flag at Camp Pemetic, fireworks at Northeast Harbor. | |||
| Map of Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Map of Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Map of Mount Desert Island from 1896 Map has holes in it from where it has been creased over the years. | |||
| Advertisement cards Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Advertisement cards Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Advertising card for “Libby McNeill & Libby’s” canned meats. The card has a picture of King Lear and his fool from Act III, Scene II. It says, “He that has a house to put his head in [and Libby McNeilll & Libby’s canned meats to eat] has a good head [and stomach] piece.” Durham card with cows identified as Charlie and George, John Dwight and Company Dwight's cow brand soda for cooking |