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You searched for: Date: 1830sPlace: [blank]Type: Object
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Wallet inscribed: William P Prebles Property, Cranberry Isles 1836
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Personal Case, Wallet
  • Object, Other Object
  • 1836
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Description:
Wallet, brown leather tri-fold with tongue & strap closure, repaired and well worn, inked inside:" William P Prebles Property, Cranberry Isles 1836." From Louise Marr collection of items recovered from the Preble House.
Wabanaki Basket
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Trinket Basket
  • 1800 - 1830 c
  • Copyright Undetermined
Wabanaki Basket
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
Woven bark basket with braided sweet grass detail. Dyed green an brown pattern.
Wedding belt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Belt
  • ca. 1835
Wedding belt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Silk wedding belt Belonged to Bethany Oaks who married Nathan Salisbury in 1835
Bill for L. Higgins from Samuel Reed
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Armaments, Bill
  • June 11, 1833
Bill for L. Higgins from Samuel Reed
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
This appears to be an account bill for L. Higgins from Samuel Reed. Each item is dated and they appear to be mostly grocery store items.
Clock
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clock
  • 1835 c
Clock
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Clock made by “Boardman and Wells - Forestville, Conn.”. Label inside glass shows eagle with “E Plurubus Unum”. Also marked, “Improved clocks manufactured and sold by Boardman and Wells, Bristol, Conn. Case Tiffany and Co, Printers - Hartford”. Label gives directions to set clock. Glass not original. Probably had reverse painting on glass. Clock face is painted on wood. White in center with strawberries. Gold in corners. “Pillars” carved on each side of clock. Dark wood. Missing weight. The works are still intact. Donor info- came from Gilley house on Baker’s Island. This house was built by William Gilley in 1812. Clock was given to donor by his grandmother, Phoebe Gilley Stanley. [show more]
Treasurer’s Bond - Mount Desert Bridge Company, 1836
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Pay Order, Bond
  • Other, Bridges
  • 10/1/1836
Treasurer’s Bond - Mount Desert Bridge Company, 1836
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bond of $8000 - Contractors to build a bridge across Mount Desert Narows - to John Black for Mt. Desert Bridge Corporation signed by William Thompson, John M. Noyes, Edward Brewer and Joel Emery.
Pillowcase
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Pillowcase
  • c 1835
Pillowcase
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Hand stitched with ruffle on edge. Marked in brown ink “Mary A. Tapley”. Number after name not legible. Donor info - pillow case from Somes family of Gloucester, Massachusetts. From 1835 trousseau of Mary A. Tapley. It appears that there are two identical pillowcases with this ID #.
Stove Lid Lifter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Stove Tool, Stove Lifter
  • c.1830
Stove Lid Lifter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
wound iron rod with loop handle and turned end found at kitchen midden of Benjamin and Sophronia Carter home “C” relates to a map that was created by Alice Smith 002.47
Stove Lid Lifter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Stove Tool, Stove Lifter
  • Other, Kitchens
  • c.1830
Stove Lid Lifter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
10 “ iron rod with loop handle and hooked end found at kitchen midden of Benjamin and Sophronia Carter home“C” relates to a map that was created by Alice Smith 002.47
Headstone for William Spurling
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Tombstone, Headstone
  • People
  • Places, Cemetery
  • 1839
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Headstone for William Spurling
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Headstone fragment discovered July 2016 during Spurling Revolutionary War Cemetery preservation project. White marble. Well worn and difficult to discern, the inscription reads: "William/Son of Thomas & Hannah/Spurling. William Spurling, 2nd, was born 9Dec1812 and died 23May1839. This is the only piece of William's headstone discovered to date; it was lying in the grass near the Robert Spurling footstone. One corner piece is broken off. One other small white marble fragment was collected and stored with this artifact. [show more]