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| 13108 | 1905 View of Brookside Cemetery |
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Description: 1905 view of Brookside cemetery in Somesville. Shows arch at entry and granite blocks of retaining wall along mill stream. Very few trees in view. | ||
| 11605 | #6017 Schooner Head Bar Harbor, Mt. Sesert Island, ME. |
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| 3141 | A Word From the Maine Woods |
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| 2290 | Advertising brochure for the Continental Tobacco Company |
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Description: Advertising brochure for the “Continental Tobacco Company”. Explains items one can obtain by collecting tags from their various tobacco products. The offer expired November 30, 1900 Previously archived as 016.001.2.B, old accession # 1534 | ||
| 5312 | Advertising letter |
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Description: A letter from the Hotel Registry Inc in New York City offering advertising space in their upcomming publication. | ||
| 5311 | Advertisment from Moody's Magazine |
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Description: This is a solicitation from Moody's Magazine offering advertising space in the publications. | ||
| 4729 | A.L. Somes Store 1908 |
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Description: Postcard of A.L.Somes store. Dry and Fancy Goods. 357 Main St. According to the postcard writing the picture was taken in 1908. On the telephone poll is a sign: J.H. Scott Tailor Cleansing, Pressing, Repairing Up one Flight. Next to it in a side window is a sign that may say Cove Bailey? then another unreadable sign. There is also a sign in the store front that says See Klark Urban Co Drama and Vaudeville Opera House Aug 25 Above partially hidden by the telephone pole is Geo. R. F __ Law Office [show more] | ||
| 13109 | Album with photos of Dana and Bristol families |
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Description: The album is a leather bound brown book with black pages bound and affixed into the cover. The photo album is dated February 20, 1902. This inscription is written in longhand on the first page: May B. Dana, 24 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut. The first page of photographs has two photographs labeled "24 Hillhouse Ave. at the Bicentennial" in the "Autumn of 1901".The next centerfold has 4 pictures: 24 Hillhouse Ave. ; a picture of the corner of Hillhouse Ave. and Grove Street with Bicentennial lanterns; College Street with Bicentennial Lanterns; Fayerweather and White dormitories. The next centerfold has these four photographs: Professor Rood and Papa in their gowns at the Bicentennial; Ethel Smyth; Woodbridge Hall; and Garden at 65 Inn (?) Street. The next centerfold has four family photographs from 1902: three are of "Billy" and the fourth is of "Mother". Three photographs of "Billy in the Spring of 1902 fill the next centerfold. One of the three includes "Papa" and the fourth photograph is of Billy's hook and ladder. In the next centerfold of four pictures there are two in Connecticut at Hillhouse Avenue and two at Great Head on MDI. The Great Head pictures show Jim Gardiner and group on the beach and people exploring a cave at Great Head. All these photographs are from 1902. Summer of 1902 is showcased in the next four photographs. First is of Merrill Griswold, Great Head Picnic. The next is of Polly Webster, Great Head Picnic. The third photograph is of Frank Damrosch, Dick and Sydney Sargent on top of Pemetic Mountain. The last photograph in this centerfold is of two women, one man and a child on board the "Sappho". The Summer of 1902 pictures continue in the next centerfold with these four prints: Sydney Sargent and Polly on board "The Como" (?); children on board the "Como"; Philip Sutter (?) at Otter Cliffs Picnic; and a shore scene. Three more photographs of Summer 1902 appear in the next centerfold. First is Will Marcus playing tennis. Next are people on board the "San Joy" (?); and Will Marcus. One of the photographs has been removed. The blank space is labeled "Chapin Marcus and ???". Continuing on in the scrapbook, there are four more summer 1902 photographs of Maine scenes: Jordan Pond; Long Pond; Surf on Duck Island; and Katharine D?. Turning the page shows four more 1902 summer scenes. There is another of surf on Duck Island; followed by, Dwight, Musse House and Papa, Mother and Franklin. The last two photographs of summer 1902 are of Katharine and Mrs. Hastings at Eagle Lake Picnic and Chapin Marcus on a rowboat. Then the photographs shift to Connecticut in the Autumn of 1902. The first caption is hard to read and it depicts a road with large buildings in