Description: Album Quilt created by members (men and women) of The Federated Church Society of the Union Church of Northeast Harbor in 1900. Presented to the church in 2000 by Connie Seavey. This Object Id # also includes a framed list of all of the signers of the quilt and a short explanation of the provenance and history of the quilt and the ownership of it.
Description: Bar Harbor Bottling Works crate. Marked Bar Harbor Bottling Works, Bar Harbor on all sides. Marked Registered on both ends. Metal strapping nailed around ends of box. Space for 12 bottles. Signs of infestation on bottom of box. Some rust on metal. Donor info - purchased in antique store in Brewer.
Description: Oilcloth doll with white bonnet and dress, yellow painted hair and blue eyes. "Chase Doll” made by Mrs. Chase (from Rhode Island) as play dolls - successful career through Boston store, and later used by nurses in training. At the turn of the century these were sold undressed, or for a dollar more - fully dressed. *The dress may be a christening gown that was donated separately; it has no accession or object number.
Description: Made by Underwood and Underwood of New York. Tin face piece with floral pattern. Includs booklet, "The Story of the Stereoscope;" identical Stereopticon Accession # 011.31.2
Description: 5-piece brown and white wedding dress which belonged to Gertrude Crosby, mother of Norma and Polly Fernald of Somesville. According to Jean Fernald, "Gertrude Jewett and Cecil Crosby were married March 28, 1903 at the Town Hall in Amherst, Maine. The newspaper report of the wedding noted that 150 guests attended. They were married by Brother John Grover, Justice of the Peace. Gram Crosby, as she was lovingly called by all her grandchildren, told us that her gown was made by her mother with some of the hand work being done by herself. A gown was often colored so that it could be worn as best dress after the wedding. The fabric was purchased from a traveling man who sold fabric as well as a variety of other things.The gown consists of: skirt, top (blouse), cummerbund, neck insert with beads and lace, and long ruffled petticoat. with pink trim. [show more]
Description: Bucket shaped bread maker c.1906 with hand crank shaped mixing utensil and clamp (two separate pieces). Handle adjusts for larger or smaller bucket
Description: Men’s square toed leather shoes. Manure and shavings in crack of sole. Leather cut from opening towards center of toe. 4.5” flaps fold over opening on either side with four holes for laces. Both shoes have remnants of laces. Some sign of mildew in past. Wooden pegs in sole, nails in heal. 12 printed on right shoe. 9 1/2 stamped in heal. Donor info - from Heath house in Seal Cove.