Description: Woodbury Tracy? age 60 -70 holding hand of girl age 3-4. Standing outside James Richardson homestead (Fair Oakes Farm) a white clapboard house. Man wears dark coat and trousers with dark shirt underneath. Gray hair, balding, mustache. Girl wears knee length whte dress with buttons down bodice. White flower in hair.
Description: Julia, Mrs. Cushman, Kate. Three women. Photo blurred. Woman on left wears light colored dress, woman in middle wears light colored dress with pattern on hem and bodice, black stockings and shoes. Woman on right wears checked dress or jumper with black stockings and shoes. To right 1915-1920 style car passes, to left is white house with black shutters and covered porch.
Description: Unknown Boy age 10-12 dressed in white sailor style shirt and knickers with black socks and “sneakers”. Standing on dirt road in front of grassy embankment. Above cape house with with attachment, another two story house next door. Tree on bank.
Description: Young man age 18 - 30. Hair in pompadour. Stands with legs crossed, arm on back of chair, curtain to the rigth. Wears long black coat, dark vest and trousers, bow tie with white shirt. Watch fob visible. Marked on back “her son”.
Description: Aerial view of Somesville and Somes Harbor. Center, Somes House and Somes Landing. To left Fernald’s Store. later Port-In-A-Storm bookstore, even later--gallery; driveway encircles building. Donated by Claire and Pete Arnold. Photographer Robert Hylander signed unrestricted Deed of Gift, May 16, 2015.
Description: Black and white photo of Somes Landing. Two small sail boats hide behind evergreens. Lawn in foreground, mountains in background. Water in Somes Harbor very still. Upper left hand corner slightly worn. Donated by Clarie and Pete Arnold, 1996. Note on folder states, "Photo of Sound-- Used for Website.
Description: Somesville School Class photograph, October 1909. Twenty one students, none identified. Marked Somesville, Me, Oct 1909 in lower left corner. Students gathered on grass, trees in background. Teacher in center wears hair pulled back with white blouse and dark skirt which buttons down cneter. Dark tie at neck. Photo attached to glass. Glass cracked in several places. Caution-this photo is on glass. glass is broken into four pieces. Needs conservation. note made 2004 Old scotch tape removed. Temporary mat frame and “package” created in order to keep pieces from sliding apart 7/2004. [show more]
Description: Portraits of Somesville Grade School Grade five and six mounted on single matte. Marked, “School Life 1958 - 1959” top center. Marked, “Grade five-six, Somesville School, Somesville, Maine, Jura Studio.” on bottom. Marked “Teacher Ruby Higgins” at top. Students from top row, left to right; Emerson, unmarked, Judy Gaudet, Mady Allen; row two, Arthur Lawson, Nancy Merchant, John Butler, Joane Smith; row three, Philip Gaudet, Hazel Merchant, Terry Blanchard, Freda Hibbard, George Gray; row four, Linda Tracy, Billy Richardson, Dora Lawson, George Grant, jr., Sharon Kelley. [show more]
Description: Portraits of Somesville Grade School Grade five and six mounted on single mattte. Marked, “Happy School Days, Recalled by Jura Studio” top center. Marked, “Grade V-VI, Somesville School, Somesville, Maine, 1957-58.” on bottom. Students from top row, left to rigth; Richard Kelly, Eleanor Lurvey; row two, Bobby Emerson, Ruby Higgins, teacher, George Gray, Jean Butler; row three, Pat Hibbard, Jimmy Greenlaw, unmarked, Ted Stanley, Ann Tracy (photo detached); row four, Charlie Carter, Mary Emerson, Tony Merchant, Hazel Merchant, Tom Fernald. [show more]
Description: Portraits of students Mt. Desert Elementary School, no date marked. Students from top row, left to right; Edna Gaudet, Deborah Gray, Virginia Richardson, Nancy Kelley, Caleb Tracy; Row Two, Raymond Lawson, Mary Emerson, Albert Merchant, Malcolm Gilley, Ruby Higgins, teacher; bottom row, Joanne Smith, Billy Grossnickle, Milton Gilley, Mary Brown.
Description: Portraits of Mt. Desert Elementary, 1969-70 grade two mounted on single mattte. Ruby Higgins, teacher, in center. Students, from top row, left to right: Kim Wilson, Kathy Cousins; Row two, Kevin Smith, Lisa Richards, Ruby Higgins, teacher, Snadra Norwood, Billy Haynes; Row Three, Jean Mandell, Jay Henderson, Kelley Taylor, Harold Link, Beth Graves, David Dawson, Debra Durant; Bottom Row, Janice Smallidge, Ralph Walls, John Walls, Mark Burk, Norman Walls. [show more]
Description: Portraits of Mt. Desert Elementary, 1970 grade two mounted on single mattte. Ruby Higgins, teacher, in center. Only one student marked, top left, Mike Carter. Nineteen portraits.
Description: Portraits of Mt. Desert Elementary, 1972-1973 grade two mounted on singel mattte. Marked at top, “Last class that I taught. I had on a wig. Ruby.” Names of students not marked. Ruby Higgins, teacher, in center. Twenty students. One photo detached.
Description: Portraits of Somesville Grade School Grade five and six mounted on singel mattte. Marked School Life 1960 -1961 top center, Somesville Grade School Somesville Maine, Grade five-Six Jura Studio at bottom. Students from Left to right; top row; Laurabee Pepper, Edna Gaudet, Linda Smith, Virginia Richardson.Second row; Ruby Higgins, teacher, Terry Blanchard, Gloria Cunninham, George Grant, Jr., Dora Lawson, Albert Merchant, Mary Emerson. Bottom Row; Calab Tracy, Nancy Kelly, John Butler, Debbie Gray, Raymond Lawson, Freda Hibbard, Philip Gaudet. [show more]
Description: Mount Desert High School (in Somesville) Boys Basketball team 1934-35. Eight uniformed players, one boy in sweater, man in suit. Five seated, five standing. Players wear sleeveless uniform shirts and shorts with dark sneakers.
Description: Black & white photograph overlooking Seal Harbor. Small sloops and two schooners in Seal Harbor. Steamship leaving harbor. Another passing in distance. Image stained.
Description: Somes House Hotel in Somesville. Image faded and dirty. View of right side of house near driveway. Large tree shades right side of house. Wrap around porch, three stories with two dormers visible. Wide stairs descend from porch. Three people stand in front of lattice work under porch. Woman wearing dark dress, man wearing dark pants, vest and white shirt iwht sleeves rolled up, woman in plaid skirt and dark blouse. Lower right hand corner of image damged. [show more]
Description: Small promotional or souvenir photograph. Caption reads, “Acadia National Park, Mt. Desert Island. Bubbles Pond and Pemetic Mountain, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Description: Small promotional or souvenir photograph. Caption reads, “Acadia National park, The summit circle of Cadillac Mountain, Mt. Desert Island, Maine.
Description: Small promotional or souvenir photograph. Caption reads, “Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine. Porcupine Islands and Frenchman’s Bay from the summit of Cadillac Mountain.
Description: Small promotional or souvenir photograph. Caption reads, “The deep cut on Cadillac Mountain Road. Acadia National Park. Bar Harbor, Maine.