Description: Echo Lake with mountains in the distance. In foreground, man dipping pail into lake. Small row boat in center. To right man stands on log holding onto sail of dory. Marked on back, “Geo. H. Van Norman, Photographer, 645 Main St. Waltham, Mass.” Also Marked, Property of Philip M. Caughey.
Description: Sepia-toned print mounted on black cardboard; 1" X 1/2" tear in upper left corner; print is wrinkled and foxed; shows apparent water damage. "Hall Quarry" written in pencil 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. [show more]
Description: Saw mill in Somesville. View from across mill pond. Logs floating in pond. Lumber piled along banks. Masts of schooner appear in back of lumber. Men standing on banks. Horse with lumber cart on bank. Looking across Somes Cove.
Description: Ledge on sheep Island. Small evergreens on right side. Virginia Sanderson on ledge with dog Betsy. In ink on back of photo, “The ‘inside’ of the island. The old swimming pool would be in the foreground to the left of this picture, which shows the point down the old ledge. Betsy and I near the stump.”
Description: Quarry workers pose for photograph with three yoke of oxen. Somes Sound in background. Photo shows men with tools of trade near blocks of granite.
Description: Men harvesting ice on Somes Pond winter of 1947. In foreground two men use large wooden “scoop/plow” to scrape snow of ice. Another man to right pushes ice along open water. Large saw in back of men plowing snow. Other men in background near Oak Hill Road. Truck on ice near shore.
Description: Two masted-schooner in back of Fernald’s store (formerly A.J. Whiting’s Store) 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. Flags flying on main mast, American Flag and Kate Pray pennant. Five men sit on top of cabin house. One man standing between masts. Photo is black and white. [show more]
Description: Brig under construction in Somes Cove. Looking across Somes Cove to Somes Meadow and landing. Six men standing on deck looking toward camera. Hull near completion. Lumber scattered around ship. Two masted lay on the ground in back of ship. Schooner to the right. Marked on back, “One of the boat builders was William Smith husband of Addie Smith of Somesville” Brief outline of family tree. “Ship builder, William married Cynthia?, children Pearl - Blacksmith and Bloomfield, Storekeeper. Child of Pearl, Fred who married Addie. Children of Fred and Addie, Don and Stuart.” Don Smith still living in Somesville. Photo could not be located 02/03/2022 [show more]
Description: Girl standing in shallow water of lake or pond in bathing suit. Hair pulled up in ribbon. Man in bathing suit next to her; both are making Victory sign. Marked on back, “Catawba Island, O. July 1900." Little girl identified possibly as Virginia Somes Sanderson, per 2011 "Mystery Photographs" Exhibit (AB).
Description: Four boys in pony cart with pony. Marked on back of photo - Bob, John, Burnham and Arthur L. Cart next to Mill Pond in Somesville. Logs floating on pond. Somesville Library visible in background. Telephone poles along road side.
Description: Caption reads: “This was taken in New Zealand. Think I sent you one before. At one of the gates to New Zealand's “Yellow Stone.” Rotorua is a Yellow Stone on a very small scale. Good tho!”
Description: Five tourists pose at The Ovens at Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island, ME. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen and "View at the Ovens." Black and white
Description: Tourists sit on the beach beside the Cathedral at the Ovens on Mount Desert Island, ME. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen and "The Cathedral." Black and white
Description: A naturalist gives a program on a rocky shore. Inscription on the back reads "Naturalist Program" in pencil and "Single publication rights" in blue pen. A LaRue Spiker stamp is also on the back. Black and white
Description: Photos from Macfarlan family album 1940 and 1950s. A= Beal & Bunker dock with lobsters and gas tank. B= TBD dock (perhaps Preble Cove Hartley dock?) 1930s. C= Molesca (see also 2012.200.1584), Sunbeam III, Silas McClune (see also 2003.88.682), Elwood Spurling's boat on right of photo. D= Eva Grace sardine carrier. E= Macfarlan/Preble house. F= Beal & Bunker dock with lobsters; Town Dock 1940s. (And many other snapshots of people, places, boats unidentified and not scanned as of Dec 2019.) [show more]
Description: Two 8"x10" black and white photographs mounted on particle board for display. A= Cranberry Road curve: Rome House, Brooks house and Weibel house. B= Wilfred Bunker's mailboat "Bobcat" heading for MDI with mountains all around. Undtd.
Description: Collection of slides from Mickey Macfarlan. Box A= Winter 1965, Ice fishing with Wilfred at Molassas Pond in Eastbrook Maine. Box B= 1966 snow scenes, Philmore Petersen and Red boat building, Keith Wedge shoveling, Russell Wedge, Preble House in snow. Box C= 1967 Red blueberry plants, winter ice in cove, field burning, Bob LaHotan, deer hunting, and Preble house 1965. (These may have been scanned previously; check NAS.)