William Patch Dickey is standing next to the desk in his prodigiously stocked hardware store on Broad Street in Bangor, Maine. Among the items shown for sale are: H & B pocket knives made by William L. Humason, Sr., who founded the Humason & Beckley Manufacturing Company of New Britain, Connecticut, in 1853. The company produced fine pocket cutlery, corkscrews and other hardware. Kerosene lamps of every description – hanging from the ceiling Chamois – hanging from the ceiling Many varieties of thermometers hanging in a row from the ceiling Shotguns and other knives Feather dusters String and a cast iron string holder A model of the Eiffel tower A small, portable steam engine, possibly a toy Chain and twine A beautiful wind-up alarm clock with a bell on top Cow bells Pratt & Lambert’s “Faultless Varnishes" Boxes of sleigh bells and shaft bells Glass. Mr. Dickey’s female clerk, carefully dressed in an apron with her hair put up in a bun, is standing at the desk. Items seen on the desk are: W.P. Dickey & Co. invoices neatly held by a painted tin box stenciled “Bill-Heads" Glass Ink pots Standard Liquid Glue A leather-bound ledger Steel-nibbed pens Rubber stamps
Description: William Patch Dickey is standing next to the desk in his prodigiously stocked hardware store on Broad Street in Bangor, Maine. Among the items shown for sale are: H & B pocket knives made by William L. Humason, Sr., who founded the Humason & Beckley Manufacturing Company of New Britain, Connecticut, in 1853. The company produced fine pocket cutlery, corkscrews and other hardware. Kerosene lamps of every description – hanging from the ceiling Chamois – hanging from the ceiling Many varieties of thermometers hanging in a row from the ceiling Shotguns and other knives Feather dusters String and a cast iron string holder A model of the Eiffel tower A small, portable steam engine, possibly a toy Chain and twine A beautiful wind-up alarm clock with a bell on top Cow bells Pratt & Lambert’s “Faultless Varnishes" Boxes of sleigh bells and shaft bells Glass. Mr. Dickey’s female clerk, carefully dressed in an apron with her hair put up in a bun, is standing at the desk. Items seen on the desk are: W.P. Dickey & Co. invoices neatly held by a painted tin box stenciled “Bill-Heads" Glass Ink pots Standard Liquid Glue A leather-bound ledger Steel-nibbed pens Rubber stamps [show more]
There is a wooden lobster trap on the ground at the corner of the barn and chickens in the dooryard. The woman at the far left would appear to be Phoebe Jane (Gilley) Stanley, Mrs. Robert S. Stanley (1842-1929). The woman in the middle of the photograph is Alice E. (Gilley) Gilley, Mrs. Charles Brown Gilley (1856-1938).
Description: There is a wooden lobster trap on the ground at the corner of the barn and chickens in the dooryard. The woman at the far left would appear to be Phoebe Jane (Gilley) Stanley, Mrs. Robert S. Stanley (1842-1929). The woman in the middle of the photograph is Alice E. (Gilley) Gilley, Mrs. Charles Brown Gilley (1856-1938).
Left to Right: Gilley - Alice E. (Gilley) Gilley (1856-1938) - Mrs. Charles Brown Gilley Gilley - Joseph Warren "Skip" Gilley Jr. (1859-1918) Gilley - Harriet (Gilley) Coulter Taylor (1838-1930) Gilley - Phoebe Jane (Gilley) Stanley (1842-1929) - Mrs. Robert S. Stanley
Description: Left to Right: Gilley - Alice E. (Gilley) Gilley (1856-1938) - Mrs. Charles Brown Gilley Gilley - Joseph Warren "Skip" Gilley Jr. (1859-1918) Gilley - Harriet (Gilley) Coulter Taylor (1838-1930) Gilley - Phoebe Jane (Gilley) Stanley (1842-1929) - Mrs. Robert S. Stanley