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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
3667Leonard McFarland
  • Document, Form, Application, Membership Application
  • Other, Veterans
  • 1885
Description:
Application for membership, James Parker Post, GAR. Occupation: farmer
3671Simeon A. Holden
  • Document, Form, Application, Membership Application
  • Other, Veterans
  • 1888
Description:
Application for membership, James Parker Post, GAR. Occupation: farmer
1767Memorandum
  • Document, Correspondence, Memorandum
  • Other, Undertaking
  • 1882
Description:
Memoranda paper from Mills and Lacey MFG Co for use in funeral homes.Notes on Daniel Somes Death and Burial. On document, “Mills and Lacey MFG Co. Grand Rapids, Mich., Manufacturers of Anti-Septic Embalming Fluid, Undertaker’s Syringe, Undertaker’s Cabinet, M and L Flesh Tint, Novelty Folding Chair. Notes Date of Daniel Somes Death Nov. 2, 1882 at 9:30 PM. Residence - Somesville. Born April 16, 1803. Age 79 years 6 months 17 days. Casket - black cloth and velvet. Plate - square copper. Handles 15 inches. Dressed - robe. Keeping body - washed with antiseptic. Cemetery - Village. Time of Funeral - 1PM the 5th. Minister A. N. Jones [show more]
13191Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Transportation - Land
  • unknown
  • 1883
Description:
Green Mountain Cog Railway engine with Eagle Lake in background. Lumber pile near track. Man in hat and long coat stands next to track. Three men on the engine. Four tack holes in corners of photo. Water stain on top of photo. On back: Engineer Frank Wiggin, Assistant Edwin Stevens, Foreground-Nick Curran- Bld Fossi's (?) Supr. 2 photos: 1 sepia, the other a copy of same
14663Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Transportation - Land
  • unknown
  • 1880c.
Description:
Black and white photo. of Green Mountain Cog Railway tracks on Cadillac Mountain. Eagle Lake in background. Sawed logs beside track. Framed.
11456Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Transportation - Land
  • Places, Landscape
  • W.H. Ballard
  • 1885c.
Description:
Green Mountain Railway. Steam engine pushing car up Cadillac Mountain. Letters on side of coal car read G.M. Ry. Letters on side of engine read Mt. Desert. One man in coal car another leaning out window of engine. Five men and one women ride car. Marked W.H. Ballard Collection Southwest Harbor, Maine. 8x10 Two sepia-toned copies behind sleeve. (a&b)
2844Bar Harbor Tourist paper, Aug 11, 1880
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Hotels
  • Other, Parks
  • Other, Tourists
  • 1880
Description:
List of tourists staying at the various hotels and city or state they are from, the lack of a park in Bar Harbor, list of railroad representatives staying in Bar Harbor, raising money for the Bar Harbor Libary, List of prominent people staying in Bar Harbor,
4566J. Darling Hunter and Guide
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Other, Tourism
  • Recreation
  • 8/11/1880
Description:
Typed copy of Bar Harbor Tourist advertisement for J. Darling hunter and guide - Jordan Pond Canoe and Guides.
3934Shares in Mt. Desert Steamboat Wharf Co.
  • Document, Financial, Stock Certificate
  • Other, Steamboats
  • 1880
Description:
Nos. 17-19 owned by Charles P. Somes; $5 to a share.
12907A Graded Spelling Book
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Spelling
  • Other, Textbook
  • Harrington, H.F.
  • Harper & Brothers
  • 1883
Description:
"Being a Complete Course in Spelling for Primary and Grammar Schools."
17286The Worlds Method for Cornet and Sax-Horn Part I
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Songs & music
  • White, Jean
  • 1887
3940Bill of Lading
  • Document, Shipping Record, Bill of Lading
  • Other, Shipping
  • 1887
Description:
Shipped by Carleton, Norwood & Co. on board Kate L. Pray
12879McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Reading
  • Other, Schools
  • John Wiley & Sons
  • 1881
Description:
Incorporates phonic, word, and alphabet methods; includes exercises in writing in script letters and in reading same.
3943School Agent's Census, 1882, District 1
  • Document, Government, Census Record
  • Other, Census
  • Other, Schools
  • 1882
2827The Haunted Ship, a Strange Legend of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Sailing ships
  • Mount Desert Herald
  • 9/14/1882
Description:
Article describes a Mexican ship and its fate of being run aground near Mt. Desert Island in 1814. Previously archived as 012.FIC.022.5
12637Book of Common Prayer.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Prayer
  • Other, Religion
  • Margaret Coffin Prayer Book Society
  • 1883.
Description:
"And Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America." Marked on back cover: St. Mary by the Sea.
17322Book of Common Prayer
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Religion
  • Margaret Coffin Prayer Book Society
  • 1883.
12629The Normal Fourth Reader
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Readers
  • Other, Reading
  • Raub, Albert N.
  • Porter and Coates
  • 1884.
Description:
Inscribed in front: Carrie K. Wiggins, West Eden, Maine
9169Unknown Man
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
  • Unknown
  • c 1860s - c 1880s
Description:
Man age 30-40. Wears long straight beard, trim mustache with straight hair covering ears. Heavy dark suit with vest buttoned. No collar showing.
12424Henry Higgins
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Portrait
  • B.F. Joy
  • c 1880s
Description:
Henry Higgins age 20 - 30. Straight hair and small mustache. Wears heavy gray or brown coat with white shirt and dark die, collar standing up. Cheeks colored by photograher. Oval photo with wood grain pattern surrounding. Marked on back Henry Higgins, Town Hill. B.F. Joy Photographer, Ellsworth, ME 1880. (2 photos)
11406Young girl standing with her hand on post
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Ambrotype
  • Other, Portrait
  • 1851-c1880s
Description:
Girl age 3-5 standing with left hand on post. Wears short hair combled back. Dark jacket with no buttons, velvet trim on cuffs and edge. White blouse with simple collar laying flat on jacket. Knee length skirt with velvet trim on hem. White stockings and black slippers. Cheeks colored by photographer.
2732Kidd's Treasure: Is it Buried at Fernald's Point?
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Pirates
  • Other, Treasure-trove
  • Mt. Desert Herald
  • 8/22/1882
Description:
One page article describing the legend of the location of Capt. Kidd's treasures in the area of Flying Mountain on Mt. Desert Island. This legend was put forward by a Capt. Henry. Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.048.2
1838Photo Album
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
  • Other, Photographs
  • 1882
Description:
Blue velvet photo/cabinet card album with a metal clasp. On the front cover is a design of a tree with a fence in front of it. Written along the fence in gold letters is “ALBUM”. Fourteen thick leaves with spaces for two cabinet cards on each side and gold trim around the edges. Holds pictures #999-772-3856 to #999-815-3899.
9297The Ladies Home Companion June 15, 1887 Vol XIV # 14
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, Periodicals
  • 1887
Description:
The Ladies Home Companion June 15, 1887 Vol XIV # 14.
2903Death Notice of Daniel Somes
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • Other, Obituary
  • Copied from Mount Desert Herald
  • 1/18/1885
Description:
Death notice of Daniel Somes, 1803-1882, copied from the Mount Desert Herald of January 18, 1883. Includes biographical information on Somes.