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Steel Engraving: "Mount Desert, Coast of Maine" Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Print, Intaglio Print, Engraving		R. Hinshelwood	1877		Steel Engraving: "Mount Desert, Coast of Maine" Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-11666 Type: Image, Print, Intaglio Print, Engraving Creator: R. Hinshelwood Date: 1877 Description: Steel engraving of scene of Mount Desert Island. Engraver: R. Hinshelwood. Schooner in foreground, sloping mountain and cliffs in middle ground, higher mountains in background. Rays of light shine through clouds. 9.75" x 12.5" wide. Some stain around edges, a few water spots
Ida Downing Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Portrait	Unknown	c 1870s		Ida Downing Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9180 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Portrait Creator: Unknown Date: c 1870s Description: Ida Downing, marked Aunt Ida. Married Carolus Downing Dec. 15, 1875. Born Oct 19, 1851. Woman age 20s. Wears hair parted in middle and pulled to back of head. Paper worn over left eye and on jawbone. Head turned to the right. High white collar with dark dress of stripe or plaid. Shoulders only visible. Tiny portrait on paper. Paper has been folded - has waxy surface.
Mrs. George F. Arnold Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print			1873		Mrs. George F. Arnold Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13055 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Date: 1873 Description: Mrs. George F. Arnold, Brightside, Mt. Desert , 1873 taken in Boston
Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print			1875 c.		Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12487 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Date: 1875 c. Description: A view of the Village of Somesville including Somes Cove, Somesville Lumber Mill, Somesville Union Meeting House, A.J. Whiting Store, and Mount Desert House taken from The Somes House. Marked on back: "Toward Southwest middle 1800's. Whiting store until 1897, Fernalds on left. 8x10 print.
Child seated in wooden chair Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype	People	Unknown	1860-1870		Child seated in wooden chair Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5003 Type: Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype Subject: People Creator: Unknown Date: 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.
Man seated with arm resting on back of chair Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype	People	Unknown	1860-1870		Man seated with arm resting on back of chair Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5002 Type: Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype Subject: People Creator: Unknown Date: 1860-1870 Description: tintype of man seated, one arm resting on armrest of chair, the other hand resting on knee. Wears dark suit, white shirt, striped bow tie. Has dark hair, widow’s peak, dark drooping mustache, and slight goatee. Lots of marks on front of tintype.
Paul Bener and Peter Bener Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype	People	Unknwon	1860-1870		Paul Bener and Peter Bener Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-4999 Type: Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype Subject: People Creator: Unknwon Date: 1860-1870 Description: Tintype of two men in front of studio backdrop of winter scene. They both wear very simple white pullover shirts (don’t seem to be button up) and dark trousers; their suspenders have been pulled down and hang loose. Both have mustaches and dark hair that has been shaved on the sides. They stand apart, but reach out towards one another with their left fists clenched, their left wrists touch. They pull their right hands across their chests, right fists also clenched. Look like mirror images of one another. Inscription on back reads Paul Bener at top, Peter Bener at bottom (name could also be Bever). Left hand corners have been cut. [show more]
Man seated in long duster with man standing hand on seated man's shoulder Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype	People	Unknown	1860-1870		Man seated in long duster with man standing hand on seated man's shoulder Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-4997 Type: Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype Subject: People Creator: Unknown Date: 1860-1870 Description: tintype of two men, one standing, one sitting next to him. The seated man wears a white shirt, dark trousers, and a long duster coat, as well as a plaid newsboy-style cap. The man standing next to him has his right hand on the shoulder of the other man, and is wearing a white shirt covered by a long duster, also wears a cap in the same newsboy style. Backdrop of flowers, even looks to be grass underfoot.
Unknown Young Man Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype	People		1850-1870		Unknown Young Man Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-4913 Type: Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype Subject: People Date: 1850-1870 Description: Daguerreotype, taken from the neck up, of an unknown young man wearing a formal dark suit with white shirt and large dark bow tie. Wavy dark hair parted on right and combed over. Lots of spotting on face of daguerreotype.
