This magic lantern slide, “Maine Coast at Bar Harbor,” is an example of slides used as education tools by universities, The University of the State of New York in this case. Photograph was taken from the top of Cadillac Mountain.
Description: This magic lantern slide, “Maine Coast at Bar Harbor,” is an example of slides used as education tools by universities, The University of the State of New York in this case. Photograph was taken from the top of Cadillac Mountain.
The Homers are riding a tandem tricycle. Notice the carbide bicycle lamp. Tandem tricycles were patented circa 1890. This photograph was taken on Concord Avenue near Wellington Avenue, Belmont, Massachusetts.
Description: The Homers are riding a tandem tricycle. Notice the carbide bicycle lamp. Tandem tricycles were patented circa 1890. This photograph was taken on Concord Avenue near Wellington Avenue, Belmont, Massachusetts.
Wilkinson - Mary Jane (Wilkinson) Gilley (1836-1917) Gilley - John Gilley (1822-1896) Note the care with which Mary Jane Gilley arranged her front room curtains, one draped left and one draped right to frame her view.
Description: Wilkinson - Mary Jane (Wilkinson) Gilley (1836-1917) Gilley - John Gilley (1822-1896) Note the care with which Mary Jane Gilley arranged her front room curtains, one draped left and one draped right to frame her view.
“It shall be the duty of every Pastor to cause every Sunday School under his charge to observe the second Sunday in June, or such other Sunday as may be more convenient, as Children’s Day, and upon said day, as part of the service, he shall take a collection to be devoted to the Sunday School Children’s Fund. The Pastor shall forward the collection aforesaid directly to the same to his Annual Conference under the head of “Children’s Fund;” and all educational money, except the Children’s Fund, shall be reported to the Annual Conference under the head of “Other educational objects.”” Quoted from“The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1892” p. 164 – From the Collection of the Harvard Library, Google Book Search.
Description: “It shall be the duty of every Pastor to cause every Sunday School under his charge to observe the second Sunday in June, or such other Sunday as may be more convenient, as Children’s Day, and upon said day, as part of the service, he shall take a collection to be devoted to the Sunday School Children’s Fund. The Pastor shall forward the collection aforesaid directly to the same to his Annual Conference under the head of “Children’s Fund;” and all educational money, except the Children’s Fund, shall be reported to the Annual Conference under the head of “Other educational objects.”” Quoted from“The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1892” p. 164 – From the Collection of the Harvard Library, Google Book Search. [show more]
The back of this photograph, in the Whitmore family collection, says: "Harriet, dau. Of Enoch and Charlotte (Kimball) Boynton of Groveland, Mass. Born about 1862. Ancestry line. William Boynton - 1 - & Sarah Jackson Joshua Boynton - 2 - & Hannah Barnett Joshua Boynton - 3 - & Sarah Dole Enoch Boynton - 4 - & Rachel Foster Enoch Boynton - 5 - & Abigail Farren Methusalah Boynton - 6 - & Amelia Dodge Enoch Boynton - 7 - & Charlotte Kimball Harriet and her brother Charles, living out at Seattle This photo 1894" These facts agree with a mixture of other accounts and would lead one to suppose that Harriet's photograph was kept by the Whitmore family, who intermarried with the Carrolls and Lurveys, because Harriet was a first cousin twice removed to Rachel Foster Lurvey (1791-1881), Mrs. John Carroll. Harriet was, therefore, in her own generation a third cousin to the ten children of Jacob William and Rebecca (Whitmore) Lurvey Carroll.
Description: The back of this photograph, in the Whitmore family collection, says: "Harriet, dau. Of Enoch and Charlotte (Kimball) Boynton of Groveland, Mass. Born about 1862. Ancestry line. William Boynton - 1 - & Sarah Jackson Joshua Boynton - 2 - & Hannah Barnett Joshua Boynton - 3 - & Sarah Dole Enoch Boynton - 4 - & Rachel Foster Enoch Boynton - 5 - & Abigail Farren Methusalah Boynton - 6 - & Amelia Dodge Enoch Boynton - 7 - & Charlotte Kimball Harriet and her brother Charles, living out at Seattle This photo 1894" These facts agree with a mixture of other accounts and would lead one to suppose that Harriet's photograph was kept by the Whitmore family, who intermarried with the Carrolls and Lurveys, because Harriet was a first cousin twice removed to Rachel Foster Lurvey (1791-1881), Mrs. John Carroll. Harriet was, therefore, in her own generation a third cousin to the ten children of Jacob William and Rebecca (Whitmore) Lurvey Carroll. [show more]
WRITTEN ON BACK: "Clark Point Wharf Southwest Harbor, Me Forest City (sister ship Lewiston) built in New York - 1854 - Boston - Bango route in 1880's Florence - small steamer in foreground - Blue Hill territory - chartered by Capt. Crockett Sign on a building at right - "International Express"
Description: WRITTEN ON BACK: "Clark Point Wharf Southwest Harbor, Me Forest City (sister ship Lewiston) built in New York - 1854 - Boston - Bango route in 1880's Florence - small steamer in foreground - Blue Hill territory - chartered by Capt. Crockett Sign on a building at right - "International Express"
"The catch. probably tuna (called horse mackerel locally), has arrived at the packing house, having been dressed on board vessel. Now it is up to this hardy packing crew to wash these monstrous fish before packing them for shipment to Boston. Except for Asian markets, which existed mostly in large cities, there were few buyers for this product. At other times this packing house was filled with the more predominant fish of the day: hake, cod, haddock, and mackerel. Crews would wash the fish, lather them with salt, and pack them in ice in the tall barrels shown at rear for shipment to Gloucester or Boston. Only a few dealers in Manset, such as the Parkers, specialized in halibut, as it had to be shipped fresh on ice. Mackerel was the only product that had to be inspected once it arrived in Gloucester. As this list suggests, local fisheries processed a variety of fish. The local fishermen would head out, from spring through fall, following the schools, returning with whatever the sea would offer, and putting extra change in their pockets." – Text accompanying this photograph in “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001. p. 43.
Description: "The catch. probably tuna (called horse mackerel locally), has arrived at the packing house, having been dressed on board vessel. Now it is up to this hardy packing crew to wash these monstrous fish before packing them for shipment to Boston. Except for Asian markets, which existed mostly in large cities, there were few buyers for this product. At other times this packing house was filled with the more predominant fish of the day: hake, cod, haddock, and mackerel. Crews would wash the fish, lather them with salt, and pack them in ice in the tall barrels shown at rear for shipment to Gloucester or Boston. Only a few dealers in Manset, such as the Parkers, specialized in halibut, as it had to be shipped fresh on ice. Mackerel was the only product that had to be inspected once it arrived in Gloucester. As this list suggests, local fisheries processed a variety of fish. The local fishermen would head out, from spring through fall, following the schools, returning with whatever the sea would offer, and putting extra change in their pockets." – Text accompanying this photograph in “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001. p. 43. [show more]