Description: Quilt, modern, infant size, made by Beverly Sanborn. Gold borders and gold horizontal and vertical panels with four-piece squares of multi-colored patterns and solid pastels. Reverse of quilt is aqua, edged with white patterned binding on four sides. Polyester fill.
Description: Clothing. Collection of women's accessories worn with the "going away" outfit of Hannah (nee Dick) Macfarlan for her honeymoon trip. Married 21 April 1869 in Philadelphia. Two pairs of white kid gloves: smaller pair (A), larger (B); one pair white shoes (C); one beige hat with flower buds and a long ribbon tail (D); and one fringed, beige, silk collapsible parasol with ivory handle and ivory decorative top element (E). Handwritten pencil note inside shoe reads: "Shoes & gloves worn by Hannah Dick when she married Malcolm Macfarlan April 21, 1869." (See 2009.11.1180 skirt with jacket and 2009.11.1181 fan.) [show more]
Description: Kitchenware. Tea strainer. Small, metal sieve basket suspended above attached metal bowl with black wooden handle. Stamped with: "Superior, Pat. Dec 22, 08, ALLCO"
Description: Kitchenware. Plate warmer. White ceramic plate with blue rim permanently affixed to a metal bowl with two metal handles and a metal spout with screwable mouthpiece that has a tiny hole in it to allow steam to escape. Likely unscrewed the spout, filled it with hot water, or heated the whole assemblage.
Description: Doll, Hitty Willow Thompson, wood, carved by Pat Thompson in 2005, in green dress with white smock; donated by HittyforEveryone Yahoo group in memory of Diane Barrow-Clark. Diane was caretaker of the imaginary "Lake Thonotosassa Boarding School" in Florida (LTBS, as she referred to it) where Hitty Willow Thompson was Head Mistress. Accessories with doll: yellow-walled apartment box, hanging on its wall is a picture of Diane, a picture of the students that were at LTBS, and also a picture of Jacques, the last doll purchased by Diane and donated to the HittyforEveyrone group to use as their travel doll. Further accessories: red cotton dress, doll quilt white squares and green squares with brown star, light yellow knitted doll afghan, blue wool cape, knitted white shawl, knitted mustard-color shawl, knitted mustard-color handbag, ceramic cup and saucer white with orange-colored decorative decal, coffee pot with spout and orange colored decorative decal, orange carrots in a green bowl (all one piece plastic), green plastic caricature turtle, teddy bear with red ribbon neck kerchief, tiny "Hitty, Her First Hundred Years" book, clothes chest with one (inoperable) drawer, round coffee table, and wooden round-top treasure chest with leather straps and buckles (made in China). All these items were donated by HittyforEveryone group members: Kathie Baxter, Linda Bennett and the Yabba Dabba Doo Hittys, Elise Buhn, Sharon Horswill, Linda Knott, Judy Millman and the Sherman Oaks Hittys,and Sue Parker. (See GCIHS web page for Hitty doll information.) [show more]
Description: Doll, Golliwog, a miniature cloth person in blue shirt with red and white striped pants, black face, black curly hair, big red lips, whites of eyes prominent. Anti Black Caricature prominent in the early 20th century.
Description: Art, carved wooden fir tree, with branches shaved away from the trunk, made in one piece by Sam Chapman; separate square base; note taped on bottom of base "Sam Chapman Made This"; see also item 1302, also made by Sam Chapman.
