Description: Consuelo Cloos in her home at Seawall. Performing her last concert. Closs leans against piano wears flower in hair, long velvet skirt and black sweater or blouse. Unknown older woman plays piano. Gift of George Daniell
Description: A black and white photo negative made from a color snapshot of the fireplace in historic Abraham Somes III house (once owned by Richard and Marion Cobb) on the corner of Main Street and Oak Hill Road in Somesville. Fire burning in the fireplace. Large brick fireplace with brick oven. Clock with reverse glass painting on the mantle.
Description: Interior of Somesville Meeting House taken from back of church over middle row of pews. Shows front of church letters proclaiming “God is Love”, and “Welcome”. Organ visible on right.
Description: Marked on back, “New Museum opening day by Julia B. Smith. Tools on display in background in Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Bare wood walls and cabinets. Piano, display case and Great Walking wheel to right. Unknown man seated at desk.
Description: Marked on back, “New Museum opening day by Julia B. Smith." China displayed in Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Bare wood walls and cabinets. Piano, display case and Great Walking wheel in foreground. Two people viewing china. 3.5 x 4
Description: Marked on back, “Junior Hostesses at our museum. Bets and Karen West as Junior Hostesses at Museum in our village, “Somesville”. July 14, 1976.” Girl on left wears colonial costume of blue with white in center of bodice and full cuffs, with white cap. Her hand on Great Walking Wheel. Girl on right wearing floral print colonial costume with bonnet and apron. 3.5 x 4
Description: Marked on back, “Juniors on duty at the museum. Bets and Karen at Museum. Bets holding doll we found in our house. July 14, 1976.” Girl on left, holding china doll, wearing floral print colonial costume with bonnet and apron. Girl on right, wears colonial costume of blue with white in center of bodice and full cuffs, with white cap. Her hand on Great Walking Wheel.
Description: June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Museum interior. Far left, Jeannette Godfrey, far right, Betsy Alexander, center Jaylene Roths, museum director.
Description: June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Museum interior. Portraits of Nathan Salisbury and Sarah Whiting Kittredge. Also, two hair wreaths. Other assorted photos.
Description: June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Museum interior. Bare wood shelves with china and glassware. Joanne Whitney to left, Edna Hysom to the right.
Description: China and glassware on bare wood shelves in background. Jaylene Roths, director on left, Gayle Grangent on right. June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Museum interior.
Description: Two unknown people with Ralph Stanley, center. Museum interior. June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum.
Description: Jeannette Godfrey dressed in long skirt, white blouse, and cameo pin. Working on quilt for Maine Museum Day June 8, 1995 at the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. In background, early nineteenth century cradle.
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum June of 1995. Arrangement of table, two chairs, easel and tea set. Display case containing nineteenth century costume in background. Picture taken during grand re-opening of Museum.
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum June of 1995. Arrangemnet of table, two chairs, easel and tea set. Display case containing nineteenth century costume in background. Picture taken during grand re-opening of Museum.
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum June of 1995. Butter churn, bottles, scale, and tobacco cutter. Picture taken during grand re-opening of Museum.
Description: Color snapshot of fire burning in fireplace in historic Abraham Somes III house (once owned by Richard and Marian Cobb) on the corner of Main Street and Oak Hill Road in Somesville. Large brick fireplace with brick oven. Clock with reverse glass painting on the mantle.
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson, age 70-80 wears glasses with dark frames, blue dress with seagulls. Seated at table inside Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen’s Building Museum. Collection of China displayed on shelf behind Sanderson. Portrait of Sarah Whiting Kittredge and William Thompson Memorial wreath on right.
Description: Aurelia Brown in Wingspread Gallery, Northeast Harbor. Brown seated in caned chair on left, elbow on table. Wears turtle neck, stretch pants and white sneakers. Woman acroos the table, long hair parted in middle. Man in background with long poney tail walks through curtain into another room. Dog asleep at Brown’s feet. Gift of George Daniell.
Description: Two views of the interior of MDI Historical Society's Historic Selectmen’s Building, Somesville.. Top photo shows wood stove, hay fork, powder horns, lantern, mail bags, pewter communion set, clothes wringer and other items. Second photo shows Sarah Kittredge portrait, chinaware, bottles, display case, pewter communion set and other items.
Description: Interior of Somesville Meeting House taken from back of church over middle row of pews. Church is decorated with garlands and ferns and other plant material. The words "GOD is LOVE" and "WELCOME" on the wall at the front of the chuch. The organ is to the right.
Description: Inside the entrance at the Isleford Museum. Caption from back read, “The Islesford Museum contains a fine collection of early documents and memorabilia of the settlement of the Maine coast." Picture looks like top cut off
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum June of 1995. Arrangement of table, two chairs and tea set to the left. Piano, chairs, music stand and dressed man to the right. Maritime artifacts to far right. Picture taken during grand re-opening of Museum.