Description: Photograph of Sarah Corson wearning the shawl won in a raffle held to support the Women's History project of the Southwest Harbor Library, March 2010.
Description: Undated photograph of unknown woman browsing the library book shelves. Phoograph found in album containing pictures of MDIHS events c.2000-2010.
Description: Picture of unknown man with child. Photograph found in picture album of MDI Historical Society events dating 2000-2010. Same subjects as 023.FIC.56 and 023.FIC.57
Description: Photograph of unknown man and child. Photo found in album of MDI Historical Society events, 2000-2010. Same subjects as 023.FIC.55 and 023.FIC.57
Description: Photograph of unknown man and child. Photo found in album containing photographs of MDI Historical Society events 2000-2010. Subjects same as objects 023.FIC.55 and 023.FIC.56
Description: Undated photographic postcard of Sieur de Monts National Park. Must date from between the establishment of the park in 1916 and the renaming of the park in 1919. Published by W.H. Sherman of Bar Harbor
Description: Photograph of Alexander Mackay Smith memorial window, St. Jude Church, Seal Harbor. Caption reads "In Loving Memory of Alexander Mackay Smith, Bishop of Pennsylvania."
Description: Photograph of the altar and organ pipes, Seaside Church, United Church of Christ. From 2008 MDI Historical Society tour of historical churches.
Description: An oil painting of a landscape scene, probably on Mount Desert Island. Depicts three men outside of a tent. Men appear to be in uniforms. Canoe pulled up to shore. Signature on painting may be "heath," not "yeath." May depict an exaggerated view of Babson's Creek. Painting was in a donation that also included another painting, 003.13.009.
Description: 5 typed pages. Manuscript of information on the flora and soil type of Mount Desert Island. There is also mention of the benefit to vitiators of leaving a section of the Island unchanged so that it may contain all of the original plants and animals and allow visitors to nature unchanged. Notation on top of page reads: Not Included in Second Edition. Offers information on Lafayette National Park and how preserving the landscape will inform and inspire visitors. Notation on top of page reads: See pg 211 revised edition. [show more]
Description: 1 typed page Letter from Regina to Charles acknowledgeing reciept of the Hackley Materials, and copy of Romance of Mount Desert. She asks to see the Champlain Society materials.
Description: Card with double image of railway tracks and the station at the bottom, Green Mountain Railway, Mt. Desert, Me, n.d., unknown photographer,l #126
Description: Card with double image of view of the railway bed, looking down toward Eagle Lake (?), #175, Green Mount Railway, Mt. Desert, ME, R.H. Hysom written in ink on back side
Description: Card with double image of railway car ascending Cadillac Mountain, #207, Green Mount Railway, Mt. Desert, Me, R.H. Hysom written in ink on back side
Description: Background brown and gray. Subject is wearing bonnet, shawl, black dress. A hand is reaching from behind sofa to take sheet music. Sarah Kittredge ( 1776-1871) was the wife of Dr. Kendall Kittredge (1773-1857), first doctor on Mount Desert Island. Artist unknown- may be an itinerant painter.
Description: Double sided advertisment print for Bar Harbor businesses. Date unknown, likely 1900-20 based on bank capitalization and profit numbers included in the advertisements.
Description: Color photo of LaRue Spiker and unknown woman picking corn in a field. From blue album labled "Southwest Harbor August 1960" in "Spiker Family Friends Personae" File
Description: From left to right - Bloomfield Richardson, Ralph Tracy and Jones Tracy at Richardson Homestead (Oakland Farm of Fair Oaks Farm) splitting wood. Object has not been renumbered because as of 1/13/2022 the object could not be located.
Description: Clara and Florence Tracy, daughters of Jones Tracy at Richardson Homestead (Fair Oaks Farm). Girl in background near house. This object has not been renumbered because as of 1/13/2022 the object could not be located
Description: Caleb Tracy, Pem Higgins and two other people with two dogs in front of Reifsnyder house; Sound School House in background. As of 11/16/2016 no photographic print found.
Description: Caleb Tracy and his dog, Denny. Caleb is wearing cap, knickers, tie, white shirt, and black coat; holding gun. Object has not been renumbered because as of 1/13/2022 the object can not be located.
Description: Color negative of Green Mountain Railway engine and car on mountain railway. Six passengers in rear of car. This negative is probably a Ballard-made copy of an early photo (1880-1910) by an unknown photographer.
