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: Women standing in front of large fireplace. Iron pots hang over logs in the fireplace. Antlers are mounted above the mantel. A table and chair are in the center of the home. Looks similar to the kitchen in the Colonel Black house in Ellsworth.
Description: Women sitting in front of large fireplace. Iron pots hang over logs in the fireplace. Antlers are mounted above the mantel. A table and chair are in the center of the home. Looks similar to the kitchen in the Colonel Black house in Ellsworth.
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. 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: 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: Carrie Mabel Moore age 90. Seated in upholstered chair with wood arms. Window with venetian blinds. Mantel to the right. She wears polka dot dress, short sleeve which buttons up front. Marked on back, “Born Carrie Mabel Moore 11-18-1864, Sea Wall - Maine, Tremont Maine. Father - Joshua S. Moore, Tremont. Mother Caroline Frances Somes Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine. Mrs. Frank W. Cadwell, Mabel Carrie Moore Cadwell Died Nov. 29, 1954. Daniel Somes branch. Photo taken age 80 years 1954, age 90 years.” (Although the inscription on the back indicates both 80 years old and 90, the birth date given is 1864 and the death date as 1954. [AB]) [show more]
Description: Unknown woman age 99 seated on sofa with crocheted throw on back. Christmas tree to right. Wall paper patterned with ships and men on horse. Mirror behind couch reflect woman wearing short sleeve black dress, glasses with hands on hips. Older woman holds gift on lap, wearing floral print dress. Marked on bottom, “Gram Brown 99 yrs.” Snapshot.
Description: June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Museum interior.Jeannette Godfrey to right. Other visitors unidentified. Babson portrait in center.
Description: June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Museum interior.Jaylene Roths, museum director standing next to c1790s-1820s high chair and childrens dolls and toys.
Description: June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Museum interior.Maritime artifacts in background. Special exhibit of the belongings of sea captain Edward Rummil father of Edna Hysom. Edna Hysom to the left. Woman on right unidentified.
Description: June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Museum interior.Maritime artifacts in background. Special exhibit of the belongings of sea captain Edward Rummil father of Edna Hysom. Joanne Whitney to left, Edna Hysom to the right.
Description: June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Museum interior. Jeannette Godfrey to left, Jane Seabury to right. Babson portrait to left.
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: June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Museum interior. Jeannette Godfrey to left. Jane Seabury to right.
Description: June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Gail Grandgent spinning wool, spectators look on. Museum lawn.