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13671Loring Short & Harmon illustrated guide book for Mount Desert Island, Me.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Tourism
  • Martin, Mrs. Clara Barnes
  • 1877
Description:
95 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. Includes photographic plates; Advertisements. Bar Harbor, Somesville, Southwest Harbor, topography, history
13896A History of the United States from 1492 to 1866 for the use of schools
  • Document, Instructional, Instruction Book
  • Other, Education
  • Other, History
  • Martindale. Joseph C.
  • Eldredge & Brother
  • 1870
1520Mayhew's Practical Book-Keeping
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Book keeping
  • Other, Somesville High School
  • Mayhew, Ira
  • Nichols and Hall
  • 1874
Description:
School book marked "Ernest R. Kittredge, Somesville High School, September 10, 1874.
12754Winnowed Hymns: A Collection of Sacred Songs...
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Hymn Books
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • McCabe, C.C. and D.T. Macfarlan
  • Biglow & Main
  • 1873
Description:
These songs were "especially adapted for revivals, prayer and camp meetings." Inside inscribed Lucie F. Somes, Mt. Desert, Maine, Sept. 4th, 1875
14644National Encyclopedia of Business and Social Forms
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Business & finance
  • Other, Etiquette
  • McCabe, James D.
  • National Publishing Company
  • 1879.
Description:
Complete and comprehensive book of reference, expressly designed to meet the every-day wants of the American people.
12702Religious Denominations of the World
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Religion
  • Milner, Vincent L.
  • Bradley and Company
  • 1872.
Description:
"A General View of the Origin, History and Condition of the Various Sects of Christians, the Jews and Mahometans, as well as the Pagan Forms of Religion Existing in the Different Countries of the Earth: with Sketches of the Founder of Various Religious Sects" Noted on front pages: "Presented to Mount DesertIsland Museum by Abbie Thomas Richardson."
13874A System of Modern Geography designed for the use of schools and academies...
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Textbook
  • Mitchell, S. Augustus
  • J.H. Butler & Co.
  • 1875
Description:
Old geography textbook
12816Crown Jewels; or The Dream of an Empire, an Historical Romance
  • Publication, Book
  • Moffett, Emma L.
  • Carleton, Publisher, Madison Square
  • 1871
Description:
A work of fiction Dedicated to the archduchess Sophia of Austria, Officers and Seamen of the Austrian Navy, and the Citizens of Trieste Inscribed L.F. Somes, Mount Desert, Maine, 1875
12618Sixth Reader
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Readers
  • Monroe, Lewis B.
  • Cowperthwait & Co.
  • 1872
Description:
Practical elocution and reading lessons: prose, poetry, dialogues and concert-readings
12623The Third Reader
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Reading
  • Monroe, Lewis B.
  • Cowperthwaite and Company
  • 1873.
Description:
Letters and sounds. Reading lessons. Inscribed in front: Presented to Irvie by Gideon Mayo.
14077Comprehensive Geography; local, physical, descriptive, historical....
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Education
  • Other, History - Pretty Marsh
  • Other, Schools
  • Monteith, James
  • A.S. Barnes
  • 1872
Description:
Monteith's Independent Course. Comprehensive Geography. Copy 1 - Johnny A. Smith Pretty Marsh Hancock C. Maine, handwritten on back of 1st page. Colored newspaper copy of sea-captain inserted between cover and first page. Copy 2. Lettie A. Smith. A. D. 1880 Pretty Marsh Maine, handwritten on first page
11666Steel Engraving: "Mount Desert, Coast of Maine"
  • Image, Print, Intaglio Print, Engraving
  • R. Hinshelwood
  • 1877
Description:
Steel engraving of scene of Mount Desert Island. Engraver: R. Hinshelwood. Schooner in foreground, sloping mountain and cliffs in middle ground, higher mountains in background. Rays of light shine through clouds. 9.75" x 12.5" wide. Some stain around edges, a few water spots
12626New Normal Second Reader
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Readers
  • Other, Textbook
  • Raub, Albert N.
  • Porter & Coates
  • 1878
Description:
Textbook including composition and phonic lessons.
13694Mt Desert in 1873; portrayed in crayon & quill.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Tourism
  • Swift, Mary
  • J. R. Osgood & Co.
