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1317119th Century Painting
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Painting
19th Century Painting
Item:
  • 13171   
Object ID:
  • 97-193-358
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Painting
Description:
Photo of nineteenth century painting of unidentified pond and village. Given to MDIHS by Esther Block hoping for identification. Unknown artist
13855Colby Atlas Map of Mt. Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Colby Atlas Map of Mt. Desert Island
Colby Atlas Map of Mt. Desert Island
Item:
  • 13855   
Object ID:
  • 997-227-392
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Colby Atlas Map of Mt. Desert Island
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Me
Description:
Reproduction of Colby Atlas Map of Mount Desert Island circa 1880s. Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum 1980s.
9095Steamboat Norma
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Transportation - Water
  • Unknown
Steamboat Norma
Item:
  • 9095   
Object ID:
  • 997-197-362
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Transportation - Water
Creator:
  • Unknown
Description:
Steamboat Norma. Built by Lawley of Boston, early 1890s. Purchased in late 1890s by Dwight Blaney of Ironbound Island of Bar Harbor. Sold to Captain Fred Haynes (Hays) of Bar Harbor for use as a sightseeing boat in the 1940s. Steam powered launch. Carried captain, engineer, and mate. Captain Sargent wintered in South Gouldsboro.
9096Unidentified pond and Village
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Painting
  • Unknown
Unidentified pond and Village
Item:
  • 9096   
Object ID:
  • 997-193-358
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Painting
Creator:
  • Unknown
Description:
Photo of nineteenth century painting of unidentified pond and village. Given to MDIHS by Esther Block hoping for identification.
13980Selectmen's Building
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Buildings
Selectmen's Building
Item:
  • 13980   
Object ID:
  • 97-188-353
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Buildings
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen’s Building Museum. Mount Desert Museum Sign hangs outside building. Flowers in window box, bench near road side. Marked on back, “Compliments of Elisabeth Leland Waterman, Salsbury [sic] Cove, Maine."
13678Buckboard Party
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Buildings
  • People
Buckboard Party
Item:
  • 13678   
Object ID:
  • 997-185-349
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Buildings
  • People
Description:
Four horse team hitched to a buckboard outside two story cottage. Woman and man sit on driver's bench. At least ten other passengers in open buckboard. Ladies in elegant dress stand on covered porch. Vines growing up each side of porch and along front. Small peak in porch roof. Upstairs windows shuttered, center window closed.
9104Somes Cove and Old Somesville Lumber Mill
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
  • La Rue Spiker
Somes Cove and Old Somesville Lumber Mill
Item:
  • 9104   
Object ID:
  • 997-180-344
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • La Rue Spiker
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
View of Somes Cove and Old Somesville Lumber mill from Somes House. Fernald’s Store, now Port-in-a-Storm Bookstore, at right. Church steeple rises in distance with several other buildings in between. This photo could not be found so it has not been placed in albums with the rest of the LaRue Spiker Collection 01/31/2022
9108Southwest Harbor Congregational Church
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Other, Transportation
  • People
  • Unknown
Southwest Harbor Congregational Church
Item:
  • 9108   
Object ID:
  • 997-177-341
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • Other, Transportation
  • People
Creator:
  • Unknown
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Maine
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.
9115Kimball House
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, transportation - Land
  • Unknown
Kimball House
Item:
  • 9115   
Object ID:
  • 997-171-335
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, transportation - Land
Creator:
  • Unknown
Place:
  • Northeast Harbor, Maine
Description:
Kimball House, Northeast Harbor, gravel drive and lawn. Car in front of hotel. Marked on back, “1931 Buick - Dad’s was convertible so this must have been Manchester Bro’s roadster."
9117Schooner Kate L. Pray
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Ships
  • People
  • Unknown
Schooner Kate L. Pray
Item:
  • 9117   
Object ID:
  • 97-33-194 also 97-700-870
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Ships
  • People
Creator:
  • Unknown
Description:
Two masted schooner at wharf in front of A.J. Whiting’s (later, 1887) Fernald’s Store (later Port-in-a-Storm Bookstore, then art gallery). Back of blacksmith shop visible on left. Small sailing dory tied to wharf. Anchor hangs from bow. Several men seated in the bow of schooner, one standing aft near main mast. Man driving wagon pulled by two white horses. Somes meadow in distance. Mark in lower left hand corner. Edges very worn. Stained and faded. Marked on back, “Schooner Kate L. Pray.” [show more]
9120Small Island in Echo Lake
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
  • Geo. H. Van Norman
Small Island in Echo Lake
Item:
  • 9120   
Object ID:
  • 997-164-327
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Geo. H. Van Norman
Place:
  • Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Small Island in Echo Lake. Sailing dory anchored at island. Row boat near island. Marked on back, “Geo. H. Van Norman, Photographer, 645 Main St. Waltham, Mass.” Also Marked, Property of Philip M. Caughey.
