Description: Bent nail fastener from the remains of a vessel in Seal Cove at mouth of outlet from Seal Cove Pond. Fastener has square shaft. Vessel identified as Clara B. Kennard by Muriel T. Davisson and Franklin H. Price. Muriel found a fastener from the same vessel mounted on wood at Seafood Ketch restaurant. On the back the source was identified as the Clara B. Kennard by Jarvis Newman's grandfather (Southwest Harbor resident), as told verbally by Karen Craig (also of Southwest Harbor). Franklin found the vessel in the national ship registry and the dimensions matched. Franklin is a marine archeologist who grew up in Bernard. His report of the archeological dig on the vessel also is held in the THS musdeum. Franklin had this photographed by a marine archeologist/historian in Washington, D.C. [show more]
Description: Two wooden taps for collecting sap from trees to make maple syrup, one grooved alongto direct the syrup, 11" long), one hollow tube, 5.25" long
Description: Metal instrument for removing jars of canned food from hot waater bath. Found in Trask house attic at end of Bernard Road; probably belonged to Vesta (Mrs. Freeman) Gott. MEtal with wooden handle.
Object, Medical, Medicine Container, Medicine Bottle
Date:
19th century
Description: Clear glass medicine bottle, embossed on bottle R.J. Lemont, M.D., Southwest and Northeast Harbors, ME. Lemont was a doctor and druggist in Southwest Harbor in the 1800s.
Description: Tin spice storage box, containing 6 round canisters with spices in them. Hinged metal box with carrying handle on top. Hinges cut into lid part of box lip removed. Lock closure on front (no lock), soldered to front of box. Painted black with gold decoration on front and two sides. Top where handle is is raised (stamped out/up portion approximately 5.25" x 8." Handle riveted to top. Six small containers with lids, painted black with and labeled on tops cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, allspice and mace.- worn and barely readable on the last can. [show more]
Description: Cast iron pot. With wire handle. Handle wire wrapped around knob on either side of pot. At height of 2 inches pot encircled with protruding ridge. From this point circumference gradually decreases to opening. Opening of 1.87 inches. Attached to lid is cast iron insert, base 1.5 inches diameter, height , 2.5 inches, opening 1.5 inches. Insert has hinged lid with attached circular ring that holds small metal brush. Insert lid has delicate sunflower type design. [show more]
Description: Mastercraft electric hair dryer, bronze color, metal with wooden handle, Bersted mfg, co,, Fostoria O. Oakville. Canada, Model No. 785M, 110-120, 210 W 60 Cyc. A.C. only. Donated by Muriel Davisson, Tremont ME
Description: Two pen and ink drawings by Christine Bulmer Gilley, in weathered wooden lath frames; one of a lighthouse with a stone wall, field, building and mountains in the background, one of a lobster fisherman aboard a lobster boat hauling a trap. Donated by Donna Gann, Lopaus Point Bernard, via Helene Tuchman, 10/12/2015.
Object, Water Transporation, Ship's Compass, Box Compass
Date:
early 20th century
Description: Round compass gimbal-mounted in wood dove-tailed box. Made by Starfinder company in Milton MA. Liquid inside compass. Removable wooden cover. Compass brass and glass. Belonged to Russell Mitchell and donated by daughter Arlene Mitchell Bartlett
Object, Medical, Medicine Container, Medicine Bottle
Date:
early 20th century
Description: Glass bottle with label, paregoric, by Maurice Baker & Company, Portland, Maine. Embossed on the glass is Baker's Pure Extracts, 2 oz. cork stopper
Description: 6 hand made fishing lines on wooden spools with 2 oblong lead weights and 4 tear drop shaped lead weights and 8 fish hooks donated by the children of Charles Orville and Esther Trask.
Description: Handmade lobster boat model, radar antenna on roof, pot/trap hauler and davit. White with buff/yellow trim, copper bottom, 2 cleats bow and stern, chock at bow. Interior color tan and white. Metal steering wheel. 2 gear shifts.
Description: Square box, John Middleton fine tobaccos since 1856, club mixture. One side: has more imported Latakia than other blends retailing at such a moderate price. One side: the blending of fine tobaccos has been a Middleton family tradition for over 3 generations, signed by Herbert Middleton, President.. Maroon with yellow printing:
Description: Gott Family Genealogical information covering from Charles Gott born 1598 in England, first immigrant to America, ancestor of Daniel Gott, first settler in Bass Harbor, through the 1940s. Descendants in America of Gott, Charles Source: Sawtelle William Otis Donor to Tremont Historical Society: Olsen, William Origin of Gott name - Old English meaning water way or water course Other surnames include Trask, Norwood, Richardson and many more in the Mount Desert Island area [show more]
Description: Genealogy of Cough, Daniel, came to America in 1855 from Amoy, Xiamen, China; U.S. Citizen in 1874. Wife Higgins Cough Elvira, b. 06/19/1845, d. 01/17/1870. Other names: Higgins Zacheus, Stanwood Higgins Martha, Higgins Abijah, Higgins Buckley Nancy, Higgins Solomon, Dean Higgins Esther, Higgins Benjamin, Higgins Freeman Sarah, Higgins Richard, Chandler Higgins Lydia, Bangs Edward, Bangs Higgins Lydia, Bangs Hicks Lydia, Cough Joseph Michael, Cough James Preston, Cough Bernard E. Norton Cough Helen H., Cough Ezra R. Cough Lynch Gertrude A. Includes census records and some vital records. [show more]