Unknown Man Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype	People		1850-1870		Unknown Man Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-4912 Type: Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype Subject: People Date: 1850-1870 Description: Daguerreotype of unknown older man wearing dark suit with vest, white shirt, dark bow tie. Dark hair thinning in front, but worn long over ears.
Unknown Young Man Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype	People		1850-1870		Unknown Young Man Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-4911 Type: Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype Subject: People Date: 1850-1870 Description: Daguerreotype of unknown young man with bushy dark hair, wearng dark suit with dark jacket, vest with type of paisley print, white shirt, and large dark bow tie.
Unknown Woman Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype	People		1850-1870		Unknown Woman Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-4909 Type: Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype Subject: People Date: 1850-1870 Description: Daguerreotype of unknown woman wearing dark dress with two buttons on bodice, white collar secured with brooch. Has dark hair parted in middle; wears large bonnet with white ruffles around face, flower trim around chin.
Unknown Woman Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype	People		1850-1870		Unknown Woman Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-4910 Type: Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype Subject: People Date: 1850-1870 Description: Daguerreotype of unknown woman wearing dark dress with white lace collar, with brooch at collar. Has dark hair parted in middle and combed down, wears white ruffly bonnet to cover hair. Significant deterioration on face of photo; spot obscurring woman’s face.
Woman seated with book Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype	People	unknown	1850-1870		Woman seated with book Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-4876 Type: Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype Subject: People Creator: unknown Date: 1850-1870 Description: Photo within album: page 34. Portrait of unknown woman sitting next to small table, book open on table. Woman wears dark dress with large sleeves, lots of detailing at collar. White collar covered by large brooch. Hair worn long, curly, fastened with bow on top of head.
Unknown woman wearing dark dress Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype	People		1850-1870		Unknown woman wearing dark dress Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-4864 Type: Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype Subject: People Date: 1850-1870 Description: Photo within album: page 46. Portrait of unknown woman wearing dark dress with white buttons up placket, small white lace collar. Hair parted in center, pulled back, some curls loose around face. Cheeks hand tinted pink, also seems to be a tiny fleck of gold leaf affixed to indentation at throat.
William Samuel Colvin Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People		1870 c.	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	William Samuel Colvin Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16350 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Date: 1870 c.
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln with Flower Arrangment Stereograph, 1874 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Object, Art, Floral Piece People		1874	Copyright Not Evaluated	Portrait of Abraham Lincoln with Flower Arrangment Stereograph, 1874 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-1040 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Object, Art, Floral Piece People Date: 1874 Description: Photograph of a portrait of President Abraham Lincoln surrounded by a flower arrangement. People Depicted: Abraham Lincoln Black and white
Sailor's Valentine Made for Amanda (Robinson) Richardson, Mrs. Abraham Richardson, by Captain E.H. Pray Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Object, Other Object		1875	No Copyright - United States	Sailor's Valentine Made for Amanda (Robinson) Richardson, Mrs. Abraham Richardson, by Captain E.H. Pray Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-6803 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Object, Other Object Date: 1875 Description: “Some interesting valentines even come up for sale on eBay. A great friend of mine, Pippa Vlasov, who generously lent me a portion of her collection for this book, is an avid and determined collector who has been known to stay up all night at her computer waiting for an auction to close. One of her eBay treasures came from a hairdresser in Portland, Oregon, who found the Valentine in her grandfather’s attic, took it to an antiques dealer, and asked him to sell it for her. The dealer placed the Valentine on eBay with a reserve price of $50. It sold for almost $7,000 and is a wonderful piece…with an elaborate hand inscription on the back of the box. The inscription reads: ‘Presented to Mrs. A. Richardson by Captn. E.H. Pray, Schr Abraham Richardson, from Barbadoes, W.I. 1875.’” The Valentine is a Double 13” with pattern of