Description: Black and white photograph of an younger man in portrait wearing a suite and tie. Upper right notation reads H-26, notation on back in pencil reads Will 6/25/1905.
Description: Looking towards Gott's Island from Little Gott's Island. Negative taken from postcard by CE Cook, Bangor 1906. Black band at bottom on which is printed "Gott's Island, Maine" and under that is hand-written "This is a view of my home, with love from, sister Nell". View includes sail boats, skiffs in harbor and houses on island.
Description: Clara Emilie Meynell Somes(1842-1920) and Thaddeus Shepley Somes (1839-1913) seated on front step of their home on corner of Oak Hill Road and Main Street. Clara wears hair in large bun on back of head. Striped blouse with full sleeves, black placket down center of bodice, white lace around collar. Decorative white flower plackets descend from shoulders along each side on center. Black skirt with indistinguishable design. Thaddeus wears straw hat, dark suit, white shirt, and black tie. [show more]
Description: Ship under construction in Somes Cove. Looking across Somes Cove to Somes meadow and landing. Six men standing on deck looking toward camera. Hull near completion. Lumber scattered around ship. Two masts lie on the ground in sterm of ship. Schooner just visible to the right.
Description: Main Street Somesville. Mount Desert Post Office on right. Two story building with covered porch. Mount Desert Post Office sign mounted on porch roof. Marked on bottom of negative "1905 Old Post Office Eva Jacobson postmistress". John William Somes house, now owned by Keating Pepper with windmill visible over roof of house. Telephone poles line street.
Description: Clara Emilie Meynell Somes (1842-1920) and Thaddeus Shepley Somes (1839-1913) seated on front step of their home on corner of Oak Hill Road and Main Street. Clara wears hair in large bun on back of head. Striped blouse with full sleeves, black placket down center of bodice, white lace around collar. Decorative white flower plackets descend from shoulders along each side on center. Black skirt with indistinguishable design. Thaddeus wears straw hat, dark suit, white shirt and black tie. This negative was taken from post card 012-57-156 and the image is presented in an oval format. [show more]
Description: Main Street, SomesvilleSouthwest Harbor. Mill Pond on left. Small house with clapboard siding and deck facing street.beyond pond. This building (no longer standing) was Judy Heath’s novelty shop. Telephone poles line street on left and wooden sidewalk on the right. Board fence along both sides of the road. Mount Desert Selectmen’s Building hidden by trees on the right. Picture is labeled "MAIN ST. SOMESVILLE, ME Written on back, “going towards Southwest Aunt Judy Heath’s novelty shop around 1900.” 8x10 [show more]
Description: Jason C. Hill with Buelah Atherton, age 23 months. Jason Hill harness maker, married to Mary Hill, lived in house next to present Allen Fernald House. Somes Pond in background. Cape Cod style house to the left. Hill looks down at child on sled in snow. Hill wears medium length black coat and pants with cap. Child wears puffy hat, scarf and coat. Marked on back, “J.C. Hill and Buelah Atherton, Feb 13, 1902, Age 23 months, 16 days.”
Description: Somesville School Class photograph, October 1909. Twenty one students, none identified. Marked Somesville, Me, Oct 1909 in lower left corner. Students gathered on grass, trees in background. Teacher in center wears hair pulled back with white blouse and dark skirt which buttons down cneter. Dark tie at neck. Photo attached to glass. Glass cracked in several places. Caution-this photo is on glass. glass is broken into four pieces. Needs conservation. note made 2004 Old scotch tape removed. Temporary mat frame and “package” created in order to keep pieces from sliding apart 7/2004. [show more]
Description: View of Somesville looking towards library and Somes House from the west. View of Somesville marked at bottom. Old ship and pier on left. Lumber piled around mill in center ground. Somes House in the distance.
Description: Two story white clapboard house with black shutter, attached barn. Large trees in front of house. One horse near shed/bard with no tack held by man. Second horse in front wearing harness held by boy. Man stands near horse.
Description: Photograph of stereoscope slide. Unknown Older man seated in chair on left wearing derby type hat with dark coat, jacket, vest, white collar and dark tie. Boy standing on right wears dark brimless hat, dark coat buttoned to top and dark pants. Boys hand on back of chair. One window with open black shutters on white clapboard house behind pair.
Description: Winter scene in Somesville Maine. Hand touched by photographer or artist. Somesville, Me Winter Scene printed at bottom. On right Fernald's store, with covered porch and second story porch. On left Mt. Desert House and Nathan Salisbury House. Wagon sits in snow on left side of road. Narrow space has been plowed or shoveled on road. Large trees on each side of road. Unknown Lone man walks down middle of road. Telephone poles on left side. This is also a slide (97-711-881) used in the Somesville Bicentenial and can be found on Row 2 Unit 2 Shelf 4 Slide Box 1 [show more]
Description: Mark Somes with horse. Boy age 3 - 7 reached towards horse in stall. Boy has back turned to photographer. Wears straw hat with wide brim and ribbon around the crown. Sailor type top with dark pants. Horse’s head reaches above stall door.
Description: Harriet Somes Sanderson age 5-8. Long hair parted in middle and worn in corkscrew curls. Wears short sleeved white dress, with ribbons over sleeves and lace edging square cut neck.
Description: Harriet Somes Sanderson wearing hair swept up to top of head, white blouse with cutwork, striped skirt and wire rim spectacles. Son, Arthur Sanderson sitting on lap wearing white sailor outfit, sister [?] leaning head on shoulder, wearing bow in curly hair ; white dress with elaborate embroidery on front of dress. Appears to have been cut out of larger photograph.
Description: From left to right, Harriet Somes Sanderson, Virginia Somes Sanderson, sister [?], brother, Arthur Sanderson. Harriet wears dress with no sleeves, beaded shoulder straps, additional strands on beads fall over arm. Beads also decorate bodice. Dark shiny fabric, overskirt covers longer skirt of lighter shade. Virginia wears short sleeved dress of shear fabric and embroidered design throughout. Both women wear beaded necklaces. The sister wears white short sleeve dress with high waist line and pearls at neck. Hair pushed back with head band. Arthur has short hair combed flat with wool suit, wide belt, knee pants. Photo taken in parlor with oval mirror over mantle. Cut to fit an oval frame. [show more]
Description: Harriet Somes Sanderson sitting in upholstered chair looking to left. Hair swept up under wide brimmed white hat with feather falling over brim. Feather boa around shoulders. Dress, leaf and berry pattern throughout with lace bodice. Wearing small earrings.
Description: Julia Lord age 18 - 30. hair parted in midde and pulled back. Ribbons worn at back of head. Cheeks colored by photographer. Gray dress with plain white collar and brooch at neck.
Description: Portrait of young girl (12-20) with curly dark hair tied up in white bow wearing white ruffly dress. Dress looks like it’s made of tulle or similar material, has beaded embellishments. Identified as Lucie Pray, b. 1885, d. 1901. Buried on MDI. Photo displayed in a birch bark frame (Object # 001.59.652 )