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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
1010Plan of Ledgelawn Cemetery, Bar Harbor Maine Ledgelawn Cemetery Property Map, October 1903
  • Map
  • Places, Cemetery
  • Curtis, Joseph H.
  • 1903-10
Description:
Map showing the locations and numbers of burial plots in the Ledgelawn Cemetery in Bar Harbor, ME.
1034Biddy, You May Serve the Tomatoes Undressed Stereograph, 1900
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Humor
  • People
  • Singley, B. L.
  • 1900
Description:
Two men and two women eat at a dining table around 1900. One of the women is speaking to a servant. A caption below the photograph reads "Biddy, you may serve the tomatoes undressed." Black and white
1035I'll Not Take Off Another Stitch Stereograph, 1900
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Humor
  • People
  • Singley, B. L.
  • 1900
Description:
Three men sit and laugh at a dining table around 1900. They are being served by a women dressed in underclothes. A caption below the photograph reads, "I'll not take off another stitch if I lose my place." Black and white
1036Biddy and the Mouse Stereograph, 1900
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Humor
  • People
  • Singley, B. L.
  • 1900
Description:
Two women stand on chairs while two others look under a table and in the corner of a dining room around 1900. A man sits at the table and laughs. A caption below the photograph reads, "Biddy and the mouse." Black and white
1037The White House in Washington, D.C. Stereograph, 1900
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Garden
  • Structures, Civic, Public
  • Singley, B. L.
  • 1900
Description:
Garden and fountain in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. A brief history of the White House is printed on the back of the photograph. Hand Colored
1065Annual Report of the Town Officers of Mount Desert, Maine, January 31, 1905
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
  • Allen, M. L.
  • Bracy, Sidney P.
  • Fernald, Abram
  • Holmes, L. Elrie
  • Ober, Everett W.
  • Reed, Andrew H.
  • Somes, John W.
  • Town Officers of Mount Desert, MESomes, Lyman H.
  • Whitmore, Warren H.
  • Campbell Publishing Company
  • 1905-01-31
Description:
Report by the selectmen of Mount Desert, ME on the financial accounts of the town, including lists of expenditures and receipts, for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1905. There are also statements from the treasurer, auditor, road commissioner, and superintendent of schools. The report concludes with an annual town meeting warrant. People Mentioned: F. B. Aiken, James Allen, Annie Ash, Mrs. Robert Ash, Irving Ashley, George D. Atherton, Mae H. Atherton, Edward S. Atwood, Charles P. Babbage, S. W. Babbage, Seth Babbidge, Henry Barns, Fred Bartlett, George Bartlett, Millard Bartlett, N. L. Bartlett, Annie Batchelder, Walter D. Blake, Everett Blanchard, Charles G. Bordeaux, David Bracy, Shirley Bracy, J. H. Branscom, Arthur Brown, S. B. Brown, Charles D. Burr, Roy Burrill, Levi Butler, Charles Butterfield, Robert Campbell, Stuart Campbell, W. B. Campbell, B. W. Candage, A. J. Carter, Annie Carter, Charles Carter, Fronia Carter, Grace Carter, Harry Carter, Lewis Carter, Robert Carter, Benjamin Chittick, Eben B. Clark, A. E. Clement, Amos Clement, Charles H. Clement, James Clement, Ernest Cobb, Harry Conary, George B. Cooksey, Emma Coombs, Joseph Corson, Alice Cox, Palmer Crowley, Mrs. A. E. Danico, Ansel Davis, Charles Davis, Florentine Davis, Frank Davis, James A. Davis, Martin Davis, Cleo Dey, Edward Dickins, W. S. Dickins, Samuel J. Dodge, William H. Dodge, Batchie Dunbar, Leander B. Dyer, George S. Eddy, John E. Falt, H. B. Fernald, Charles Frazier, Howard Frazier, George H. Freeman, Emma W. Frost, Grace Frost, M. R. Frost, Charles W. Garland, Morrel Garland, C. L. Gaskel, John Gatcomb, Adelmar Gilkey, Hattie M. Gilley, Charles Gilpatrick, A. C. B. Gott, Mrs. A. C. B. Gott, D. W. Grace, B. C. Graves, Hattie L. Gray, Mark Gray, William Gray, Gage B. Grindle, R. L. Grindle, William Grindle, Carrie Gushee, George R. Hagerthy, Walter M. Hamor, Harry