Description: Large gold-framed photographic portrait of Mary Ann (Norris) Holmes (1814-1898), wife of Leonard Holmes (1814-1894); mother of Emma Amelia (Holmes) Allen (1859-1929) and Leonard Elrie Holmes (1857-137). Mary Ann and Leonard were married in 1837. Emma Amelia married Melville Leighton Allen. Leonard Elrie Holmes married Mary Ellen Rosebrook.
Description: Photographic reproduction in color of "My Family at Somesville" by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Original at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida. Shows Tiffany’s son leading cow on which sits baby. Tiffany’s wife holds baby on cow. His oldest daughter stands next to cow. Nurse holds other twin baby. May be in meadow near Somes Landing. (Anne Mazlish, donor, says this is at Beech Hill, AB 7/11/12)
Description: Large gold framed photographic portrait of Sophia A. Leighton Allen (1831-1898), wife of Obadiah Allen (1829-1915) and mother of Melville L. Allen (1862-1939).
Description: This is one of six 8 by 10 inch black and white photographs which are COPIES of Ballard photographs used in an exhibit from around 2001. The source of these prints is marked Jaylene. This photograph is of the Claremont Hotel from the water. There is a rowboat in the foreground. The float is in at the dock. The boat house is in the photo but without the deck it has now. The trees come up to the lawn hiding one house on the right side of the picture. Another house is more in view to the right of the hidden house. This is white with dormers. The original of this photo --and possibly the negative -- are in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. MDIHS does not have permission to reproduce this image. [show more]
Description: This is the second of six 8 by 10 black and white photographs which were Ballard COPIES from an Historical Society exhibit in about 2001. The source of these prints is marked Jaylene. It is labeled "Great Head" on the back. The rocky cliff is on the left side of the print with the ocean to the right. There is a spot on the right side of the photo. The original of this photo --and possibley the negative -- are in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. MDIHS does not have permission to reproduce this image. [show more]
Description: This is the third of six 8 by 10 black and white photographs which were Ballard copies from an Historical Society exhibit in about 2001. The source of these prints is marked Jaylene. It is labeled "Great Head" on the back like 010.FIC.123.2, however, more of the rock formations are visible in the foreground with the rocky cliff in the background on the left side of the print . The view of the ocean to the right is taken from farther away than 010.FIC.123.2. There are a few tiny white spots on the right side of the photo. The original of this photo --and possibley the negative -- are in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. MDIHS does not have permission to reproduce this image. [show more]
Description: This is the fourth of six eight by ten inch black and white photograph COPIES of Ballard photos which were used in an Historical Society exhibit in about 2001. The source of these photographs is marked Jaylene. This photograph is of the original Jordan Pond House before it burned and was replaced by the present-day structure. Three of the tables on the lawn are being used. The original of this photo --and possibly the negative -- are in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. MDIHS does not have permission to reproduce this image. [show more]
Description: This is the fifth of six eight by ten inch black and white photograph COPIES of Ballard photos which were used in an Historical Society exhibit in about 2001. The source of these photographs is marked Jaylene. This print is of the Seaside Inn which was located in Seal Harbor, Maine but is no longer in existence. The original of this photo --and possibly the negative -- are in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. MDIHS does not have permission to reproduce this image. [show more]
Description: This is the sixth of six 8 by 10 inch black and white photograph COPIES which were used in an Historical Society exhibit in about 2001. The source for these photos is marked Jaylene. This print is of Baker Island Lighthouse. An American flag is flying on the flagpole in front of the keeper's house. The light is attached to the right of keeper's house. There is a shed on the right side of the photo which has two large drums mounted beside it. The original of this photo --and possibly the negative -- are in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. MDIHS does not have permission to reproduce this image. There are a few tiny white spots on the print. [show more]
Description: This is one of two 11 by 14 inch black and white COPIES of Ballard photos used in an Historical exhibit about 2001. The source of the originals is not known. This print is taken from in front of the original Jordan Pond House facing the Bubbles. There are 4 chairs in the foreground, only one is occupied. There is another chair on the left edge of the photograph. The original of this photo --and possibly the negative -- are in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. MDIHS does not have permission to reproduce this image. [show more]
Description: This is the second of two 11 by 14 inch black and white COPIES of Ballard photos used in an Historical exhibit about 2001. The source of the originals is not known. This print is a close-up of the pond from the stepping stones which are on the right side of the pond as you face the Bubbles. The original of this photo --and possibly the negative -- are in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. MDIHS does not have permission to reproduce this image. [show more]
Description: This photograph is printed on a mat. There is an overturned punt in the foreground, a tree-lined shore, and a building on the right center of the picture. The caption on the back reads, "Mt. Desert Island Scene".
Description: This picture offers a clear view of the inside of a boat shop. Tools are hanging on the walls and the skiff in progress is perched on sawbucks. Ralph Stanley said this is a picture of Bob Rich's father, Cliff Rich. The other person is an adult named Eddie Hamblen. Meredith Hutchins and Emma Richards agree with Ralph's identification. Both women are members of the Rich family. Even though Paul Stubing said this is a photograph of Bobby Rich and his nephew working on a skiff in Bass Harbor, we have since found out through local people that it is Cliff Rich, Bob's father. [show more]
Description: Paul Stubing indicated that this is a photograph of Bobby Rich and his father's yard in Bass Harbor. He said that there is a man on the bow of a dragger and that the picture was taken in 1945. There is a lobster boat on the grass in the right foreground. Her identification is "1-C-494". There are planks scattered in the foreground. Two coniferous trees are on the shore behind the "cradled" lobster boat.
Description: Paul Stubing indicated that this was a picture of the Stanley Fisheries and that the double-ender was "always" in the same point. The caption on the back reads, "Foggy Morning at Southwest Harbor, Maine - August 1941...Lighthouse Tender ILEX - Schooner Rebecca R. Douglass." There is a three-masted schooner in the center background and a vessel which looks like a freighter on the top left. There are two gulls resting on pilings in the foreground. [show more]