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]
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.
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.
Description: Unknown Boy age 10-12 dressed in white sailor style shirt and knickers with black socks and “sneakers”. Standing on dirt road in front of grassy embankment. Above cape house with with attachment, another two story house next door. Tree on bank.
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: White three story clapboard cottage with black shutters. Porch on front and back. Front also has second floor balcony. One chimney. Marked Lawson Cottage, Lord Cottage and on the back, later Halstead Cottage.
Description: Man on mowing machine. Team of oxen stand in front of machine, not harnessed. Large shingled barn behind man and oxen. man wears short buttoned jacket, dark pants and boots and cap. Marked on back, “Some of the first oxen in Somesville.”
Description: Group of women and two men gathered on steps of unidentified brick building. Names marked on back, “Carmen Harper, Lucy Murphy, Abbie Buck, Abbie Hanna, Evelyn McPheaters, Edna Miller, Gladys Sweetsen, Ellis [Daieu], Adria Pratt, Elise Buck, Marjorie Harvey, Inez Folsom, Louis Hutchings, Jessie Flye, Maurice Brown, Flora V.E. Ames, Elizabeth Parker, Gracia Hooper, Francis Larrabee, Mildred Look, Calista Andrews, Mabel Ridley, Ida M. Folsom, Hattie Wiggin, Dr. Edward E. Philbrook, Kate M. Russell. [show more]
Description: Ethel Somes wearing heavy dark cardigan sweater, with knee pants, boots laced up to knee. Small cabin in background among small evergreens and bare decidous trees. Marked on bottom, “[Necatous?] Ethel Somes.”
Description: Thaddeus Shepley Somes reading paper, holding garden hoe. Broom leaning on tree. Appears to be working on flower beds near roadside. Wearing derby, dark pants and vest, and white shirt. Location unknown, buildings and telephone poles line street.
Description: Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes outside dark building with covered porch and lattice work around porch. Wears dark suit with bow tie, holds derby in hand. Wears long dark coat over dark dress, with elaborate collar. Hat with large feather in top. Wears wire rim spectacles. Marked on back, “Apr. 17, 1910” Picture badly torn in center. Very brittle.
Description: Thaddeus Shepley Somes age outside dark building with covered porch and lattice work around porch. Wears dark suit with bow tie, holds derby in hand. Short hair brushed to the side, gray beard well trimmed. Marked on back, “Apr. 17, 1910” Picture badly torn in center. Very brittle.
Description: Unknown man age 20-30 standing outside stone building. Hair parted on side and combed back. Wearing white suit coat with white shirt and dark bow tie. Black pants with belt and sneakers. Snow and mud on ground. Marked Frank at bottom.
Description: Sally Trask Somes holding Georgia N. Somes as baby. Sally Somes seated in chair; white hair wearing spectacles, leaning over baby, wears striped skirt with black bodice. Baby wearing long white dress. House in back ground with lattice work around foundation. Marked on back, “Sally Trask Somes wife of Daniel Somes, Jr., Georgia N. Somes, his grandaugter [sic] born Jan 24, 1890. Given by Daniel Somes Smith 1978.”
Description: Five horses and buggies lined up outside hotel. Three porters on steps of covered porch. Three story claboard building with thirteen windows (visible) across second story. White curtains in every window. On back: Stamp of laRue Spiker P O Box 625, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679 "No person shall allow--
Description: Looking down a narrow coblestone street. Town houses on each side. A train passes at the end of the street. This may be Philadelphia where LaRue lived for a short time. One picture is 8x10, the second copy is 3x5