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: 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: 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: This black and white photo is believed to be a Ballard. It is a birdseye view of inside a boat workshop. There are boat plans posted on a pegboard in the left foreground. A ceiling light is hanging in the center foreground.
Description: This is an 8 by 10 Ballard photo of two men working on the planking of a wooden vessel inside a boat shed. One man has a cap with a visor . Both wear glasses. This resembles a Ballard photo which appeared in the 2007 summer exhibit at the Sound Schoolhouse.
Description: This is an 8 by 10 inch photograph of the construction of a dragger at Southwest Boat Corporation. It is a copy of one of a construction series in the Paul Stubing Ballard collection. There is a crane on the left side of the photo. There is a house on the right side of the photo in the upper corner. It looks like it is a winter scene with snow on the ground. On the back of the photo is written: S.W. Boat Yard "The Judith Rose". [show more]
Description: This is an 8 by 10 inch photograph of a wooden double-ended white rowboat being worked on by one man in a boat shop. The man is wearing a hat and has glasses. There are wood shavings on the floor.
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: Photograph of Betsy and Kathy Alexander dressed in garments and hats found in trunks in the attic of Half Pond, their home at Oak Hill Road at Whitney Farm Road. The Thom family were the orginal owners of the house, and the clothing is believed to have belonged to them. Photo on bottom left shows Betsy, Nancy and Kathy Alexander. Picture on bottom left shows the three women dressed in costume as hostesses during Somesville Bicentennial in 1961. Willie Norwood lived in this house before the Alexanders bought it. [show more]
Description: Photo of Willie Norwood standing outside the kitchen door at Old Norwood Place, which was purchased by the Alexanders in 1960. Located at the intersection of Oak Hill Road with Whitney Farm Road.
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.