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| 9138 | John Allen Somes, Mark Somes, Ada Somes, John William Somes, Sarah Somes, Kate Heath |
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Description: Group of people standing on lawn of historic Mt. Desert Tavern. White clapboard house with black shutters. Drive on right side of house, barn or shed attached to back of house. Two tall treees shade the hosue. From left to right, John Allen Somes (Allie), wearing dark suit and cap, holding Mark Somes, Ada (Richardson) Somes, wearing white dress, John William Somes, father of John Allen Somes, wearing derby, long coat. long white beard and carrying walking stick, Sarah Somes, sister of John William wearing white apron, blouse with full puffed sleeves and hat, Kate Heath Pray, wife of Lester Pray, wearing black skirt, full puffed blouse and hat. [show more] | ||
| 9139 | Saw Mill in Somesville |
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Description: Saw mill in Somesville. View from across mill pond. Logs floating in pond. Lumber piled along banks. Masts of schooner appear in back of lumber. Men standing on banks. Horse with lumber cart on bank. Looking across Somes Cove. | ||
| 9153 | Woodbury Tracy and girl |
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Description: Woodbury Tracy? age 60 -70 holding hand of girl age 3-4. Standing outside James Richardson homestead (Fair Oakes Farm) a white clapboard house. Man wears dark coat and trousers with dark shirt underneath. Gray hair, balding, mustache. Girl wears knee length whte dress with buttons down bodice. White flower in hair. | ||
| 13174 | Rodick House |
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Description: Matted print of Rodick House c. 1875. Porch stretched across front of entire building. Two stariways descend from porch. Small porch on second story. Small crowd on porch. Building four storied high with two towers on front. Covered walk connects to building next door. Came from frame artifact # 997-37-526 | |
| 13993 | William Thompson House, Thompson Island |
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Description: House on Thompson’s Island built by William Thompson. Two story house with attic. Addition on left side of house. Wrap around porch. Two chimneys. Small shrubs in front of house. Several trees around house. Wires connected to building. Recorded on back of photo - “My great-grandfather William Thompson’s house on “the island” in Trenton, Maine. The island was where the drawbridge was from the mainlands to Mt. Desert Island. William Thompson built the drawbridge and his men operated it for a long time. When I was a little girl (c. 8 or 9) and visited my grandparents at this place. I loved to go to the toll house and watch the taking of the toll. [show more] | ||
| 17844 | Mount Desert House (The Tavern) |
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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. | |||
| 5462 | Mount Desert House |
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Description: Mount Desert House rail fence to left of house. Board fence along street. Man leaning on fence near house. | ||
| 5439 | Unidentified house |
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Description: Unidentified house. Two and one-half stories with a covered porch. Three men standing on porch. Horse and wagon in front of house. | ||
| 5440 | Telephone office Somesville |
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Description: First telephone office in Somesville. Small one-half story cape on Main street. Overhang over front door. House presently owned by Keating Pepper in distance. Looking toward mill pond. | |
| 5471 | J. Somes House |
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Description: Historic J. Somes house (now Cobb House). Group of five standing on lawn in front of house. | ||
| 5472 | Abraham Somes III House |
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Description: Historic Abraham Somes III house (now Cobb House). Three men standing with two horse on the right side of the house. Barn at back of house no longer exists. | ||
| 5474 | Grist Mill, Somesville |
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Description: Grist mill on Somes Brook. High bushes cover most of building. Shingled roof, with weathered shingled siding. Large stones line bank of stream. Another small clapboard building to right in background. Appears to have been taken from upstream. Sepia-tone; 4 X 5. This is also a slide (97-704-874) used in the Someville Bicentenial and can be found on Row 2 Unit 2 Shelf 4 Slide Box 1 | |||
| 5485 | Somesville Lumber Mill |
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Description: Lumber mill on mill pond in Somesville. Somes Cove and mountain in background. Rocks in foreground, logs on bank. This is also a slide that was used for the Someville Bicentenial and can be found on Row 2 Unit 2 Shelf 4 Slide Box 1. | |||
| 12367 | Main Street and Cove, Somesville |
