Description: Pink and brown plaid long sleeve cotton dress. Sleeves very puffy at shoulder and taper to cuff. Gathered waist. Hooks in back. Letters imprinted on fabric on right cuff. Only the letter “P” is legible. Hand sewn. Probably fits a teenager. Also stored in Textile Box # T-2 with the dress is a brown fringed shawl with a bow in the upper center back; this appears to be the same color brown as the dress and may have been part of an outfit. The shawl is numbered 997-72-561.2. [show more]
Description: Black with small front pocket sewn on by hand. Hook and eye closure in lining and bodice. Full cotton lining. Pleats front, back and sleeves.
Description: Child’s long sleeved. blue sprigged dress with white flowers. Lace and round white buttons down center of bodice. Ties and zips in back. Ruffle at hem. Appears to be a costume for the Bicentennial.
Description: Floral dress (orange, gold, pink, green, black) with black ribbon and black buttons (over snaps) on bodice. Short sleeves. Two ruffles at bottom. Machine sewn. Two hooks and eyes at waist band. May be a costume. Tiers of ruffles and sleeves trimmed with black cotton.
Description: Knee length black women’s dress with long sleeves and blue lining inside collar and under sash and cuffs. Wide sash around waist. Wide collar folds over neck. Hook and eye at shoulder and side.
Description: Brown and gray linen blouse with black trim on sleeve, cuff and bodice. Hook and eye closure. Lining hand sewn. Fully lined in beige cotton.
Description: Black flapper style dress with "petal" tiers. Shoulder straps hidden by tulle. Lace around sleeves. Silver leaved embroidery around top on both front and back. Snaps in back.
Description: Black women’s skirt which appears to have been torn from a dress, or to have had the waistband removed. It may be a skirt lining. Two snaps at back of waist. Approx. 6-inch hem. Center front panels.
Description: Table folds out (hinges missing) and is supported by legs which turns. Four simply carved legs. Space where drawer should be is missing. Some wooden pegs still intact. Reinforced with nails. Dovetail joints. Donor info - this table from log house of Abraham Somes, first settler of Mt. Desert Island. Originally made without nails but with wooden pegs.
Description: Bisque head, yellow hair. Painted eyebrows, blue glass eyes, painted lips. Bisque hands and feet with painted shoes and socks. Costume - long white striped dress, pink sateen slip, white muslin petticoat, matching chemise, both lace edged. Body stuffed with wood shavings. Donor info - belonged to sister (Agnes) of donor.
Description: Man’s white dress shirt with rectangular pleated front, the tag inside reads "Trade Mark Manhattan." Ivory colored striped cotton. Tab on back of neck. No collar, banded neckline. Three button holes in neckline.
Description: Man’s white dress shirt with stripes and rectangular front. Label "Van Heusen". Size 14 1/2 4. French cuffs with button holes. Pleated front rectangle. Collar attached. Button and hole at neck, button holes on both sides of front.
Description: Sheer white cotton apron with emboridered white flower pattern along one side and bottom hem. May have been used as a curtain because embrodiery pattern is only down one side of fabric.
Description: This is an army officer's shirt according to the label. It is size 33 with a 15 and 1/2 size collar. The color is olive and the fabric wool or a wool blend. It has two buttoned-down pockets on the front, two buttoned tabs on the shoulders and seven buttons down the front. The sleeves are long and the cuffs buttoned. There are some mothball holes scattered throughout the shirt.