Description: Single horse pulling dairy delivery wagon; writing on side of enclosed wagon says Old Orchard Dairy M.C. Sweet Appears to be a modern negative taken from a photograph apparently not in the Historical Society's Collection.
Description: Main Street Somesville. Marked on back, “John Somes store." Yellow house (in between) first elementary school children met there. First floor was post office (now gone (crossed out) moved). Third house - millinary shop run by two women.” Picture shows three buildi in a row. All buildings similar, 2 1/2 stories, white clapboard capes. First and last have covered porches. First building, sign reads R.H.B. Fernald. Horse with wagon tied to posts on first building. Man sitting on box on porch. Telephone poles run along the street. Board sidewalks stop before the group of houses, and start again after the third. Selectmen’s building in the background. [show more]
Description: Advertisement reads, "Slaughter Sale of Bankrupt Stock! of the Standard Granite Co. At___________ Stock consisting of Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Tinware, and General Merchandise...." For further information apply to Fernald & Somes, Mount Desert, Maine.
Description: Negative made from photograph (997-362-527) of Blacksmith Shop. Sign above door reads, " A.R. Hanscom Horse Shoeing." Marked on Back of photo: Printed from glass negative found in F. Wiggin House, Town Hill, July 1958." 5x7 print of this is in Photo Album #1, p. 95. It is not entered in the collections catalog.
Description: Photograph of large barn with white wide double doors and weathered shingles. Two oxen and cart ridden by unknown man. Marked on back: "Printed from glass negative found in F. Wiggin House, Town Hill, July 1958." 5 x 7 copy of this is in Photo Album #1, p. 95.
Description: James Richardson Homestead and Barn (Fair Oaks Farm). At time of picture it was owned by Jones Tracy (1856-1939). Truck in back of barn. Outbuilding to right of barn. MDI Historical Society likely borrowed photo album from Kay Moore (descended from James Richardson, first Richardson settler of MDI) and had negative and then print made from the original print.
Description: Barn at Richardson Homestead (Fair Oaks Farm). Owned by Jones Tracy (b. 1856, d.1939) at time of photograph. Appears to be a negative of a photo in a scrapbook; has images of tape on corners.
Description: One and one-half story gable house with ell and porch over front entrance, and another one-story connector to barn with sliding door, one window in hay loft. Two women stand in front of house, bicycle leans against ell. Identified by Harry Owen (donor) as pre-1909.
Description: Sheet of black and white negatives with a variety of subject matter; people looking in tidepools, wedding photos, family photo. There is a small envelope (998.1980.3085.332) stuck into on of the negative slots which reads: Marilyn Haf ANP Story
Description: Negatives on a variety of subjects, man working at a desk, people posed infront of a building, people sitting on the shoreline, man standing next to a building.
Description: Negatives on a variety of subjects, inside the hospital, man working at a desk, family photo outside, man reading a book, man standing in a hallway.
Description: Negatives on a variety of subjects; man loading a film projector, man with a large beard, man in front of a cabin, man and woman sitting on folding chairs outside.
Description: Negatives on a variety of subjects, people standing in next to paintings, woman holding a fish, inside a mom and pop grocery store, man driving a boat, older woman making a speech.