Description: 5X7 black and white photograph of the following men: (L to R): Town Manager Ed Ainsworth, Gaddes Simpson, Capt. Hubert Hall, Jim MacLeod, Sheldon Goldthwait at Inauguration of Blue Nose. Identification from 2011 Exhibit, "Mystery Photographs." (AB)
Description: 5X7 black and white photograph labeled "Winter Carnival". Picture includes two men operating a tractor with children in a trailer in the rear. L-R: Richard Savage, unknown man, Jim MacLeod. Children in the back of the tractor are also unknown.
Description: Head shot of a lady with black hair and black eyebrows, a round earring and wearing a necklace with a v-neck top From the LaRue Spiker Family,Friends and Personal
Description: Ellie Wood, “Gran Walter’s Niece”. Woman age 30-40. Hair Pulled back loosely over head to back. Bangs curled around forehead. White dress/blouse no buttons on front. Embroidered across fronts. Small folds sewn to make several lines from shoulder about 1/3 down bodice. High collar with lace edge. Upper torso only. Probably a cabinet card but the frame is no longer with the photo.
Description: Young man in 20s. Straight hair brushed back with hair oil. Hair parted in middle. Wears dark jacket, white shirt with light colored tie, dark stripes. Calling card attached with cellophane tape reads E. Ashley Walter.
Description: Woman named Betty singing with a microphone in hand wearing a long dress of shiney material. Man on bandstand plays banjo wearing white shirt, vest and striped tie. Garland on rails of bandstand. Exit door in back.
Description: 3.5 X 3.5 black and white photograph of older woman with short hair wearing dress patterned with bricks and flowers, large beaded necklace, carrying white purse on arm. Stands in front of white house. Writing on back, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.’ I look so big” This may be LaRue Spiker’ s Mother, Grace Spiker.
Description: 3.5 X 3.5 black and white photograph of unknown woman approximately with short blond hair, wearing black short sleeve dress with necklace and earrings. Standing in front of a pine tree.
Description: Harriet Somes Sanderson standing outside electric car. Small car, seats two. Door open, inside and door lined with ticking type material. Woman inside care wears wire rim glasses, black wide brimmed hat with dark dress. Sanderson wears hat with large feater covering crown. One side of brim turns up. Carries fur coat or stole over hands. Wears long velvet skirt with shorter dress or coat of a lighter color over skirt. Small trees in meadow in the background. Marked on back, “Mama and her electric car.” [show more]
Description: Horses hitched to buckboards along street. Men sit in carriages or stand next to them. To the left are grass squares and saplings. Across street three large buildings. Middle building holds R.F. Suminsby, smaller builing next door, sign read [----] Stevens. Stamped on back with LaRue Spiker, P O Box 625, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679. "Auto War" in red crayon
Description: Five horses and buggies lined up outside hotel. Three porters on steps of covered porch. Three story claboard building with thirteen windows (visible) across second story. White curtains in every window. On back: Stamp of laRue Spiker P O Box 625, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679 "No person shall allow--
Description: Lucy Pray age 4-7. Stands next to wicker seat in photographers studio. Wears hair down with curled ends and bands over forhead. White knee length dress with lace on cuffs and collar. Lace also forms “V” over bodice. Cut work and embroiderd on hem. Black stockings and high button boots. Marked “P.C. Tuttle, Belfat, Me.” on bottom.
Description: Lucie Pray age 3-5. Hair shoulder length with short bangs, Wears long white dress. Ring on right hand. Seared in chair which is draped with dark fabric. Chair turned sideways girls looks over back of chair.
Description: Sepia-toned photograph of a house, said to be that of Benjamin Leland (b. 1828, d. 1904), on a small hill in Somesville. One and one-half story cape with white clapboard siding, dark shutters and trim. Covered porch on front of house. Extension on back connects to barn and shed. Tree, bare of leaves, near house. Other buildings beyond house. Later, this house may have belonged to Julia Smith (b. 1913, d. 2000). It is located on Main Street, Somesville, next to Don Smith’s house and across from the Somesville School (Condominiums). [show more]
Description: Portrait of Ida Leland with dark background. She wears a light-colored dress with lace collar, square neckline, a cross necklace, frameless glasses. Brief genealogical notes at 011.FIC.80.4.
Description: Ida Leland with head turned toward camera, wearing round dark-rimmed glasses, necklace, 3/4 view torso, plain medium-colored dress with pin and pleat at v-neckline. Brief genealogical note at 011.FIC.80.4.
Description: Portrait photo of Cynthia Clement as youth with ruffled lace collar and beaded necklace. Hair pulled back; bangs. Brief genealogical related record found (011.FIC.80.4).
Description: Formal portrait of Cynthia Clement seated with left hand on back of chair (wedding ring visible) and right hand in lap. She wears a light colored long-sleeved dress with heavily pleated bodice, and ruffles at wrists. She has dark hair parted in the middle and pulled back. . Black and white photo print from negative in our collection. Brief, undated, hand-written note (011.FIC.80.4) indicates that Cynthia was a daughter of E.Shepard Richardson and Helen Louise Richardson and married [?] Clement. [show more]