Description: Postcards: 61. Bar Harbor Panoramic 62. Sargent Drive and Somes Sound, ca. 1920's (Chas. A. Townsend) 63. Birches, Harbourside, Northeast Harbor, Maine 64. Asticou 65. Seal Harbor, Maine 66. Surf on the rocks, Bar Harbor, ME 67. Bear Island Light, Northeast Harbor, ME (Paul A. Knaut) 68. South Bubble Mountain at the North end of Jordan Pond (A.D. Phillips) 69. Surf at Seal Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine 70. Mount Desert from Islesford, ME (1952) 71. Hotel Florence and Village Green, Bar Harbor, ME 72. Kimball House, Northeast Harbor, ME 73. Bar Harbor Airport, Trenton, ME (A, D. Phillips) 74. Path of the Total Eclipse of the Sun in the State of Maine July 20th 1963 5:45pm 75. The flashing red light at Bass Harbor Head, Maine (A. D. Phillips) 76. Captain Jim Sharp's "Adventure" from Camden, Maine (A. D. Phillips) 77. Across the Bay of Fundy 78. Jordan Pond House, Seal Harbor, ME (Chas. A. Townsend) 79. Steamer Norumbega from Mount Desert Ferry to Manset, ME 80 (a+b) Islehurst, Mount Desert Bridge 81. Great Head, Bar Harbor, Maine 82. Thunder Hole Surf, Mt. Desert, Maine 83. Atlantic Comber, Mount Desert Island, Maine 84. Boat Shop at Bass Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine 85. Bar Harbor and Porcupines from Cadillac Mt. 86. Bar Harbor and mountains 87. Fishing boats at Southwest Harbor, Maine 88. Fishing boats at Manset wharf 89. Fishing craft at Southwest Harbor, Maine 90. Appalachian Mt Club, Echo Lake Camp 91. The Rockbound Coast 92 (a+b) Bass Harbor Lighthouse, Mount Desert Island, Maine 93. Congregational Church, Cranberry Isle, Maine (1907) 94. Surf, Mount Desert Island, Maine 95 (a-e) Entrance to Somes Sound 96. Southwest Harbor from Manset Shore 97 (a+b) Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor, Maine 98. Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor, Maine 99. Webster's Cafe, Bar Harbor Rd., Trenton, Maine (1949) 100. Greetings from Bar Harbor 101. Steamer Norumbega, Bar Harbor, Maine 102. The Lobster House, Bar Harbor Rd., Trenton, Maine (1940) 103. Christmas Wreath (by Mildred Gilley, Northeast Harbor, Maine) 104. Man in raincoat (I. T. Moore) 105. Steamer Gov. Bodwell in Vinalhaven harbor 106 (a+b) Bar Harbor and mountains 107. Jordan Pond, Mount Desert, Maine (Chas. A. Townsend) 108. Stereoview Schooner Head 109. Stereoview Green Mt. House, Mount Desert 110. Stereoview Mount Desert Scenery 111. Glimpse of Frenchman’s Bay from Cadillac Mountain Summit Road, Bar Harbor, Maine 112. Kimball House, Northeast Harbor, Maine 113. Church of the Redeemer and Aniscott, Sorrento, Maine 114. J. T. Morse steamer leaving Bar Harbor for Rockland, Maine 115. Abbe Museum, Sieur de Monts Springs 116. Blue Hill Inn, Blue Hill, Maine 117. Maplecroft Cabins - Route 3, Bar Harbor, Maine 118. Bay Meadow Bungalows - Bar Harbor, Maine Updated August 5th, 2023 [show more]
Description: BW photographs of Northeast Harbor, sailboats, schooners, carriage roads, cottages etc. 5. Schooner MATTIE 7. View from Flying Mounting looking SE 8. - 9. Sergeant Drive 10. Asticou Inn in background 12. Harry Haskell Cottage, "The Anchorage", built for Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Havemeyer, where Tennis Court is now. Burned down (1950's/1960's) 13. Looking across the harbor at Sea Street 14. - 17. Carriage Roads in winter 18. Pathway at Asticou in winter 21. St. Mary's Church 23. Steamboat Wharf (with one of the Maine Central Railroad boats) [show more]
Description: Schooner "Kate Pray" in back of Fernald’s store (formerly, A.J. Whiting’s Store) later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, still later, an art gallery. Buildings on Main Street, Somesville, from left to right: Abraham Somes III house; John Somes house, known as “Old Homestead”; Thaddeus Somes Store; in front of store, black smith’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. Marked on back, "Named for Kate Pray who was resident of Somesville, built at Somesville date unknown.” 8"x 10" [show more]
