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Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Looking at Seal Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Irving Osgood
  • 1894
Looking at Seal Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mounted photograph of Green Mountain and Seal Harbor.
Men's Three Piece Suit
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Suit
  • Haskel and Jones
  • 1894-04
  • Copyright Undetermined
Men's Three Piece Suit
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
Black calvary twill three piece suit with a cutaway coat (.01), a single breasted vest (.02) and trousers(.03). Vest label reads: "Haskell and Jones, Portland Maine" and in the pants the date is written. Belonged to Dr. R. W. Wakefield
Engraved Silver-Handled Cane
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Walking Stick, Cane
  • 1893
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
Engraved Silver-Handled Cane
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
Wood cane with a silver engraved handle. Owned by Dr. Frederic Dolbeare.
"Creedmore" in Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • 1893
"Creedmore" in Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Picture of the "Creedmore" in Bar Harbor c. 1893
Gray Cliff
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Reprographic Copy, Photocopy
  • 1895
Gray Cliff
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Photocopy of a photograph of summer cottage Gray Cliff under construction. Caption reads Grey Cliff 1895, I.H. Green.
Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • 1890
Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Brown hardcover book titled Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine. 120 pages. Bar Harbor Guide, Business Directory and Reference Book published by W.H. Sherman. Covers the island's history, overview of the area, beginning of the summer colony, amusements, boating, driving tours, walking, fishing, society life, the Cottagers, routes to Bar Harbor, churches, public conveniences, and public utilities. Also has a advertisements from various hotels and businesses. [show more]
Coffee Grinder
Tremont Historical Society
  • Object, Food Grinding Tool, Food Grinder
  • 1898
Coffee Grinder
Tremont Historical Society
Description:
Commercial coffee grinder for use in a grocery store. Enterprise MFG. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Patented July 12, 1898. Container with lid at top for coffee beans, drawer below grinding apparatus for ground coffee, a large wheel with handle on each side for operating grinding apparatus. Rusty red with black trim, multicolor designs on surface, two with eagle and U. S. flag in them; eagle statuette on top lid, 2 in high. Plaque on front No. 16. [show more]
Marriage Certificate
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Marriage Record, Marriage Certificate
  • 11/30/1899
Marriage Certificate
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Framed marraige certificate of Harry Guy Somes and Eve Eugeine Goodwin, 30 November 1899.
Letter from Edwin Mead to Rev. Samuel Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • S.A. Eliot
  • 1897
Letter from Edwin Mead to Rev. Samuel Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter from Edwin Mead at New England Magazine to Rev. Samuel Eliot about comisioning an article on early explorers of the New England Coast.
Letter from Edwin Mead to Rev. Samuel Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • S.A.Eliot
  • 1897
Letter from Edwin Mead to Rev. Samuel Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter from Edwin Mead at New England Magazine to Rev. Samuel Eliot about his article on the historical assiciations of Mount Desert.
Letter from Franklin W. Hooper to Rev. Samuel Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • S.A. Eliot
  • 1896
Letter from Franklin W. Hooper to Rev. Samuel Eliot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter from Franklin W. Hooper at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science to Rev. Samuel Eliot about his lecture the evening before. Inviting him to give him a lecture the following year to a group of Harvard men.
Castine Lecture 1895 Brooklyn Institute
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Speech, Lecture
  • S.A. Eliot
  • 1895
Castine Lecture 1895 Brooklyn Institute
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Castine Lecture 1895 Brooklyn Institute 11 pages typed and hand written Lecture was on the Penobscot Expedition and the history of Castine
Isle of Shoals Lectures with notes on John Smith
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Speech, Lecture
  • S.A. Eliot
  • 1898
Isle of Shoals Lectures with notes on John Smith
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
16 typed and handwritten pages. Apears to be a lectue on the early years of John Smith 1601-1614 along with notes on John Smith in various battles and stages of his life.
