Description: Receipt from American MIssionary Society for $2.00 contribution from the King's Daughters Circle of Mount Desert, Mary Somes, President. Also includes envelope addressed to Miss Mary A. Somes. Enrollment form of Emma Richardson, Mt Desert, Maine in the International Order of The King's Daughters and Sons, NYC Mae Hill, Mt Desert, ME is the Leader of the Circle known as Somesville Silver Cross (n.d.) Note indicates that Mae Hill was married to Paul Ather? [show more]
Description: portrait of man in finely striped suit with black tie and white shirt. Mustache and hair parted on left side. Caption on back reads “December 1897.” Face turned slightly away from the camera (not looking straight ahead).
Description: Map with contour lines indicating elevations, islands and areas names; bodies also named. Map is cut into sections measuring 4" X 8" and then mounted on buckram (?); overall dimension is 32" X 24".
Description: Man age 30-40. Dark hair parted on right side. Brushed back with wave on right side. Beard worn on chin and jowls. No mustache. Dark coat and vest. White shirt with black bow tie tucked behind vest. Photo appears to have been gone over with pen. Marked C.A. Smith Photo Co. 35 Main Street Berlin , N.H.
Description: This is a revision of the fish and game laws for the state of Maine. It includes such topics as the prohibition against use of dynamite, closing time for hunting or fishing designated species, and the like.
Description: Unidentified man age 50-60, hair parted on side and brushed back. Gray beard and mustache neatly trimmed. Wears double breasted coat with white shirt and black bow tie. Marked Chas. W. Hearn Portland, Me. on front. On back, Photographic and Art Studio Hearn USA Portland, Maine 514 Congress St.
Description: Unidentified man age 50-60, hair parted on side and brushed back. Handlebar mustache. Wears dark coat with top button fastened, white shirt with small black bow tie. Marked Chas. W. Hearn Portland, Me. on front. On back, Photographic and Art Studio Hearn USA Portland, Maine 514 Congress St.
Description: Rev. Newbert age 30-40. Light hair brushed back. Thick mustache with pointed ends. Head turned to left. Dark coat with double buttons fastened. White collar and black and white stripped tie with large knot. Marked C.L. Crossman. Pote’s Block Up one flight. Bangor Me.
Description: "Over one thousand of the best up-to-date receipts for every conceivable need in kitchen and other departments of housekeeping." Introductory section on "Domestic Cookery"; essay on art and history of cookery; other sections on invalid diet, and a separate part on household management (marketing, table linens, etc.) Inscribed on title page: Ava Rice Bordeaux, Mrs. Flora Bordeaux
Description: Dog license issued to Thomas S. Davis to keep a male dog of black color, Newfoundland breed and named "Lion. Issued by Kyman H. Somes, Town Clerk.
Description: Plans, elevations and details for certain alterations to an extistng house ( Thirlstane) owned by Col.Edward Morrell. Total prints There are two folders, one with blueprints and the other with original pencil and ink on vellum drawings of details for the later alterations in 1899 and 1900 by F.L. Savage
Description: "A Winnowed Collection for Evangelistic Services, Young People's Societies and Sunday-Schools." Music editors: E.A. Hoffman and J.H. Tenney. Inscribed: Mrs. E. B. Rumill. Includes title, first line and topical indexes.
Description: Originally published in the Century Magazine; the author knew John Gilley well and appreciated his hard work clearing fields, building dwellings, fished, raised a family, etc. He was a "hard-working, stout hearted man".
Description: Originally an article in the Century Magazine, published 50 years prior. this work tells the story of John Gilley, who " by hard toil cleared fields, built dwellings, fished on forgotten waters, reared families and...managed schools and churches and administered self-governing communities." Gilley was born on Cranberry Island and lived most of his life on Baker's Island.
Description: Unidentified woman, possibly Virginia Somes Sanderson. Curly hair pulled to back with some bang around forehead. Dark dress with light stripes, full sleeved and wide collar edged with lace laying flat on shoulders. Marked on bottom, “The Lasell. Elmer Chickering 21 West Street Boston.” Marked on back, “Aug. 1895.”
Description: Will Kittredge, son of Elizabeth Kittredge [age 20-30]. Short dark hair parted on side and brushed back, well trimmed mustache. Wears uniform with double breasted jacket and epaulettes. Belt at waist and decorative tassels over chest. Marked on front Elmer Chickering 21 West St. Boston. Marked on back Will Kittredge. The Royal Studio. Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association Awarded at the Seventeenth exhibition 1890. Elmer Chickering Proprietor 21 West St. Boston. Duplicated can be had at any time. [show more]
Description: "A veritable epicurean dictionary." Alphabetical list of "new and popular dishes to serve"..."what the dishes are composed of and what they look like." Includes a pronouncing dictionary. Inscribed inside front "G. Cookson [donor's great great uncle] St. George Bermuda Banquet Jan (?) June (?) 1907. Moved to Portland Sept 27
Gillette, Mrs. F. L. and Hugo Ziemann, Steward of the White House
Publisher:
N.D. Thompson
Date:
1897
Description: " Cooking, toilet, and household recipes; menus, dinner-giving, table etiquette; care of the sick, health suggestions; facts worth knowing, etc. etc." "A comprehensive cyclopedia of information for the home" Full-page photographs of Frances Folsom Cleveland and Carrie Scott Harrison in front. Written in pencil on front page: Miss (?) Mary H. Whitmore Inserted with in book are a floral card that reads, "Love, Honour, Hope & JoyFill Every Year of Thine" and a small "affectionate greeting" from Joseph Whitmore. [show more]
Description: Emphasizes words in common use that are difficult to spell. Label pasted in front shows that the book is the "property of the Town of Mt. Desert" No. 97 and gives the rules, such as inspection by the teacher very two weeks, students must pay for "material injury" to the book.
Description: Cabinet card of Isiah Ober [age 20-30], hair parted in middle and brushed to sides. Wears heavy dark coat unbuttoned with vest buttoned to top, dark striped tie with small tie tack in knot and round white collar. Photo on decorative paper. Photo over white paper with curled ends. Marked on back H. Pepper Photographer.