Rook Card co. Parker Brothers Inc. Selling Agents Salem, Mass., New York, London
Date:
1900 - 1920 c
Description: Box set of Rook game combinations. Box includes cards with a crow illustration on back and numbers on face. Included is an instruction pamphlet with the games Dixie, Tuxedo, Solitaires and more. Box features illustration of a crow on a tree branch holding a hand of cards. Text reads: "Famous Home game ROOK reg. U.S. patent office. Combination game. Rook-Dixie Rook Solitaires, Tuxedo. The Game of Games. rook card co. Parker Brothers Inc. Selling Agents. Salem, Mass., New York, London" [show more]
Description: Dance card with pencil attached and rippled edges. Inside has the order of each song and a space for someone to reserve a dance. Of the eighteen dances, six have been reserved on this card. Dance was put on by the Mt. Desert Fire Company.
Description: Play program with illustration of two women playing instruments. Play is written by Mrs. Christian Hemmick, better known as Alice Pike Barney. Text reads: "The Enchantress of Streams. A Wordless Greed Idyl of Descriptive Dances and Pantomime. Composed, Taught and Managed by Mrs. Christian Hemmick" Written in black pen on bottom of cover is the date 1912
Description: Brownie style box camera (.01). Brown leather camera (.02) and case with a instruction book. Made by the Eastman Kodak Company. Belonged to Wes Brown.
Description: Green ink on white card stock. Program for "Maine Summer Visitors Day". Cover text reads: "Maine Summer Visitors Day Bar Harbor Maine Friday Aug. 16, 1935". Names featured in Program: Bishop Willian A. Lawrence Governor Louis J. Brann Walter Damrosch Ed Wynn Camella Ponselle George W. Wickersham Dorothy Robbins Margaret Sittig William A. Brady Doris Doe Edith Barrett Clarence Chamberlain Ruth Nichols Mitzie Green Mary Rogers Robert Fechner Mary Roberts Rinehart Henry Morganthau Keenan Wynn Owen Davis Arthur Byron Grace George Kenneth Roberts Arthur Train Bill Cunningham Charles Harrison Madame Rosa Zulalian Major Gen. Philip B. Fleming Dexter P. Cooper Capt. Donald J. Leehay Capt. John W. Lord Kenneth Wright Robert Trout [show more]
Description: Settee with wood arms and cushioned back and seat. Cushion has light floral upholstery. Back piece has wood framing which has a gold-leaf design dividing the cushion. Legs of settee have small wheels.
Description: Carriage for a doll. Red painted wicker detailed basket with spindle side pieces. Four wheels and spindle handle attached with metal. Black cloth interior and collapsable hood.
Description: Painted black wood toy train with an attached train car. Engine car is black with six red wheels and yellow detail of the silhouette of conductor and the text: "1492 BHRR". Second car has four red wheels and carries nine blocks of wood suspended on a wooden pole. The two sections are attached with a small metal hook.
Description: Two identical yellow upholstered nursing chairs with natural wood frame. Wood has circular detailing. Upholstery has yellow and green floral pattern. Belonged to Joseph Pulitzer's Bar Harbor "Chatwold" Estate.
Description: Porcelain figurine of a woman in pastel blue, red and white dress with a large pastel blue hat. Sits inside glass dome case. Has matching male figurine.
Description: Porcelain figurine of a man dressed in pastel green and purple suit with ornate matching hat. Stands in a domed glass case. Has matching female counterpart.
Description: Bisque head with blonde hair, open mouth, glass brown sleeping eyes, painted features including eyelashes. Wearing a white gown with a floral pattern and a green bonnet. Makers mark on nape of neck reads "257. JDK." and below on the doll's back reads "Made in Germany 44"
Description: Bisque socket head with blue galss sleeping eyes, open mouth, feathered brows, painted and fake lashes. Wears a white gown with pink embroidered detail and a white cloak. Maker's mark reads" Huedback Koppelsdorf 300 2/0 Germany."
Description: Full composition doll with feathered brows, sleeping eyes, open mouth with teeth, and curly blonde hair. Wears a pink dress with white lace around neckline and cuffs. Has tink shoes, white socks, and a sunhat with a flower pin. No maker's mark. May have been a Shirley Temple look-a-like doll.
Description: Composition head with blue sleeping eyes, open mouth with teeth, and molded painted blonde hair. Composition limbs with a cloth body. Wears a polka dot dress with a red bow and stripe. Maker's mark reads "E.I.H. Co. Inc."
Description: Composition head and limbs with painted features and molded blonde hair. Partial composition and cloth body. Wearing a white gown with lace trim, trousers, and a white lace hood. No maker's mark.
Description: Bisque head and limbs with cloth body, red hair, glass eyes, and painted brows. Wearing a red plaid dress, tule and purple cloth bonnet, and has molded and painted shoes. Doll belonged to Maybelle Gonya, who gave it the matching address book. Doll is named Alphia. Doll (.01) and Storybook (.02)