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: Varying sized of white paper with blue type. Larger sheet reads "Beatrix Farrand Landscape Gardener Reef Point Bar Harbor, Maine". Smaller sheets read "Reef Point Bar Harbor, Maine". Last pieces of stationary in which Farrand refers to herself as "Landscape Gardener".
Description: Silver inkwell with an engraving of the SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie and the name "Cecilie" engraved under. Inkwell belonged to SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie, a German ocean liner which came to Bar Harbor August 5, 1914.
Description: Peau De Soie satin dress with pleated knit neckline and train scrapes and veil. Worn by Dorothy Frances Brewer Erikson in her wedding to Gordon I. Erickson in 1943.
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: Student ticket for the Bobby Jones vs. Jimmy Dugan boxing match on the 23rd of January at the Bar Harbor Casino. Ticket contains information about the match.
Description: Black company thermometer which reads: "A.B. Leland sewer and Drain Pipe Land Tile and Five Lining Catch Basnins Man Hole Covers. Office with the Clark Coal Co. Call 202 Bar Harbor, Me" on front and on back: "The Stan Wood Special Inside Thermometer - Keep in upright position - manufactured by Stan Wood MFG. Co. 8 Tremonl Row Boston."
Description: Wooden company thermometer which reads: "Battery Service Company - Automotives, Electric starting, Lighting and Ignition - Sales and Service. 97-99 Cottage Street Bar Harbor."
Description: Company thermometer set on a white plaque with a silhouette of George Washington and "Observe good faith and Justice to all. G.O. Farrar Bar Harbor, Maine. Greeley Ave: Phone 698-12 Painting and Decoration Devoe Products" written on it.
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.
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: Victrola made of oak, hinged top and compartment with two doors for record storage. Logo on inside of lid shows a dog listening to a Talking Machine with the text: "Victrola manufactured by Victor Talking Machine Co Camden, N.J. U.S.A Patented in united states and foreign countries".
Object, Musical, Keyboard Instrument, Piano, Grand Piano
Creator:
Henry F. Miller Boston
Date:
1900 - 1930c
Description: Henry F. Miller grand piano with scrolled legs, a music holder, and a hinged folding top cover. Played by Ignacy Paderewski in the Building of Arts.