Description: One boy's black leather shoe. Shoe pegs in heel. Lined with fabric and leather. Shoe slips on foot as there are slits on each side which help the leather stretch. Laces pull shoe together. Ribbon used as shoelace.
Description: Wooden shuttle mounted on board and framed. Also a framed bill from Isaac Somes to Sylvanus Higgins, Mt. Desert, May 29, 1862, for carding and oiling 17 3/4 lbs of wool at 6 cts per lb. In print below shuttle and bill, “From Old Woolen Mill in Somesville owned by Isaac Somes”. On back a pastel of woolen mill by Howe D. Higgins, grandson of Sylvanus. Done on April 21, 1972. Caption on back describes the mill. Note: The pastel painting of the woolen mill has been removed from the back and is located in Flat File #2, Drawer #8 with two other Howe Higgins paintings. [show more]
Description: Single blade razor in black case. Yellow transparent handle with a gold eagle decoration. Marked, “The American Razor” on handle. Similar design with different eagle on blade. Blade also marked, “Superior Razor, Sheffield, England”. Case marked, “Bigelow and Dowse, Boston”. Print faded. Green fabric inside case. Donor info - found at Somesville yard sale. Belonged to Ernest Richardson.
Description: Single blade in black paper case. Knife marked, “Made in Germany for Vom Cleff & Co. New York”. Case marked, “Union Cutlery Co. Olean, NY”. Shows unicorn head with fish tail on other side; marked "Diamondine". Donor info - came from a yard sale in Somesville. It belonged to Ernest Richardson.
Description: Black purse. Flower pot design outlined in white beads. Three flowers on front (2 green, 1 red); four leaves on back (2 white, 2 blue & red). Eliptical metal top with chain handle. Donor info - used by Mrs. Emmons Pray, the donor's grandmother.
Description: Yellow wood box with hinged lid and small oval shell medallion in center. Appears to hold dried, caked make-up. Wood may be maple. Compact for face powder.
Description: Apple-shaped pincushion with needle, straight pins, two large pins with initial W (likely Whitmore) and one large pin with man's figure. Found in apartment over old store in Seal Harbor.
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.
Description: Pair of blue cobalt vases, 8" high. Vases given to Roscoe and Edna Hysom at their first Christmas (1930) by Kate (Lester) Pray, formerly Kate Heath. She and Julia (Mrs. A.C.) Fernald were sisters. Their mother, Judith Somes Heath (m. Capt. Hirshel Heath), had a house and hat shop between Nuttings and Peppers. Judith and Etta Somes Salisbury were sisters. Kate Heath Pray said that these vases were "very old" when she gave them to the Hysoms, parents of donor (Gail Hysom Reiber). [show more]
Description: Pair of blue cobalt vases, 8" high. Vases given to Roscoe and Edna Hysom at their first Christmas (1930) by Kate (Lester) Pray, formerly Kate Heath. She and Julia (Mrs. A.C.) Fernald were sisters. Their mother, Judith Somes Heath (m. Capt. Hirshel Heath), had a house and hat shop between Nuttings and Peppers. Judith and Etta Somes Salisbury were sisters. Kate Heath Pray said that these vases were "very old" when she gave them to the Hysoms, parents of donor (Gail Hysom Reiber). [show more]
Description: Small black notebook listing deceased members by cemetery: 58 in Northeast Harbor, 3 in Kimball Cemetery, 18 Seal Harbor, 7 Somes Sound, 6 Somesville, 2 Oak Point, 4 Pretty Marsh, 1 Bartlett’s Island, 3 Southwest Harbor, 2 Town Hill, 1 Stonington,2 Surry, 3 Islesford, 2 Otter Creek, 1 East Sullivan, 2 Franklin, 1 North Ellsworth, Sedgwick, Ellsworth, Prospect Harbor, Brewer, Steuben, Farmington. Deceased members of the Ocean Lodge #140.
Object, Fishing, Fishing Tackle, Fishing Weight, Net Weight
Subject:
Other, Fishing
Other, Weights
Description: Eleven (11) weights for fishing nets on a line of rope, with metal eye at one end. Circular loop of rope at opposite end. Each weight is approx. 1.25 inches long.