the background. The next photo is of three women sitting on a stoop. None are identified. The next centerfold had four Farmington photographs labeled: Elizabeth Brown; Helen Smith; Hartford Country Club; Eleanor Whitney and Eunice Parish. The Farmington photographs continue with a centerfold meant to hold four pictures but only three remain from the Winter of 1903. The photo labeled Eleanor Whitney is missing. The three present ones are: View from the Red Bridge; Elizabeth Brown, Florence Brown, and Ellen Walier; Margaretta Belin (?) and Elizabeth Richmond. The Farmington Winter 1903 pictures continue with photos of young women: Charlotte Hopkins; Ruth Brainard; E. Luyeth (?), M. Barstow, C. Hopkins, R. Brainard & E. Dunham; Minnie Machall & Claudia McAlpin. More of these photographs are on the next centerfold: Marguerite Barstow; Eleanor Moffat; A. Hall, M.Belin, G. ?, H. Boies, R. Latuall, M. Dana; A Lathrop House Group. Farmington Spring 1903 photographs include these four: Agnes Hall, Helen Boies, and M. Belin; Eleanor Whitney; and two photos of "men" labeled Eleanor Whitney and Rita Howe. Spring 1903 in Farmington continues with four more photos on the next centerfold labeled: Eleanor Whitney, Rita Howe, and Louise Freeman; Luthros House; Brick House and Main House. This season and time continues to be captured in four more photos labeled: Farminton River; garden; Main Street; and Cherry Tree in Bloom. The getty and the Old Mill are seen in the next three pictures. The fourth picture on this centerfold is a large house with no label. Turn the page and Spring 1903 ends with two pictures in Farmington labeled: Louise Bigelow, Louise Parish; and Louise Freeman. The remaining 16 pictures are all labeled as Summer 1903. The first two are of a picnic on Sargent Mt. Some of the names listed are: George ?, Herbert Bochman, Polly Webster, Merrill Griswold, and Beatrice Boiee. The next four pictures are of swimming in the dress of the day. The names listed are: Dotty Wright, Polly Webster and Margaret Griswold. More island scenes are shown in the next four pictures labeled: Billy (playing on the beach); Billy and Duirdge (playing at water's edge); Leonard, Duirdge, Harry and Harriette (playing with little boats in the water); and Leonard Freeman wading. Picnic scenes continue with Dotty Wright and Margaret Griswold resting on the lawn and Merrill Griswold sitting on ledges. The next two photographs are of Jordan Pond. The last two pictures are of a picnic on Sargent Mt. in the Summer of 1903. The only person listed is Margaret Griswold. There are about 94 pictures in this album. Selected photos in this album (those related to Mt. Desert) have been scanned and accessioned. 01/21/2015 [show more] | |
| 14412 | Aldersea, Bar Harbor |
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| 3537 | Alterations at Mizzentop |
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Description: Alterations for Mizzentop for Masonry and carpentry for McCormick home | |||
| 14397 | Alterations for Gen. Thomas Hubbard, Bar Harbor, Me |
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Description: This file contains two projects - probably related in time. 1. Alterations to the house include plans, elevations and large scale details of certain elements of the house. There are original pencil on tracing paper drawings and ink on linen. A photograph is included of a house, possibly the house intended to be renovated. 2. Drawing for a stable and living quarters for the same client. These drawings include kraft paper sketches, pencil on trace drawings and ink on linen. Also included are two sets of plans and elevations as blue prints for the stable. A specification is included. Some tracing paper details are in poor condition. [show more] | ||
| 14393 | Alterations to Home of Ms.M. B. Carpenter, Bar Harbor Me. |
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Description: Various details and elevations for interior alterations for this home. A elevation of the stables. A mix or tracing paper and linen and one blue print wrapping the drawings. Varies from good condition to poor. Needs sorting and preservation | ||
| 12636 | Alterations to Old Farm, George B. Dorr, Bar Harbor, Me |
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Description: This file includes a drawing ( blue print) of "Old Farm " owned by William Miller. All other drawings refer to George B. Dorr as owner. 1. Blue prints include plans and elevations of the linens and tracings. 13 prints and one kraft paper drawng. 2. Pencil and ink on tracing paper includes plans, elevations and assorted full scale details of elements of the alterations. (12 drawings). One drawing on kraft paper of the original house with dimensions. This drawing is in poor condition. (13 drawings in all). 3. Ink on linen, plans, elevations and some details. (15 drawings) 4. Ink on linen drawings of a "farm house" on the estate - plans and one elevation. (4 drawings) [show more] | ||
