Description: Portrait of unknown young woman, standing with back to camera, head is turned so that it’s in profile. Dark curly hair pulled back and secured in low bun. Wearing white satin/lace top, draped over shoulders. Inscription reads “Dorothy Earnes” (could also be Earves).
Description: Portrait of woman with dark curly hair pulled back. Wearing white lacy dress--sort of coat over blouse for top. Lots of lace detail. Inscription on bottom of casing reads “Dorothy Earnes.”
Description: portrait of man wearing dark suit, white shirt with white rounded collar, and long dark tie. Has thinning, possibly gray, white or blondish hair, parted in the center, worn very short. Inscription below photo reads “Mark Morrison.”
Description: 1930 Somesville High School class standing before the front door of the school. Three rows of students with a teacher or principal behind them. Seven boys are seated in front, then a row of eight girls, with six more girls (or women) behind them. Bud Bordeaux identified at May 2011 "Mystery Photograph" exhibit as 4th person from left, front row.
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson: short wavy hair parted on one side brushed down. Wearing black dress with pearls at neck, and flowers sitting on shoulder. Stamped Seely Studio 466 Geary Street San Francisco.
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson:short wavy hair parted on one side brushed down. Wearing black dress with pearls at neck, and flowers sitting on shoulder. Stamped Seely Studio 466 Geary Street San Francisco.
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson: short wavy hair parted on one side brushed down. Turned to side with face to camera. Wearing black dress with pearls at neck, and flowers sitting on shoulder. Marked Nic Seely 1930.
Description: Albumen print of woman with dark, curly, short (just over ears) hair. Wearing dark blouse with lace/cutouts near neckline, v-neck style. Also wearing brooch at neckline, string of large pearls, and dark rimmed glasses. Inscription on back reads “Love Carrie M. Kinney, Old Town, May 1930”
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson wearing hair short and curly. White blouse with large buttons and wide collar laying flat on shoulders. Strand of pearls at neck. Dark background
Description: Boy in sailboat in Somes Harbor. Could this be Don Smith? Ralph Stanley said the boat might be a "Hustler". Western and Mansell mountains in distance.
Description: This is a photograph of four A boats under sail. Moving from left to right, the sail numbers are 1, 16, 19 and 21. There are several more sailboats under way in the background.
Description: Sophomore class (1931) Somesville High School. Ten boys, ten girls, plus male teacher seated at rear (wearing glasses). Photo taken at front door of school.
Description: Somesville High School class of 1931. Eight girls, nine boys. Male teacher or principal stands in center behind the students. Photo taken on grass in front of woods. Also marked as "1930 Freshmen."
Description: Lumber Mill in Somesville. Sepia-toned photograph mounted on cardboard. Wrtten on back, "left to right: R. Davis, J.A. Somes, J.W.Somes, _____, Geo. Benson, B. Mitchell (last one, Hulls Cove; the remainder Somesville)." Also written, "July 4, 1932". Two corners broken off; slight tear in bottom of print itself. Processed lumber in various piles around milll. Nine men pose for camera. Three horses and three wagons stand in front of lumber; buildings on Main Street, Somesville, in background. [show more]
Description: The last brush of paint. Workmen putting finishing touches to the S.S. Acadia, the new Eastern Steamship liner, just before launching at he Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia on Saturday last, February 13, 1932. Note the giant blades and shaft projecting from the hull of one of the twin screws.
Description: This is a matted photograph approximately 5 by 7. It is dated 1933 and was tucked inside the diploma cover for Ruby Elizabeth Higgins. She is wearing a low-cut v-neck top with a lace collar.
Description: Steamboat "Westport" at Steamboat wharf in Southwest Harbor. Fishing boat on mooring in foreground. To the left is a punt tied to a float. Mountains in background. Marked on back, “W.H. Ballard, Photographer Southwest Harbor, Maine #3. Str, Westport at Southwest Harbor June 1933.”
Allen-Holmes-Smith Photographs and other materials
Date:
1934
Description: Photograph of Andrew A. Somes at 24 years of age. His obituary from Bar Harbor Times, date March 5, 1998, is attached to the back of the photograph. Also written on the back are the names, ages and birthdates of Andrew and his two sisters: "Andrew 87 (1910), Valeria 85, 1913, Mary 73, 1925".
Description: This is a black and white photograph measuring 2 and 1/2 by 4 and 1/2. It has a white border and the date 1934 is written on the bottom. On the back it says, "Dad and Mother, S. W. Harbor, July 8, 1934".
Description: Black and white image. Affixed to matte board and small pencil border around image. Signed Ballard, lower right hand corner. Title on lower left, Bass Harbor Head. Shrink wrapped. Back: Bass Harbor Lighthouse, Mt. Desert Island, Maine, Copyright, Anchor Light Studio, No. 167-A, 1935. Anchor Light Studio, W.H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Description: Wreck of the Schooner "Catherine" in Somes Harbor. Somes House Inn covered by trees across the Cove. To the right Somes House Cottages. In foreground logs on ways. Marked on back, “Catherine was built in Belfast, Me in 1833. #165 Schooner Catherine abandoned in the Cove at Somesville, Me. W.H. Ballard, Photographer Southwest Harbor, Maine July 1935.” Signed, Virginia Somes Sanderson
Description: An 8 x 10 black and white photograph of Somes House Inn and other cottages taken from Somes Meadow. Marked on back Ballard photo. #157 Duplicate of 997-344-509