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  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
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Cove at low tide
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Cove at low tide
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Salt water cove at low tide.
Pebbley beach
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Pebbley beach
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Pebbley beach. Two fallen trees above the shore in the woods.
Farnsworth's beach
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, industry - Boatbuiding
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Hulls Cove, Maine
Farnsworth's beach
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Farnsworth’s beach where they launch their boats.
Close up of stone wall
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Close up of stone wall
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of an old stone wall. In the background is grass and mountains.
Unknown man pulling net from water
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1987
Unknown man pulling net from water
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Unknown man on weir pulling net from water, unknown woman looking on. Man in dory pulling weir from water.
Pulling net from water.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1987
Pulling net from water.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Unknown man on weir pulling net from water. Man and children look on from side of weir pen. Mountains in distance.
Unknown man on weir pulling net
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1987
Unknown man on weir pulling net
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Unknown man on weir pulling net from water. Unknown man in dory pulling weir from water. Mountains in distance.
Wreck of the Schooner "Catherine" in Somes Harbor.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Landscape
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Wreck of the Schooner "Catherine" in Somes Harbor.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Remains of the wreck of the schooner "Catherine" in Somes Harbor.
Wreck of the Schooner "Catherine"
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Wreck of the Schooner "Catherine"
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Remains of the wreck of the schooner "Catherine" in Somes Harbor. Unknown man bending over to examine remains.
Wreck of the Schooner "Catherine" in Somes Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Landscape
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Wreck of the Schooner "Catherine" in Somes Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Remains of the wreck of the schooner Catherine in Somes Harbor.
Wreck of Schooner "Catherine" in Somes Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Landscape
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Wreck of Schooner "Catherine" in Somes Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Remains of the wreck of the schooner Catherine in Somes Harbor.
Green Mountain Railway towards Eagle Lake
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Landscape
  • Bradley, Bryant (WH Ballard Collection)
  • 1883c.
  • Cadillac Mountain, Bar Harbor, Maine
Green Mountain Railway towards Eagle Lake
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Green Mountain Railway. Looking down tracks to Eagle Lake. Logs lie to left of tracks. Marked W.H. Ballard Collection Southwest Harbor, Maine. Also marked, “Green Moutain Railway By Bryant Bradley. Circa 1883. Bryant Bradley was born near 1840. His wife’s name was Ellen. She was born near 1847. Their son Harry born around 1876 became a photographer also. His father died by 1900 and Harry had taken over the studio.
Green Mountain Railway
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Transportation - Land
  • Places, Landscape
  • W.H. Ballard
  • 1885c.
  • Cadillac Mountain, Bar Harbor, Maine
Green Mountain Railway
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Green Mountain Railway. Steam engine pushing car up Cadillac Mountain. Letters on side of coal car read G.M. Ry. Letters on side of engine read Mt. Desert. One man in coal car another leaning out window of engine. Five men and one women ride car. Marked W.H. Ballard Collection Southwest Harbor, Maine. 8x10 Two sepia-toned copies behind sleeve. (a&b)
Green Mountain Railway
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Bradley, Bryant [W.H. Ballard Collection]
  • 1885c.
  • Cadillac Mountain, Bar Harbor, Maine
Green Mountain Railway
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Green Mountain Railway train descending, or ascending the Mountain. Photo taken from pier on Eagle Lake. Large shed with verticle siding to the left. Tracks run through train shed in middle. Third building to the right of train shed. Shack to far right near lake. Lumber scattered throughout scene, perhaps used for steam engine. Bryant Bradley was born about 1840. His wife’s name was Ellen. She was born about1847. Their son Harry born around 1876 became a photographer also. His father died by 1900 and Harry had taken over the studio. Mounted on cardboard. [show more]
Hall Quarry, Granite Quarry
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Hall Quarry, Mt. Desert, Maine
Hall Quarry, Granite Quarry
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Hall Quarry, quarry in winter. Looking across Somes Sound. Pieces of granite scattered about. Rail for tram covered with snow runs through center of photo. Various buildings in the middle ground. Derrricks in the foreground.
