Description: Model of "Blanchard Lumber Mill" built by Hazen Blanchard. Was on exhibit at Somesville Museum; probably taken to storage at GHMM (AB, 7/5/12)
Description: A collection of the remains of 19th-century leather shoes discovered in the kitchen crawlspace during the 2013 remodeling of the Great Cranberry Island Congregational Church parsonage. Twenty soles or pieces of soles, two heel uppers with soles missing, remains of nine high boots with eyelets, and twenty leather show scraps.
Description: New Home treadle sewing maching manufactured by S.M. Co. of Orange, Mass. Research this and compare with the Singer sewing machine in the collection.
Description: This is a letter dated 11-06-03 to Ms. Jeschke from Sandy Brown. The letter is from Sandy Brown, PO Box 511, Marlborough, Connecticut. The letter refers to the photos the Brown family has contacted the MDI Historical Society about.
Description: This is a personal note that reads, "Sir, If you will come over next Monday in the afternoon, we will do that business. If you cannot come, please let me know when you can come. Yours, E. M. Hamor"
Description: Letter between brother and sister, Beatrice (?) and A. M. Capen (?). This letter is from A. Capen to his sister, informing her on his recent relocation to Mount Desert Island. He speaks of swimming in the ocean and how pleasent the air is.
Description: Framed letter from Capt. John Francis Hodgdon to Frank Leslie Hodgdon. Two frames glued back to back showing both sides of paper through glass. Typed transcript of letter in object file. Donor info - This is the last letter written by my grandfather Capt. John Francis Hodgdon. It was written to my father, Frank Leslie Hodgdon. Capt Hodgdon was lost with his ship the Theodore Dean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina a few week later.
Description: This shoe mold is the largest of three. At the widest part of the foot, it measures 3 and two sixteenths inches. It is nine and three quarters inches long. It is a rusty brownish color.
Description: This cobbler's shoe last measures 13 inches high. The base is 5 inches long and 3 and one quarter inches wide. The ends of the base are slightly rounded and the two remaining parallel sides are scalloped with a symetrical design. The number 7 is engraved on the side of the "stem" in a raised position. The stand is a rusty brown color.
Description: This is one of three molds. It is the medium-sized mold, measuring 7 and three quarters inches long by 2 and three quarters inches at its widest part. This mold is rusty, a brownish color and made of metal. The other two molds are catalogued under the numbers 007.110.5 and 007.110.7.
Description: This is the third of a collection of shoe molds (007.110.5-.6) and shoe last (007.110.4) which were given by Gail Reiber in 2007. This mold is the smallest. It is 6 inches long and 2 and two sixteenths wide (at the widest part). It is made of metal and is a rusty brownish color.
Description: In this group of clock parts, there is a wire measuring about 8 and 1/2 inches with a loop on one end; coiled cordage; a "turn handle" with a silver part in the shape of an "L" and a brass barrel on one end; and a circular back of the clock with a diameter of 2 inches. On the back piece is a winding mechanism on one side and opposite this is a loop. (see image) For the purposes of labeling, the backing is tagged 009.041a; the handle is 009.041b; the cordage 009.041c; and the wire 009.041d. [show more]