Shuttle on Frame / Pastel of Woolen Mill

Identifier:
12789  
Object ID:
996-63-279
Catalog:
Objects
Title:
Shuttle on Frame / Pastel of Woolen Mill
Subject:
Other, important family
Description:
Wooden shuttle mounted on board and framed. Also a framed bill from Isaac Somes to Sylvanus Higgins, Mt. Desert, May 29, 1862, for carding and oiling 17 3/4 lbs of wool at 6 cts per lb. In print below shuttle and bill, “From Old Woolen Mill in Somesville owned by Isaac Somes”. On back a pastel of woolen mill by Howe D. Higgins, grandson of Sylvanus. Done on April 21, 1972. Caption on back describes the mill.
Note: The pastel painting of the woolen mill has been removed from the back and is located in Flat File #2, Drawer #8 with two other Howe Higgins paintings.
Creator:
Howe D. Higgins (1894-1974)
Date:
1972c.

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Citation

Howe D. Higgins (1894-1974), “Shuttle on Frame / Pastel of Woolen Mill,” Mount Desert Island Historical Society, accessed May 5, 2024, https://mdihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/12423.Item 12789

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