  • 1873
Description:
Text and illustrations about Mt. Desert in 1873. Written on first page: S. E. Morrison The annotations are by my grandmother Mrs. Samuel Eliot, who was there in the 1880's.
5093Hand colored print of baby in white dress with black trim
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Taylor and Lamson
  • 1860-1870
Description:
Hand-colored albumen print of small baby, wearing white dress with black trim at edge, plaid sash, white stockings and black maryjane shoes. Sitting on a divan. Inscription on back reads “Lamson child. Lamson baby from Cuba” (written in two different hands). Also stamped on back, “Taylor e Lamson, Photographos de Nueva York.”
9164Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
  • 1875 c.
Description:
A view of the Village of Somesville including Somes Cove, Somesville Lumber Mill, Somesville Union Meeting House, A.J. Whiting Store, and Mount Desert House taken from The Somes House. Small B&W print.
9180Ida Downing
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Portrait
  • Unknown
  • c 1870s
Description:
Ida Downing, marked Aunt Ida. Married Carolus Downing Dec. 15, 1875. Born Oct 19, 1851. Woman age 20s. Wears hair parted in middle and pulled to back of head. Paper worn over left eye and on jawbone. Head turned to the right. High white collar with dark dress of stripe or plaid. Shoulders only visible. Tiny portrait on paper. Paper has been folded - has waxy surface.
13174Rodick House
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • unknown
  • 1875
Description:
Matted print of Rodick House c. 1875. Porch stretched across front of entire building. Two stariways descend from porch. Small porch on second story. Small crowd on porch. Building four storied high with two towers on front. Covered walk connects to building next door. Came from frame artifact # 997-37-526
4876Woman seated with book
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • unknown
  • 1850-1870
Description:
Photo within album: page 34. Portrait of unknown woman sitting next to small table, book open on table. Woman wears dark dress with large sleeves, lots of detailing at collar. White collar covered by large brooch. Hair worn long, curly, fastened with bow on top of head.
4997Man seated in long duster with man standing hand on seated man's shoulder
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1860-1870
Description:
tintype of two men, one standing, one sitting next to him. The seated man wears a white shirt, dark trousers, and a long duster coat, as well as a plaid newsboy-style cap. The man standing next to him has his right hand on the shoulder of the other man, and is wearing a white shirt covered by a long duster, also wears a cap in the same newsboy style. Backdrop of flowers, even looks to be grass underfoot.
5002Man seated with arm resting on back of chair
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1860-1870
Description:
tintype of man seated, one arm resting on armrest of chair, the other hand resting on knee. Wears dark suit, white shirt, striped bow tie. Has dark hair, widow’s peak, dark drooping mustache, and slight goatee. Lots of marks on front of tintype.
5003Child seated in wooden chair
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1860-1870
Description:
tintype of child seated in wooden chair. Wears hair parted down center, cut very short. Also wears light colored blouse--could be very long blouse, could be dress. Also wears string of beads around neck. Is looking down and to the right of camera. Top left hand and bottom corners of tintype have been clipped off.
4999Paul Bener and Peter Bener
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • Unknwon
  • 1860-1870
Description:
Tintype of two men in front of studio backdrop of winter scene. They both wear very simple white pullover shirts (don’t seem to be button up) and dark trousers; their suspenders have been pulled down and hang loose. Both have mustaches and dark hair that has been shaved on the sides. They stand apart, but reach out towards one another with their left fists clenched, their left wrists touch. They pull their right hands across their chests, right fists also clenched. Look like mirror images of one another. Inscription on back reads Paul Bener at top, Peter Bener at bottom (name could also be Bever). Left hand corners have been cut. [show more]
12778Hulda or The Deliverer
  • Publication, Book
  • Wister, Mrs. A.L.
  • J.B. Lippincott & Co.
  • 1874
Description:
Per title page: A Romance after the German of F. LeWald. Label inside front cover: Regulations of Sound Public Library, Mount Deseret Island, Maine
5075Lucy Noyes
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph
  • People
  • W.N. Tuttle
  • 1860-1870
Description:
Carte de visite of a woman with dark hair curled, pulled back, but also with long corkscrew curls hanging down shoulder. Wears dark dress with ruffled bodice, white ruffled collar, patterned shawl over shoulders. Wears earrings, long strand of large dark beads. Inscription on back reads “Lucy Noyes... Brinkerhoff California.”