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3452Satchel
  • Object, Containers, Bag
Description:
Woven brown, tan, reds, black. Bottom leather. Top trimmed with leather and leather straps. Leather handle. Lined with tan and blue striped fabric. Donor info - belonged to Capt. Nathaniel Bracket. Carried on his vessel. Later owned by his son Frederick Bracket the mail carrier of Otisfield, Maine. Used to carry mail. Marked, “FBP Otisfield, Maine”.
12715Bar Harbor Bank cloth deposit bag
  • Object, Containers, Bag
  • Other, Banking
  • Other, Bar Harbor
Description:
Cloth bank deposit bag for the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust company. Provenance and significance of this unknown.
5315Silk drawstring bag
  • Object, Containers, Bag
Description:
Silk drawstring bag for knitting or other purpose. May have been used as bag for use with a formal dress. Eggshell color. Fabric has embellished floral pattern with handstitched crewel embroidery trim. Two small metal fabric covered wheels complete the drawn bag.
3446Basket
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • 20th c
Description:
Light wood with green running through middle. No lid. Marked on bottom, “Made in Japan”. Contains flax thread.
13478Basket
  • Object, Containers, Basket
Description:
Bowl shaped. Woven wood with wood handle. Diamonds inside diamond pattern on each side where handle joins basket. Nails attach handle.
11929John Snow Postcard Basket
  • Object, Containers, Basket
12838Basket
  • Object, Containers, Basket
Description:
Tiny oval basket with rings on each side for handles. Green woven into band around middle. Weave around top damaged.
18367Stereocard Basket
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • late e 19th c.
Description:
Natural wood finish on hand carved wood. Carved piece in center separates two sides.
3447Basket
  • Object, Containers, Basket
Description:
Round brown and olive grass and wood basket with flax thread inside. Braided handle lays flat on top. Note found inside read, “from McAllister house”.
2363Oval tin box with lid
  • Object, Containers, Box
Description:
Oval tin box with deep lid. Sloping lid; raised circle in center. Rusty. Approx. 8.75" long, 6" wide.
12063Somesville Brass Band music box
  • Object, Containers, Box
  • Other, Music boxes
Description:
S. O. Richardson's Somesville Brass Band box , for carrying sheets of music and music clip. May have belonged to Samuel Osgood Richardson (1842-1910). Some of the sheets of music are handwritten, others printed. Brown and gold decorated box lined with blue fabric. Per Raymond Strout, came from Kittredge family house in Somesville (7/28/11, AB)
2364F. Pervear lunch box
  • Object, Containers, Box
Description:
Black painted lunch box marked F. Pervear in red paint. Contains thermos. Leather handle intact. Upper sides painted red.
2365Box for Linene "Raphael Reversible Collars"
  • Object, Containers, Box
  • c. 1870
Description:
Box for "Raphael Reversible Collars." "Linene" Trade Mark Reversible Collars and Cuffs described and pictures on bottom of box. Cuffs and collars manufactured in Cambridge, MA. Originally patented in 1877.
2356Box
  • Object, Containers, Box
Description:
Covered with purple paper. Decorative gold paper in corners. Pastoral scene in oval frame in center of lid. Cooper or brass latch. Lace hinges inside. Sides lined with paper lace some torn. Under lid decorative paper covering sachet. Sits on four small legs 1/4” high.
11428Box of Quick Elastic Starch
  • Object, Containers, Box
  • c. 1902
Description:
Paper box. Quick Elastic “Hot Starch in 30 seconds”,10 cents -includes instructions and illustration of iron and “how to”
2360Box
  • Object, Containers, Box
Description:
Oval box with lid made of light wood. Wood almost as thin as a wood shaving.
12712Box
  • Object, Containers, Box
Description:
Colorful flowered paper pasted on sides and top. Contains thread and beads.
2359Tinder Box
  • Object, Containers, Box
Description:
Small tin box with handles on each side. Handle on lid.
12453Box
  • Object, Containers, Box
Description:
Round box with checkerboard pattern on top. Sides striped green, maroon and yellow. Contains button and shoe button. Also contains “Erin Go Bragh” pin. Provenance not known. Deed of gift not found.
2366Box for "Vegetine. Purely Vegetable. Nature's Remedy."
  • Object, Containers, Box
Description:
Box for "Vegetine. Purely Vegetable. Nature's Remedy."
2358Box
  • Object, Containers, Box
Description:
Box with white woven design overall. Red/blue and pink/blue geometric paper border. On top boy in green coat with yellow scarf and boots with small dog ready to throw snowballs. Paper hinge. Paper lace inside.
2357Box
  • Object, Containers, Box
Description:
Round paper box with glass top. Top detached from box. Blue paper border with black and orange design. Brown dots chained together on edge of glass. Bottom pink.
12072Box
  • Object, Containers, Box
Description:
Handkerchief box: Wooden box covered with paper which was once red with black trim. Inside is lined with blue paper. Fabric hinges. Box lid is marked, “Handkerchiefs”. Inside of box are two items. One is a hand lettered card, faded, ink.. reading; R.L. Somes, Boston. the other is a small handmade paper and cardborad box.
3287Box and Pouch
  • Object, Containers, Box, Packing Box
Description:
Light blue box marked, “Dempsey & Carroll, Union Square NY. Retail Dept.”. Pouch small brown with green, red and gold diamonds. Blue draw string closes pouch. Probably either a jewel or perfume bottle pouch.
12161Can for Beach Fish Steaks in Soybean Oil with Hot Green Chilies
  • Object, Containers, Can
  • Other, Canneries
  • Other, Labels
Description:
Can for Beach Fish Steaks (Bite Size Herring) in Soybean Oil with Hot Green Chilies