Description: Two master Schooner "Federal" grounded in Somes Cove at low tide, leaning to port side. Main street Somesville behind schooner. Historic Nathan Salisbury House in middle, Lewis Somes House to right. Marked on back, “Schooner Federal Grounded in the cove at Somesville, Maine. Copy by W.H. Ballard, Photographer Southwest Harbor, Maine. Stereo Original by Bryant Bradley. W.H. Ballard Collection Southwest Harbor, Maine.” Bryant Bradley was born about 1840. His wife’s name was Ellen. She was born about 1847. Their son Harry born around 1876 became a photographer also. His father died by 1900 and Harry had taken over the studio. [show more]
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 (formerly, A.J. Whiting’s Store) later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, still later, an art gallery. To the right of Fernald’s Store, Historic Nathan Salisbury House, later owned by Stan and Binnie MacDonald. To the right Somes House Inn and Cottages. Marked on bottom, “Somes House & Cottages, Somesville, ME. 2K.” [show more]
Description: Two masted schooner at Hall Quarry. Buildings in the distance. Somes Sound and mountains in the distance. Piles of brick-size pieces of granite and small tents in foreground. Spots throughout image. Copy of original. 5" x 7"
Description: Two-masted schooner aground [?] in Somes Cove in back of lumber mill. Marked on back, “Lumber Schooner built [?] by OC Nutting. Old Mill to right.”
Description: Photographs. Collection of scans of photos 2013.344.2110 (A-Y) made in 2004 from photos recovered by donor in either Hilda Spurling or Marjorie Phippen's GCI house. Unclear whether we have original photos at GCIHS. (Note: Original photo names were pw01 thru pw027, museum photos now identified as A-Y.)pw01 - pulled from an album; post-it note on back: "Moss House" (Image of Moss House with haystacks 1927)pw02 - on back: "1947"; post-it note on back: "Hilda Spurling 1947"pw03 - on back, in ink: "this is Harvard Beals Boat we are hauling on the ice" in pencil: "March 1923"pw04 - pulled from an album; on back, ballpoint ink: "Little Elener (now Buzzie)"; on post-it note: "Seimer House"pw05 - postcard; pw06 - unknown housenext 3 photos were clipped together by phil whitneypw07 - unknown man in unknown boatpw08 - skyline of New York City?pw09 - pulled from an album; unknown kids on slednext 4 photos were clipped together by philpw10 - unknown shipwreckpw11 - post-it note on back: "Spurling Cove 1923"pw12 - pulled from album; post-it note on back: "Field across from Wesley Bracy's house" but i think this is wrong as the houses across the way seem too close & numerouspw13 - post-it note on back: "Murch dock"pw14 - on back: "Sherley Louise & cat 'Jiminey'"pw15 - on back: "Margie & Hilda"; post-it note on back: "Margie Phippen & Hilda Spurling"pw16 - pulled from album; on back: "Bertie's cat 'Goody'"pw17 - on back: "Hilda & Ethel B."pw18 - pulled from album; on front: "Harriet's room, one of my rooms, my bedroom" on back: "Where we let...etc."pw19 - pulled from album, double exposure; post-it note on back: "Morrie Newell House"pw20 - on back: "Margie & Mother"pw21 - unknown vesselpw22 - unknown vessel; on back: "ship wreck on back of cranberry island" (same vessel as pw10)pw23 - on back: "The cove froxen over" post-it note on back: "Spurling Cove 1923"pw24 - on back: "Bagley's Barber shop with a little snow on the side Ha! Where I have my hair dressing done Marcel Wasco and so on Ha!"pw25 - unknown house, seems same as pw06 but has additional dormer and latticework under porchpw26 - seems to be same kids and same houses as pw14pw27 - luxury yacht passing by GCI [show more]