Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
10471	Woman in Fall Foliage	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph	Other, Buildings	Spiker, LaRue			Woman in Fall Foliage Item: 10471    Object ID: 998.1980.3085.1359 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: Spiker, LaRue Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Sound, Mount Desert, Maine Description: Unknown woman standing in front of some colorful leaves.
8312	Somesville Union Meeting House	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings	LaRue Spiker			Somesville Union Meeting House Item: 8312    Object ID: 998-1217-2322 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Somesville Union Meeting House in the snow.
8317	Southwest Harbor Town Dock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings Other, transportation - Maritime	LaRue Spiker		c 1960	Southwest Harbor Town Dock Item: 8317    Object ID: 998-1212-2317 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Other, transportation - Maritime Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Date: c 1960 Place: Southwest Harbor, Maine Description: Southwest Harbor Town Dock and Beal’s Lobster Wharf. Three punts on float below Beal's. Barrels and traps piled on the pier. Car near the back door of the lobster pound.
7400	Main Street and Cove, Somesville	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape				Main Street and Cove, Somesville Item: 7400    Object ID: 97-380-544 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Main Street Somesville.Somes Cove on left. Trees line street. Board sidewalk visible on right near picket fenced yards. Fernald’s Store (art gallery as of 2016 1112 Main St ) hidden by trees. Lumber mill to left. Two masts of schooner rise up over trees.Negative.
7401	Hall Quarry, Granite Quarry	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings Structures, Quarry				Hall Quarry, Granite Quarry Item: 7401    Object ID: 97-836-1006 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Structures, Quarry Place: Hall Quarry, Maine Description: Hall Quarry, quarry in winter. Looking across Somes Sound. Pieces of granite scattered about. Rail for tram covered with snow runs through center of photo. Various buildings in the middle ground. Derricks in the foreground.
7403	Sawmill and Fernald's Store from the water	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings				Sawmill and Fernald's Store from the water Item: 7403    Object ID: 997-834-1004 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Looking toward Main Street from Somes Cove. Lumber mill on the left, library to right of mill. In center two and one-half story house with porch on front and left side. Further right and on the water is Fernald’s Store (aka A.J. Whiting Store), later Port-In-A-Storm bookstore and now (2016) Gallery at Somes Sound. Historic Nathan Salisbury House to the far right [?].
7413	Smith Cottage, Mount Desert, Maine	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings				Smith Cottage, Mount Desert, Maine Item: 7413    Object ID: 997-812-982 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: The Abraham Somes III and later, The Thaddeus Somes home, on Main Street, Somesville. To the right is A.J. Whiting's store, sold to Fernald in 1887. This photo predates 1894/95, the year that the library was built. To the left in the photo, a horse and carriage are stopped on the bridge; telegraph pole in view. Image originally labeled “Smith Cottage Mount Desert Maine" but identification changed [by Virginia Somes Sanderson] to read "Abraham Somes III-Thaddeus Somes Home and Mill Pond." It's likely that the house in the center of the image, but obstructed by trees was the "Smith Cottage", torn down c. 1920-1922. [show more]
7414	View of Mill Pond and Somes Harbor taken from hill at "The Old Homestead".	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape				View of Mill Pond and Somes Harbor taken from hill at "The Old Homestead". Item: 7414    Object ID: 997-811-981 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: View of Mill Pond and Somes Harbor from hill on Oak Hill Road in front of historic John Somes House, “The Old Homestead.” Starting from the lefthandside of the photograph, there is a windmill and the lumber mill. The Hamor house, no longer standing, is on the right bank of Mill Pond along with three other buildings. There is a farm house on Mason’s Point. Telephone poles run along Main Street. Mountains in the distance. Black and white oval format. [show more]
7418	Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape			1875c.	Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage Item: 7418    Object ID: 997-807-977 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Date: 1875c. Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: View of Village of Somesville including Somes Cove, Somesville Lumber Mill, Somesville Union Meeting House, A.J. Whiting store, and Mount Desert House, taken from the Somes House.
7419	Woman Sitting by Grist Mill, Somesville	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape				Woman Sitting by Grist Mill, Somesville Item: 7419    Object ID: 997-806-976 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Grist mill in Somesville on rocky Somes Brook. Trees surround mill. Young woman sits on a rock near brook; she wears a long light-colored skirt and blouse, a flat hat. Caption under photo, “I suppose you know this girl. Why don’t you write? R.J.L.”
7833	People gathered at long tables	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings People	LaRue Spiker			People gathered at long tables Item: 7833    Object ID: 998-1792-2897 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings People Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: People gathered at long tables on the lawn outside a church. The lawn overlooks the harbor. Fish house and piers line the harbor. Houses are on the hill over the harbor. This is probably Frenchboro.
