Description: Beatrix Farrand's black leather portfolio with matching leather insert. Portfolio has tabs which are labeled "Unanswered", "Answered", "Unpaid", and "Paid". Outside of both the portfolio and insert are initialed "BJ" for Beatrix Jones, her maiden name. Small paper envelope labeled "key" contains the small key which goes to the portfolio. Portfolio "A" (.01), Portfolio "B" (.02), Key (.03) [show more]
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: Recipe book for cooking with a Majestic Range Stove and a guide to Majestic Range Stoves. Cover illustration depicts a green woman with a tray and red floral background design. Text reads: "Majestic Cook Book Majestic Mfg. Co. St. Louis".
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: Wooden canoe paddle given as a prize to Llewelyn Barry for winning first place in the Mt. Desert Canoe Club race. Text on paddle reads: "Mt. Desert Canoe Club. Aug. 20. 1900. First Prize."
Description: Card Game called "Peter Coddle's Trip to New York" in a blue box with illustration of man with an umbrella and carpet bag buying tickets at a kiosk window. Type on front of box reads: "Peter Coddle's Trip to New York. Milton Bradley CO. Springfield Mass. 4367"
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: 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: Two small sachets; one in a flower print (1998.00.008) and the other in blue thin cloth with lace edges (1998.00.009). One Large sachet embroidered (1998.00.010) with the initials MCJ for Mary Cadwalader Jones, Beatrix Farrand's mother.
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]