Description: Four Standing Men in Back Row - Left to Right: Sullivan Edgar Gilley - later married Louise Amelia Sachs Eben Hodgkins Admiral Unknown or Unknown Admiral Eben Richardson (1863-1940) - later married Elminia Mariah Savage Nine Standing Women in Middle Row - Left to Right: Unknown Lida Ellen (Clark) Cousins - Mrs. Osborne W. Cousins (1864-1951) Unknown Unknown Unknown Lena A. Tinker - later Mrs. Wilder Blanchard Robbins (1866-1926) - in sixth place Unknown Unknown Unknown Nine Seated Women and Children in Front Row: Elizabeth Belle [Jacob Schoppy Mayo dau.] Holmes - Mrs. William Herbert Holmes (1860-1930) - Island House cook Unknown Unknown Probably Ada Eldora (Clark) Parker - Mrs. William Gilman Parker (1850-1917), daughter of Deacon Clark Unknown Josephine (Clark) Stanley - Mrs. Charles E. Stanley (1848-1926), daughter of Deacon Clark Unknown Unknown Unknown Deacon Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897), wearing a hat, is seated in front of the group with his arms crossed. [show more]
Description: The grey shingled building to the left of center, on the shore, with a sign on its peak is Albert Bartlett's sail loft. "…there was a good deal of shipbuilding going on, the sail loft owned and operated by Albert Bartlett made the sails for the new ships and there was considerable traffic in fish." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 103 - 1938.
Description: This photograph shows the original hotel decorated with flags and bunting, probably for the Fourth of July. One of the turrets from the Durgain house is visible.
Description: The white building to the right was the Mount Desert House. There are three men on the boat, a man with a horse and buggy, and another team with a wagon. Wood is stacked on the shore. Onc caption for this picture says, "After discharging at the store in Somesville."