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.
“Civil War Folding Mirror,” Mount Desert Island Historical Society, accessed November 21, 2024, https://mdihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/11163.Item 11529
