Description: Large portrait of female students sitting on stone steps of building. Approximately 60-75 students, around the ages of 18-25, also 3 older males (teachers) and several older women. Most of the girls wear their hair pulled back into pompadours, many wear light colored blouses and long dark skirts, and dark bow ties. Three large stone arches in background.
Description: 5x7 Black and white photograph of a house on a dirt lane. The house has wooden shingles. There is a small little building to the left of the main house. Two copies of photo. Marking on back reads from negative 998-123-1228
Description: James Richardson House (Oak Grove Farm). Clapboard siding, cape style house with four 2 over 2 windows on first floor; two second story dormers. Greek Revival Door with side lights. Some window shutters are missing. Bulkhead to the left of the main entrance.
Description: From left to right - Bloomfield Richardson, Ralph Tracy and Jones Tracy at Richardson Homestead (Oakland Farm of Fair Oaks Farm) splitting wood. Object has not been renumbered because as of 1/13/2022 the object could not be located.
Description: From left to right - Bloomfield Richardson, Ralph Tracy and Jones Tracy at Richardson Homestead (Oakland Farm of Fair Oaks Farm) splitting wood.
Description: Black and white studio graduation photograph of LaRue Spiker aged 13. She wears a white dress with ribbon around her hips. She as a corsage on her right shoulder. She has a short bob haircut and holds a scroll. She is seated on a box. The photo is mounted in a green cardboard frame stamped Bobbitt Bushnell. Caption on the back reads: LaRue Spiker, 8th Grade, May 1926, Age 13
Description: Two black and white photograph of LaRue Spiker aged 18 months mounted to grey construction paper. The bottom photo has a lock of hair tied to it. She is wearing a long black coat. There is a man crouched next to her looking at her with his hand in front of her. The second photo is of LaRue behind a box or maybe a carriage step rock in the yard. There is a house behind her with an elevated wooden walkway. Caption on the back reads: LaRue 18 months, Nov 1913 [show more]
Description: Framed photo. of 6 boys and two men; one boy holds basketball on which is written "Midgets Champs 1915 [Hancock Co?]" All are seated on steps of brick building. Removed from frame 04/11/2014 (AB)
Description: Portrait of woman turned in profile to camera. Wears dark hair up in pompadour, fine chain around neck. Wears white silky dress with layers around shoulders, lace embellishments around back. Inscription below in ink, handwritten, reads “Miss Luruan Rockland.”
Description: Snapshot of three unknown women sitting on large boulder . Woman on left wears dark suit jacket with long dark skirt, white blouse, smaller hat. Woman in middle wears dark skirt with buttons up to front, holds large hat in lap. Woman on right wears long dark, pattered skirt, buttons on bodice of dress, ears hat with lots of detailing. Inscription on back reads “2. [line] Mrs. Lamson (daughter), “ Mooney (mother).” Could also be Lawson.
Description: 6 X 8.25 black and white photograph of a school group outside a building. There are ten boys, twelve girls and a female teacher. Students are of varying ages. Printed on the face of the photograph: Northeast Harbor, 1910.
Description: Post card from Arthur Lewis Somes to his son, Raymond Percival Somes (b 4 Nov 1893 in Tremont; d 20 Apr 1983) who was at the University of Maine, Orono, in Phi Kappa Sigma Raymond was also known as Raym and Pete Ma and I plan to go to Portland this afternoon on the "Morse" The sun is out this morning the first time this month. Shall come back via of Bangor either Wed. or Thursday. Will let you know so that you can come down. What do you think of this card? Found it in my desk. It must be 5 years old (so picture on the back is of AL Somes Store and would be from 1908) [show more]
Description: Negative of photo showing President Taft and party on pier in Bar Harbor, with sailboat and Bar Island in distance. Written on the back of the photograph from which this negative was likely made was: "John E. Bunker and President Taft." (Note on sleeve of negative.)
Description: Print from a negative made of a photograph that is not in the MDIHS collection. Scene is of U.S. President Taft and party walking up the pier toward Bar Harbor Inn in 1910. Bar Island and a sailboat are in the background. Original photograph had "John E. Bunker and President Taft" written on the back. (from note on negative sleeve).