Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
16987	Tremont High School Bank Check	Object, Pay Order, Bank Check				Dec. 1st, 1890	Tremont High School Bank Check Item: 16987    Object ID: 009.003.004 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Pay Order, Bank Check Date: Dec. 1st, 1890 Description: Tremont High School Bank Check, blue, for ten dollars signed by G.H. Parker. Cashier was H.L. Lanton (?)
16992	Certificate of Ordination as Priest - Willilam Thomas Manning	Object, Award, Achievement Certificate				1891	Certificate of Ordination as Priest - Willilam Thomas Manning Item: 16992    Object ID: 008.111.1 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Award, Achievement Certificate Date: 1891 Description: Certificate of ordination as Priest in the Episcopal Church, Diocese of California, for William Thomas Manning. December 12, 1891. Certificate is handwritten and bears the seal of the Diocese of California. Manning owned The Mount Desert House in Somesville, where he and his family summered. Manning later became Bishop of the Diocese of New York. From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008 | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: William Thomas Manning 1866-1949, American Episcopal bishop of New York, b. England, received his collegiate and theological training at the Univ. of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. Ordained a priest (1891), he served parishes in California, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee and taught dogmatic theology at the Univ. of the South before becoming rector of Trinity parish, New York City, in 1908. Manning was bishop of New York from 1921 until his retirement in 1946. [show more]
13113	Mourning card, Marjorie Somes	Object, Mourning Card				1894	Mourning card, Marjorie Somes Item: 13113    Object ID: 009.016.3-23 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Mourning Card Collection: Jean and Robert Fernald Collection Date: 1894 Description: One page of memorabilia found in a 8x10 worn red velvet photo album in poor condition. A mourning card for Marjorie Somes, died September 15, 1894. This is the second of two mourning cards for this child located in this photo album.
13111	Mourning card for Marjorie Somes	Object, Mourning Card				1894	Mourning card for Marjorie Somes Item: 13111    Object ID: 009.016.3-20 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Mourning Card Collection: Jean and Robert Fernald Collection Date: 1894 Description: One page of memorabilia found in a 8x10 worn red velvet photo album in poor condition. A card with notice of the death of Marjorie Somes, September 15, 1894. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brigham Fernald. Age at death: 2 years, 10 months old.
8825	Main Street, Somesville	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph	Other, Buildings - Horses			1891	Main Street, Somesville Item: 8825    Object ID: 97-312-477 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph Subject: Other, Buildings - Horses Date: 1891 Place: Somesville Description: Three similar white buildings in row. Small Selectmen’s Building close by. First Higgins store, middle house now gone. Picture shows Chas. Bordeau and Party, boarders at the Central House. People on steps. Mr. Harison, C.J. Hall, A.J. Whiting, J.J. Somes, R.G. Salisbury. First building has covered porch with people standing on steps. Second building no porch, third building similar porch. Open carriage drawn by two horses. Telephone poles and wires visible. [show more]
5811	Steamboat Wharf at Clark's Point, SW Harbor, Maine	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Transportation - Maritime	W.H. Ballard		1891	Steamboat Wharf at Clark's Point, SW Harbor, Maine Item: 5811    Object ID: 999-412-3834 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Transportation - Maritime Creator: W.H. Ballard Collection: Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection Date: 1891 Place: Southwest Harbor, Maine Description: The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Black and white photo. From Henry Rand's 1891 Album. Pemetic Hotel on hill. Southwest Harbor, Maine This negative was created by Ballard from a photo album of Henry Rand. Photo was 5 x 7. Notes say "from Str. Mount Desert". It has been noted that the Southwest Harbor Public Library may have exclusive rights to this photo. Until this is resolved, this image is restricted.
17867	Palestine, ashore at Bernard, ME	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative		Neal, George		c 1890	Palestine, ashore at Bernard, ME Item: 17867    Object ID: 007.19.214 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Creator: Neal, George Collection: Paul Stubing Ballard Print Collection Date: c 1890 Description: Paul Stubing indicated that this photo was taken on the Bernard shore . Paul Stubing said this is a George Neal photo. The vessel, Palestine, is not known or identified in other ways. More information about this photo is needed. It appears that this was an old photo and Ballard probably made a glass negative of the photo. Rights to use the photo are unknown.
