Description: Mount Desert House (The Tavern) in center of photo, taken from across the mill pond. Several people standing outside on lawn. Horse harnessed to buggy with person in seat. Person seated in chair on lawn with woman standing behind. Two men to the right. Historic Nathan Salisbury house with dark trimmed windows to the right. Stake fence surrounds front yard of the Nathan Salisbury house.
Description: Print from a negative made of a photograph that is not in the MDIHS collection. Scene is of U.S. President Taft and party walking up the pier toward Bar Harbor Inn in 1910. Bar Island and a sailboat are in the background. Original photograph had "John E. Bunker and President Taft" written on the back. (from note on negative sleeve).
Description: Photo of portrait of Captain Edward C. Harper (1859-1934). Harper was married on 25 December 1882 in Tremont to Fannie E. Billings (1862-1948). As of December 2016, Clifford Harper owns the portrait. Capt. Harper was captain of the Bloomer built in Somesville.
Description: showing harbor scene in Northeast Harbor, including the rear of the Crofoot (Davenport) cottage, Harbor Cottage barn, the "Ell" and Harbor Cottage. All are located on Route 3. From Right to left: Rear of Crofoot (Davenport) Cottage; Harbor Cottage Barn; The "Ell" - moved - and in 1980 stall at the site of the property of Mary L. Savage; Harbor Cottage, formerly home of A.C. Savage, Luther Phillips.
Description: Minnie H. Fuller's old home at Seal Cove, Maine. Her mother, Rachel Atherton Fuller, and brother, George R. Fuller, are seated on the porch. Her father, Charles C. Fuller, is standing. On the back of the photo is the name of Mrs. Ansel L. Manchester. Presumably her maiden name was Minnie H. Fuller. Information from hand-written notes accompanying purchase; no indication about who wrote this,
Description: Mrs. A. L. Manchester's Girlhood Home at Center, Mount Desert. Island. Mother, Rachel Atherton Fuller, and brother, George B. Fuller; brother is standing in front of window, mother is to left of bush in front of center door Accompanying note says the photo shsows the main house and ell, a storage building. A barn below the split rail fance at right. In the distance at the extreme left what appears to be water, an arm of the Atlantic. Beyond Mrs. Fuller and a wood pile is a fourth building. The object beyond the wood pile may be a wooden bench. The object behind the storage building may be a hogshead. Undated. No indication who wrote this note. Pole extends into photo on right - possibly a well pole. Note on back of photo " Mrs. A. L. Manchester, North East Harbor near florists" [show more]
Description: Photo of the children of lighthouse keeper Vinal Beal: Alston, Velora, Virginia and Robena Beal. Photo is not dated. Janet Ellis says the photo was probably not taken on Mount Desert Rock -- there is grass in the picture. The children, she says, had only two outfits - one for school and one for play. Beal was second assistant (1909-1910), first assistant (1910-1911), then principal keeper (1911-c. 1918) of Mount Desert Rock lighthouse.
Description: Photo of Mount Desert Rock lighthouse keeper Vinal O. Beal. Photo taken in 1925. Beal was second assistant (1909-1910), first assistant (1910-1911), then principal keeper (1911-c. 1918) of the lighthouse on Mount Desert Rock.
Description: Somesville mill pond with lumber mill. Water is still, plants in foreground. Somes House Inn in right background, library building to left. No date given.
Description: Photograph of Morang-Robinson auto sales building in Bar Harbor. In an accompanying letter, photographer Richard Cheek refers to the building as "Savage's Franklin Car Company garage".
Description: Photograph of Morang-Robinson auto sales building in Bar Harbor. In an accompanying letter, photographer Richard Cheek refers to the building as "Savage's Franklin Car Company garage".
Description: Oval photograph of Marian Lawrence Peabody in evening dress, black with white bodice detail. Marian Lawrence Peabody (1875-1974) was the daughter of Bishop Lawrence (1850-1941) and Julia Cunningham Lawrence (1853-1927). Known as "Maisie" she grew up in Boston and Cambridge, MA and summered in Bar Harbor, ME with her family. In May 1906 she married Harold Peabody (1880-1961). The donor of the picture, Gertrude Lawrence Peabody McCue (1915-2005) was their daughter. Gertrude McCue owned the Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor and had a home on Beech Hill Road. [the biographical information comes from the biograhical sketch that accompanies the Marian Lawrence Peabody Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society; the information about Gertrude McCue needs to be augmented] Ann Benson and Roz Rae thoroughly searched all Photo Album binders on10/14/16 and could not find this image. Marion Lawrence Peabody authored a book "To Be Young was Very Heaven" in 1967 [show more]
Description: Postcard photograph of Clara Gott (approx. age 60 with doll carriage. Carriage was given to the MDI Historical Society. Doll is in carriage. Clara wears light-colored low-waist dress .
Description: Photo of the Old Norwood Place, which is located at the intersection of Oak Hill Road and Whitney Farm Road. The property was purchased by the Alexanders in 1960.
Description: Photo of Willie Norwood plowing a field with a hand plow and team of horses on his land at the "Old Norwood Place," located at the intersection of Oak Hill Road and Whitney Farm Road. Property was purchased in 1960 by the Alexander family. and known as Half Pond.
Description: flood swollen mill stream in Somesville. Water is flowing under the Selectmen's Building to left. Photo taken before bridge was installed. Chain link fence along road. Log floating in mill stream.
Description: Framed photograph of brig construction near entrance of Somes Cove. Crew stands on brig frame. Small rigged schooner near the brig. Wooden boards in foreground. Viriginia Somes Sanderson says this dates to mid-1800s.
Description: Framed photograph of the Steamer J. T. Morse. Note on tag indicates ownership by MDI Historical Society may be in doubt, but doesn't suggest who owns it. Frame is black with silver trim. Good exhibit photo.