W. Haynes, Mrs. J. S. Heath, Clifford Herrick, I. W. Herrick, Annie M. Higgins, George F. Higgins, I. C. Higgins, Mrs. E. M. Higgins, Myrtle Higgins, Noreva Higgins, Olivia Higgins, Orrin Higgins, Rubie Higgins, Sidney Higgins, J. C. Hill, E. A. Hodgdon, G. H. Hodgdon, L. E. Holmes, Lawrie Holmes, A. O. Jacobson, Eva A. Jacobson, Edwin Jordan, Charles A. Kencher, Henry A. Keniston, George E. Kenny, E. H. Kimball, Gertrude Knowlton, Mary A. Langley, Charles P. Leland, Ida Leland, Ray Leland, T. E. Leland, Guy Leonard, S. G. Leonard, Mrs. George Lewis, F. H. Macomber, Chester A. Maddocks, A. M. Manchester, Frank Manchester, Mary E. Marshall, Ezra G. Mason, T. M. Mason, L. Laura McCarthy, Pat McComick, James McCrea, Kate Mitchell, C. E. Monohon, A. F. Moore, Robert A. Moore, George H. Morrill, Joseph R. Norwood, Roland Norwood, Daniel Nutter, Frank R. Ober, James W. Ober, Lorin Ober, Otis M. Ober, Cora E. Parker, Fred Parker, George S. Parker, William M. Peckham, H. L. Perkins, Mrs. H. L. Perkins, Arthur Pervear, J. D. Phillips, Nettie Pollard, Edward L. Pray, Fred H. Pray, Lester Pray, Vina Ray, Alvah L. Reed, Edward R. Reed, H. E. Reed, Jared R. Reed, Maynard Reed, Allie Reynolds, A. L. Richardson, Addie Richardson, Arthur Richardson, Benjamin Richardson, Clifford B. Richardson, Cynthia Richardson, David D. Richardson, Emma Richardson, Ezra G. Richardson, Gideon M. Richardson, John Richardson, Listen Richardson, Mrs. Austin Richardson, Mrs. Benjamin Richardson, O. W. Richardson, Olin Richardson, Shepard Richardson, T. M. Richardson, Winfield Richardson, E. C. Robbins, Elsie M. Robbins, Abbie Robinson, Everett Robinson, Howard Robinson, Joseph Robinson, Mary A. Robinson, Harvey Salisbury, Emily C. Sargent, George Sargent, Roderick Sargent, W. Sargent, John Savage, Lewis Seavey, William H. Sherman, Charles P. Simpson, H. L. Smallidge, N. C. Smallidge, Walter Smallidge, B. R. Smith, Bertha Smith, Cornelius B. Smith, Fred P. Smith, Hollis Smith, J. E. Smith, Julius Smith, R. L. Smith, Richmond Smith, S. D. Smith, Madison Snow, A. J. Somes, Alie Somes, Caro M. Somes, Fred H. Somes, George A. Somes, Georgia Somes, John J. Somes, Lewis Somes, J. H. Soulis, Ina M. Spurling, H. Edwin Stanley, George E. Stebbins, George L. Stebbins, F. H. Strickland, George E. Sturks, B. Sylvester, John L. Thompson, Charles Tracy, Mrs. Charles Tracy, S. R. Tracy, Seldon Tracy, Maud E. Trask, Edgar Tripp, Charles Turnbull, George E. Turner, James Varnum, I. E. Videtto, Starratt Videtto, R. W. Wakefield, Daniel Walls, E. G. Walls, Edgar Walls, Elbridge Walls, Luella Walls, Milton Walls, Ralph Walls, W. L. Warren, W. D. Wasgatt, S. Oscar Williams, Marion Wilson, Marion Wooster, Irving P. Young, Veazie Young [show more]
1599Union Church of Northeast Harbor quilt
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
  • 1900
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.
1611Sock
  • Object, Clothing, Hosiery, Sock
  • c 1870 - 1900
Description:
Pair of long white child’s socks.
1613Sock
  • Object, Clothing, Hosiery, Sock
  • c 1870 - 1900
Description:
Pair of long white child’s socks.
1685Students on the steps of the Sound Schoolhouse
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • Sound Schoolhouse
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • 1900 c.
Description:
Thirteen children seated on the steps of the Sound Schoolhouse.
2063Granite Cutters’ National Union
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Unions
  • 1904
Description:
Granite Cutters’ National Union initiation receipt for fifteen dollars for H. L. Stanley signed by W. B. Rour
2290Advertising brochure for the Continental Tobacco Company
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Other, Advertising
  • 1900
Description:
Advertising brochure for the “Continental Tobacco Company”. Explains items one can obtain by collecting tags from their various tobacco products. The offer expired November 30, 1900 Previously archived as 016.001.2.B, old accession # 1534
2334Oilcloth doll with white bonnet and dress, yellow painted hair and blue eyes
  • Object, Doll
  • 1900c.
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.
