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: Bordered black and white photograph of a man leaning against a car with his left foot on the bumper. The man is wearing a suit, hat and overcoat. The back of the photograph is marked: "50 miles west of Chicago on highway 47. Taken Sat. Oct 14th." The name Miss Helen Harp is on the back of the photograph along with address: 1430 Astor. St. Chi. Ill.
Description: Black and White photograph of a man and woman standing on the grass on the side of the road. The man is wearing a light colored suit and the woman is wearing a skirt, white shoes, a blouse, a coat and a white hat. The woman is holding a purse in her left hand. No information about location or date.
Description: Black and white photograph of a man and woman on a hillside. The man is wearing a suit and the woman is wearing an overcoat, pants and a blouse
Description: Isaac Somes' woolen mill in Somesville. Three-story building, clapboards on front, shingles on side. Side facing brook shows 15 windows, five on each story. The front shows five windows and door on left. One chimney at front end of roof. Building sits on stone foundation. Bare trees surround mill. sepia toned photograph Written on the back "Isaac Somes Woolen Mill on the Mill Stream" There is damage to the photo surface.
Description: Photograph of Indian Cemetery. Taken at Somesville in 1843 by Benj. Joy, Ellsworth. Note: Most likely taken by Benj. Joy, Jr. and is a photograph of a photograph; place probably somewhere in the Andes. The Abbe Museum also has a copy as does the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Smithsonian says date is c.1923. Original record said this was taken at Somesville in 1843 by Benj. Joy, Ellsworth. New information received on Dec. 29, 2014 implies this photo was originally taken by a woman explorer, Harriet Chalmers Adams in the early twentieth century. See Granger Historical Stock photograph # 0253041. [show more]