Name/Title
Federal/Empire Side Board, c.1830 | Wells-Shober Cottage | Campobello, New BrunswickDescription
Old Accession Number: 2201
Originally from Wells-Shober Cottage, Campobello, New Brunswick. Acquired from Joyce Emery Kinney of Eastport, Maine. Side board came from the Emery family Elm Cottage, 2 Elm Street, Eastport, Maine. Joyce's father, Roscoe Emery who was involved with real estate as well as the Eastport Sentinel newspaper, had once purchased the Wells-Shober Cottage and its contents including this side board. Joyce tells of her father and brother bringing a truckload of furniture from the Cottage over to Eastport.
From: https://www.rooseveltcampobello.org/daily-programs-and-tours
Built in the late 19th century for Samuel Wells, a Boston-area lawyer and president of the Campobello Company. This cottage was acquired in 1912 by the Shober family of Philadelphia.