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13781Abraham Somes III
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Ambrotype
  • Other, Portrait
Description:
Abraham Somes III as young man. Hair parted on right worn around ears. Black coat with white shirt. Bow tie tucked inside jacket. Cheeks colored by photographer.
14120Adeline Freeman Somes
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
Description:
Adeline Freeman Somes. Hair parted in middle and pulled back tighly. Dark dress with gathers at waist making bodice pucker. Small white collar with brooch at neck. Hands folded on lap. Marked on back, “Adeline Freeman Somes mother of Thaddeus, Emma Francis, [Lot?] and Pearl Somes; wife of Abraham III Somes, born in Pretty Marsh.”
12426Ann Somes
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
Description:
Ann Somes, daughter of Jacob and Rebecca Seavy Somes. Married William Fennelly. She ran the Central House in Somesville which was inherited from her father, the builder. Age 10-14. Long blond hair with tight curls around top of head. Seated on floor with arms leaning on stool. Wears ring on ring finger and beads around neck. Dress, check with lace collar. Buttons on left side of bodice. Trim on both sides of bodice and near cuffs. Stored in white envelope marked, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Salisbiry, Mount Desert. Also marked Farrar and Barnard Staioners, 687 1/2 Washington Street. (1 envelope and 1 photo) [show more]
13662Aunt Abbie Hawes
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
Description:
Young woman with hair parted in middle and pulled back. Corksrew curls worn at back of head. Wears dark dress with pointed lace collar and dark bow shaped piece under color. Buttons down front. Velvet trim on cuffs and decorative pieces at top of skirt. Seated in chair with narrow fringe on back. Marked on album page "Aunt Abbie Hawes".
4877Baby ruffly dress
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • unknown
Description:
Photo within album: page 33. Portrait of unknown baby wearing short sleeved white ruffly dress.
5005Baby sitting on velvet couch
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • Unknown
Description:
tintype of baby dressed in short white patterned dress sitting. Dress looks like it has lace on bodice and trim, couch has burned out velvet look. Corners of tintype of been trimmed off.
13796Benjamin Somes
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Ambrotype
  • Other, Portrait
Description:
Benjamin Somes, son of Adeline Frances and Abraham Somes. with curly hair worn on both sides with tuft in the middle. Cheeks colored by photographer. Wears black coat with velvet collar, silk vest and striped bow tie.
9179Bethany Higgins
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
  • Unknown
Description:
Bethany Higgins age 20-30. Seated on log among twigs in photographer’s studio. Mountains, waterfall, trees, and fence also appear in set. Woman holding book in lap, wears dark hair parted in middle pulled back. Corkscrew curls descend from back of head. Dress, dark color with black stribes on hem and in V-shape around bodice, and cuffs. Wears lace collar at neck with plaid bow.
4872Boy in woolen suit
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • unknown
Description:
Photo within album: page 38. Photo of unknown young boy wearing woolen suit jacket over woolen vest, small bow tie at neck, white handkerchief in pocket. Hair parted on far right, combed over. Sits in dark chair, left arm propped up on arm of chair. Cheeks hand tinted pink.
1673Caroline F. Moore, tintype
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
Description:
Marked Caroline at 18. Caroline F. Moore, Miniature photo in larger frame. Wears hair parted in middle and pulled back covering ears. Large earrings. Dark dress with pattern, lack velvet trim. Lace collar or scarf and brooch below neck.
1672Caroline Frances Somes Moore & Lyman Somes
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype
  • Other, Portrait
Description:
Caroline Frances Somes Moore as young woman with baby brother Lyman Somes. Image not very clear, some bubbles or round stains throughout image. Woman holds baby’s head next to hers. One hand on baby’s head the other on his shoulder. Both wear dark clothing. Woman’s hair parted in the middle.
