Description: Helen Hale age 6-10. Young girl wearing hair pulled back with cork screw curls descending from back of head. Bangs cut short and curled around forehead. Wears black knee-length dress, dark stockings, and high buttoned boots. Dress has v-shaped piece with folds back to reveal darker fabric underneath. Child hold open gates made of sticks in photographers set. Marked Osgood Ellsworth, Me.
Description: Mr. Mixer age 40-50. Light color hair parted on right side and combed back, slightly wavy. Thick mustached covers lips. Heavy coat buttoned to top. Medium width lapels. Standing white collar with wide knot black tie. Marked P.C. Tuttle Belfast, Me.
Description: Aunt Henrietta Craig age 40-50. Hair pulled back and worn above neck. Wavy hair parted in middle. Only shoulders are visible. Dark scarf around neck joined with brooch. Marked Hayden Lowell, Mass.
Description: Rev. Newbert age 30-40. Light hair brushed back. Thick mustache with pointed ends. Head turned to left. Dark coat with double buttons fastened. White collar and black and white stripped tie with large knot. Marked C.L. Crossman. Pote’s Block Up one flight. Bangor Me.
Description: Martha Kathleen Feyler ages 3 years. Girl seated in high woven backed chair. Long dark hair with ribbon tied at top of head. Dark dress with wide flounce around neck edged with lace. White collar. White lace at cuffs. Wears ribbon tied on right wrist. Hands in lap.
Description: Mark Whiting Somes age 19 months. Standing on wicker chair. Short light colored hair. Dark dress with wide collar. Collar split in middle has three small white buttons on each edge. Three small white buttons on sleeve cuff. Wears black stockings and black high buttoned shoes. Marked Cottage Street Bar Harbor, ME. Marked in pencil on back, “son of Allie Somes.” H.L. Bradley was the son of photographer Bryant Bradley.
Description: Mark Whiting Somes age 4 months. Baby in wicker chair on sheep skin. Wearing diaper and chain around neck. Marked Cottage Street Bar Harbor Me. On back in pen Mark Whiting Somes age 4 mo. 23 1/2 lbs. H.L. Bradley was the son of photographer Bryant Bradley.
Description: Man age 40s. Receding hairline, mustache. Wears military uniform with ME insignia. Dark jacket with two stripes down middle. Unadorned epaulets.. Marked J.E. Purdy and Co. Boston.
Description: Marked on back, “Albert Pearl Ring, Mt. Desert, 5 1/2 months, 24 pounds.” Baby wearing long christening gown, seated in chair being held by mother’s hands behind the lace curtain. Marked, “W.L. Hall, Belfast ME.” Found at yard sale by Sturgis Haskins, 1996.
Description: Will Kittredge, son of Elizabeth Kittredge [age 20-30]. Short dark hair parted on side and brushed back, well trimmed mustache. Wears uniform with double breasted jacket and epaulettes. Belt at waist and decorative tassels over chest. Marked on front Elmer Chickering 21 West St. Boston. Marked on back Will Kittredge. The Royal Studio. Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association Awarded at the Seventeenth exhibition 1890. Elmer Chickering Proprietor 21 West St. Boston. Duplicated can be had at any time. [show more]
Description: Cabinet card of Isiah Ober [age 20-30], hair parted in middle and brushed to sides. Wears heavy dark coat unbuttoned with vest buttoned to top, dark striped tie with small tie tack in knot and round white collar. Photo on decorative paper. Photo over white paper with curled ends. Marked on back H. Pepper Photographer.
Description: Souvenier card labeled Dewey probably George Dewey, American Naval hero of the Spanish-American War. Dewey in oval frame surrounded by red white and blue plaque, steam pipe and bow.
Description: Cabinet card of unknown man. He has hair parted on one side and combed flat, and he has a brush mustache. He wears a dark corded jacket buttoned at the top over a white shirt with stand up collar. Photographers logo on front of card: P.C. Tuttle, Belfast, ME.
Description: Cabinet card of coastline scene with tree topped cliffs and rushing surf. Printed in white directly on the photograph is the name "Winona" and "Dice's Head". Printed below the photograph is the statement: "Copyrighted. February 1896.by Wm. Geo. Sargent, Castine, Me." On the back of the card is text describing Dice's Head in Castine, Maine.
Description: Cabinet card of unknown child [2-3 years] and unknown gender. Child has straight bangs and short curled hair at the sides. Child is wearing a long white dress with wide lace collar and lace at hem. Child is wearing high button boots and is photographed on a simulated rock against a woodland backdrop. Card is marked: Merrill. On the back is a decorative logo for Merril Art Photography, Waterville, Me. Handwritten in pencil on the back is "Compliments of your little friend, Otto C. Kuauff [sp ?], July '91." [show more]
Description: Cabinet card of young man with short hair parted on one side. He wears a dark jacket with braid trim on the label, a white shirt and dark striped necktie. Card is marked: Preble and Jordan, 66 Main St., Waterville, Me. Reverse of the card shows images of works by Preble and Jordan. Handwritten at top and side of the card: "A. S. Denison, Wilton, Me., 23 yrs., 1891."
Description: Cabinet card of teen boy with hair parted and combed to side. He wears a dark jacket and vest, both with braid trim, with a white shirt and striped necktie. Card is marked: Preble and Jordan, 66 Main St., Waterville, Me. Reverse of card shows sample images of Preble and Jordan work. Handwritten at top and sides of back of card: "R. E. Leavitt, Norridgewock, Me. 91, 17 yrs."
Description: Cabinet card of Victor H. Stoddard, a young man with short hair combed straight up in the front. He wears a dark jacket and vest which have braided trim, a white shirt and plaid necktie. Card is marked: Preble and Jordan, 66 Main St., Waterville, Me. Reverse of the card has sample works of Preble and Jordan. Handwritten at top and side of the back of the card: "Victor H. Stoddard, Milo, 91, 20 years."
Description: Wedding announcement. “Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus Hall announce the marriage of their daughter Martha Louise to Mr. Clinton G. Ferguson.” January 1, 1891. Atlanta, Georgia. Previously archived as 016.FIC.001.37.e
Description: Wedding announcement card: “Mr & Mrs. William Fennelly announce the marriage of their daughter Flora Somes to Elmer F. Morrison.” December 28, 1892. Bar Harbor, Maine. Previously archived as 016.FIC.001.37.b
Description: Wedding announcement card: John Allen Somes and Ada May Richardson. June 27, 1894. Mount Desert, Maine. Previously archived as object id 016.FIC.004.2
Description: Wedding announcement card: Hollis Roscoe Hysom and Edith Etta Salisbury, married November 30, 1893. At home in Mt. Desert, Maine. Previously archived as 016.FIC.004.2
Description: Wedding announcement card: “Mr. & Mrs. Thaddeus S. Somes announce the marriage of their daughter Harriet Emma to Arthur Grant Sanderson.” December 26, 1894. Mount Desert, Maine. Previously archived as 016.FIC.001.37.c
Description: Wedding announcement card: Frank W. Cadwell and Mabel L. Moore married November 8, 1895 in San Francisco. Previously archived as 016.FIC.004.2
Description: Wedding announcement card. Lewis Somes and Mrs. Emma J. Somes married April 2, 1896. Mount Desert, ME. Previously archived as 016.FIC.004.2.a