Description: A color negative of a portrait of two children. Appears to be a portrait done by artist: Mrs. John Melcher, Rock End Road, Northeast Harbor, ME. Phone listed as 276-3340.
Description: Color negative of a clown painting. Probably a painting done by artist: Mrs. John Melcher, Northeast Harbor, Maine. Negative found in a Ballard envelope with a color negative of a glass vase of flowers, also probably a painting done by artist: Mrs. John Melcher
Description: Negative of photo showing President Taft and party on pier in Bar Harbor, with sailboat and Bar Island in distance. Written on the back of the photograph from which this negative was likely made was: "John E. Bunker and President Taft." (Note on sleeve of negative.)
Description: There are two negatives on one sheet: Top: Blurry image of Andrew Haskell standing by cow with Howe Smith's barn in background. Bottom: Lois Leland (Lois Smith's sister-in-law) with several cows and barn in background. Each negative is 2" X 3".
Description: Single horse pulling dairy delivery wagon; writing on side of enclosed wagon says Old Orchard Dairy M.C. Sweet Appears to be a modern negative taken from a photograph apparently not in the Historical Society's Collection.
Description: Main Street Somesville. Marked on back, “John Somes store." Yellow house (in between) first elementary school children met there. First floor was post office (now gone (crossed out) moved). Third house - millinary shop run by two women.” Picture shows three buildi in a row. All buildings similar, 2 1/2 stories, white clapboard capes. First and last have covered porches. First building, sign reads R.H.B. Fernald. Horse with wagon tied to posts on first building. Man sitting on box on porch. Telephone poles run along the street. Board sidewalks stop before the group of houses, and start again after the third. Selectmen’s building in the background. [show more]
Description: Advertisement reads, "Slaughter Sale of Bankrupt Stock! of the Standard Granite Co. At___________ Stock consisting of Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Tinware, and General Merchandise...." For further information apply to Fernald & Somes, Mount Desert, Maine.
Description: Negative made from photograph (997-362-527) of Blacksmith Shop. Sign above door reads, " A.R. Hanscom Horse Shoeing." Marked on Back of photo: Printed from glass negative found in F. Wiggin House, Town Hill, July 1958." 5x7 print of this is in Photo Album #1, p. 95. It is not entered in the collections catalog.
Description: Photograph of large barn with white wide double doors and weathered shingles. Two oxen and cart ridden by unknown man. Marked on back: "Printed from glass negative found in F. Wiggin House, Town Hill, July 1958." 5 x 7 copy of this is in Photo Album #1, p. 95.
Description: Calf in pasture near Somes Stream. Rail fence and rock wall border pasture. Small shingled building to the left. Trees line right bank of stream. Assume negative was made from related print.
Description: James Richardson Homestead and Barn (Fair Oaks Farm). At time of picture it was owned by Jones Tracy (1856-1939). Truck in back of barn. Outbuilding to right of barn. MDI Historical Society likely borrowed photo album from Kay Moore (descended from James Richardson, first Richardson settler of MDI) and had negative and then print made from the original print.
Description: Barn at Richardson Homestead (Fair Oaks Farm). Owned by Jones Tracy (b. 1856, d.1939) at time of photograph. Appears to be a negative of a photo in a scrapbook; has images of tape on corners.
Description: One and one-half story gable house with ell and porch over front entrance, and another one-story connector to barn with sliding door, one window in hay loft. Two women stand in front of house, bicycle leans against ell. Identified by Harry Owen (donor) as pre-1909.
Description: Eight negatives of goose model, likely carved by Wendell Gilley for Zantzinger family of Southwest Harbor. Date on original envelope: Sept. 11, 1963
Description: Eight negatives of goose model, likely carved by Wendell Gilley for Zantzinger family of Southwest Harbor. Date on original envelope: Sept. 11, 1963
Description: Eight negatives of goose model, likely carved by Wendell Gilley for Zantzinger family of Southwest Harbor. Date on original envelope: Sept. 11, 1963
Description: Eight negatives of goose model, likely carved by Wendell Gilley for Zantzinger family of Southwest Harbor. Date on original envelope: Sept. 11, 1963
Description: Eight negatives of goose model, likely carved by Wendell Gilley for Zantzinger family of Southwest Harbor. Date on original envelope: Sept. 11, 1963
Description: Eight negatives of goose model, likely carved by Wendell Gilley for Zantzinger family of Southwest Harbor. Date on original envelope: Sept. 11, 1963
Description: Eight negatives of goose model, likely carved by Wendell Gilley for Zantzinger family of Southwest Harbor. Date on original envelope: Sept. 11, 1963