| 14607 | American Salad Book |
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Description: A "complete, original and useful collection of salad recipes ever brought together." Inscribed on front, "Geo. Cookson, Bermuda Islands." Mr. Cookson was the donor's great great uncle. Inscribed on inside back, "commenced work at the Great Northern Hotel Sept. 26 1903 Monday noon." |
| 13632 | American School Songs for Schools, Colleges, Institutes, and the Home Circle |
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Description: Book of songs and music exercises for use in all school grades. | |
| 1065 | Annual Report of the Town Officers of Mount Desert, Maine, January 31, 1905 |
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Description: Report by the selectmen of Mount Desert, ME on the financial accounts of the town, including lists of expenditures and receipts, for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1905. There are also statements from the treasurer, auditor, road commissioner, and superintendent of schools. The report concludes with an annual town meeting warrant. People Mentioned: F. B. Aiken, James Allen, Annie Ash, Mrs. Robert Ash, Irving Ashley, George D. Atherton, Mae H. Atherton, Edward S. Atwood, Charles P. Babbage, S. W. Babbage, Seth Babbidge, Henry Barns, Fred Bartlett, George Bartlett, Millard Bartlett, N. L. Bartlett, Annie Batchelder, Walter D. Blake, Everett Blanchard, Charles G. Bordeaux, David Bracy, Shirley Bracy, J. H. Branscom, Arthur Brown, S. B. Brown, Charles D. Burr, Roy Burrill, Levi Butler, Charles Butterfield, Robert Campbell, Stuart Campbell, W. B. Campbell, B. W. Candage, A. J. Carter, Annie Carter, Charles Carter, Fronia Carter, Grace Carter, Harry Carter, Lewis Carter, Robert Carter, Benjamin Chittick, Eben B. Clark, A. E. Clement, Amos Clement, Charles H. Clement, James Clement, Ernest Cobb, Harry Conary, George B. Cooksey, Emma Coombs, Joseph Corson, Alice Cox, Palmer Crowley, Mrs. A. E. Danico, Ansel Davis, Charles Davis, Florentine Davis, Frank Davis, James A. Davis, Martin Davis, Cleo Dey, Edward Dickins, W. S. Dickins, Samuel J. Dodge, William H. Dodge, Batchie Dunbar, Leander B. Dyer, George S. Eddy, John E. Falt, H. B. Fernald, Charles Frazier, Howard Frazier, George H. Freeman, Emma W. Frost, Grace Frost, M. R. Frost, Charles W. Garland, Morrel Garland, C. L. Gaskel, John Gatcomb, Adelmar Gilkey, Hattie M. Gilley, Charles Gilpatrick, A. C. B. Gott, Mrs. A. C. B. Gott, D. W. Grace, B. C. Graves, Hattie L. Gray, Mark Gray, William Gray, Gage B. Grindle, R. L. Grindle, William Grindle, Carrie Gushee, George R. Hagerthy, Walter M. Hamor, Harry W. Haynes, Mrs. J. S. Heath, Clifford Herrick, I. W. Herrick, Annie M. Higgins, George F. Higgins, I. C. Higgins, Mrs. E. M. Higgins, Myrtle Higgins, Noreva Higgins, Olivia Higgins, Orrin Higgins, Rubie Higgins, Sidney Higgins, J. C. Hill, E. A. Hodgdon, G. H. Hodgdon, L. E. Holmes, Lawrie Holmes, A. O. Jacobson, Eva A. Jacobson, Edwin Jordan, Charles A. Kencher, Henry A. Keniston, George E. Kenny, E. H. Kimball, Gertrude Knowlton, Mary A. Langley, Charles P. Leland, Ida Leland, Ray Leland, T. E. Leland, Guy Leonard, S. G. Leonard, Mrs. George Lewis, F. H. Macomber, Chester A. Maddocks, A. M. Manchester, Frank Manchester, Mary E. Marshall, Ezra G. Mason, T. M. Mason, L. Laura McCarthy, Pat McComick, James McCrea, Kate Mitchell, C. E. Monohon, A. F. Moore, Robert A. Moore, George H. Morrill, Joseph R. Norwood, Roland Norwood, Daniel Nutter, Frank R. Ober, James W. Ober, Lorin Ober, Otis M. Ober, Cora E. Parker, Fred Parker, George S. Parker, William M. Peckham, H. L. Perkins, Mrs. H. L. Perkins, Arthur Pervear, J. D. Phillips, Nettie Pollard, Edward L. Pray, Fred H. Pray, Lester Pray, Vina Ray, Alvah L. Reed, Edward R. Reed, H. E. Reed, Jared R. Reed, Maynard Reed, Allie Reynolds, A. L. Richardson, Addie Richardson, Arthur Richardson, Benjamin Richardson, Clifford B. Richardson, Cynthia Richardson, David D. Richardson, Emma Richardson, Ezra G. Richardson, Gideon M. Richardson, John Richardson, Listen Richardson, Mrs. Austin Richardson, Mrs. Benjamin Richardson, O. W. Richardson, Olin Richardson, Shepard Richardson, T. M. Richardson, Winfield Richardson, E. C. Robbins, Elsie M. Robbins, Abbie Robinson, Everett Robinson, Howard Robinson, Joseph Robinson, Mary A. Robinson, Harvey Salisbury, Emily C. Sargent, George Sargent, Roderick Sargent, W. Sargent, John Savage, Lewis Seavey, William H. Sherman, Charles P. Simpson, H. L. Smallidge, N. C. Smallidge, Walter Smallidge, B. R. Smith, Bertha Smith, Cornelius B. Smith, Fred P. Smith, Hollis