1671Caroline Frances Somes Moore and Husband
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype
  • Other, Portrait
Description:
Caroline Frances Somes Moore and Husband. Woman seated on left, wearing hair parted in middle, pulled back and covering ears. No buttons on front of gray or brown dress with a small white lace collar at neck. Narrow black ribbon around sleeve near elbow. Arms folded around waist. Man seated with arm around woman’s shoulders. His hair is brushed back over head away from face. White collar and shirt with neck tie inside shirt. Black vest and coat. (Husband may be Joshua S. Moore.) [show more]
1678Caroline Frances Somes Moors
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Ambrotype
  • Other, Portrait
Description:
Young woman, Caroline Frances Somes Moors, with dark hair parted in middle. May be wearing earrings. White lace collar, with brooch, possibly Cameo, at neck. Dark dress, buttons down front. White cuffs, fancy cuffs on dress with “pompoms” all around. Elbow on table with books. Another garment draped over arm. Marks resembling cracks at bottom of image. Case image is in leather case with multiple pockets. Other pockets empty.
13787Charles Somes
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
Description:
Charles Somes as young boy. Straight hair parted on one side. Grey/brown jacket with large buttons, black bow tie. Miniature portrait.
4878Child holding on to arm of chair
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • unknown
Description:
Photo within album: page 31. Portrait of unknown child wearng jacket, skirt, highly embroidered. Also wearing white bloomers, dark boots, has short dark hair. Standing next to chair, holding onto arm of it.
4879Child in plaid dress
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • Unknown
Description:
Photo within album: page 30. Portrait of unknown child wearing dark plaid dress with buttons going diagonally up body, striped trim around button placket. Wearing white stockings, large black boots. Short dark hair parted on right (could be small boy). Sitting on cusion on chair covered with patterned fabric.
5003Child seated in wooden chair
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1860-1870
Description:
tintype of child seated in wooden chair. Wears hair parted down center, cut very short. Also wears light colored blouse--could be very long blouse, could be dress. Also wears string of beads around neck. Is looking down and to the right of camera. Top left hand and bottom corners of tintype have been clipped off.
12787Daniel Somes
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype
  • Other, Portrait
Description:
Daniel Somes, Jr. (1803-1882).Short hair worn parted on each side of head. Black coat with high white collar. Long black bow tie wrapped twice around neck. Silk vest.
9174Edward Lord
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
  • Unknown
Description:
Edward Lord age 20-30. Hair parted on one side on combed over. Long sideburns. Cheeks colored by photographer. Black coat with silk lapels, white shirt and collar with black tie.
9175Ellen Wiggings Kittredge
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
  • Unknown
Description:
Ellen Wiggins Kittredge age 20-30. Hair parted in middle pulled to back of head and pulled up at neck. Plaid dress with white buttons down bodice and black belt at waist. White lace collar with pin at neck. Cheeks colored by photographer.
14676Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes, 1867
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
  • 1867
Description:
Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes, wife of Thaddeus Shepley Somes. Seated turned to left. Dark hair pulled back into large bun at back of head. Wears band in hair and long beaded earrings. Black fitted dress with simple white collar. Holds book, perhaps photo album.
14121Emma Frances Somes and [Sat?]
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
Description:
Boy and girl. Boy, on left, wears hair parted on one side and combed to the other. Dark coat buttons down front with round white collar which lays flat on shoulders. Arms folded in front. Girl on right wears hair parted in the midlle and pulled back. Striped dress with dark shawl and white collar. Hands folded on lap. Marked on back, “Emma Frances and [illegible?].
12385Emma Whitmore
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Ambrotype
Description:
Small portrait photograph (2.5" X 3") of Emma Whitmore as a little girl in leather case that closes with a clasp. Image is in gold-colored frame; red embossed velvet on facing side of case. Emma Whitmore raised Nell Whitmore, her niece. Joe Whitmore, a sea captain, was Emma's brother. Emma A. Whitmore: b. 6 November 1859; d. 14 October 1949 (per Vining, p. 344).
13355Eva Somes
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Ambrotype
  • Other, Portrait
Description:
Eva Somes, as child, seated in rocking chair. Short hair parted on side. Wearing plaid dress with white buttons down front. White lace collar. Holding hat or coat in hands. This has the same accession number as a book; need to change this one. (AB)
9178George Somes
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
  • Unknown
  • 1854 - c 1900
Description:
George Somes age 7-11. Miniature tintype. Boy wears hair combed down parted on left side. Cheeks tinted by photographer. Dark suit, possibly gray with two buttons at top of coat connected with a plackett, vest underneath buttoned to neck.