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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
12373Infant rattle
  • Object, Sound Signaling Device, Rattle
  • c. 1950s
Description:
Owned by Steven Joseph Carvajal of Pretty Marsh. His silver infant rattle. One end marked with heart and initials S , J and C. Other end shows a clock. birth 3/3/53 - died 3/9/2005 Brother of Mt. Desert resident, Annette Carvajal.
17627Drying rack for doll clothes
  • Object, Maintenance, Drying Rack
  • c. 1902
Description:
Drying rack for doll clothes given to Edna Rumill by her father, Capt. Edwin Rumill
17628Shoe Rasp
  • Other, Shoemaker's Rasp
  • ca.1780
Description:
Wood handle joining iron. Iron shaft ends in flat oval piece with corrugated underside.Donor info - used by Daniel Somes to scrape pegs from inside of boots during the 1780s.
12192Cobbler's Peg Cutter
  • 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.
3434Breast pump
  • Object, Breast Pump
Description:
Glass breast pump. Rubber pump is hard and cracked
1599Union Church of Northeast Harbor quilt
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
  • 1900
Description:
Album Quilt created by members (men and women) of The Federated Church Society of the Union Church of Northeast Harbor in 1900. Presented to the church in 2000 by Connie Seavey. This Object Id # also includes a framed list of all of the signers of the quilt and a short explanation of the provenance and history of the quilt and the ownership of it.
3220Block for hoisting objects
  • Object, Mechanical, Pulley
Description:
Wooden block for rigging. Nails on each side have been hammered through rectangular pieces of leather.
12361Mary Ann Norris Holmes
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Late 1880s
Description:
Large gold-framed photographic portrait of Mary Ann (Norris) Holmes (1814-1898), wife of Leonard Holmes (1814-1894); mother of Emma Amelia (Holmes) Allen (1859-1929) and Leonard Elrie Holmes (1857-137). Mary Ann and Leonard were married in 1837. Emma Amelia married Melville Leighton Allen. Leonard Elrie Holmes married Mary Ellen Rosebrook.
17596My Family at Somesville
  • 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)
11667Sophia A. (Leighton) Allen
  • 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).
16960Wooden potty
  • Object, Human Waste Receptacle, Chamber Pot
Description:
Home made wooden potty for a child.
3376Desert Rock Light House Print
  • Image, Print
  • 1839
Description:
Desert Rock Light House engraving of rough seas, three men in forground hoisting a log with lighthouse back right, boats back left. Black wooden frame illustration by W. Radclyffe/ Engraving by R. Doughty
1783Poster for "Valley Farm"
  • Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster
Description:
This poster is for the play "Valley Farm", a great Maine Drama. It was held at the Masonic Hall in Southwest Harbor. There was a dance after the play and tickets were 15, 25 and 35 cents. The poster lists the cast of characters and a synopsis of the play.
5669YMCA sponsored postcard written by Raymond Somes to Arthur Somes.
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • July 1918
Description:
A YMCA sponsored troop issued postcard from early on in Raymond's time overseas. "Dear Father- Everything O.K. Had a fine trip and am enjoying seeing the world. Raymond"
5670Postcard from H.L. Tibbets to Arthur Somes. (With envelope)
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • 11/7/1918
Description:
"Dear friend Arthur, Just a line from France wishing you the best of health, as I am myself enjoying. I would like to be driving around teh old island to-day if the weather is as good as here, but will not be long before we get back now I think" Written By Private H.L. Tibbets to Raymond Somes's father Arthur.
5671YMCA postcard written by Raymond P. Somes to Arthur Somes
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • 04/26/1919
Description:
A YMCA troop postcard written by Raymond to his father on what appears to be the day he arrived back in the United States: "Arrived to-day O.K. good trip. Expect to be home soon- Love Raymond"
3333Hot Plate
  • Object, Cooking Device, Hot Plate
Description:
The label on the hot plate reads "ACME ELECTRIC HEATING CO." There is a temperature dial with the choices " OFF; HIGH; MED; LOW".
1791Five Plates
  • Object, Eating Dish, Food Plate, Dinner Plate
Description:
Five Plates. W. Adams & Sons of Staffordshire, England.
16724List of contributors to Album Quilt of Union Church, Northeast Harbor
  • Object, Plaque
Description:
Framed listing of the church members who contributed squares to the Album Quilt of the Union Church in Northeast Harbor.
12073Citizenship Plaque
  • Object, Plaque
  • 1950
Description:
In Honor of the G.H.S. class of 1950
17583Creamer from Kimball House
  • Object, Drink Serving Vessel, Pitcher, Cream Pitcher
Description:
Gold trimmed white creamer said to have come from the Kimball House in Northeast Harbor. Marked with a "K".
17584China Pitcher
  • Object, Drink Serving Vessel, Pitcher, Cream Pitcher
  • ca 1900
Description:
This small pitcher measures 2 and one half inches high. It looks like it was for a single serving of cream. It is inscribed with the letter "k" and is marked on the bottom with the date "1929", as well as, the words "The Bailey-Walker vitrified china". There is a wider gold band around the top, on the handle, and a thinner band around the bottom. (see picture) This is thought to be a creamer used in the dining room at the Kimball House, Northeast Harbor hotel. See relations tab for same object. [show more]
11789Large pillowcase
  • Object, Furnishings, Pillowcase
Description:
Large cotton pillowcase, plain. Marked with letter "S"
11790Julia Ann L Babson pillowcase
  • Object, Furnishings, Pillowcase
  • Unknown
Description:
Pillowcase with name "Julia Ann L Babson" and "No. 1"
12049Knitted cover and pillow
  • Object, Furnishings, Pillow
  • unknown
Description:
12.5 round foam pillow with blue, grey and white knitted cover in concentric star pattern