9122Echo Lake
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Geo. H. Van Norman
Echo Lake
Item:
  • 9122   
Object ID:
  • 997-162-325
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Boats
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Geo. H. Van Norman
Place:
  • Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Echo Lake with mountains in the distance. In foreground, man dipping pail into lake. Small row boat in center. To right man stands on log holding onto sail of dory. Marked on back, “Geo. H. Van Norman, Photographer, 645 Main St. Waltham, Mass.” Also Marked, Property of Philip M. Caughey.
9123Beech Cliff from Echo Lake
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
  • Geo. H. Van Norman
Beech Cliff from Echo Lake
Item:
  • 9123   
Object ID:
  • 997-161-324
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Geo. H. Van Norman
Place:
  • Beech Cliff, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Beech Cliff from Echo Lake. Small sailing dory with sail up. Marked on back, “Geo. H. Van Norman, Photographer, 645 Main St. Waltham, Mass.” Also Marked, Property of Philip M. Caughey.
9130Mark W. Somes, Ada Somes and friends
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • People
  • Unknown
Mark W. Somes, Ada Somes and friends
Item:
  • 9130   
Object ID:
  • 997-155-318
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Boats
  • People
Creator:
  • Unknown
Description:
Six people seated in chairs on deck of boat. Engine visible in lower right corner. Mark W. Somes on left wearing white shoes, cap and dark suit. His mother, Ada Somes in checked jacket. Man and woman sit behind Mark Somes. Two women sit in front of Ada Somes.
9131Schooner Polly
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
Schooner Polly
Item:
  • 9131   
Object ID:
  • 997-154-317
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Unknown
Place:
  • Amesbury, Massachusetts
Description:
Schooner Polly of Belfast in Harbor at Amesbury Massachusettts. Man in canoe paddles close to two masted schooner. Small sailing sloop on the right. Marked on back, “(From one of two negatives, made for Mr. [Pearl] Henry [Mio] of Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts, August 4, 1904.) Schooner Polly of Amesbury, Mass. “My Anchor falls when first any persons flew.” Believed by many to be the oldest American vessel in active service - that is, to have been originally a sloop, keel laid at Amesbury, Mass, August 4, 1804 and launched in February, 1805 and to have been the vessel sailing out of Salem, Mass early in the War of 1812 as privateer commanded by Captain {Hearty] of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. See story of Polly history filed at Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Boston Sept.15, 1904. Two copies, one form each negative to Captain D.E. Pray of Mount Desert, Maine with respects and best wishes of [-----]Henry Mio and of Boston Sep. 21, 1904. [-----]. [show more]
9132Fair Mount Cottage
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Unknown
Fair Mount Cottage
Item:
  • 9132   
Object ID:
  • 997-153-316
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
Creator:
  • Unknown
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]
9135Hall Quarry
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unklnown
Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 9135   
Object ID:
  • 997-150-313
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Unklnown
Place:
  • Hall Quarry, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Hall Quarry. In middle ground schooner ready to take on granite. Buildings in the distance. Somes Sound and mountains in the distance. Piles of brick size pieces of granite and small tents in foreground. Group of men working under shade screen in middle right. Spots throughout image.
9137View of Hall Quarry
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
View of Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 9137   
Object ID:
  • 97-148-311
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Unknown
Place:
  • Hall Quarry, Mt. Desert, Maine
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]
9138John Allen Somes, Mark Somes, Ada Somes, John William Somes, Sarah Somes, Kate Heath
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Unknown
John Allen Somes, Mark Somes, Ada Somes, John William Somes, Sarah Somes, Kate Heath
Item:
  • 9138   
Object ID:
  • 997-147-310
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
Creator:
  • Unknown
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
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]
9139Saw Mill in Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
Saw Mill in Somesville
Item:
  • 9139   
Object ID:
  • 997-146-309
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Unknown
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
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.
9140W.H.S. Group of high school students
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • Morrell
W.H.S. Group of high school students
Item:
  • 9140   
Object ID:
  • 997-145-308
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Creator:
  • Morrell
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.
9144Young man on steps of house
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Unknown
Young man on steps of house
Item:
  • 9144   
Object ID:
  • 997-141-304
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
Creator:
  • Unknown
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.
9149Man in boxing pose
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Unknown
Man in boxing pose
Item:
  • 9149   
Object ID:
  • 997-138-300
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
Creator:
  • Unknown
Description:
Unknown Man (age 30 -40) outside shingled building with stone foundation in boxing pose. Man wears white t-shirt, dark trousers and belt.
9153Woodbury Tracy and girl
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Unknown
Woodbury Tracy and girl
Item:
  • 9153   
Object ID:
  • 997-134-296
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
Creator:
  • Unknown
Place:
  • Sound, Mount Desert, Maine
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.
9159Three women arm in arm
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Buildings
  • People
  • Unknown
Three women arm in arm
Item:
  • 9159   
Object ID:
  • 997-128-290
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Buildings
  • People
Creator:
  • Unknown
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Julia, Mrs. Cushman, Kate. Three women. Photo blurred. Woman on left wears light colored dress, woman in middle wears light colored dress with pattern on hem and bodice, black stockings and shoes. Woman on right wears checked dress or jumper with black stockings and shoes. To right 1915-1920 style car passes, to left is white house with black shutters and covered porch.