flowers on left and star on right. - Photograph and information about the Sailor's Valentine made for Amanda (Robinson) Richardson, Mrs. Abraham Richardson, by Captain E.H. Pray. - “Sailors’ Valentines” by John Fondas, published by Rizzoli International Publications, p. 14, 15, 19, 72, 73, 91 - 2002 Captain E. H. Pray was Ephraim H. Pray, born to Ephraim and Rebecca P. (Norton) Pray on May 14, 1842. Ephraim married Vandora Carver, daughter of Wills and Nancy (Flye) Carver (born 1847), on December 25, 1864, in Tremont, Maine. The schooner ""Abraham Richardson"" was built in Bass Harbor (Tremont) by William S. Newman in 1874. She was 154.38 tons - 99.0 - 27.0 - 9.0. Thirty-two people owned shares with the largest number of shares (4) owned by Abraham Richardson of Tremont in 1880. Her master, in 1880, was Nathan A. Reed when she hailed from Boston, Massachusetts. - List of Vessels Built on Mount Desert, Cranberry, Tinker’s, Thompson’s and Long Island (Frenchboro) Compiled by Ralph Stanley, p. 76 - 2003 The schooner’s builder, William Spurling Newman, was born to Jonathan and Sarah Spurling Newman on May 10, 1825. He married Lydia Jordan Stanley who was born to Sans (Jr.) and Fanny Guptill Spurling Stanley on February 2, 1828 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Lydia died on April 19, 1867 in Southwest Harbor. William Spurling Newman died on October 16, 1901. The “Abraham Richardson” was named for her largest shareholder, Abraham Richardson, born to Abraham and Mercy Wormell Richardson on February 3, 1809. Abraham first married Deborah N. Burnam who was born about 1809, on December 21, 1830. Deborah N. Burnam Richardson died on March 31, 1859. Abraham then married Amanda Robinson, daughter of Levi and Lavinia Savage Robinson on September 27, 1862. Amanda was born on February 21, 1836, the sister of Capt. Adoniram Judson Robinson. She was, therefore, the great grand aunt of 20th Century Southwest Harbor boat builder, violin maker, genealogist and story teller, Ralph Warren Stanley. Abraham Richardson died on August 31, 1878 in Tremont, Maine. Amanda (Robinson) Richardson died on April 14, 1914. Capt. Pray made the valentine for the wife of the owner of his schooner. “Sailors’ Valentines – Their Journey Through Time” by Grace L. Madeira, Constance Marshall Miller, Mary S. Page and Ann T. Schutt – 2006 - An update on the art of the valentines with good photographs." [show more]
Manchester, John III Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	People		1860-1870		Manchester, John III Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5555 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1860-1870 Description: Scanned Photograph of John Manchester III (1796-1870)
The Porcupine Islands, Frenchman's Bay Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving	Places, Island Places, Landscape	Darley - Felix Octavius Carr Darley (1822-1888) Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911)	1872	Copyright Not Evaluated	The Porcupine Islands, Frenchman's Bay Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12725 Type: Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving Subject: Places, Island Places, Landscape Creator: Darley - Felix Octavius Carr Darley (1822-1888) Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) Date: 1872 Description: From Picturesque America, Volume I Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Eagle Lake Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving	Places, Lake Places, Mountain	Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) Karst - John C. Karst (1836-1922)	1872	Copyright Not Evaluated	Eagle Lake Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12727 Type: Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving Subject: Places, Lake Places, Mountain Creator: Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) Karst - John C. Karst (1836-1922) Date: 1872 Description: From Picturesque America, Volume I Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by John C. Karst
Mary Elizabeth Lawler Smallidge Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	People		1870 c.	No Copyright - United States	Mary Elizabeth Lawler Smallidge Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-6742 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1870 c.
Augustus Clark Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	People	Ralph - John C. Ralph (1868-1949)	1870 c.	In Copyright	Augustus Clark Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-11558 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Creator: Ralph - John C. Ralph (1868-1949) Date: 1870 c.
Samuel Newman Bulger Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People	Cummings Studio	1870 c.	No Copyright - United States	Samuel Newman Bulger Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-11844 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Creator: Cummings Studio Date: 1870 c.
John Carroll Lawler Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	People		1870 c.	Copyright Not Evaluated	John Carroll Lawler Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-8905 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1870 c.

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