Description: Color negative of signal station; actually Green Mountain Railway House #3 with signal station in it. Opened in 1886; burned in 1895. This view from southwest. This negative is probably a Ballard made copy of an early photo (1880-1910) by an unknown photographer.
Description: Color negative of Green Mountain Railway Terminal at Eagle Lake from the lake. Train shows part way up mountain; probably 1884. This negative is probably a Ballard made copy of an early photo (1880-1910) by an unknown photographer.
Description: Color negative of Green Mountain Railway Train #1 ascending the mountain, about 1883. Distance view taken from above. This negative is probably a Ballard made copy of an early photo (1880-1910) by an unknown photographer.
Description: Tracks toward Eagle Lake, from a point not far below the summit, near where the summit road crosses the Ry [sic] site for 2nd time, going down. Ballard notes indicate this negative was from M. Clement. This negative is probably a Ballard made copy of an early photo (1880-1910) by an unknown photographer.
Description: James Richardson Homestead and Barn (Fair Oaks Farm). At time of picture it was owned by Jones Tracy (1856-1939). Truck in back of barn. Outbuilding to right of barn. MDI Historical Society likely borrowed photo album from Kay Moore (descended from James Richardson, first Richardson settler of MDI) and had negative and then print made from the original print.
Description: Ida Downing, marked Aunt Ida. Married Carolus Downing Dec. 15, 1875. Born Oct 19, 1851. Woman age 20s. Wears hair parted in middle and pulled to back of head. Paper worn over left eye and on jawbone. Head turned to the right. High white collar with dark dress of stripe or plaid. Shoulders only visible. Tiny portrait on paper. Paper has been folded - has waxy surface.
Description: Unknown Boy age 10-12 dressed in white sailor style shirt and knickers with black socks and “sneakers”. Standing on dirt road in front of grassy embankment. Above cape house with with attachment, another two story house next door. Tree on bank.
Description: Matted photograph. View to the north on Beech Hill Road. Richardson house is on left (west) side. Richardson barn and ells are visible. On east side of road is another house with outbuildings. Open field in foreground. Date unknown. "Beech Hill Mt. Desert" written in script on lower left edge of photo.
Description: Mount Desert house taken from across road. Two black horses with carriage in front of house, one man seated in carriage. Crowd of people out front. Woman and man in doorway, woman and two children standing on steps, three men standing and one seated. Large flagpole to left with “Mt. Desert House, 1888” sign on it. Picket fence running along right side of lawn. Most shutters are open, except for two windows in middle nearest chimney. This print has been attributed to W.H. Ballard, but the photo is probably too early for Ballard to have taken it. Also known as Mount Desert Tavern. [show more]
Description: Black and white photo. of Green Mountain Cog Railway tracks on Cadillac Mountain. Eagle Lake in background. Sawed logs beside track. Framed.
Description: Green Mountain Cog Railway engine with Eagle Lake in background. Lumber pile near track. Man in hat and long coat stands next to track. Three men on the engine. Four tack holes in corners of photo. Water stain on top of photo. On back: Engineer Frank Wiggin, Assistant Edwin Stevens, Foreground-Nick Curran- Bld Fossi's (?) Supr. 2 photos: 1 sepia, the other a copy of same
Description: Matted print of Rodick House c. 1875. Porch stretched across front of entire building. Two stariways descend from porch. Small porch on second story. Small crowd on porch. Building four storied high with two towers on front. Covered walk connects to building next door. Came from frame artifact # 997-37-526
Description: House on Thompson’s Island built by William Thompson. Two story house with attic. Addition on left side of house. Wrap around porch. Two chimneys. Small shrubs in front of house. Several trees around house. Wires connected to building. Recorded on back of photo - “My great-grandfather William Thompson’s house on “the island” in Trenton, Maine. The island was where the drawbridge was from the mainlands to Mt. Desert Island. William Thompson built the drawbridge and his men operated it for a long time. When I was a little girl (c. 8 or 9) and visited my grandparents at this place. I loved to go to the toll house and watch the taking of the toll. [show more]
Description: First telephone office in Somesville. Small one-half story cape on Main street. Overhang over front door. House presently owned by Keating Pepper in distance. Looking toward mill pond.
Description: Main Street Somesville. Nathan Salisbury House to the left surrounded by picket fence. Black trim around windows. Somes House Inn to right
Description: A set of 25 digital photographs taken of Kittredge House. The location of this house and other provenance information has not been verified. Photos were found on a CD of photos probably taken in 2007, perhaps by Charlotte Singleton. Also known as Kitteredge, Kitteridge, and Kittridge.
