Description: Dr Willis B. Watson practiced in Tremont in the late 1880's. This Stethoscope was one of many objects in his medical collection.Four additional horns in leather bag.
Other, Medical chemicals used to compound medicine in 1880-1900
Date:
03/30/2021
Description: Black leather case containing 20 glass tubes of medical chemicals. Some empty. 2 without corks. Pocket has folded paper labels identifying more drug names and amounts. Potassium Chloras Tincture Opii-empty Spirit Amonia Arom-empty no cork Potassium Iodide Bismuth sus nit? empty Activated etsodii? Potassium Bromide-empty Pulverised Opii Ex Bella Plume. Acetas Morph Sulphur Quim Sulphur ? Quim Sulphur gr/1 - empty Chloral Hyd - empty black powder unreadable label Liq Ferri subsulphur no cork Hq. Cl. Mite Puly Ipec & Opii Tr. Ipec et Ophii - empty Pil Cathar Co [show more]
Description: Black leather kit containing medical instruments such as scissors, tweezers, small blades and probing instruments. Manufactured by Codman and Shurtleff , Surgical and Dental Instruments. 13 and 14 Tremont Street, Boston. Contains 14 separate instruments. Most instrument average 4 1/2 inches in length.
Description: Letter from Pam Watson describing Dr. Willis Watson's medical kit donated to the Tremont Historical Society see records 9/3/06 Dear Helene, Various medical and surgical instruments. Property of Dr. Willis Watson. Inclydes stethescope [sic], urine specificv gravity testing set, pharmaceutical vials,m small tortoiseshell instruments and larger surgical instruments. Arlene, these are considered extremely valuable to collectors of antique medical stuff. Live, Pam Notes: Pam Watson is Dr. Willis Watson's grand daughgter-in-law married to grandson Barron Watson. Helene is Halene Tuchman, THS Board member during 2000s. Arlene is THS Board president from 1990s to 2007. See records 2020.FIC.1.7, 2020.FIC.1, 2020.FIC.1.12, 2020.FIC.1.2, 2020.FIC.1.4, 2020.FIC.1.5, 2020.FIC.1.6, 2020.FIC.1.8, 2020.FIC.1.9. [show more]
Description: News article about Eleanor Murphy, the last postmaster in West Tremont retiring after 25 years of service. Bangor Daily News weekend edition, October 4-5, 1997. by News staff writer Catherine Ivey.
Description: Poster for Ella Kotsen's talk on her research of Ruth Moore's novels, including social, community and econopmic issues in the novels and contemporary. Ella is a rising senior at Bryn Mawr University and summer intern at Tremont Historical Society. Event: Ruth Moore Days, 2022 Place Bass Harbor Memorial Library Date: July 19, 2022
Description: This consists of a single scrapbook of John Latty, a sailing captain from Tremont. There are photographs and newspaper clippings of John, his wife and son, and his wife's family, the family of Capt. Levi Rich, also from Tremont. John Latty was captain of the 4 masted sailing ship "Theoline" in the 1920's and 1930's. The scrapbook was loaned to us by Tim Harper, who is a great grandson of John Latty, and reproduced here. [show more]
Description: Coleman's Instant-Lite Model 4A gas iron with a "cool blue" handle. Turquoise body and handle, with steel-colored bottom and gas tank. It was made between 1929 and 1948 in blue, turquoise, green, tan, and black enamel. Some other colors were not sold in the United States. Red and ivory-colored irons were sold only in Canada and speckled blue irons only in Australia. Coleman made over 30 different models of irons. The blue Model 4A is the one most often found today. The pump was used to build up pressure in the fuel tank. Then a match was lit underneath the iron to make a flame inside the iron. Fuel irons were an improvement over earlier irons that had to be heated on the stove or heated by charcoal. Fuel irons were lighter in weight and their temperature more even, but they made ironing a potentially dangerous job. Gasoline, alcohol, carbide-acetylene, kerosene, and other fuels could cause a fire or explode. Some irons were heated by natural gas from a gaslight or other source in the house. \Donated by Beth Goodwin Reed, Manset ME [show more]