7834	Looking over harbor	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings	LaRue Spiker			Looking over harbor Item: 7834    Object ID: 998-1791-2896 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Looking over a harbor lined on each side with piers and fish houses. House on the hill overlooking the harbor. This is probably Frenchboro.
7835	Looking over a harbor	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings	LaRue Spiker			Looking over a harbor Item: 7835    Object ID: 998-1790-2895 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Looking over a harbor lined on each side with piers and fish houses. House on the hill overlooking the harbor. This is probably Frenchboro.
7850	Small pond or inlet	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings	LaRue Spiker			Small pond or inlet Item: 7850    Object ID: 998-1775-2880 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Small pond or inlet. Thee story house with a Mansard roof above the water. Samller buidling closer to the shore. A bridge over a stream to the right.
7876	Houses on Frenchboro	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings	LaRue Spiker			Houses on Frenchboro Item: 7876    Object ID: 998-1742-2847 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Frenchboro, Maine Description: Houses along a hill and fish piers on the harbor at Frenchboro, Long Island. Truck passes on the road. Three children in the grass near the harbor.
7877	Fishing piers from water	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings	LaRue Spiker			Fishing piers from water Item: 7877    Object ID: 998-1741-2846 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Fishing piers and buildings from a harbor.
7878	Church	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings	LaRue Spiker		1965	Church Item: 7878    Object ID: 998-1740-2845 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Date: 1965 Place: Frenchboro, Maine Description: Church with porch across the front of the building. Fish weather vane on steeple.
7879	Cape Cod House	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings	LaRue Spiker			Cape Cod House Item: 7879    Object ID: 998-1739-2844 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Two story full Cape Cod House with front board and batten door in the gable end.
7880	Loster traps and fishing grear	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings Other, industry - Fishing	LaRue Spiker			Loster traps and fishing grear Item: 7880    Object ID: 998-1738-2843 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Other, industry - Fishing Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Lobster traps and other fishing gear on the fish wharf. Lobster boat tied to the pier.
7881	Bennie Davis	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings Other, industry - Fishing	LaRue Spiker		1965	Bennie Davis Item: 7881    Object ID: 998-666-1771 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Other, industry - Fishing Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Date: 1965 Description: Bennie Davis, first selectmen of Frenchboro, age 50-60 on deck of fishing boat.
7882	Lobster traps on pier	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings Other, industry - Fishing	LaRue Spiker			Lobster traps on pier Item: 7882    Object ID: 998-1736-2841 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Other, industry - Fishing Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Lobster traps at the end of a long wooden pier. In the foreground shingled building. Other builings on the hill across the harbor.
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.
12349	Woman sitting by grist mill, Somesville	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Buildings People Places, Landscape				Woman sitting by grist mill, Somesville Item: 12349    Object ID: 997-331-496 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Buildings People Places, Landscape Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Grist mill in Somesville on rocky Somes Brook. Trees surround mill. Young woman sits on a rock near brook; she wears long light colored skirt and blouse and a flat hat. Caption under photo, “I suppose you know this girl. Why don’t you write? R.J.L.” Marked on back, “Grist Mill at rear was built 1790 if not earlier.” In reference to woman, “Nellie Freeman family from Pretty Marsh and Summit, N.J.. She came to take care of Baby Arthur in N.J., 1910 (Virginia’s Brother)” referring to Virginia Sanderson. [show more]
12389	Main Street, Somesville, ME	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Buildings Other, Houses Other, Roads Other, Sidewalks Other, Stores & shops Places, Landscape				Main Street, Somesville, ME Item: 12389    Object ID: 997-329-494 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Buildings Other, Houses Other, Roads Other, Sidewalks Other, Stores & shops Places, Landscape Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Marked in lower left corner, “Main Street Somesville, ME." On right is Fernald’s store, later Port-In-A-Storm, later Frenchman's Bay Gallery, then Gallery at Somes Sound (2015), with first-story covered porch facing road and second-story porch on south side of building. On left are Mt. Desert House and Nathan Salisbury House. On far left is an unidentified house; no house exists on this lot today. Large trees on each side of road. Telephone poles on left side and boardwalk (wooden sidewalk) on left. View looking north. [show more]
14588	Main Stree, Somesville, 1891	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Nature, Animals, Horses Other, Buildings			1891	Main Stree, Somesville, 1891 Item: 14588    Object ID: 96-88-88 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Nature, Animals, Horses Other, Buildings Date: 1891 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Three similar white buildings in row. Small Selectmen’s Building close by. First Higgins store, middle house now gone. Picture shows Chas. Bordeaux and Party, boarders at the Central House. People on steps. Mr. Harrison, C.J. Hall, A.J. Whiting, J.J. Somes, R.G. Salisbury. First building has covered porch with people standing on steps. Second building no porch, third building similar porch. Open carriage drawn by two horses. Telephone poles and wires visible. Photo damaged, perhaps from foxing or water. [show more]

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