Description: A set of 35 digital images taken in 2007 of the interior and exterior of a cottage style home, Blueberry Ledge. Home identified in Northeast Harbor. Photographer and owner of home unknown. Reason for photo set is unknown. Location of house needs to be verified.
Description: A set of 12 color digital photos, probably taken at the rededication of the Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse, Summer, 2010. Unknown photographer and people in photos not identified. All 12 photos attached to this record.
Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall, Fraternal Lodge, Grange Hall
Creator:
unknown
Date:
2010
Description: A CD that contains 45 digital images taken on June 5, 2010 at Salisbury Cove, Maine. These photos document the repair and maintenance work that was done on the stage curtain at the Bay View Grange. Photos include Charlotte Singleton and several unidentified individuals.
Description: Digital image of a milk delivery truck for Pine Tree Dairy. Man and boy in front of truck. Truck parked in front of a barn and a small shed. Location, date, and photographer unknown.
Description: Digital image of the passenger vessel Norumbega, aground and on side in the harbor, Southwest Harbor. Female seated on dock in foreground of photo. Photographer and date unknown. Digital image found on a CD in schoolhouse.
Description: A digital image of Main Street, Somesville, in front of Mount Desert House with the AC Fernald business on the right side of the road. Two horse drawn vehicles in roadway. Image found on a CD in the schoolhouse shelves. Photographer unknown.
Description: A digital image of Art Kellam. Source unknown. Pulling in a dory with supplies, getting a tow from another boat. Bass Harbor in the background
Description: Lumber Mill and mill pond taken from Main Street Somesville. Calm mill pond with a few logs floating. Somes Harbor in distance. Two-masted schooner waiting for load of lumber behind mill. Tree limb hanging over pond.
Description: Photograph, unlabelled. Likely Climina Roberts due to proxmity in the donated album to John Savage II, who married Climina Roberts in 1821 (see item 016.002.27). Photograph from mid19th century.
Description: Studio portrait of horse and unidentified woman standing next to horse. Woman clothed in riding habit and holding riding gear. Horse saddled with leather saddle and blanket. Posed in a field with a large, low barn or outbuilding in the right rear of photo. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Not identified in album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of three boys. Youngest child in chair, others posed on either side of chair. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Lawrence Johnson, Dewey Johnson, Ned Johnson in hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of unidentified baby. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of unidentified woman. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of unidentified family of man, woman, teen girl, and younger daughter. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of three girls, Rita, Bessie, and Shirley Johnson. Posed together -- one seated, two standing. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Rita Johnson, Bessie Johnson, and Shirley Johnson in hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of a young boy, standing. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Arno Jewett in hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of unidentified woman. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of woman. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Ella Dorr Withee by hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of woman. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Rosa Silsby Gregg by hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of man. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Brainerd Silsby by hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of unidentified woman. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of a woman. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Helen Chick Silsby (wife of Brainerd) in hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of a man. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as J. Herbert Patten, M.D. in hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of a man. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Charles Richardson in hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of a baby, posed in a wicker chair with white blanket. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Arno Jewett in hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of a man and woman, seated together. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Short in hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of the Homer Silby family consisting of a man, woman, and two children. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Homer Silsby, Lena Sumner Silsby, Arthur Silsby, and Dudley Silsby in hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of a woman. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Alvah N. Jewett, Laura Sumner Jewett, Julia Jewett, and Gertrude Jewett in hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of a woman. Photo is enclosed in a photographer's enclosure. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Loretta Jewett Brimmer in hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of a woman. Photo is enclosed in a photographer's enclosure. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Julia Jewett Brigham in hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Unidentified portrait of a young girl, standing next to a table. Posed with a doll. Photo is enclosed in a photographer's enclosure. Handwritten on back: To Aunt Laura From Arline Woods. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Unidentified portrait of a woman and man, seated together. Photo is enclosed in an album page. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Ellie Wood, “Gran Walter’s Niece”. Woman age 30-40. Hair Pulled back loosely over head to back. Bangs curled around forehead. White dress/blouse no buttons on front. Embroidered across fronts. Small folds sewn to make several lines from shoulder about 1/3 down bodice. High collar with lace edge. Upper torso only. Probably a cabinet card but the frame is no longer with the photo.
Description: LaRue Spiker seated in wooden chair on lawn outside her cabin on the Long Pond Road in Southwest Harbor. Wearing short sleeve dress. Holds book open on lap. Cocker Spaniel sits in front of the chair looking up at her.
