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You searched for: Date: 1800sType: Object
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Handleless Iron
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Maintenance, Iron, Tailor's Iron
  • 1800 c
  • Copyright Undetermined
Handleless Iron
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
Iron without a handle so that removable handles could be swapped off with others being heated on the stove.
Single Child's Shoe
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Shoe
  • none
  • 1800 s
  • Copyright Undetermined
Single Child's Shoe
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
Single brown leather child's shoe with a ankle strap and small bow with metal detail on the toe.
High Top Black Children's Shoes
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Shoe
  • 1800 s
  • Copyright Undetermined
High Top Black Children's Shoes
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
Pair of black leather children's shoes. Boots with buttons going up top. Left shoe a brown bow.
Sampler
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Embroidery, Sampler
  • 1806
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.
Saddle Bags
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Cargo Carrier, Saddlebag
  • Other, Medical personnel
  • Other, Somesville
  • 1800 ca
Saddle Bags
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Hand sewn saddle bags. Contained paper packages of medicine and old bottles. Belonged to Dr. Kendall Kittredge (1773-1857), first doctor on Mount Desert Island.
Pelorus
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Compass Card, Pelorus
  • 1808c.
Pelorus
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Used by Salem Town, surveyor, to survey Mount Desert Island. Compass Fleur-de-lîs to north and eagle to west. Marked in center, “Aaron Reed Boston”. (Did not see this marking, 10/23/2014, ACB)
Bolt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Fastener, Bolt
  • Other, Quarrying
  • Other, Tools & implements
  • mid 1800s ?
Bolt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Large bolt from old quarry site on the Long Pond Fire Road in Pretty Marsh; relates to a map that was created by Alice Smith002.47 (archived in flat file).
Bolt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Fastener, Bolt
  • mid 1800s ?
Bolt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
large bolt from old quarry site on the Long Pond fire Road in Pretty Marsh, "O" relates to a map that was created by Alice Smith 002.47 (archived in flat file)
Bolt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Fastener, Bolt
  • mid 1800s ?
Bolt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
large bolt from old quarry site on the Long Pond fire Road in Pretty Marsh"O"relates to a map that was created by Alice Smith 002.47 (archived in flat file)
Case of Surveying Instruments
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Surveying Instrument
  • Object, Surveying Equipment
  • Other, Tools & implements
  • circa 1808
Case of Surveying Instruments
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Used by Salem Town, surveyor, to survey Mount Desert Island. Small black case lined with printed paper. Contains nine sections for surveying instruments. Case contains - brass protractor, 2 brass dividers, 3 unidentified instruments. Hinged top broken and reattached with string. NOTE: by 2005, there appeared to be only 5 instruments in the case.
Christening Gown
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Baptismal Garment, Baptismal Gown
  • c 1802
Christening Gown
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
White gown. Two buttons on back. Back and front embroidered with roses and sunflowers. Hem embroidered with small flowers and branches. Pencil marks inside left opening in back, “E74/300”. Donor info - worn by Bloomfield Richmond Smith in 1802.
Tooth Extractor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Medical, Dental Extractor, Tooth Extractor
  • Other, Dental equipment & supplies
  • Other, Teeth
  • circa 1800
Tooth Extractor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wooden handle, iron tool. Resembles corkscrew handle with hinged hook at end which tightens around the tooth.
Kittredge family crib
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Bed, Child's Bed, Crib
  • Other, Family
  • Kittredge, Kendall (1773-1857)
  • 1800 c.
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
  • No Copyright - United States
Kittredge family crib
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Made by Dr. Kendall Kittredge for his baby daughter. Seven generations of the Kittredge family have slept in it. Crib has one open side so that it can be pushed against the mother's bed. Made of wood. Wooden pegged construction. Turned posts. Rope webbing. Later used in the Fred Wiggin house. 3' 11" long, 2' 3/4" wide. 3' 3 1/2" high.
Spurling - Julia Spurling's utensils from house.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Food Cutting Tool
  • People
  • 1800
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • No Copyright - United States
Spurling - Julia Spurling's utensils from house.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Four forks and two knives. These utensils are likely saved from a house fire in 1928. The first knife is a wood handled steak knife, this knife has "Steak Knife" engraved into the side of it, but is no longer sharp enough to be used to cut anything. The second knife is a yellow plastic handled steak knife with no engravings on it. The first fork is a long wood handled three-pronged with the words "Chadwick stainless Taiwan." The second for is a wood handled, dark stained three pronged fork, this fork has no engravings. The third fork is a wood handled three pronged fork, this fork has no engravings on it. The last fork is a cast iron fork with the brand logo JR&CO on it. JR&CO brand made utensils back in the 1800's, which is probably when this fork was made. *Three Pronged forks were often used to pick the meats out of seafood. [show more]