7083	Brook at Somesville	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	People Places, Landscape			1894	Brook at Somesville Item: 7083    Object ID: 997-798-968 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: People Places, Landscape Date: 1894 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Somes Brook, trees on banks, reeds in lower right corner. Three figures on bridge, two of whom wear white dresses and hats; third (shorter) figure in darker clothing. Lumber Mill in background. Negative; 3 7/8" h X 4 7/8"w
8401	On Somes Stream 1894	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative				1894	On Somes Stream 1894 Item: 8401    Object ID: 997-354-519N Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Date: 1894 Description: Calf in pasture near Somes Stream. Rail fence and rock wall border pasture. Small shingled building to the left. Trees line right bank of stream. Assume negative was made from related print.
12497	On Somes Stream, 1894	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Animal Other, Building Places, Landscape			1894	On Somes Stream, 1894 Item: 12497    Object ID: 997-354-519 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Animal Other, Building Places, Landscape Date: 1894 Place: Somes Sound, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Calf in pasture near Somes Stream. Rail fence and rock wall border pasture. Small shingled building to the left. Trees line right bank of stream. Marked on back, “On Somes Stream, 1894.”
12554	Brook at Somesville	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building People Places, Landscape			1894	Brook at Somesville Item: 12554    Object ID: 997-320-485 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building People Places, Landscape Date: 1894 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Somes Brook, trees on banks, reeds in lower right corner. Three figures on bridge, two of whom wear white dresses and hats; third (shorter) figure in darker clothing. Lumber Mill in background. Black and white printed on photo. paper with white border; 5" h X 7"w
5486	Somes House Inn, c. 1895	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building Places, Landscape	Unknown		1895	Somes House Inn, c. 1895 Item: 5486    Object ID: 97-692-862 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Date: 1895 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Somes House Inn, Somesville. Trees line drive to cottage. View of Inn from Main street Somesville. End of Inn visible, side of covered porch and latticework. Somes House Sign above first floor windows. Board sidewalk in foreground. Somes Cove in background. To the right, A.J. Whiting’s Store, later Port-In-A-Storm bookstore, then Frenchman's Bay Gallery. Schooner at the wharf. Marked 1895 on back. This photo is also a slide that was used in the Somesville Bicentenial and can be found on Row 2 Unit 2 Shelf 4 Slide Box 1. [show more]
14583	Somes House Inn	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building Places, Landscape			1894	Somes House Inn Item: 14583    Object ID: 997-302-467 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Date: 1894 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Somes House Inn, Somesville. Road in foreground. Trees line drive to cottage. Two connected three-story white clapboard buildings. On left - wrap around porch with lattice work and steps going down the left side. Two dormers and one chimney. On right - Porch on front with lattice work. Two chimneys. Horse and buggy in front of steps. Person on porch. Marked 1894 on back. Duplicate: 997-311-476, Photo Album #1, p.9
14588	Main Stree, Somesville, 1891	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Nature, Animals, Horses Other, Buildings			1891	Main Stree, Somesville, 1891 Item: 14588    Object ID: 96-88-88 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Nature, Animals, Horses Other, Buildings Date: 1891 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Three similar white buildings in row. Small Selectmen’s Building close by. First Higgins store, middle house now gone. Picture shows Chas. Bordeaux and Party, boarders at the Central House. People on steps. Mr. Harrison, C.J. Hall, A.J. Whiting, J.J. Somes, R.G. Salisbury. First building has covered porch with people standing on steps. Second building no porch, third building similar porch. Open carriage drawn by two horses. Telephone poles and wires visible. Photo damaged, perhaps from foxing or water. [show more]
12556	Brook at Somesville	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building People Places, Landscape			1894	Brook at Somesville Item: 12556    Object ID: 997-301-466 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building People Places, Landscape Date: 1894 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Somes Brook, trees on banks, reeds in lower right corner. Three figures on bridge, two of whom wear white dresses and hats; third (shorter) figure in darker clothing. Lumber Mill in back ground. Marked on back, “Brook at Somesville.” Sepia toned printed on thin paper; 4.5" h X 6 5/8"w
