Description: Triumph phonograph made by the Edison Phonograph Company. Includes an oak box with a crank handle and a large morning glory horn with painted flowers and leaves. Decal on box reads "Edison Triumph Phonograph".
Description: Card game created by the E.E. Fairchild Corporation in Rochester, New York. Called "Game of Cities" and includes cards with different cities on them.
Description: Black Effanbee Doll also called "Topsy" after the character in the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Composition body with painted on features and some hair.
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: Stereoscopic view of the Jayne Cottage, off Cleftstone Road, Bar Harbor. The Jayne Cottage was designed in the Shingle Style by Boston architect William Ralph Emerson and built in 1887-1888. The original owner was Dr. Horace Jayne. The house burned in 1947. This stereoscopic view is stamped E. Emery, Bar Harbor, Maine and is labeled Mrs. Jayne.
Description: Oblique photograph of The Briars, a cottage near the Shore Path in Bar Harbor. The house is largely obscured by trees, and gates are visible, as is part of a stone wall. The Briars was built for J. Montgomery Sears and was designed by W. Ralph Emerson. It was later owned by Evalyn Walsh McLean. The house was torn down around 1968. On the back of the photograph is the stamp of E. Emery, Bar Harbor. In blue ink is written "Thayer Cottage, Bar Harbor Maine" In pencil is written Livingston Road. [show more]
Description: Guidebook of Mount Desert Island writen by Ezra Herrick Dodge. Title page read's: "Dodge's Guide Book and Map to and over Mount Desert Island by E. H. Dodge, of Tremont (Mt. Desert), Me. Portland: Loring, Short and Harmon. June, 1872"
Description: Hand-Colored Wood Engraving Print signed by Horace Albright, who was Assistant Secretary of N.P. Given to Ben Hadley, Superintendent of Acadia National Park on July 4, 1937.
Description: Slate blue pin stripe polyester three piece suit which includes jacket, vest, and pants. Label reads: "Fioravanti New York for Ben Sklar's Bangor Maine"
Description: White wool purse with an etched sterling triangle clasp. Made by Fred Harvey and owned by Beatrix Farrand. Found inside purse is a handkerchief belonging to Farrand , a bobby pin, and a hand mirror.
Description: Addressed to Morris Franklin, Bar Harbor From George B. Dorr, Boston Expressing his support for a Marconi wireless station on Green (Cadillac) Mountain. See https://barharborhistorical.net/digitalarchive/items/show/16