Smith, J. E. Smith, Julius Smith, R. L. Smith, Richmond Smith, S. D. Smith, Madison Snow, A. J. Somes, Alie Somes, Caro M. Somes, Fred H. Somes, George A. Somes, Georgia Somes, John J. Somes, Lewis Somes, J. H. Soulis, Ina M. Spurling, H. Edwin Stanley, George E. Stebbins, George L. Stebbins, F. H. Strickland, George E. Sturks, B. Sylvester, John L. Thompson, Charles Tracy, Mrs. Charles Tracy, S. R. Tracy, Seldon Tracy, Maud E. Trask, Edgar Tripp, Charles Turnbull, George E. Turner, James Varnum, I. E. Videtto, Starratt Videtto, R. W. Wakefield, Daniel Walls, E. G. Walls, Edgar Walls, Elbridge Walls, Luella Walls, Milton Walls, Ralph Walls, W. L. Warren, W. D. Wasgatt, S. Oscar Williams, Marion Wilson, Marion Wooster, Irving P. Young, Veazie Young [show more] |
| 17651 | Appointment of Georgia N. Somes as Postmaster of Mount Desert (1908) |
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Description: Official appointment of Georgia N. Somes as Postmaster of Mount Desert, Maine. Certificate notes that she was appointed on November 4, 1908 and executed a bond and took the oath of office on November 9. Signed by George v. L. Meyer, Postmaster of the United States on November 17, 1908. | ||
| 11564 | Architectural drawings and specifications for the Trevor House and Trevor Stable |
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Description: Specifications for Trevor House for George Washington Vanderbilt. These are specifications under the F.L.Savage letterhead. Some have F.L. Savage crossed out and A.W. Longfellow substituted. ca 1901 General Construction (3 copies light manilia folders), 1901 Heating (3 copies light manilia cover), 1901 Plumbing (1 copy in light manilia cover), 1901 Electrical Lighting (1 copy in light manilia cover), 1901 Specifications for Trevor House for George Wasington Vanderbilt. These are specifications under the A.W.Longfellow Jr. Boston Ma. letterhead Electric Work (1 Copy brown manilla folder), 1901 General Construction (2 copies in brown manilla covers), 1901 Stable for Trevor House General Construction (1 copy in brown manilla covers), 1901 Plumbing (1 copy in light manilia cover), 1901 Electrical Lighting (3 copies in light manilia cover) ,1901 [show more] | ||
| 14118 | Arthur Sanderson [?[, father of Virginia Somes Sanderson |
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Description: Unknown man, perhaps Arthur Sanderson, father of Virginia Somes Sanderson, wearing pin striped suit, white shirt and tie. Watch fob visible under coat. Holding bowler type hat in hand. Standing in front of lawn of Victorian house. Marked on back, “1904 351 W 7th Ave Columbus, O. | ||
| 12273 | [Asticou] Inn Employees, 1900 |
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Description: Fifteen people (five men, ten women) posing for photograph. Note on back says, "Emplyees in Inn in 1900--the year the house burned--colored woman is Mary Carr, the pastry cook, who discovered the fire round midnight." Some of the women are wearing aprons, one man wears a chef's hat; others likely worked outside or as a bellhop or host. Image is 8.25" X 6"; mounted on grey cardboard 112' X 10"; tear in upper right corner. [show more] | |||
| 11662 | At Seal Harbor |
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| 14522 | Atlantean, Bar Harbor, North Elevation |
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Description: North elevation of Atlantean (Fred Savage Cottage in Bar Harbor) 2012 exhibit text: Atlantean Home of Fred L. Savage Bar Harbor, ME, 1903 Pencil on tracing paper Savage developed a Tudor Revival expression for his second home in Bar Harbor. The facade and plans are symmetrical and meticulously delineated. The buildings in Bar Harbor show Savage's interest in the revival styles. This home remains substantially unchanged | |
| 3453 | Baby Gown |
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Description: White baby gown with lace at neck and cuffs and along the clam shell hem continuing up the left hand side to the bodice. Belonged to Jeannette Godfrey as her Christening gown | |||
| 5626 | Balance Rock, Bar Harbor, ME |
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Description: Balance Rock. Bar Harbor, June 12, 1905. Mrs. A.W. Wallace. The postcard is address to A.F. Sawyer, Bar Harbor, ME. Card depicts large balanced rock at shore with three men in military uniforms on the rock. | |||
| 7102 | Banker Crew, Sch. "Emma" by George Neal |
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Description: Paul Stubing identified the subjects in this picture as a "banker crew" fishing on the banks. This photo was by Geo. Neal. The caption on the back reads "A Banker Crew at Bernard, Maine; About 1900. Sch. "Emma"- Capt. Turner". Rralph Stanley thinks this is a Mackerel Schooner. |
