Description: Unknown Woman wIth dark hair piled on top of head. White long sleeved blouse with v-neck, brooch at point of v. Long dark skirt with plaid sash over waist. Inside wood shop. Hand on miter saw. On left basket in progress. Tools hang on wall behind her. Photo cut into octagon. Backed with old advertisement for cameras.
Description: Small snapshot mounted on cardboard of unknown baby in white dress standing upright on boardwalk in front of house. Can see house, woman in straw hat, long black skirt, white blouse in background. Mounted on white cardboard with the words “Pocket Kodak” stamped on bottom. Photo itself 1.5 by 2.
Description: Man on mowing machine. Team of oxen stand in front of machine, not harnessed. Large shingled barn behind man and oxen. man wears short buttoned jacket, dark pants and boots and cap. Marked on back, “Some of the first oxen in Somesville.”
Description: Group of women and two men gathered on steps of unidentified brick building. Names marked on back, “Carmen Harper, Lucy Murphy, Abbie Buck, Abbie Hanna, Evelyn McPheaters, Edna Miller, Gladys Sweetsen, Ellis [Daieu], Adria Pratt, Elise Buck, Marjorie Harvey, Inez Folsom, Louis Hutchings, Jessie Flye, Maurice Brown, Flora V.E. Ames, Elizabeth Parker, Gracia Hooper, Francis Larrabee, Mildred Look, Calista Andrews, Mabel Ridley, Ida M. Folsom, Hattie Wiggin, Dr. Edward E. Philbrook, Kate M. Russell. [show more]
Description: Unknown woman in white dress, mid-calf length , and apron standing outside stucco building with trellis near window. Hands folded in front. No date.
Description: Harriet Somes Sanderson standing outside electric car. Small car, seats two. Door open, inside and door lined with ticking type material. Woman inside car wears wire rim glasses, black wide-brimmed hat with dark dress. Sanderson wears hat with large feather covering crown. One side of brim turns up. Carries fur coat or stole over hands. Wears long velvet skirt with shorter dress or coat of a lighter color over skirt. Small trees in meadow in the background. Marked on back, “Mama and her electric car.” [show more]
Description: Ethel Somes wearing heavy dark cardigan sweater, with knee pants, boots laced up to knee. Small cabin in background among small evergreens and bare decidous trees. Marked on bottom, “[Necatous?] Ethel Somes.”
Description: Group of people in woods outside small cabin. Decorative border around image. Marked on bottom, “Camp No. 8. Uncle Mell, Ethel Haynes, Jim Allen, Georgia, Bill, Harry, [Ernest?], Hollis. Man in middle row to the right holidng small dog.
Description: Ethel Somes and unknown woman on left in white dresses seated on steps of covered porch on Sheep Island. Wide steps, dark trim around door and windows. Chair on porch with peeling paint. Small white dog looking up a woman on the right. Names marked at bottom illegible. Identified at 2011 "Mystery Photographs" Exhibit.
Description: Group picnicking on rocks. From left to right, back row, Mother Somes, Daniel Somes Smith, Georgia Somes Smith, mother of Dan, Hollis, June Smith, brother of Dan, and [?]. Boys dressed in knee pants high black socks, v-neck sweaters and caps. Women in white dresses. Mother Somes wears black hat and sweater or jacket. Georgia Smith has chef's hat on. Black dog next to June Smith.
Description: Unknown woman age 99 seated on sofa with crocheted throw on back. Christmas tree to right. Wall paper patterned with ships and men on horse. Mirror behind couch reflect woman wearing short sleeve black dress, glasses with hands on hips. Older woman holds gift on lap, wearing floral print dress. Marked on bottom, “Gram Brown 99 yrs.” Snapshot.
Description: Thaddeus Shepley Somes reading paper, holding garden hoe. Broom leaning on tree. Appears to be working on flower beds near roadside. Wearing derby, dark pants and vest, and white shirt. Location unknown, buildings and telephone poles line street.
Description: Unknown man age 20-30 standing outside stone building. Hair parted on side and combed back. Wearing white suit coat with white shirt and dark bow tie. Black pants with belt and sneakers. Snow and mud on ground. Marked Frank at bottom.
Description: six women (three young women, two girls, and one older woman) and two men and a dog sitting outside wooden clapboard house. One of the women also holding a cat. Names inscribed on back of photo: “Left to right- Frank Jordan of Mariaville (cousin to Isaac Somes) Marion and his wife, Tom the Dog.... Miss Kingcaide of Mariaville- the postmaster, Aunt Ida Donning sister to my father, Henry Jordan .... seated left to right- Sally Somes (by grandma Somes) Georgia Somes, Frances Reeves). [show more]
Description: portrait of man with short dark hair and glasses with round frames wearing dark suit, dark tie, and white shirt. There appears to be a slight cowlick in his hair towards the right-hand side of his face.
Description: Baby in plaid dress and dark stockings on rocking horse in yard. Slightly blurred face. Can see other houses in background. "Going to have some good ones soon" written on back
Description: Portrait of baby with dark hair in white dress, wearing shoes, sitting in dark-colored wicker chair. Caption on back reads “Eva Jacobson.” According to Cemetaries of Cranberry Islands and MDI book, Eva Jacobsen was born 1877, d. 1945.