Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
11873	Border of fancy ball skirt or dress	Object, Clothing, Skirt					Border of fancy ball skirt or dress Item: 11873    Object ID: 010.021.003 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Clothing, Skirt Description: Border of very elegant ball gown or skirt worn by Anne Funderburk's grandmother. Blue silk with tiers of lace. Has been removed from the bottom of the gown.
11866	Black wool window-pane pattern skirt	Object, Clothing, Skirt					Black wool window-pane pattern skirt Item: 11866    Object ID: 002-34.1 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Clothing, Skirt Description: Black window-pane pattern wool skirt, fully lined. Moth hole.
11865	Plaid skirt	Object, Clothing, Skirt					Plaid skirt Item: 11865    Object ID: 002-34.3 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Clothing, Skirt Description: Long plaid skirt, pink and brown. Several holes in fabric
11787	Brown embossed woman's skirt	Object, Clothing, Skirt					Brown embossed woman's skirt Item: 11787    Object ID: 009.074.008 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Clothing, Skirt Description: Brown embossed woman's skirt, heavily lined. Full length for a tall woman.
11788	Baby shirt	Object, Clothing, Shirt					Baby shirt Item: 11788    Object ID: 009.074.001 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Clothing, Shirt Description: Baby button-downed shirt, now yellowed. MF 2/19/19
11863	Men's Army Shirt	Object, Clothing, Shirt					Men's Army Shirt Item: 11863    Object ID: 001.123.004 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Clothing, Shirt Collection: Eugene Merchant Collection Description: This is a tan twill cotton army shirt. It has the markings "MERC and M9149 on the inside collar. There are two buttoned tabs on the shoulders and a 6 button fly front. In addition, there are two tabbed pockets on the front. The sleeves have buttoned cuffs. The shirt is folded with a cardboard insert in the collar as if it had just been cleaned at a laundry.
12380	Fork and Knife	Object, Flatware Set					Fork and Knife Item: 12380    Object ID: 009.037.1 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Flatware Set Description: The fork is 7 and 1/4 inches long.The knife measures 8 and 3/4 inches long. Each has a handle that measures 4 and 1/4 inches. Each handle has a 2 and 1/2 inch section which appears to be pearl. On either end of this pearl section is a fan-like carving in the pearl. This pearl section is framed on both end by one inch sections of silver which has elaborate carvings.
11950	Brown fringed shawl	Object, Clothing, Shawl					Brown fringed shawl Item: 11950    Object ID: 997-72-561.2 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Clothing, Shawl Description: Brown fringed shawl. May be part of an outfit that included a pink and brown dress (997-72-561)
3388	Private Communion Set	Object, Ritual Container, Communion Vessel, Communion Set					Private Communion Set Item: 3388    Object ID: 009.070.1 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Ritual Container, Communion Vessel, Communion Set Description: Private communion set that had been given to George Price by descendants of The Reverend Dr. Horace Hall Leavitt, to whom it had belonged. Dr. Leavitt, married to the former Louise B. Whiteman, was the father of Mrs. Constance Scott and Mrs. Carlo Ninfi, both of Somesville. Leavitt's sister was Mrs. Charles E. Gilpatric of New York. Dr. Leavitt died in Somesville in 1966, at age 84. The Reverend Dr. Leavitt was a graduate of Princeton University and Union Theological Seminary. He was pastor of Presyterian churches in Amagansett and Brooklyn, New York and in Honolulu. The communion set is in a case initialed "H.H. L." [show more]
3386	Corporate Seal for the MDI Historical Society	Object, Seal					Corporate Seal for the MDI Historical Society Item: 3386    Object ID: 009.033 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Seal Description: This is a corporate seal which measures 9 and three quarters inches high when the handle is in the "up" position. At the base, it measures 6 inches long by two inches wide (under the seal section). It is made of metal and is black with gold trim. When the handle is pressed down and a paper is inserted between the seal discs, the paper is marked with "MDI Historical Society 1931".
3387	Corporate Seal Marked with the Town of Eden	Object, Seal					Corporate Seal Marked with the Town of Eden Item: 3387    Object ID: 009.031 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Seal Description: This item is made of metal and has two holes in its base to mount it on a desk, table or counter. It is an embosser. There is a seal which is not engaged when the handle is up. This allows a person to insert a document under the seal template. When the handle is pressed down, the seal makes an imprint on the document. This reads, " Town of Eden, Maine" at the top and "incorporated in 1796" in the bottom section of the circle. It measures 11 inches high when the handle is in the up position and the base is 6 and a half inches long by 2inches wide. There is a hole on either end of the base. On the sides, there are painted flowers in gold and red. [show more]
11867	Deep blue silk scarf	Object, Clothing, Scarf					Deep blue silk scarf Item: 11867    Object ID: 002-34.5 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Clothing, Scarf Description: Deep blue silk scarf with fringe
11935	Scarf with metal fringe	Object, Clothing, Scarf				Unknown	Scarf with metal fringe Item: 11935    Object ID: 009.071.1 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Clothing, Scarf Date: Unknown Description: Black silk scarf with metallic fringe. Had been stored in Box # T-2 and marked as LC19.
