Description: Cabin on Sheep Island, taken from ramp. Ramp visible in foreground. Small one story cabin with screened porch on left, extension on right. Perhaps related to 997-46-208
Description: Toy horse and cart, doll bed, china doll and slate sitting on mill stone outside Mt. Desert Island Historical Society’s Selectmen’s Building Museum. Somesville Library in distance.
Description: Gathering of people, children and adults on Somesville Library lawn. Man on right stands on rock with arms folded. At left girl holds small American flag with back to camera. Behind girl are hands holding pamphlet. In background is historic Abraham Somes III house. Mt Desert School bus in front of house. Woman on left in middle ground holds papers, man to right holds movie camera.
Description: Interior of Somesville Meeting House.Taken from back of church over middle row of pews. Shows front of church letters proclaiming “God is Love”, and “Welcome”. Organ visible on right.
Description: Marked Hollis. Man age 40 -50 stands in field above two story white house. Telephone pole and unpaved road visible in background. Man wears dark cap with dark suit. Coat buttoned. Shiny/patterned tie hanging out of coat.
Description: View of Somes Cove and Old Somesville Lumber mill from Somes House. Fernald’s Store, now Port-in-a-Storm Bookstore, at right. Church steeple rises in distance with several other buildings in between. Tear in lower left hand corner of photo.
Description: Somes House Inn Somesville. Two connected three story white clapboard buildings. On left - wrap around porch with lattice work and steps going down the left side. Two dormers and one chimney. On right - Porch on front with lattice work. Two chimneys. Driveway passes house on left. At far right is darker house with wrap around porch and two dormers. One story extension on back of house.
Description: Men removing trees between Old Somesville Firehouse and Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen’s Building Museum. Three men, on left man wears sweatshirt and ball cap man working with tree. In middle man in dark sweater and cap looks up at tree. On right man watches process. Mill stone with plaque in foreground. Image blurry. Photo given by Frances Manning in 1960.
Description: Unknown men removing trees between Old Somesville Firehouse and Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen's Building Museum. Dec 8, 1960
Description: Front view of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen's Building Museum. Shutters closed, ladder leaning against door with saw horse to the left. Brook in background.
Description: Panoramic view of Sheep Island. Evergreens line rock shore with small ledge extending into a small cove. Two photographs attached together to create panorama.
Description: Julian ?, June Smith and brother Daniel Somes Smith seated on rock. Julian on left age 6-8. Wears dark hat with sweater and light pants. June in middle age 7-9 with hands clasped in lap and legs crossed wears dark sweater with knee pants, dark stockings and boots. Daniel on right wears cap, dark jacket, knee pants, dark stockings and light colored shoes or boots.
Description: Daniel Somes Smith and brother June with Julian ?. Julian on left in tree, age 6-8. Wears dark hat with sweater and light pants. June in middle age7-9 seated on tree with hand on head wears dark sweater with knee pants, dark stockings and boots. Daniel on right wears cap, dark jacket, knee pants, dark stockings and light colored shoes or boots. Photo torn on upper left hand corner.
Description: Somesville fifth and sixth grade taken by teacher Ruby Higgins outside school house on Main Street in snow. Eighteen children in two rows.
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson’s cabin on Sheep Island. One story cedar shingled cabin with screened porch among evergreens. Photo bent near top.
Description: Lucy Pray age 4-7. Stands next to wicker seat in photographers studio. Wears hair down with curled ends and bands over forhead. White knee length dress with lace on cuffs and collar. Lace also forms “V” over bodice. Cut work and embroiderd on hem. Black stockings and high button boots. Marked “P.C. Tuttle, Belfat, Me.” on bottom.
Description: Harriet Somes Sanderson sitting in upholstered chair looking to left. Hair swept up under wide brimmed white hat wth feather falling over brim. Feather boa around shoulders. Dress, leaf and berry pattern throughout with lace bodice. Wearing small earrings. Marked 1904 in lower right corner. Duplicate of 997-491-657