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| 6344 | IOD #11 |
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| 7400 | 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 (art gallery as of 2016 1112 Main St ) hidden by trees. Lumber mill to left. Two masts of schooner rise up over trees.Negative. | |||
| 7401 | Hall Quarry, Granite Quarry |
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Description: Hall Quarry, quarry in winter. Looking across Somes Sound. Pieces of granite scattered about. Rail for tram covered with snow runs through center of photo. Various buildings in the middle ground. Derricks in the foreground. | |||
| 7402 | Mill Pond, Canoes, & Library: Somesville |
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Description: Man, two women and girl in canoe paddling on the mill pond, American flag on bow. Another canoe in middle ground containing three women, a girl and boy. Crowd gathered on lawn of Somesville Library. Tents pitched on lawn in front of building. Somes House Inn visible on the right. Blacksmith’s shop and Fernald's Store (aka A.J. Whiting store), later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, on the left. Tall deciduous tree hanging over bank on the left. CHRISTMAS GREETINGS printed but only partially visible at bottom. [show more] | |||
| 7403 | Sawmill and Fernald's Store from the water |
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Description: Looking toward Main Street from Somes Cove. Lumber mill on the left, library to right of mill. In center two and one-half story house with porch on front and left side. Further right and on the water is Fernald’s Store (aka A.J. Whiting Store), later Port-In-A-Storm bookstore and now (2016) Gallery at Somes Sound. Historic Nathan Salisbury House to the far right [?]. | |||
| 7405 | Somesville Church |
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Description: Marked, “Somesville Church 76” in lower left corner. Somesville Church (now Union Meeting House, 2015) built in 1852 (per "Living Past", p. 280) Telephone pole sitting in front of church. Lower shutters open, uppers closed. | |||
| 7406 | 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. Negative. | |||
| 7077 | Somesville School House, Mt. Desert, ME |
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Description: Somesville School House (c. early 1900's), Main Street, Somesville. Few trees around building, evergreens in back. Covered porch in center of building with balcony above. Flag pole in center of balcony. Two chimneys and bell tower on roof. Clapboard siding, 12 unshuttered windows visible. | |||
| 7078 | Early Abraham Somes House |
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Description: Somes House, early photo. Young trees cover lawn. No shutters on windows. Barn to far right. Small shed next to house on right. Small addition extends from house on left. Copy from Bradley Stereo Card (this negative is one of two--see related negative). The B. Bradley stereo card does not appear to be in the collection. This photograph appears in "The Living Past" by Virginia Somes Sanderson on page 226 and is captioned, "The Original Abraham Somes Home, later converted into the Somes House, date unknown." [show more] | |||
| 7080 | Early Abraham Somes House |
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Description: Somes House, early photo. Young trees cover lawn. No shutters on windows. Barn to far right. Small shed next to house on right. Small addition extends from house on left. This negative is one of two made from a Bradley Stereo Card, which does not appear to be in the collection. This photograph appears in "The Living Past" by Virginia Somes Sanderson, p. 226, and is captioned, "The original Abraham Somes home, later converted into The Somes House, date unknown." [show more] | |||
| 7081 | Fireplace in Abraham Somes III house |
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Description: A black and white photo negative made from a color snapshot of the fireplace in historic Abraham Somes III house (once owned by Richard and Marion Cobb) on the corner of Main Street and Oak Hill Road in Somesville. Fire burning in the fireplace. Large brick fireplace with brick oven. Clock with reverse glass painting on the mantle. | |||
| 7408 | 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 on 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 at left. Other buildings across bridge in distance. Marked on bottom “New Mt. Desert Bridge 1A.” | |||
| 7413 | Smith Cottage, Mount Desert, Maine |
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Description: The Abraham Somes III and later, The Thaddeus Somes home, on Main Street, Somesville. To the right is A.J. Whiting's store, sold to Fernald in 1887. This photo predates 1894/95, the year that the library was built. To the left in the photo, a horse and carriage are stopped on the bridge; telegraph pole in view. Image originally labeled “Smith Cottage Mount Desert Maine" but identification changed [by Virginia Somes Sanderson] to read "Abraham Somes III-Thaddeus Somes Home and Mill Pond." It's likely that the house in the center of the image, but obstructed by trees was the "Smith Cottage", torn down c. 1920-1922. [show more] | |||
| 7414 | View of Mill Pond and Somes Harbor taken from hill at "The Old Homestead". |
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Description: View of Mill Pond and Somes Harbor from hill on Oak Hill Road in front of historic John Somes House, “The Old Homestead.” Starting from the lefthandside of the photograph, there is a windmill and the lumber mill. The Hamor house, no longer standing, is on the right bank of Mill Pond along with three other buildings. There is a farm house on Mason’s Point. Telephone poles run along Main Street. Mountains in the distance. Black and white oval format. [show more] | |||
| 7416 | Somesville Post Office in Winter |
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Description: Mount Desert Post Office on Main street Somesville next to former home of Daniel (Somes) and Rosemary Smith. Former Richard Donahoe house to the right. Post Office is a single story clapboard building with gable end facing the road. There is a sash window beside the front door. There is a small window high in the gabel end. Chimney with stovepipe insert extends above roofline. Car to right with open door. Man stands in front of post office door watching a second man shovel snow. [show more] | |||
| 7417 | Somesville Lumber Mill |
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Description: Lumber mill on mill pond in Somesville. Somes Cove and mountains in background. Rocks in foreground; logs on far bank. | |||
| 7419 | Woman Sitting by Grist Mill, Somesville |
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Description: Grist mill in Somesville on rocky Somes Brook. Trees surround mill. Young woman sits on a rock near brook; she wears a long light-colored skirt and blouse, a flat hat. Caption under photo, “I suppose you know this girl. Why don’t you write? R.J.L.” | |||
| 7420 | Quarry Workers |
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Description: Quarry workers pose for photograph with three yoke of oxen. Somes Sound in background. Photo shows men with tools of trade near blocks of granite. | ||
| 7422 | Somes Cove, ME |
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Description: Two masted schooner at wharf in back of Fernald’s store (purchased in 1887 from A.J. Whiting); later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, at low tide. Loading ramp extends from second story door in back of building. Somes House Inn to the right. Port in a Storm later was used as an art gallery. | |||
| 8058 | Copy of Summit Hotel or Green Mountain House |
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Description: Copy of old photo of the Summit Hotel or the Green Mountain house on Cadillac Mountain. | ||
| 8059 | Copy of Green Mountain Railway |
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Description: Copy of old photo of Green Mountain Railway train on Cadillac Mountain. | ||
| 8060 | Copy of horse and wagon outside Green Mountain House |
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Description: Copy of old photo of horse and wagon standing outside the Green Mountain House on Cadillac Mountain. | ||
| 7488 | Copy of old photo of horse and wagon by Green Mountain House |
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Description: Copy of old photo of horse and wagon standing outside the Green Mountain House on Cadillac Mountain. | ||
| 8064 | Asticou Gardens |
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| 8065 | Asticou Gardens |
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