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Christening Gown Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Baptismal Garment, Baptismal Gown			c 1802			Christening Gown Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3409 Type: Object, Baptismal Garment, Baptismal Gown Date: c 1802 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.
Photo Album Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album	Other, Photograph albums		1800’s			Photo Album Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3277 Type: Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album Subject: Other, Photograph albums Date: 1800’s Description: Small photo album with wooden covers. The front is painted black, with the brown wood as a border. Within is an intricate picture of a woman standing in a pond wearing a skirt and large brimmed hat, holding a bushel of hay in her left arm. Varying shades of wood make up the image, and the lines are carved in. The back is wood with a thin black border and “NICE” printed in the middle. There are six thick, gold edged leaves with space for photos on each side. There are seven tin-type photos, #999-816-3900 to #999-822-3906. It has a brass clasp. The front cover is detached, and much of the binding is missing. [show more]
Photo Album Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album	Other, Photograph albums		late 1800’s			Photo Album Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3276 Type: Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album Subject: Other, Photograph albums Date: late 1800’s Description: Photo / cabinet card album with a faded green velvet cover. On the cover is a metal design that has two flowers in the background and “ALBUM” written on a scroll across the front in woven letters. There are sixteen gold edged leaves. The green pages have a design with a curtain in the top left, flowers, and a spider web in the bottom right. Fourteen of them have space for one picture on each side and are occupied, the last two have spaces for four pictures on each side and are empty. There is a metal clasp with two small springs on it. It contains photos #999-823-3907 to 999-849-3933. Cabinet cards from P.8 to P.23 and P.28 in this album are all young men wearing similar uniform jackets and vests. A few are identified as being from Coburn Classical Institute, 1891. Coburn Classical Institute was a preparatory school in Waterville, Me. [show more]
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 Identifier: mdihs-3155 Type: Object, Medical, Dental Extractor, Tooth Extractor Subject: Other, Dental equipment & supplies Other, Teeth Date: circa 1800 Description: Wooden handle, iron tool. Resembles corkscrew handle with hinged hook at end which tightens around the tooth.
Tax Records Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record	Other, Taxes		1803			Tax Records Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-2461 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record Subject: Other, Taxes Date: 1803 Description: Tax Records, Richard Heath Tax Collector Town of Mt. Desert
Stampless folded letter sent from the Ellsworth post office 1809 Tremont Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other, Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine Other, Mail Delivery		9/27/1809			Stampless folded letter sent from the Ellsworth post office 1809 Tremont Historical Society Identifier: ths-2167 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other, Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine Other, Mail Delivery Date: 9/27/1809 Description: Stampless folded letter sent from the Ellsworth post office 1809
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 Identifier: mdihs-1687 Type: Object, Furnishings, Bed, Child's Bed, Crib Subject: Other, Family Creator: Kittredge, Kendall (1773-1857) Date: 1800 c. Place: Mount Desert, Somesville 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 Identifier: gcihs-2013.496.2987 Type: Object, Food Cutting Tool Subject: People Date: 1800 Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island 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]
Group Portrait Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	People		late 1800's	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Group Portrait Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-4551 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: late 1800's Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: "Summer crowd at Rock End" suggests Lucy Smith family reunion at Rock End
Sea Side Inn, Seal Harbor, Maine Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn		late 1800's	Mount Desert, Seal Harbor		Sea Side Inn, Seal Harbor, Maine Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5900 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn Date: late 1800's Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Map of the District of Maine Massachusetts Northeast Harbor Library	Map	Other Places	Osgood Carleton	1802			Map of the District of Maine Massachusetts Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3561 Type: Map Subject: Other Places Creator: Osgood Carleton Date: 1802 Description: It is a copy of a large map, depicts only the lower left corner of the full map. Rips have been repaired with tape.
Sloops in Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Island Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop		late 1800's	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Sloops in Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5358 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Island Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop Date: late 1800's Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Framed, B/W photograph of sloops under sail and moored in harbor of Northeast Harbor. Baker Island and Sutton Island are center background. Sloop in center is "Opachie" owned by Francis Parkman. Given by William Morris.
Otter Creek in late 1800's Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places Structures, Dwellings		late 1800's	Bar Harbor, Otter Creek		Otter Creek in late 1800's Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5018 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places Structures, Dwellings Date: late 1800's Place: Bar Harbor, Otter Creek Description: Looking northerly. Cape Cod-style house at left still stands. Library has 2 copies. Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Somesville in late 1800's Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Town		late 1800's	Mount Desert, Somesville		Somesville in late 1800's Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5011 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Date: late 1800's Place: Mount Desert, Somesville Description: Looking along Somesville's Main Street with Harbor at left. Note wooden sidewalks on the right. Same scene as item 5012/photo 1404. Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
1808 Plan of the Moiety of the Island of Mount Desert Southwest Harbor Public Library	Map	Places	Town - Salem Town Jr. (1780-1872)	1808	Mount Desert Island	No Known Copyright	1808 Plan of the Moiety of the Island of Mount Desert Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-11307 Type: Map Subject: Places Creator: Town - Salem Town Jr. (1780-1872) Date: 1808 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: Surveyed and drawn by: Town - Salem Town Jr. (1780-1872) Inscription on map says "“A Plan of the moiety of the Island of Mount Desert granted by the Legislature of Massachusetts in June 1785 and afterwards by a division of said Island assigned to John Barnard Esq. surveyed and Lotted in 1808 By Salem Town Jun.r Hancock Is Register of Deeds Office July12, 1839 – This is a true copy of the Plan titled & signed as above, and deposited in this office. Attest F.B. Morgan Reg.r" Although popularly known as the "Salem Towne Map," this original map, owned by the Southwest Harbor Public Library, was drawn and clearly signed by "Salem Town Junr" in 1808. [show more]

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