14602	Somesville Lumber Mill, winter	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape			c 1890s	Somesville Lumber Mill, winter Item: 14602    Object ID: 97-314-479 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Date: c 1890s Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Lumber Mill in Somesville in operation. Logs piled up on bank in foreground. Logs fill mill pond ready to be milled. Somes Harbor in the background. Telephone pole in foreground next to tall tree. No date. Appears to have been photo. pasted in small scrapbook. On verso: 997-306-471 (Main St., Somesville & Somes Cove)
14585	Main Street, Somesville; Somes Cove	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape			c 1890s	Main Street, Somesville; Somes Cove Item: 14585    Object ID: 997-313-478 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Date: c 1890s Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Houses on Main Street, Somesville. Somes Cove in foreground. Marked, “Somes Cove, Mt. Desert” in lower right corner. House on left is historic Lewis Somes house. No date. May have been postcard pasted into small scrapbook. On verso: 997-307-472 See also p. 11, same photo (997-313-478)
12555	Brook at Somesville	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building People Places, Landscape			1894	Brook at Somesville Item: 12555    Object ID: 997-308-473 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building People Places, Landscape Date: 1894 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Somes Brook, trees on banks, reeds in lower right corner. Three figures on bridge, two of whom wear white dresses and hats; third (shorter) figure in darker clothing. Lumber Mill in back ground. Marked on back, “On Somes Stream, 1894. duplicate, Property of MDI Hist.Soc.” Sepia toned printed on thin paper; 45/8" h X 6 3/4"w
13998	Somes Monument	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Brookside Cemetery Other, Cemeteries			c 1890s	Somes Monument Item: 13998    Object ID: 997-34-195 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Brookside Cemetery Other, Cemeteries Date: c 1890s Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Me. Description: Somes monument in Brookside Cemetery. Woolen mill and barn in background.
13658	Unidentified Baby	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Portrait	Wight		c 1890	Unidentified Baby Item: 13658    Object ID: 997-897-1067 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Portrait Creator: Wight Date: c 1890 Description: Baby several months old. Seated on chair on heavy printed blanket. Wears white dress with whtie shoes trimmed in black. Marked Wight Waldoboro, Me.
13654	Laura or Lauren Walter	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Portrait	Wight		c 1890s	Laura or Lauren Walter Item: 13654    Object ID: 997-893-1063 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Portrait Creator: Wight Date: c 1890s Description: Laura or Lauren Walter, curly hair parted in midlle and pulled back. Bangs over forehead. Wears dark bodice with decorative piping on both sides of bodice with buttons in center. High collare with pin at neck, white collar underneath. Marked Wight Waldoboro, Me. Album page marked Lauren or Laura [spelling unclear] Walter.
13653	Hawse Walter	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Portrait	Wight		c 1890s	Hawse Walter Item: 13653    Object ID: 997-892-1062 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Portrait Creator: Wight Date: c 1890s Description: Hawse Walter, age 20-30, very curly hair parted in middle. Wears dark coat unbuttoned. Plaid bow tie over dark shirt with decorative trim down center. Marked Wight Waldoboro, Me. Album page marked Uncle Hawse Walter.
13652	Unidentified Man	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Portrait	Charles W. Hearn		c 1890s	Unidentified Man Item: 13652    Object ID: 997-891-1061 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Portrait Creator: Charles W. Hearn Date: c 1890s Description: Unidentified man age 50-60, hair parted on side and brushed back. Handlebar mustache. Wears dark coat with top button fastened, white shirt with small black bow tie. Marked Chas. W. Hearn Portland, Me. on front. On back, Photographic and Art Studio Hearn USA Portland, Maine 514 Congress St.
13651	Unidentified Older Man	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Portrait	Charles W. Hearn		c 1890s	Unidentified Older Man Item: 13651    Object ID: 997-890-1060 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Portrait Creator: Charles W. Hearn Date: c 1890s Description: Unidentified man age 50-60, hair parted on side and brushed back. Gray beard and mustache neatly trimmed. Wears double breasted coat with white shirt and black bow tie. Marked Chas. W. Hearn Portland, Me. on front. On back, Photographic and Art Studio Hearn USA Portland, Maine 514 Congress St.
13650	Grandmother Stetson	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Portrait	Wight		c 1890s	Grandmother Stetson Item: 13650    Object ID: 997-888-1059 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Portrait Creator: Wight Date: c 1890s Description: Mrs. Stetson age 50-60 curly hair parted in middle and pulled back. Small earrings and beaded choker at neck. Wears dark form fitting bodice with velvet lapels and collar. Light colored buttone descend down center of bodice with pind at collar. Marked Wight Waldoboro, Me. Page in album labeled Grandmother Stetson.

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