Description: Blue envelope addressed to LaRue Spiker from Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Palmer, Mount Desert, Maine. Isaac Reed written on envelope near return address. Envelope was sent August 17, 1973 from Southwest Harbor, ME Nothing in envelope
Description: Envelope addressed to Mr. A Keith Glazier SLNTE ED. Press Herald Portland, Maine From La Rue Spiker Norwood written in pencil on front of envelope. Envelope was around 9 black and white photo negatives of Sandra Gott's Wedding
Description: Small raffle ticket: “Raffle - For a double-jointed, steam-heating, anti-corrosive, self acting, non-explosive, back-action CENTENNIAL BUSTLE. Warranted not to rip, ravel, or run down at the heel. For the benefits of a Young lady suffering from the pull-back. Tickets: 3 smacks and a squeeze.” Previously archived as 016.FIC.001.3.c
Description: Name card with “Mr. & Mrs. Alonzo Higgins” printed on it in the center of the card. Nettie B. Richards underneath to the left. Previously archived as object id 016.FIC.001.6.g
Description: “Friendship” courtesy card with a poem about friendship printed on a scroll and framed by colored flowers Previously archived as object id 016.FIC.001.6.e
Description: Postcard of the Swan's Island Ferry, underway, 1961. Published in 1965. Back of card: Operated by Maine State Ferry Service, carries 150 passengers and 8 cars between mcKinlye, in Acadia national Park, and Swans Island, Maine. A 5 mile trip in 35 minutes across beautfiul Blue Hill Bay. Note on original sleeve: Sold $6,000 to H.G. Reed, $103.00
Description: Postcard with photo of High Seas, restaurant built for Mr. and Mrs. G. Edgar Morang. Designed by Robert Patterson. Note gave date of 1956.
Description: Full length dress. Victorian style, black and grey figured cotton with lace trim at neck and sleeve edge. Black ric-rack trim sewn to neck, wrist, bodice, and ruffle bottom of skirt. Attached sash in matching fabric. Machine sewn with hand sewn trim and button holes. Small size, likely for a child.
Description: Full length dress. Black taffetta. Two rows of covered black buttons on the bodice. One short row of covered buttons on the skirt of the dress. Pleated waistband. Decorative pleated sash hanging from the waistband on the back of the dress.
Description: Full length dress. White linen. Metal snaps and hook-n-eye closures in the front. Gauze embroidered fabric in front, collar, and on sleeve cuffs. Machine stitching throughout. May be a replica of 1800's style schoolgirl's dress.
Description: 1950's lace blouse,black and white patchwork skirt, and black fabric sash. Three pieces in dress outfit. Blouse: 001-56.29b Skirt: 001-56.29a Sash: 001-56.29c