Description: Records of the Somesville Sewing Circle 1881-1931. Ledger type book containing both narrative records and minutes as well as financial entries.
Description: Meeting minutes and ledger entries for the Somesville Sewing Circle, 1932-42. Intermixed narrative text and monetary accounting for the Circle.
Description: In December 2000, The Bar Harbor Times published this "Special Millennium Edition" in 2 sections: A (cover-8) and B (9-19). Some of the events covered are "The Timeline of Maine History" (4) and other special events pertaining to the history of Mount Desert Island.
Description: A newspaper description of how the Bicentennial of the nation & the organization of local government in Hancock County & many of its towns occur at the same time.
Description: Loring, Short & Harmon's illustrated guide book for Mount Desert Island (before Acadia National Park). With 5 mounted photographs. Fourth edition (1879). Sixth edition (1885).
Description: Framed newspaper article regarding actress Annette Kellerman and the 1952 movie "Million Dollar Mermaid" about Kellerman's life in which actress Esther Williams portrays Kellerman. Clipping has two photos, one showing Esther Williams and Annette Kellerman looking at a sketch of a Kellerman inspired bathing suit and the second photo depicts Williams in the bathing suit.
Description: Brown leather cover with embossed design and gold metal trim with clasp initialed with "MGWD". Page edges are gilded. Owned by Mary Gray Ward Dorr, George B. Dorr's mother.
Description: Published : Chillicothe, Ill. : Model Technology. Inscribed by the author "To Wendell Gilley, with best wishes to one of the pioneers in this field. We have all benefited from your efforts."
Description: Published: New York : Winchester Press. Page 69 is signed by Frank C. Wilson, a Massachusetts decoy carver who is featured in the book. Wilson's work was for sale in the Wendell Gilley Museum shop.