16970	Broken Scabbard	Object, Armaments, Scabbard					Broken Scabbard Item: 16970    Object ID: 009.50.1 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Armaments, Scabbard Description: Broken scabbard; broken at lower end. Now approx. 19" in length. Width approx. 1.75"
3451	Balance Scale	Object, Scale					Balance Scale Item: 3451    Object ID: 996-220-436 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Scale Description: Bar hangs on pin in center. Each end has a ring from which an object can be hung. Hook in center to hang scale. Marked, “H” in three places.
17535	Fabric Sample	Object, Merchandising, Sales Sample	Other, Fabrics Other, Samples Other, Seal Harbor				Fabric Sample Item: 17535    Object ID: 011.27.18 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Merchandising, Sales Sample Subject: Other, Fabrics Other, Samples Other, Seal Harbor Description: Fabric samples from John Wanamaker (Philadelphia), R.H. White (Boston); envelope addressed to Emma Whitmore, Seal Harbor, Me; return address: John Wanakamer, Philadelphia.
17536	Fabric Samples	Object, Merchandising, Sales Sample	Other, Seal Harbor Other, Stores & shops				Fabric Samples Item: 17536    Object ID: 011.27.17 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Merchandising, Sales Sample Subject: Other, Seal Harbor Other, Stores & shops Description: Fabric samples; found in building that housed old general store in Seal Harbor. Envelope addressed to WH Whitmore, Seal Harbor, Maine. Return address: Callender, McAuslan & Troup Co., Providence, RI.
17524	Embroidered runner	Object, Furnishings, Furniture Runner, Table Runner					Embroidered runner Item: 17524    Object ID: 009.074.005 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Furnishings, Furniture Runner, Table Runner Description: Embroidered cotton runner
12003	Wooden skate of an ice sled	Object, Vehicle Component, Vehicle Runner, Sleigh Runner					Wooden skate of an ice sled Item: 12003    Object ID: 008.115.1 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Vehicle Component, Vehicle Runner, Sleigh Runner Description: Wooden skate of an ice sled with steel blade. Round metal rod anchored in bracket attached to wooden skate; hole in end of rod. Long thin curved rod extends from one hand horizontal to skate.
12192	Cobbler's Peg Cutter	Other, Shoemaker's Rasp					Cobbler's Peg Cutter Item: 12192    Object ID: 996-42-258 Catalog: Objects Type: Other, Shoemaker's Rasp Description: Long wood handle with long iron rod attached to end. Triangular blade at end of rod. Marked, “M.F. Norcross”. According to Skip Brack at the Liberty Tool Museum, this tool was used by a cobbler to clip the excess from wooden pegs in shoes. He also said the name Norcross referred to the owner, not the maker.
3434	Breast pump	Object, Breast Pump					Breast pump Item: 3434    Object ID: 009.046.001 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Breast Pump Description: Glass breast pump. Rubber pump is hard and cracked
3220	Block for hoisting objects	Object, Mechanical, Pulley					Block for hoisting objects Item: 3220    Object ID: 008.115.2 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Mechanical, Pulley Description: Wooden block for rigging. Nails on each side have been hammered through rectangular pieces of leather.
17596	My Family at Somesville	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print					My Family at Somesville Item: 17596    Object ID: 996-252-468 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Description: Photographic reproduction in color of "My Family at Somesville" by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Original at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida. Shows Tiffany’s son leading cow on which sits baby. Tiffany’s wife holds baby on cow. His oldest daughter stands next to cow. Nurse holds other twin baby. May be in meadow near Somes Landing. (Anne Mazlish, donor, says this is at Beech Hill, AB 7/11/12)
11667	Sophia A. (Leighton) Allen	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print					Sophia A. (Leighton) Allen Item: 11667    Object ID: 008.120.1 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Description: Large gold framed photographic portrait of Sophia A. Leighton Allen (1831-1898), wife of Obadiah Allen (1829-1915) and mother of Melville L. Allen (1862-1939).
16960	Wooden potty	Object, Human Waste Receptacle, Chamber Pot					Wooden potty Item: 16960    Object ID: 009.079.4 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Human Waste Receptacle, Chamber Pot Description: Home made wooden potty for a child.

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