Description: 4.5 X 5.5 black and white photograph of LaRue Spiker seated in wooden chair on lawn outside her cabin on the Long Pond Road in Southwest Harbor. Wearing short sleeve dress. Holds book open on lap. Cocker spaniel lays on ground at her feet.
Description: Somesville School Class photograph, October 1909. Twenty one students, none identified. Marked Somesville, Me, Oct 1909 in lower left corner. Students gathered on grass, trees in background. Teacher in center wears hair pulled back with white blouse and dark skirt which buttons down center. Dark tie at neck.
Description: Ready for the finishing touches.S.S. Acadia of the Eastern Steamship Lines being towed to her outfitting berth after the launching at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. This ship was in service between New York and Yarmouth. It became a hospital ship during World War II. Local woman, Louine Lunt Peck, Army Nurse served on the Acadia. .
Description: Historic Mount Desert Tavern, also know as, the Mount Desert House. Tall sign post on front lawn. Mount Desert House sign partially cut out of picture. Lattice work fence leads to front door. Shutters on front windows shut. Two me.n standing near front door. Two men in front of lattice work. Several men and boys stand around large wagon with horse. Shadow visible in foreground. Slide film
Description: Louine Lunt Peck (then Conner) in uniform aboard Army Hospital Ship during World War II. Lt. Peck served as an Army nurse during the War. She is painting. Another woman stands in background.
Description: Daniel Somes Smith and brother June with Julian ?. Julian on left in tree, age 6-8. Wears dark hat with sweater and light pants. June in middle age7-9 seated on tree with hand on head wears dark sweater with knee pants, dark stockings and boots. Daniel on right wears cap, dark jacket, knee pants, dark stockings and light colored shoes or boots. Photo torn on upper left hand corner.
Description: Formal portrait of Cynthia Clement seated with left hand on back of chair (wedding ring visible) and right hand in lap. She wears a light colored long-sleeved dress with heavily pleated bodice, and ruffles at wrists. She has dark hair parted in the middle and pulled back. . Black and white photo print from negative in our collection. Brief, undated, hand-written note (011.FIC.80.4) indicates that Cynthia was a daughter of E.Shepard Richardson and Helen Louise Richardson and married [?] Clement. [show more]
Description: 3.5 X 3.5 black and white photograph of LaRue Spiker squatting on ground with two dogs, Cocker spaniel (Scampie) on the right looking to the left. Taller dog on the left open mouth and spots on body. LaRue’s hand in on dogs leg. Dark house in the background. LaRue is wearing plaid short sleeved shirt and black rimed glasses.
Description: 3 X 3 black and white photograph of LaRue Spiker and her collie dog. They are on a rocky beach with the ocean in the back. LaRue is in the foreground and is wearing boots, the dog is in the background and is turned to face the camera.
Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of two fish in center of photo. The one on the left is much larger than the one on the right. They are being held up by two human hands. Thumb nail showing at bottom of photo. Paper on back of photo, “ A parr is a young salmon just two stages away from hatching. They are marked by vertical bars and must develop into smolts (upper fish) before they are capable of migrating to the sea, where they will spend two or three years developing into adult fish.” [show more]
Description: Marguerite Yourcenar with Hortense Flexner seated in wicker garden chairs. This image appears in the biography of Marguerite Yourcenar (Marguerite Yourcenar: Inventing a Life, by Josyane Savigneau, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1993) and is credited to Archives Editions Gallimard.
Description: Ralph Tracy and Pauline Higgins Tracy standing arm-in-arm on granite block. Photo may have been taken on Cadillac Mountain with distant water background. Partial view of automobile ca. 1930 visible in lower left corner of picture.
Description: Ralph Tracy and Pauline Higgins Tracy standing arm-in-arm on granite block. Photo may have been taken on Cadillac Mountain with water in background. Partial view of automobile (c. 1930) visible in lower left corner of picture. circa 1930
Description: Harris Hyman wearing plaid shirt open at the collar and glasses. Stands in classroom with a chalkboard. Energy instructor at College of the Atlantic.
Description: Unknown woman, approximately wearing large black bow at back of head with decorative hat with feathers. Gray or brown suit is trimmed with velvet. Copy of glass plate negative.
Description: A black and white photograph of the Bar Harbor Bank, Main Street, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1958 Found in the plans of Robert W. Patterson and probably taken by Patterson in conjunction with his plans for renovations of the parking area and signs
Description: Hall Quarry waterfront, with schooner in foreground, buildings to left. Granite cutting shed is on right. Derrick on hill behind. Wooden pilings along the water.
