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| Item | Title | Type | Subject | Creator | Publisher | Date | |
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| 14587 | Cottage at Mt. Desert, Maine |
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Description: Two and one-half story cottage in Mt. Desert. White clapboard with no shutters. Covered porch wraps around two sides. One large tree on lawn shades house. Walk runs througn middle of lawn to the porch steps. Road visible in foreground. Marked on back, “Cottage at Mt. Desert Maine (Recently sold). to Judge Allen," the rest illegible. This building no longer standing. It was located between Historic Abraham Somes III house and Historic Mount Desert Tavern. [show more] | |||
| 12382 | Main Street, Somesville |
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Description: Main Street Somesville. Marked on back, “John Somes store." Yellow house (in between) first elementary school children met there. First floor was post office (now gone (crossed out) moved). Third house - millinary shop run by two women.” Picture shows three buildi in a row. All buildings similar, 2 1/2 stories, white clapboard capes. First and last have covered porches. First building, sign reads R.H.B. Fernald. Horse with wagon tied to posts on first building. Man sitting on box on porch. Telephone poles run along the street. Board sidewalks stop before the group of houses, and start again after the third. Selectmen’s building in the background. [show more] | |||
| 9108 | Southwest Harbor Congregational Church |
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Description: Southwest Harbor Congregational Church, High Road Southwest Harbor. Congregation gathered in front of church. To the left white horse hitched to buggy. Rail fence in foreground, horse's head to the right. Stains throughout photo. | ||
| 9132 | Fair Mount Cottage |
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Description: Group of people standing on front porch and in front of Fair Mount Cottage. Location unknown. Three story building with flat roof. Covered porch on front and side. Next door, three story building with sign above entrance, “ --- Cottage” Coverd porch with two stair cases. Man sits on railing next to woman holding a baby. Below, man leans on railing , child stands mext to him. Large group in front of Fairmount Cottage includes sevearl children, boy with bicycle, and dog. Also men and women. Other buildings in the background, laundry hanging on line. Marked on back, “From all to Frank Dec. 25, 1891.” Also marked, “ Given by Eleanor Wiggin, July 1958, unidentified place or people.” Stains throughout image. [show more] | ||
| 9137 | View of Hall Quarry |
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Description: Sepia-toned print mounted on black cardboard; 1" X 1/2" tear in upper left corner; print is wrinkled and foxed; shows apparent water damage. "Hall Quarry" written in pencil on back. Image shows Hall Quarry in operation; two large derricks in middle ground; rails in center of picture. Scene includes at least 15 men working in quarry; one pair of horses pulling wagon; various buildings in middle ground; large blocks of granite. Photograph taken from high vantage point, looking across Somes Sound. [show more] | ||
| 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. | ||
| 9140 | W.H.S. Group of high school students |
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Description: Group of high school students on steps of brick school. Predominately female students, group of men to the right. Marked, W.H.S. in lower righthand corner, also marked Mr. Palmer Principal. Morrell Photo Hallowell, Me. | ||
| 9144 | Young man on steps of house |
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Description: Unknown Man standing on steps of clapboard house with dark shutters and porch. Flower pots on steps. Man has hands in pocket. Hair parted on one side and brushed to the other. Wears dark coat unbuttoned and light colored vest . White shirt with dark bow tie. Dark trousers. | ||
| 9149 | Man in boxing pose |
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Description: Unknown Man (age 30 -40) outside shingled building with stone foundation in boxing pose. Man wears white t-shirt, dark trousers and belt. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 9160 | Young boy standing on dirt road |
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Description: Unknown Boy age 10-12 dressed in white sailor style shirt and knickers with black socks and “sneakers”. Standing on dirt road in front of grassy embankment. Above cape house with with attachment, another two story house next door. Tree on bank. | ||
| 14302 | Gathering around Nelson Lelan |
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Description: People gathered on library lawn. Somesville Library in background. Children holding flags to left. Nelson Leland in middle. Adults on right. | |||
| 14203 | Barn in Distance |
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Description: Barn or shed in winter. Long building of natural wood, no siding or paint. No window. Large door on left end. Sign or painting of horse on right end. Other buildings in distance. Lower left hand corner torn. | |||
| 14206 | Somes Creek Looking at Woolen Mill |
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Description: Photograph of photograph in frame. Somes creek in winter with woolen mill in back ground. Two other buildings visible on left. One with two stories and chimney. Other in distance. | |||
| 9116 | Wool Swift, dye pot, and heddle |
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Description: Wool swift, dye pot, and heddle sitting on mill stone in front of Mt. Desert Island Historical Society’s Selectmen’s Building Museum. On left is front step of Museum. In distance to the right is Somesville Library. | ||
| 14195 | Lord Cottage |
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Description: White three story clapboard cottage with black shutters. Porch on front and back. Front also has second floor balcony. One chimney. Marked Lawson Cottage, Lord Cottage and on the back, later Halstead Cottage. | |||
| 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. | ||
| 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. |
