Description: Roughly finished cabinet with two doors, handles on sides, and small containers inside; may be a portable device to move around fields for bees to form hives and make honey: a "pollinator."
Description: Framed, typewritten history of the Sound School, which was buillt in 1892. Notes teacher Mrs. Wiggin and student Bud Bordeaux, who graduated in 1926, the year the school closed. Then the building was used as a community center and then owned by the Sound Village Improvement Association; it was later owned by the Town of Mount Desert. The building was given to the MDI Historical Society in 1998; restoration was begun in 1999 and completed in 2000. This framed history hung in the school room or entry way until the exhibit about the village of Sound and schools on MDI was hung in 2015. [show more]
Description: Santa Claus suit including pair of boots, belt, jacket, pants, hair/wig, mustache, hat. Hat, belt, boots, hair/wig, mustache are inside red sack; pants and jacket are on mannequin.
Description: Black fabric flower-embroidered purse with handles and gold fabric lining. Measures 9" X 10." Belonged to Mrs. Isaac Roberts, Sydney Roberts Rockefeller's grandmother. Note with purse says it was from Aunt Rebecca's collection and handmade by a Mrs. Stanley when she was in her 90's.
Description: Mirror is in three parts, hinged together. Small knob at top of each panel; mirrors are beveled. Dimensions: Each part is 5" X 7." Far right panel is very scratched. Donor purchased home in Bar Harbor at 17 Wayman Lane; house built c. 1890-1912. Mirror found in one of the pantry cabinets. House formerly belonged to a school teacher, Mrs. Moon. Donor had seen same kind of mirror at the Underground Railway Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio. May or may not have a connection to Mt. Desert Island. [show more]
Description: American flag folded into triangle; likely given to relative of Dave Stanley at his burial service. In protective, plastic cover; don't know if this is of archival quality. Also inside cover: 3 bullet shells. Item stored on shelf until room can be found in a textile box (and box can be taken down from shelf).
Description: Five American Legion Hats: two have pins that say "103," two have "103" embroidered on hat, one indicates Past Commander and says "Hancock Cty., ME, another says Northeast Harbor, ME. All in very good condition.
Description: Round, silver colored button with elephant in middle and Republican State Convention written around outside in circle. About 1.25" in diameter. Badge for Mr. David Stanley, Mount Desert for 1992 Maine Republican Convention; blue ribbon attached denoting Delegate.
Description: Two Masons' pins, one marked 1999 for 50 years of service and attached to a blue ribbon; the other was attached to a paper card, covered with plastic and tape, which I (AB) removed.
Description: Three brass sleigh bells on 12" leather strap; bells are rusty, strap worn. Strap incomplete and one bell appears to be missing from what is left of the strap. Each bell has three small round clappers inside.
Description: Cora Justine Savage is the grandmother of donor Mary Jane Smith. Cora was sent to Boston to learn to sew and sewed at the Asticou. Donor wore this short black lace jacket (and a skirt) in about 1986 (see photo in 1989 Union Church, Northeast Harbor, Celebration Album).
Description: This skirt, along with a black lace jacket, was made by Cora Justine Savage, who was sent to Boston to learn to sew and who sewed at the Asticou. The donor, Cora's granddaughter, worn the skirt and jacket in the c. 1986 photo which is in the Union Church, Northeast Harbor's 1989 Celebration Album.