Description: Road map of Mount Desert Island, ME showing the motor roads, Rockefeller carriage roads, and trails on the island. Elevation lines are also included. 1 : 40,000
Description: Yellow bound yearbook program with pencil reading Garden Club of Mt. Desert. Cover has black and white photograph of a sailboat in the Sound and reads: Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of America July 11,12,13, 1934 Garden Club of Mt. Desert Included several other items to follow Also 2 newspaper clippings that confirmed these items belonged to Mrs.Joseph W.Wilshire of Wilshire Farm of GreenwichCT
Description: Favorite Recipes compiled by members of the Mount Desert Chapter, No. 20, O.E.S. Advertising support by John Carter’s Chickens, Highland Farms, Somes House, R.L. Hodgkins, Hamor and Stanley etc. printed by the American Print, Ellsworth According to Chebacco article, 2018, the booklet was printed in 1930. Helen Fernald, Lillian Somes, and Ada Leland collected the recipes
Description: leaflet from the Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of America July 11,12,13, 1934 Garden Club of Mt. Desert with description of the Eyrie Garden of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and illustration of the Garden.
Description: Black and white photograph of a young LaRue Spiker, 22 years old. She sits in a tall cane backed chair with floral wall paper behind a curtains. She wears a v-necked shortsleved shirt and has short cropped hair style. Caption on back reads: Feb 1934, taken at night.
Description: Smaller Schools Regional Trophy 1939 Maine Interscholastic Basketball Tournament Note: Not known who received the trophy. Assumed it is probably Mount Desert High School, Northeast Harbor. More research needed to confirm.
Description: Fannie Brown recalled her memories of growing up in Indian Point on a farm and in Somesville after her marriage. She was a Pray. Mentions Town Hill Church Many names mentioned, school in Indian Point, clothing worn, boats launched, balls held. Boats launched/built in Somesville: Adelle Pray, George B. Somes, John Somes, A.J.Whiting, Ella Eudora, Clara D. Sawyer, Built in Hulls Cove: Kate L Pray, E.T. Hamor, Alice M. Leland Schooner Bloomer (not sure built in Somesville) [show more]