Description: Hall Quarry waterfront, with schooner in foreground, buildings to left. Granite cutting shed is on right. Derrick on hill behind. Wooden pilings along the water.
Description: Christmas card showing schooners docked in Hall Quarry to load granite. Granite company buildings and derricks in background. Picture had been cut or folded in two places and pieced together to make photo copy.
Description: Twenty-seven children seated in four rows on the steps of the Hall Quarry School. (School was torn down in the 19__s.) One teacher stands in center in front of door: a second teacher stands on right.
Description: View of Schooners loading granite at Hall Quarry docks, looking up Somes Sound toward Somesville. House, boarding house, other buildings and woodland in foreground. Derricks and qranite cutting buildings visible. Quarry with crane visible on left; quarry near docks show in center.
Description: Charlie Hodgdon's blacksmith shop in Hall Quarry. Winter scene, with snow. Hodgdon lived in the cabin during the quarrying season. Large granite blocks in foreground.
Description: In the parlor tent, Champlain Society at Camp Pemetic, 1881. J. L. Wakefield, Spelman, S.A. Eliot, Rand, C. Eliot, Lovering. Men seated around table.
Description: Photo within album: page 45. Portrait of unknown man and woman: woman is on left, seated, man standing on right next to her. Woman wears dark dress, with lots of ruffles on large sleeves, dark curly bangs, dangly earrings, small hat or headband. Man wears dark suit jacket with unidentified button on the left lapel, white shirt. Dark curly hair with widow’s peak, parted on left.
Description: Photo within album: page 44. Unknown man wearing dark suit jacket, dark vest with very fine pinstripes, small white collar, small dark bow tie. Has dark goatee and mustache, dark hair swept up and back. Cheeks hand tinted pink.
Description: Photo within album: page 43. Almost looks liked drawing based on photograph. Unknown woman wears light-colored top, with dark belt, dark buttons up bodice, dark bow tie at collar. Dark hair parted in middle and pulled back.
Description: Photo within album: page 41. Portrait of unknown woman with dark hair worn in braid pinned to back of head, curly bangs. Wears dark jacket, very tight white ruffly collar, another collar pinned on, and earrings.
Description: Photo within album: page 40. Portrait of unknown man wearing dark suit jacket, dark vest with watch fob, white shirt with dark buttons, and dark bow tie. Bushy mustache.
Description: Photo within album: page 39. Portrait of unknown man wearing suit jacket, vest, white shirt, dark bow tie. Dark curly hair swept straight back. Bushy muttonchop sideburns, mustache. Looking to right of camera.
Description: Snapshot of unknown boy or young man standing in snow. Wears trousers tucked into calf-length boots, dark jacket. Can see snowy ground, bare trees covered with snow, telephone poles, house in background.
Description: Snapshot of unknown man standing on side of dirt road. Man wears trousers, light colored knit pullover sweater with slight stripe, shirt with collar, and newsboy style cap. Can see watch on left wrist. Can see grassy bank, bare tree, house, and car in background.
Description: Snapshot of man and small child. Man is standing by side of lake, holds an oar in right hand, some sort of pad or life preserver in left. Man is watching as little boy runs towards camera, looking straight at it. Boy wears shorts and shirt with buttons up the front.
Description: Photo of village nestled in between two hills. Can see traintracks, industrial type buildings, houses, church steeple, and trees in background. May be village in photos 001-59-.125, 001-59-.126.
Description: A 5x7 Black and White Photograph (in poor condition) of a hotel on a dirt road near water. Per Bob Pyle at May 2011 "Mystery Photographs" exhibit, this is the Islesford Hotel run by Loring Stanley. (AB) The Islesford Hotel was built in 1887 and torn down in 1920.
Description: This is an 8 x 10 black and white photograph of LaRue Spiker. The setting is woods with leaves on the ground. She is holding a pipe with her left hand and a bucket in her right. She is getting water from this pipe. There is a black and white dog with open mouth watching. It looks like there is a second dog hidden behind this dog. She has on a skirt, vest and shirt, jacket, loafer-type shoes with white ankle socks. LaRue has a scarf tied around her neck. On the back of the photograph are the words: PHOTOGRAPH BY Courier-Journal and Lousiville Times; PUBLICATION PROHIBITED; Authority to publish or copy MUST be obtained from C-J & T Management; 1954 or 1955 [show more]