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Description: Main Street, Somesville.Somes Cove on left. Trees line street. Board sidewalk visible on right near picket fenced yards. Fernald’s Store (later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore) hidden by trees. Lumber mill to left. Two masts of schooner rise up over trees. | |||
| 5442 | Main Street Somesville |
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Description: Main Street Somesville. Nathan Salisbury House to the left surrounded by picket fence. Black trim around windows. Somes House Inn to right | ||
| 12433 | New Mt. Desert Bridge |
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Description: Mt. Desert Island Bridge. Narrow bridge with wood side rails. Small pier extends off left side of bridge. Two metal towers at either end of bridge. In foreground, white two and one half story house with white clapboard siding and black trim and covered front porch. Another house behind it. Both sit to right of bridge. Small shack or shed to left. Other buildings across bridge in distance. Marked on bottom “New Mt. Desert Bridge 1A.” | |||
| 12489 | Clara Emilie Meynell Somes & Thaddeus Shepley Somes |
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Description: Clara Emilie Meynell Somes(1842-1920) and Thaddeus Shepley Somes(1839-1913) seated on front step of their home on corner of Oak Hill Road and Main Street. Clara wears hair in bun on back of head. Striped blouse with full sleeves, black placket down center of bodice, white lace around collar. Decorative white flower plackets descend from shoulders along each side on center. Black skirt with indistinguishable design. Thaddeus wears straw hat, dark suit, white shirt and black tie. Marked on back Garm and Gapa, 1905. Photo cut to fit frame or album. Pieces of a letter appear on back. [show more] | ||
| 13005 | Somes Cove, 1892 |
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Description: Somes Cove looking towards Fernald’s store (previously, A.J. Whiting’s Store) later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, still later, an art gallery. Two masted schooner at wharf, sails being lowered or raised. Back of black smith’s shop, Thaddeus Somes store, and part of Mount Desert House, to right also visible. Picture torn in several places, very brittle. Marked, “ Sept 1’92 on back.” 3.5" x 4.5" | ||
| 14091 | Lumber Schooner, Somes Cove, Somesville |
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Description: Two-masted schooner aground [?] in Somes Cove in back of lumber mill. Marked on back, “Lumber Schooner built [?] by OC Nutting. Old Mill to right.” | |||
| 13006 | Schooner in back of Fernald's Store, 1906 |
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Description: Two-masted schooner at wharf in back of Fernald’s store. Fernald purchased it from A.J. Whiting in 1887; it later was the Port in a Storm bookstore, and still later, an art gallery.at low tide. Loading ramp extends from second story door in back of building. Somes House Inn to the right. | ||
| 14100 | Somesville School House and students, c. 1890 |
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Description: Children standing on steps of Somesville School House. Front door open. Teachers standing in back row to the left. Thirty nine in photo including at least two teachers. Boys dressed in knee pants, some with sweaters and caps, others in jackets. Boots of children in front row very dirty. One boy stands between posts. Edges of photo very worn, peeling away from mat. | ||
| 14113 | Students, Somesville School House, c. 1920 |
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Description: Students on step of Somesville school house, ages 13-18. Teacher in middle of back row. Girls standing in back row, second row, girls seated on step, first row boys seated on ground. | ||
| 14172 | Thaddeus Shepley Somes, daughter Virginia, & Lion the dog |
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Description: Thaddeus Shepley Somes sitting under tree on lawn across from Somesville Library with Virginia Somes Sanderson on his lap. Big dog next to them. Board sidewalk with rail in back of tree. Lumber mill in distance. Man drives by in wagon. Marked on back, “Thaddeus, Virginia, Lion, the dog. 1906” | ||
| 14216 | Mount Desert Tavern (House) |
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Description: Historic Mount Desert Tavern, also know as the Mount Desert House. Tall sign post on front lawn, partially cut out of picture. Lattice work fence leads to front door. Shutters on front windows shut. Two unknown men standing near front door. Two men in front of lattice fence. Several men and boys stand around large wagon with horse. Shadow visible in foreground. | |||
| 5421 | Men standing near lumber in empty mill pond |
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Description: Men standing near lumber in empty mill pond. Looking towards Mount Desert House. Small building standing on bank of mill pond. |
