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Postal Desk
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Desk
Postal Desk
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Dark wood with heavy legs. Two drawers in middle. Two doors above desk open to reveal compartments - 6 in right and 13 in left. Wooden wedge nailed to right compartment which may be an ink holder. Wire coil attached to board inside compartment. Several “cubbies” above doors. Space in back of desk to hand mail through. Desk may have had a leather desk top attached that has left black marks on surface.
Fred Savage's Desk
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Desk
  • Other, Architects' offices
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Desks
Fred Savage's Desk
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Large desk/drafting table that belonged to Fred L. Savage
Writing Desk
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Desk, Writing Desk
Writing Desk
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wooden box. Varnished. Hinged. Opens to compartments and writing surface which is covered in black fabric. Probably velvet. Estelle Morrison(1874-1967) (donor source) on burial records of Brookside Cemetery. Wife of Mark C Morrison (1864-1948) also buried in Brookside Cemetery. Other information not known about object or family.
Writing Chest
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Desk, Writing Desk
  • 19th c
Writing Chest
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Heavy box with key lock. Top worn. There are two compartments, one underneath the lid and three smaller compartments in front. Brass lock. Joints nailed. Raw wood inside. This belonged to A.C. Fernald, born 1819 died 1896. Bottle for ink is in front compartment.
School Master's Desk
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Desk, Standing Desk
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • 1850 c.
  • Mount Desert, Pretty Marsh
  • No Known Copyright
School Master's Desk
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
School master's desk. Top lifts to reveal space for books and pencils. One drawer at top with white knob. Two doors with shelves behind. One drawer at bottom missing pull. Decorative cut base. Lender info - used by Lynam Smith during the 1850s when he was the teacher in the first school in Pretty Marsh, called "The Little Red Schoolhouse." Lyman Smith also taught in other area schools. Donor is a descendant of Smith.
School desk wood and cast iron
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Desk
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
School desk wood and cast iron
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Desk, school, wood and cast iron, marked "SCHOOL FURNITURE CO" and "1, PAYNO, G35887, PAT. PDG"