Description: Farnsworth family in living room. Man in work clothes sits on couch with four children. Woman sits in chair. Coffee table in front of couch.
Description: 3 1/2 X 3 1/2 black and white photograph of the Farnsworth family in living room. A man is on end of couch with three children. A woman sits in chair.
Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of John Malbry writing on chalk board. Unknown students sit and stand on porch. Some have notebooks in hand.
Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of three unknown children (ages 4-6) standing in line near Park Street. Child in center wearing Park Street Playground t-shirt.
Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of MDI Sheltered Workshop members in a parade on Main Street Southwest Harbor. Alley’s Restaurant is in background. Unknown man and two unknown children carry MDI Sheltered Workshop sign. Behind two boys carry Hancock County Special Olympics Sign.
Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of a view from upper town dock Southwest Harbor. Jay Wellington and friend rowing punt. Dicky Beal’s lobster boat in middle ground.
Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of young girl Bonny Whitener holding white cat. Unknown young girl standing next to her holds a Guniea Pig. Paper towel dispenser and sink in background.
Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of unknown children watching Story King caulk seams of an upturned row boat on float. Trees and house in back ground.
Description: Men seated on banks of mill pond (probably not Main Street Mill) near logs. Lumber floating on barge in pond. Three buildings on opposite bank.
Description: Front entrance of Echo Vista restaurant. Lobster between Echo and Vista. Striped awnings over both windows. Screened door in center. Second door to right. Waitress, Muriel Trask stands under left window. Gift of M.L. Hughs.
Description: Sally Trask Somes holding Georgia N. Somes as baby. Sally Somes seated in chair; white hair wearing spectacles, leaning over baby, wears striped skirt with black bodice. Baby wearing long white dress. House in back ground with lattice work around foundation. Marked on back, “Sally Trask Somes wife of Daniel Somes, Jr., Georgia N. Somes, his grandaugter [sic] born Jan 24, 1890. Given by Daniel Somes Smith 1978.”
Description: Lumber Mill in Somesville. Lumber piled to left and in back of mill. To right, logs piled on bank of Mill pond. In background, A.J. Whiting’s Store, later Port-In-A-Storm bookstore. Three horses and three wagons wait for load of lumber. Men from left to right, R. Davis, J.A. Somes, J.W. Somes, Geo. Benson, B. Mitchell). Marked on back, “Last one Hulls Cove; the remainder Somesville.” Edges very worn. Small tear in lower left corner. (This description may refer to a different photograph; nothing marked on back and no wear or tear.) [show more]
Description: Mount Desert Post Office on Main Street, Somesville, next to former home of Daniel (Somes) and Rosemary Smith. Former Richard Donahoe house to the right. Post Office is a single story clapboard building with gable end facing the road. There is a sash window beside the front door. There is a small window high in the gable end. Chimney with stovepipe insert extends above roof line. Car to right with open door. Man stands in front of post office door watching a second man shovel snow. [show more]
Description: Two cars parked along road side over looking lake and mountain beyound. Man stands with foot on running board of 1920s convertible. Woman near back, wears white shoes, print skirt, white sweater, and hat. Second car, man stands with foot on runningboard. Another man stands near front wheel. Third talks to woman in white sweater. Marked, “H.L. Bradley, Bar Harbor, Me.” H.L. Bradley was the son of photographer Bryant Bradley. 11/20/13: No marking HL Bradley on back; rather it is stamped LaRue Spiker (ABenson) [show more]
Description: Horses hitched to buckboards along street. Men sit in carriages or stand next to them. To the left are grass squares and saplings. Across street three large buildings. Middle building holds R.F. Suminsby, smaller builing next door, sign read [----] Stevens. Stamped on back with LaRue Spiker, P O Box 625, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679. "Auto War" in red crayon
Description: Portraits of Somesville Grade School. No grade or year marked. M.Grant is marked at the bottom right. Students from left to right, top row; Tom Fernald, Pat Hibbard, Richard Kelley, Kay Tracy, Teddy Stanley, Georgia Robinson; row two, Deaveraux Barnes, Sharon Gonzales, Charlie Carter, Jean Barned, Tony Merchant, Carloyn Brown, Norman Richardson; row three, Lydia Butler, Earl Reed, Rosemary Blanchard, David Lucas, Libby Gonzales, Charlie Barnes, Dennis Blanchard. Margaret written above M. Grant. [show more]