Notes on Champlain and draft of lecture
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Speech, Lecture
  • S.A. Eliot
  • 1898
Notes on Champlain and draft of lecture
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
25 handwritten pages. Apears to be notes he collected for a leture he planned on giving on Champlain along with a draft of the lecture.
Notes on Heroes of Eploration on the New England Coast
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Speech, Lecture
  • S.A. Eliot
  • 1898
Notes on Heroes of Eploration on the New England Coast
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
15 handwritten pages. Apears to be a draft of the lecture he planned on giving on Heros of Exploration on the New England Coast {English} along with a bibliography.
Bloomfield R. Smith
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Announcement, Wedding Announcement
  • June 11, 1890
Bloomfield R. Smith
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wedding announcement and calling card for Bloomfield R. Smith married Wednesday, June 11, 1890
Map of Village of Sound, 1898
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • 1898
Map of Village of Sound, 1898
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Map of Village of Sound, 1898 This map has not been located (G Vasisko note 4-4-13)
Letter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • 1896
Letter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Framed letter from Capt. John Francis Hodgdon to Frank Leslie Hodgdon. Two frames glued back to back showing both sides of paper through glass. Typed transcript of letter in object file. Donor info - This is the last letter written by my grandfather Capt. John Francis Hodgdon. It was written to my father, Frank Leslie Hodgdon. Capt Hodgdon was lost with his ship the Theodore Dean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina a few week later.
Tremont High School Bank Check
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Pay Order, Bank Check
  • Dec. 1st, 1890
Tremont High School Bank Check
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Tremont High School Bank Check, blue, for ten dollars signed by G.H. Parker. Cashier was H.L. Lanton (?)
Certificate of Ordination as Priest - Willilam Thomas Manning
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Award, Achievement Certificate
  • 1891
Description:
Certificate of ordination as Priest in the Episcopal Church, Diocese of California, for William Thomas Manning. December 12, 1891. Certificate is handwritten and bears the seal of the Diocese of California. Manning owned The Mount Desert House in Somesville, where he and his family summered. Manning later became Bishop of the Diocese of New York. From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008 | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: William Thomas Manning 1866-1949, American Episcopal bishop of New York, b. England, received his collegiate and theological training at the Univ. of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. Ordained a priest (1891), he served parishes in California, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee and taught dogmatic theology at the Univ. of the South before becoming rector of Trinity parish, New York City, in 1908. Manning was bishop of New York from 1921 until his retirement in 1946. [show more]
Mourning card, Marjorie Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Mourning Card
  • 1894
Mourning card, Marjorie Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
One page of memorabilia found in a 8x10 worn red velvet photo album in poor condition. A mourning card for Marjorie Somes, died September 15, 1894. This is the second of two mourning cards for this child located in this photo album.
Mourning card for Marjorie Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Mourning Card
  • 1894
Mourning card for Marjorie Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
One page of memorabilia found in a 8x10 worn red velvet photo album in poor condition. A card with notice of the death of Marjorie Somes, September 15, 1894. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brigham Fernald. Age at death: 2 years, 10 months old.
Evening Tailcoat and Pants
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Suit
  • 1890 c.
  • Copyright Undetermined
Evening Tailcoat and Pants
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
Black tailcoat and associated pants with the label "Browning King and Co. Philadelphia". Was converted into a costume with lace cuffs and pants altered to knickers.
Palestine, ashore at Bernard, ME
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Neal, George
  • c 1890
Palestine, ashore at Bernard, ME
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Paul Stubing indicated that this photo was taken on the Bernard shore . Paul Stubing said this is a George Neal photo. The vessel, Palestine, is not known or identified in other ways. More information about this photo is needed. It appears that this was an old photo and Ballard probably made a glass negative of the photo. Rights to use the photo are unknown.
On Somes Stream 1894
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • 1894
On Somes Stream 1894
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Calf in pasture near Somes Stream. Rail fence and rock wall border pasture. Small shingled building to the left. Trees line right bank of stream. Assume negative was made from related print.