Description: A silver trophy bowl called the Becton Trophy. Awarded to the winner of the Downeast Race week, Division 1. Engraving across the front reads: The Becton Trophy Down East Race Week Division 1 First Place Cumulative Elapsed Time Three columns on the back have the names of winners. The earliest of these columns reads: 2000 - Firefly - Wilmerding Family 2001 - Pequot - Bevin V. Cherot 2002 - Gannet - Robert Johnstone 2003 - Cybele - David Rockefeller Richard Burns Column Two Reads: 2004 - Cybele - David Rockefeller Richard Burns 2018 - Watermark - Christopher Hopkins 2019 - Ranger - Ken Weg 2020 - Lynnette - Michael Cook The third column reads: 2022 - Cybele - David Rockefeller Richard Burns [show more]
Description: A silver trophy bowl, called the Edsel B. Ford Memorial Trophy, given to winner of the International Class in the August Cruise. The names of the winners are engraved around the sides. An enameled burgee ornaments the front of the bowl. Engraving on the front reads: Edsel B. Ford Memorial Trophy Northeast Harbor Fleet August Cruise International Class At the center of the back WINNERS is engraved, with columns of winners. The first column reads: 1950 - Moewe - Polly Hennsebruch 1951 - Santee - James G. Ducey 1952 - Santee - James G. Ducey 1953 - Santee - James G. Ducey 1954 - Santee - James G. Ducey 1955 - Queen Mary - William J. Strawbridge 1956 - Firefly - James G. Ducey 1957 - Eastern Way - Michael Crofoot 1958 - Donabu - Peter Iselin 1959 - Jaminak - Charles R. Tyson, Jr. 1960 - Auriga - Harry R. Madeira 1961 - Auriga - Harry R. Madeira 1962 - Auriga - Harry R. Madeira 1963 - Red Wing - James L. McCabe The second column reads: 1964 - Moewe - Edward S. Madeira, Jr. 1965 - Aurgia - Lodowic F. Crofoot III - Maine Star - David Rockefeller, Jr. 1966 - Maine Star - David Rockefeller, Jr. 1967 - Auriga - Dr. Joseph L. Grant 1968 - Santee - Minot K. Milliken 1969 - Red Wing - Michael C. Madeira 1970 - Silver Spray - Harry G. Haskell, Jr. 1971 - Firefly - Dr. Joseph L. Grant 1972 - Acontia - Minot K. Milliken Dr. Robert W. Tilney 1973 - Acontia - Minot K. Millekin 1974 - Firefly - Dr. Joseph L. Grant The third column reads: 1975 - Donabu - Charles C. Crofoot 1976 - Mjolnir - Charles C. Crofoot 1977 - Silver Spray - Harry G. Haskell, Jr. 1978 - Auriga - Christopher H. Zamore Henry S. Fox - David W. Clark, Jr. 1979 - Firefly - Dr. Joseph L. Grant 1980 - Auriga - Charles C. Crofoot 1981 - Silver Spray - Harry G. Haskell, Jr. 1982 - Seahawk - Dr. Wayne W. Wibby 1983 - Seahawk - Dr. Wayne W. Wibby 1984 - Sachem - Charles C. Crofoot 1986 - Firefly - Dr. Joseph L. Grant 1987 - Satin Doll - Sydney Roberts Rockefeller 1988 - Auriga - William L. Murphy 1989 - Firefly - Dr. Joseph L. Grant The fourth column reads: 1990 - Dicer - Edward R. Dysart 1991 - Runner - Jock Kohlhas 1992 - Firefly - Joseph L. Grant 2009 - Satin Doll - Sydney Roberts Rockefeller 2018 - Auriga - Lawson Family 2019 - Batty - Scott Hirsch 2020 - Eagle - Courteney Jenkins 2021 - Eagle - Courteney Jenkins [show more]
Description: Flag, 48-Star U.S. flag. Ruth Westphal says, "Found in the home of Alice & Richard Stanley when we purchased it in July 1970. Home was built in 1910 by the Stanleys."
Description: Medals. Four military pins in a black leather case with 'AIR MEDAL' imprinted in gold on case. These pins would have been worn on a uniform shirt: one red and white pin, one ribbon board with three ribbons and four oak leaves, one blue and gold ribbon with eagle/sun medal attached.
Description: Musical instrument. Harmonica. Wood and metal, Marine Band, M. Hohner, made in Germany. Various trademarks: two hands holding a circle and ULM 1871, Stutgart 1881. Philad 1886. Tud Bunker's harmonica.