Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
12358	Main Street, Somesville, 1870	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Nature, Animals Other, Buildings Other, Transportation People Places, Landscape			1870c.	Main Street, Somesville, 1870 Item: 12358    Object ID: 997-378-542 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Nature, Animals Other, Buildings Other, Transportation People Places, Landscape Date: 1870c. Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, ME Description: Caption in The Living Past, p. 122: "Somesville's main road in 1870, looking north towards Ellsworth. Mount Desert House on left; A.J. Whiting store on right (note balcony and porch); corner of blacksmith shop on right. Telegraph wires were in use in 1870." Horse-drawn vehicles on each side of rutted dirt roadstopped in front of blacksmith’s shop.
12347	Mount Desert House	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building People	unknown		1890c.	Mount Desert House Item: 12347    Object ID: 999.204.3288 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building People Creator: unknown Date: 1890c. Place: Somesville, Mount Desert, ME Description: Mount Desert house taken from across road. Two black horses with carriage in front of house, one man seated in carriage. Crowd of people out front. Woman and man in doorway, woman and two children standing on steps, three men standing and one seated. Large flagpole to left with “Mt. Desert House, 1888” sign on it. Picket fence running along right side of lawn. Most shutters are open, except for two windows in middle nearest chimney. This print has been attributed to W.H. Ballard, but the photo is probably too early for Ballard to have taken it. Also known as Mount Desert Tavern. [show more]

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