View of Hall Quarry
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Hall Quarry, Mt. Desert, Maine
View of Hall Quarry
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Modern black and white print from negative made from original print. "Hall Quarry" written on back. 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.
Main Street, Somesville
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1855c.
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Main Street, Somesville
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Main Street Somesville. Trees line street. Board sidewalk visible on right near picket fenced yards. Fernald’s Store (later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore) hidden by trees. Historic Lewis Somes House on right hidden by trees. Telephone poles line street. Man stands on grass near road in distance. Marked on back, “W.H. Ballard Collection Southwest Harbor, Maine. From a B. Bradley Stereo circa 1855." 8x10
Main Street, Somesville
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Main Street, Somesville
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Main Street Somesville. Somes Cove on left. Trees line street. Board sidewalk visible on right near picket fenced yards. Fernald’s Store (later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore) hidden by trees. Lumber mill to left. Two masts of schooner rise up over trees. 8x10 This is also a slide (97-691-861) which was used in the Somesville Bicentenial and can be found on Row 2 Unit 2 Shelf 4 Slide Box 1
Main Street, Somesville, 1870
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Transportation
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1870c.
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, ME
Main Street, Somesville, 1870
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Caption in The Living Past, p. 122: "Somesville's main road in 1870, looking north towards Ellsworth. Mount Desert House on left; A.J. Whiting store on right (note balcony and porch); corner of blacksmith shop on right. Telegraph wires were in use in 1870." Horse-drawn vehicles on each side of rutted dirt roadstopped in front of blacksmith’s shop.
Somes Brook and Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Somes Brook and Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Somes Brook, trees on banks, reeds in lower right corner. Two women crossing bridge, wearing white dresses and hats, may be pushing baby carriage. Lumber Mill in background.
Seawall Surf, W.H. Ballard Photo.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Landscape
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • Seawall, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Seawall Surf, W.H. Ballard Photo.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Surf breaking at Seawall. Marked on back, “Surf on the Coast, Copyright. W.H. Ballard Photographer, S.W. Harbor, Me.” Also handwritten, “Seawall.”
On Somes Stream, 1894
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Animal
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1894
  • Somes Sound, Mt. Desert, Maine
On Somes Stream, 1894
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Calf in pasture near Somes Stream. Rail fence and rock wall border pasture. Small shingled building to the left. Trees line right bank of stream. Marked on back, “On Somes Stream, 1894.”
Somes Harbor near mouth of Babson Creek
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Landscape
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Somes Harbor near mouth of Babson Creek
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Somes Harbor near mouth of Babson Creek. View from Sound Drive. Tall evergreens line each bank.
Woman sitting by grist mill, Somesville
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Buildings
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Woman sitting by grist mill, Somesville
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Grist mill in Somesville on rocky Somes Brook. Trees surround mill. Young woman sits on a rock near brook; she wears long light colored skirt and blouse and a flat hat. Caption under photo, “I suppose you know this girl. Why don’t you write? R.J.L.” Marked on back, “Grist Mill at rear was built 1790 if not earlier.” In reference to woman, “Nellie Freeman family from Pretty Marsh and Summit, N.J.. She came to take care of Baby Arthur in N.J., 1910 (Virginia’s Brother)” referring to Virginia Sanderson. [show more]
Main Street, Somesville, ME
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Roads
  • Other, Sidewalks
  • Other, Stores & shops
  • Places, Landscape
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Main Street, Somesville, ME
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Marked in lower left corner, “Main Street Somesville, ME." On right is Fernald’s store, later Port-In-A-Storm, later Frenchman's Bay Gallery, then Gallery at Somes Sound (2015), with first-story covered porch facing road and second-story porch on south side of building. On left are Mt. Desert House and Nathan Salisbury House. On far left is an unidentified house; no house exists on this lot today. Large trees on each side of road. Telephone poles on left side and boardwalk (wooden sidewalk) on left. View looking north. [show more]