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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.
Children in Oak Hill Cemetery
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Cemetery
  • Mt. Desert, Maine
Children in Oak Hill Cemetery
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Group of five unknown children in Cemetery on Oak Hill Road. From left to right, boy with dark curly hair wearing Mt. Desert Recreation t-shirt with blue jeans, boy wearing blue and red striped short sleeve shirt, girl wearing short sleeve, Mt. Desert Recreation t-shirt, boy wearing football jersey with number 51 and blue pants, girl wearing blue short sleeve shirt with pink and blue shorts and blue sneakers with white stripes. 3x4.5
Children at Fishway, Somes Brook, 1976
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Cemetery
  • 1976
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Children at Fishway, Somes Brook, 1976
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fall 1976. Marked on back, “At Brookside Oct. 1976 - we searched out the oldest and most recent grave marker.” Unknown children play on fishway in Somes Brook.
Children in Oak Hill Rd. Cemetery
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Cemetery
  • Mt. Desert, Maine
Children in Oak Hill Rd. Cemetery
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Group of six unknown children in Cemetery on Oak Hill Road. In back row, boy wearing blue and red striped short sleeve shirt, girl wearing short sleeve, Mt. Desert Recreation t-shirt, boy with dark curly hair wearing Mt. Desert Recreation t-shirt with blue jeans. Front row girl wearing blue short sleeve shirt with pink and blue shorts and blue sneakers with white stripes, girl wearing red shorts, floral short sleeve shirt, red sneakers with white stripes, boy wearing football jersey with number 51 and blue pants. [show more]
Gravestone Rubbing at Brookside Cemetery, 1976
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Cemetery
  • 1976
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Gravestone Rubbing at Brookside Cemetery, 1976
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fall 1976. Marked on back, “A visit to Brookside for Gravestone rubbings Oct 1976.” Children age 10-12 rubbing gravestones in Brookside Cemetery. Children standing, Keith Moore, Selena Hamlin. 3.5 x 4
Four children, entrance to Hearse House, Brookside Cemetery
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Cemetery
  • 1976
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Fall 1976. Marked on back, “Mrs. Preston shows us the old hearse.” Children age 10-12 standing in entrance of hearse house in Brookside Cemetery. From left to right, Laura MacDonald, Karen Thomas, Bart Massuco, Keith Moore.
Children checking old graves
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Cemetery
  • 1976
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Children checking old graves
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fall 1976. Marked on back, “A visit to check the old graves of early settlers.” Children age 10-12 rubbing gravestones in Brookside Cemetery.
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]
Somesville Lumber Mill
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Somesville Lumber Mill
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lumber mill on mill pond in Somesville. Somes Cove and mountains in background. Rocks in foreground; logs on far bank.
Brook at Somesville
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1894
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Brook at Somesville
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Somes Brook, trees on banks, reeds in lower right corner. Three figures on bridge, two of whom wear white dresses and hats; third (shorter) figure in darker clothing. Lumber Mill in background. Black and white printed on photo. paper with white border; 5" h X 7"w
Grist Mill, Somesville
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Grist Mill, Somesville
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Old Grist Mill on Somes Brook in winter. Trees lining banks hide two story shingled building.
Somes House Inn, c. 1895
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
  • 1895
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Somes House Inn, c. 1895
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Somes House Inn, Somesville. Trees line drive to cottage. View of Inn from Main street Somesville. End of Inn visible, side of covered porch and latticework. Somes House Sign above first floor windows. Board sidewalk in foreground. Somes Cove in background. To the right, A.J. Whiting’s Store, later Port-In-A-Storm bookstore, then Frenchman's Bay Gallery. Schooner at the wharf. Marked 1895 on back. This photo is also a slide that was used in the Somesville Bicentenial and can be found on Row 2 Unit 2 Shelf 4 Slide Box 1. [show more]