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| Wooden Bear Cub Sculpture Northeast Harbor Fleet |
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|  Wooden Bear Cub Sculpture Northeast Harbor Fleet Description: A wooden sculpture of a bear cub standing on its hind legs and holding a red and black fish in its front paws. | |||
| Union Church of Northeast Harbor quilt Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Union Church of Northeast Harbor quilt Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Album Quilt created by members (men and women) of The Federated Church Society of the Union Church of Northeast Harbor in 1900. Presented to the church in 2000 by Connie Seavey. This Object Id # also includes a framed list of all of the signers of the quilt and a short explanation of the provenance and history of the quilt and the ownership of it. | ||||
| Rev. John Rogers Tomb Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Rev. John Rogers Tomb Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Embroidered picture of the Rev. John Roger’s tomb under a willow tree in a dark wood frame with a gold border. Inscription of headstone reads, “ Died Oct 6th, 1782. Rev. John Rogers he is not dead but sleepeth”. Sewn by Sally Trask. On the back of the frame, “Given to me by my mother as a wedding present CFM”. See object file for more information. 1860 | ||||
| Cowerie Shell Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|  Cowerie Shell Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Cameo cut - white, brown and pink. Depicts three masted bark on waves with sails set. Other objects seen - sextant, globe, compass in box, anchor and windless and sextant with rope decorations. Marked: “Bark Aquila, H.A. Norwell, Commander”. Signed, “G. Wood Sculp”. | |||||
| Dog Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Dog Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Belleek dog of 5th mark. Sitting one ear flopped. Marked 06-327 | ||||
| Pig Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pig Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Belleek pig of 4th mark. Sitting. Marked 96-328 | ||||
| Somesville Maine, Settled 1762 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|  Somesville Maine, Settled 1762 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Hand stitched sampler showing scenes around Somesville; designed by Lillian P, Somes, 1944. From home of Barbara Ninfi, Hall Quarry, via her daughter, Debie Ninfi Williams, wife of Jock Williams, boat-builder. | |||||
| Sampler Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Sampler Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Blue linen (?) sampler, approx. 10" x 12" done in 1806. Stitches are in red and yellow thread, but colors may have faded; red stitches remain most true. The fabric is faded and there are holes at the corners. Made by Judith Somes in 1806. She was born September 16, 1796, married Capt. Eben Babson Sept. 11, 1815, and died Nov. 4, 1880. She is buried in Brookside Cemetery. | ||||
| Scrimshaw Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|  Scrimshaw Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: One side depicts sailor in uniform, colonial hat and high boots. Carries sword. He is standing on what may be a ships rigging. Opposite side depicts lady in crown in frame with tassels on the side. Black, brown, red, and green etched in. | |||||
| Green Pig Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Green Pig Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Pig carved in folk art style and painted green. 23" l X 16" h | ||||
| Carving of ship "Jonas" Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Carving of ship "Jonas" Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Wooden carving 6" X 8.5" of ship "Jonas," 1613. This ship carried the Jesuits to what is now Fernald Point on Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island | ||||
| Mary King Halstead Quilt Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Mary King Halstead Quilt Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Crazy quilt belonging to Mary King Halstead of Somesville, who was closely associated with the Somesville Meeting House. | ||||
| Athalaney Fly Quilt, 1824 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Athalaney Fly Quilt, 1824 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Patchwork and embroidered quilt. Embroidered inscription reads, "When this you see / Remember me/ Athalaney Fly/ Mouonldefort [Mount Desert]/ August 26, 1824/ Aged 7 years / 3 months." Athlaney was the daughter of Patty Somes Flye and James Flye; she died at the age of 18 and is buried in the Flye Cemetery in Tremont. | |||
| Beaded Decprations Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|  Beaded Decprations Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Pair of black beaded decorative items, likely sewn to garment at one time; perhaps epaulettes. Found in apartment over old store in Seal Harbor. | |||||
| Somesville Sampler Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Somesville Sampler Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Sampler with Somesville scenes. Shows date of founding of Somesville as 1752. | |||
| Function Unknown Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|  Function Unknown Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Carved ivory piece. Rounded on top, pointed on end. | |||||
| Dinklespiel’s Joke Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Dinklespiel’s Joke Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Carving of three heads mounted on carved rectangular board. Marked, “Dinklespiel’s Joke. Hear’s a good yarn! Tries to tell it to his wife!! Forgets the point!!!” Signed, C.C. Steele 1904. | ||||
| Somesville Sampler Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|  Somesville Sampler Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Framed cross-stich sampler. Linen backing with purple and yellow border. In lettering, “Somesville, Maine. Founded 1752. " Depicts mantle and clock, airport, sailboats, schooner Catherine, antique car, Dr. Grindle’s buggy, church and cemetery. Designed by Agnes Sims and executed by Lillian Parker Somes "about 1934 or '35.". See object file for more info. | |||||
| Tiger Head Carving Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|  Tiger Head Carving Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Carving of tigers head mounted on carved board and varnished. | |||||
| Wooden vase or pencil holder Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|  Wooden vase or pencil holder Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Small container, possibly for pencils. Marked in pen "Northeast Harbor, ME." Jolly man on side; rough wood at bottom. 6" high, 2.5" diameter at top. Donor says this is from the Olander House on Islesford and was given to her by Marian Olander Bradow as the house was about to be sold to the Callandro Family. The house is now owned by Louis Siegel. | |||||
| Spurling - Julia Marie Spurling's hand-laced handkerchiefs and needlepoint pillow. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Spurling - Julia Marie Spurling's hand-laced handkerchiefs and needlepoint pillow. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Eight hand-laced handkerchiefs: two with purple, stamped name "Mrs. J. M. Spurling" Julia (Marie) Spurling. Two hand-made crocheted, lace pieces (one long strip, one square). One needlepoint pillow. One needlepoint sampler. From Whitney's grandmother's room in his present house, likely rescued from the house across the street when it burned 1928. Donor requests they be kept in the old pink chocolate box as that's where they've been stored in for years. [show more] | ||
| Quilt from Preble house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Quilt from Preble house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Quilt. Known as a "crazy quilt", this quilt was recovered from the Preble house on GCI and is believed to be over 150 years old. Quilt is bordered in velvet with silk and other types of multi-colored, geometric and free-form fabric pieces and a wide variety of fancy stitching; reverse is green silk. The quilt has three sets of fancy-script initials in different areas interpreted as: "A" ; "J" or "T"; and "JSM". (See also quilt 2014.270.2007 from same location and donor.) (Note: Lynne Birlem (donor 343) has a very similar framed crazy quilt at her home that is from her great grandmother Hamor's house on GCI.) [show more] | |||
| Unassembled quilt squares Tremont Historical Society |
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| Decoy Gus Wilson Coot Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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| Decoy Gus Wilson Coot Great Harbor Maritime Museum | |||
| Embroidery sampler Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Embroidery sampler Great Harbor Maritime Museum |