You searched for: Year start: 1900✖Contributor: Mount Desert Island Historical Society✖Date: [blank]✖Type: Image✖Type: Negative✖Type: Roll Film Negative✖
Description: From Somes Cove looking towards Somesville and Main Street. To the left, wreck of Schooner Catherine, no masts. Behind Catherine to the left, Fernald’s store (aka A.J. Whiting’s Store) then Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, then The Gallery at Somes Sound (2013-15) . To the right of Fernald’s Store, historic Nathan Salisbury House, once owned by Stan and Binnie MacDonald. To the right Somes House Inn and Cottages. Marked on bottom, “Somes House and Cottages, Somesville, ME. 2K.” [show more]
Description: Two-masted schooner in back of Fernald’s store (purchased in 1887 from A.J. Whiting’s; later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, still later, an art gallery). Houses on Main street from left to right, Abraham Somes III house; John Somes house, known as “Old Homestead”; Thaddeus Somes Store; in front of store, Blacksmith’s shop; Fernald’s Store; Mount Desert Tavern. To right of schooner two black horses harnessed to wagon next to wood pile. Two men on stern of schooner. One man on deck between masts. [show more]
Description: View of lumber mill from Main Street looking across Somes Cove. Logs piled on far side of lumber mill against side of building. Two masted schooner at wharf. Tree on left bank.
Description: Marked in lower left corner, “Main Street Somesville, ME". On right Fernald’s store presently Port-In-A-Storm, later Frenchman's Bay Gallery, later Gallery at Somes Sound (2015) with first story covered porch facing road and second story porch on south side of building. On left (across the road) Mt. Desert House and Nathan Salisbury House. On far left unidentified house. No house exists on this lot today. Large trees on each side of road. Telephone poles and wooden sidewalk on left side. View looking north. [show more]
Description: Negative made from sepia-toned print. Image shows Hall Quarry in operation; two large derricks in middle ground; rails in center of picture. Scene includes at least 15 men working in quarry; one pair of horses pulling wagon; various buildings in middle ground; large blocks of granite. Photograph taken from high vantage point, looking across Somes Sound.
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.