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Dagurreotype photograph of William Pitt Preble ca.1850-1855 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People		1850		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Dagurreotype photograph of William Pitt Preble ca.1850-1855 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.140.1136 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1850 Description: Photograph. Dagurreotype of man believed to be William Pitt Preble ca.1850-1855, in hinged, gilt-edged, leatherbound, wood case. Plush green velvet with impressed scroll design lines the interior of the cover; thin brass/metal mat has green corrosion spots. From the Louise Marr collection of items recovered from the Preble House. William Pitt Preble (1811-1905) was the second owner of GCI's historic Preble house. He exemplified the industrious ingenuity needed to succeed in homesteading and developing a community on this rugged island in the early 19th century. Preble was the son of the Mount Desert Rock lighthouse keeper, a descendant of an influential Portland family. He came to Great Cranberry as a teacher, and became a church elder, selectman, justice of the peace, tax appraiser, postmaster, storekeeper, shipbuilder, and shipwreck appraiser. He outlived both his wives and raised nine children. [show more]
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 Identifier: mdihs-14561 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Date: 1855c. Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine 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
Abraham Somes III Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Portrait		c 1850s			Abraham Somes III Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14097 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Portrait Date: c 1850s Description: Copy of tintype of ambro type of Abraham Somes III. Dark hair parted on one side and brushed down. Beard from ears below chin, not on chin (plain folks style). Heavy black coat over double breasted vest, white shirt with black silk tie. Image appears to be scratched at bottom.
Willis Humphries Ballard Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People	Robert Michael, Jr.	September 1855	Popham Beach, Maine		Willis Humphries Ballard Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-7094 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Creator: Robert Michael, Jr. Date: September 1855 Place: Popham Beach, Maine Description: Willis Humphries Ballard at Popham Beach.
Maria Merritt Beckwith, Age 6 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype	Other, Portrait		c 1850			Maria Merritt Beckwith, Age 6 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-8905 Type: Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype Subject: Other, Portrait Date: c 1850 Description: Maria Merritt Beckwith Age 6 in 1850. Seated in Rocking Chair. Grandmother of donor, Robert Harris of Oak Hill Road, Mt. Desert. Hair parted in middle, pulled back behind ears. Wearing necklaces and possibly pocket watch around neck. Plaid dress with flounces in skirt. Narrow white lace collar.
Description and scans of images of 1850s wet-plate postive photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		1850		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Description and scans of images of 1850s wet-plate postive photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.257.1995 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Date: 1850 Description: Documents. Two documents: (A) The first is an undated note entitled "Early pictures made at 'The Ways' " (home of the Lea family 1960s) written by George Vaux in which he describes two ca. 1850 "wet-plate positives, backed by metal plates." Two digital images in GCIHS collection, the first (D) of the ship "Express, Cranberry Isles," and the second, a wide landscape view of the Thomas Bunker wharves (C), both taken from The Ways property, may be the photos described in Vaux's note. The scans were made from photos provided by Nancy Lea ca. 2000. (2013 correspondence re: unsuccessful investigation into the whereabouts of the two original wet-plate positives was saved.) Vaux also explains that they called the house The Ways "because timbers for ships' ways were found when excavating for the basement." 2014 email from Chuck Liebow explain the photos: "Zooming in you can see another vessel "Harriett", a pinky or near double ender which Victor claimed was built by Thomas Bunker (Harriet was Thomas Bunker's wife). A 2000 email from Liebow indicates he thinks the photo shows the Thomas Bunker wharves on the site where Mrs. Lea's house is, with the Richman house with the roof half covered in snow. Liebow adds: George Vaux dated the photo to about 1852 based on the ship "Express" at the same wharf. Islesford looks funny but the Fish Point house is right where it ought to be." The second document (B) is an undated copy of a plat map (with ball point pen marks) showing the George Vaux and Robert Lea properties, Lots #30 and 31 respectively. (See also 2013.257.1987 re: modern photos of The Ways.) [show more]

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