Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
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]
17844	Mount Desert House (The Tavern)	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Nature, Animals, Horses Other, Building People				Mount Desert House (The Tavern) Item: 17844    Object ID: 97-339-504 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Nature, Animals, Horses Other, Building People Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Mount Desert House (The Tavern) in center of photo, taken from across the mill pond. Several people standing outside on lawn. Horse harnessed to buggy with person in seat. Person seated in chair on lawn with woman standing behind. Two men to the right. Historic Nathan Salisbury house with dark trimmed windows to the right. Stake fence surrounds front yard of the Nathan Salisbury house.
5439	Unidentified house	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Nature, Animals, Horses Other, Building People	Unknown			Unidentified house Item: 5439    Object ID: 97-710-880 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Nature, Animals, Horses Other, Building People Creator: Unknown Place: Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Unidentified house. Two and one-half stories with a covered porch. Three men standing on porch. Horse and wagon in front of house.
14057	Oxen, Somesville	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Animal Other, Building People				Oxen, Somesville Item: 14057    Object ID: 997-579-747 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Animal Other, Building People 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.”
12489	Clara Emilie Meynell Somes & Thaddeus Shepley Somes	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building People			1905	Clara Emilie Meynell Somes & Thaddeus Shepley Somes Item: 12489    Object ID: 997-564-733 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building People Date: 1905 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine 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 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. Marked on back Garm and Gapa, 1905. Photo cut to fit frame or album. Pieces of a letter appear on back. [show more]
14096	Men and women on steps of brick building; names on back	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building People				Men and women on steps of brick building; names on back Item: 14096    Object ID: 997-537-704 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building People 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]
14099	Children, Catawba Island, Ohio, 1900	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building People			1900	Children, Catawba Island, Ohio, 1900 Item: 14099    Object ID: 997-535-702 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building People Date: 1900 Place: Calawba Island, Ohio Description: Two unknown children, possibly Virginia Somes Sanderson and brother Arthur. Girl wearing hair on top of head held by ribbon, white knee-length dress with short puffy sleeves and bare legs. Boy wears cap with striped shirt and black bow tie, knee pants, dark socks and white shoes. Large cottage with covered porch in background. Marked on back, “July 1900 Catawba Island, O.”
14100	Somesville School House and students, c. 1890	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building People			1890	Somesville School House and students, c. 1890 Item: 14100    Object ID: 997-532-699 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building People Date: 1890 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Children standing on steps of Somesville School House. Front door open. Teachers standing in back row to the left. Thirty nine in photo including at least two teachers. Boys dressed in knee pants, some with sweaters and caps, others in jackets. Boots of children in front row very dirty. One boy stands between posts. Edges of photo very worn, peeling away from mat.
14113	Students, Somesville School House, c. 1920	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building People			1920c.	Students, Somesville School House, c. 1920 Item: 14113    Object ID: 997-516-683 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building People Date: 1920c. Place: Somesville, Mount Desert, Maine Description: Students on step of Somesville school house, ages 13-18. Teacher in middle of back row. Girls standing in back row, second row, girls seated on step, first row boys seated on ground.
14148	Ethel Somes	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building People				Ethel Somes Item: 14148    Object ID: 997-495-661 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building People 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.”
14173	Thaddeus Shepley Somes	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building People				Thaddeus Shepley Somes Item: 14173    Object ID: 997-483-649 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building People 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.
14172	Thaddeus Shepley Somes, daughter Virginia, & Lion the dog	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Animal Other, Building People			1906	Thaddeus Shepley Somes, daughter Virginia, & Lion the dog Item: 14172    Object ID: 997-482-648 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Animal Other, Building People Date: 1906 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Thaddeus Shepley Somes sitting under tree on lawn across from Somesville Library with Virginia Somes Sanderson on his lap. Big dog next to them. Board sidewalk with rail in back of tree. Lumber mill in distance. Man drives by in wagon. Marked on back, “Thaddeus, Virginia, Lion, the dog. 1906”
14174	Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building People			1910c.	Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes Item: 14174    Object ID: 997-481-647 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building People Date: 1910c. 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.
14175	Thaddeus Shepley Somes, 1910	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building People			1910c.	Thaddeus Shepley Somes, 1910 Item: 14175    Object ID: 997-480-646 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building People Date: 1910c. 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.
14178	Virginia Somes Sanderson, Sheep Island	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Animal Other, Building People				Virginia Somes Sanderson, Sheep Island Item: 14178    Object ID: 997-477-643 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Animal Other, Building People Place: Sheep Island Description: Virginia Sanderson wearing robe outside cabin on Sheep Island with three bull dogs. Ramp to float in foreground. Wood pile behind cabin in trees.
14179	Keith McKane, Sheep Island, 1939	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Animal Other, Building People			1939	Keith McKane, Sheep Island, 1939 Item: 14179    Object ID: 997-476-642 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Animal Other, Building People Date: 1939 Place: Sheep Island Description: Keith McKane outside cabin on Sheep Island. Looks towards sun. Wears no shirt with dark pants and belt. Chopping pile of wood, log on stump. Bull dog next to wood pile. Marked on back Oct 9, 1939.
14056	Unknown Man	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building People				Unknown Man Item: 14056    Object ID: 997-475-641 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building People 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.
8896	Children in pony cart, Somesville mill pond area	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph	Other, Building People Places, Landscape				Children in pony cart, Somesville mill pond area Item: 8896    Object ID: 996-105-105 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph Subject: Other, Building People Places, Landscape Place: Somesville Description: Four boys in pony cart with pony. Marked on back of photo - Bob, John, Burnham and Arthur L. Cart next to Mill Pond in Somesville. Logs floating on pond. Somesville Library visible in background. Telephone poles along road side.
7597	Lucy Pray age 10-12	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph	Other, Building People Recreation, Sports				Lucy Pray age 10-12 Item: 7597    Object ID: 997-103-265 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph Subject: Other, Building People Recreation, Sports Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Lucie Pray age 10 - 12. Girl wears knee lenght full dress or duster, black boots and hat. Standing with bicycle next to board sidewalk. In back of sidewalk is stone wall and Somesville home.

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