Description: Long sleeve white blouse with ruffled trim down center and at wrists. Stand up collar with buttons down the back and 2 hook and eye closures at top of back collar.
Description: White leather/kidskin women's gloves with black trim, marked as a and b. Ivory colored button on each labelled "Ireland Glove." Small metal grommet at wrist opening.
Description: Whisk broom folded over braided ring with decorative pieces drawn through top; red and blue stitching. Found in apartment over old store in Seal Harbor.
Description: Temple toggle iron. Handle wrapped with line and tar. Wooden toggle pin missing. Pin fits through spearhead. When lodged in whale the pin snapped, opening the blade so that it remained inside the skin.
Description: 5-piece brown and white wedding dress which belonged to Gertrude Crosby, mother of Norma and Polly Fernald of Somesville. According to Jean Fernald, "Gertrude Jewett and Cecil Crosby were married March 28, 1903 at the Town Hall in Amherst, Maine. The newspaper report of the wedding noted that 150 guests attended. They were married by Brother John Grover, Justice of the Peace. Gram Crosby, as she was lovingly called by all her grandchildren, told us that her gown was made by her mother with some of the hand work being done by herself. A gown was often colored so that it could be worn as best dress after the wedding. The fabric was purchased from a traveling man who sold fabric as well as a variety of other things.The gown consists of: skirt, top (blouse), cummerbund, neck insert with beads and lace, and long ruffled petticoat. with pink trim. [show more]
Description: Large wooden shuttle with long square body and metal tips. Scored along the length of the spindle. Some metal wire with fur strip lining interior. Bottom stamped 631.
Description: Eight-foot length of wood, probably used to measure water level in a well. Divided by numbers every 12." Round wooden disc moves up and down the length. Metal bracket around wood at the one-foot mark. Painted black and white; numbers in black.
Description: Two war ration books belonging to Woodrow W. Herrick (carpenter) and Paul W. Herrick (age 2) of Southwest Harbor, Maine. Note to be guided by the rule: "If you don't need it, don't buy it." Not dated.
Description: Reddish leather wallet with two compartments (broken). Contains notebook with figures. Marked, “Jenny”. Label pasted on front says "Somes family Pocket book, Mt. Desert, Maine" Twig is attached to a piece of paper with this message: "Twig from the Washington Elm under which Washington first took command of the American Army July 3, 1773 and broken from the tree on March 14, 1891. Cambridge. Edith, Mrs. Ellis & H. E. Somes. Sat. P.MN. at the Museum with Mr. K. , Edi & I" (?) A button is attached to another page of paper with this note: " Button from "Longfellows chair' made from 'the spreading chestnut tree' of which he speaks of in his poem 'the village blacksmith' and presented him by the children. His favorite chair in which I sat the day of our visit to the House in Cambridge March 14, 1891. Sat P.M. Mr. R. __ Kennedy, Edith & I a great day -- one button from Longfellow’s chair and twig from Washington Elm tree." [show more]
Description: Red leather wallet. In ink, on inside of flap, is written W. S. Brown, Mt. Desert, Maine. Expanding pockets on interior. One pocket contains a fabric patch with gold anchor. Patch cut off of another cloth location where it was sewn on.