2355Bar Harbor Bottling Works crate
  • Object, Containers, Crate, Shipping Crate
  • 1900c.
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.
2361The Boston File Alphabetical Filing Box
  • Object, Writing, File Box
  • c 1903
Description:
The Boston File Alphabetical Filing Box - contained letters pertaining to M.L. Allen’s 1908 campaign for county commissioner. These documents are filed in box #5 Folder #13. Inside two sets of alphabetized pages one with cover marked Boston File - other with marble print cardboard cover. Foxing on paper in interior. Paper hinge fragile. Metal clasp closed by pressing. Green and red marble print paper on outside. On end marked The Boston File - marked “letters from-- to -- with leather pull strap. Also marked - patented Oct 6, 1903. Contained letters pertaining to M.L. Allen’s 1908 campaign for County Commissioner. There papers are filed in box # 5 Folder # 13. [show more]
2496Notice of Assessment of Tax, Town of Mt. Desert
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record
  • 1901
Description:
Notice sent to Thomas S. Davis from J.W. Somes, Treasurer and Collector of Mt. Desert for $3.22.
2941Rev. Johathan Scott's Record of Marriages
  • Document, Government, Marriage Record
  • Other, Marriage
  • Mayflower Descendent [??]
  • 1907
Description:
Photocopy from poorly documented source noting that Rev. Scott officiated at the marriage of Miss Sarah Somes and Nathan Brown on Jule 15, 1772.
3039Photos of Northeast Harbor
  • Document, Memorabilia, Souvenir
  • Other, Northeast Harbor
  • 1904
Description:
I.T. Moore Photos in a book format with tie string. Photos include Northeast Harbor, Somes Sound, Ocean Drive, Mount Desert Hills, Great Head, Bear Island, Bear Island Lighthouse, Jordan Pond, Rock End Hotel, Steamer "Frank Jones", Kimball House, Swimming Pool, Glen Cove Hotel (Seal Harbor), Bee Hive Mountain, Sea Side Inn (Seal Harbor), St. Mary's by the Sea, Asticou, Union Church, Clifton Hotel, Main Street, Long Pond, Sargent's Drive, Catholic Church [show more]
3047Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture
  • Publication, Bulletin
  • Other, Agriculture
  • Other, Farms
  • 3/1/1907
Description:
“Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture: The Gipsy Moth in Maine.” March, 1907. Vol. VI, No. 1. Quarterly bulletin issued from the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Augusta, ME. Kennebec Journal Print, Augusta. Marked “William Kittredge.”
3048Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture
  • Publication, Bulletin
  • Other, Agriculture
  • Other, Farms
  • 12/1/1906
Description:
“Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture: Bovine Tuberculosis.” December, 1906. Vol. V, No. 4. Quarterly bulletin issued from the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Augusta, ME. Kennebec Journal Print, Augusta. Marked “William Kittredge.”
3049Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture
  • Publication, Bulletin
  • Other, Agriculture
  • Other, Farms
  • 6/1/1906
Description:
“Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture: Grass and Clover.” June, 1906. Vol. V, No. 2. Quarterly bulletin issued from the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Augusta, ME. Kennebec Journal Print, Augusta. Marked “William Kittredge.”
3050Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture
  • Publication, Bulletin
  • Other, Agriculture
  • Other, Farms
  • 6/1/1905
Description:
“Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture: Cattle Department, Agricultural Fairs.” June, 1905. Vol. IV, No. 2. Quarterly bulletin issued from the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Augusta, ME. Kennebec Journal Print, Augusta. Marked “William Kittredge.”
3058Recipe book compiled by women of OES
  • Document, Instructional, Recipe, Cookbook
  • Other, Cook book
  • Other, Cookbook
  • Other, Eastern Star
  • Other, Recipes
  • 1903
Description:
"Favorite Recipes," book compiled by women of OES , Mount Desert Chapter No. 20. Many advertisements from local businesses included. See also, 001-104-2353
3079Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture | The care and handling of milk and cream
  • Publication, Bulletin
  • 1906
Description:
Issued quarterly from the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Augusta, Maine. | A. W. Gilman, Commissioner Contains 50 rules for the dairy farmer Rules included- "Aperson suffering from any disease, or who has been exposed to a contagious desease, must remain away from the cows and the milk."; "Brush the udder and surrounding parts just before milking, and wipe them with a clean, damp cloth or sponge."; "Milk utensils for farm use should be make of metal...." [show more]
3120Bar Harbor Mount Desert Island- Maine tourism booklet
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Bar Harbor Board of Trade
  • 1908 ca.
Description:
booklet advertising Bar Harbor for tourism. Begins by quoting President Charles Eliot of Harvard.