Description: 9 unidentified portraits found in the Northeast Harbor Library basement: Cover. Unidentified young child. Large gilded frame, very ornate (12x14) 1. Unidentified young woman with elegant vest and necklace. Simple wooden black frame (8x10) 2. Unidentified older woman with fur collar coat and hat. Simple wooden black frame (5.5x7.5) 3. Unidentified young woman in long elegant dress standing by high-backed chair. Wooden brown frame (7x11) 4. Unidentified young woman in wedding dress with veil holding white lilies. Carved wooden frame (9x12) 5. Unidentified middle aged woman, sitting in elegant white dress. Portrait from photograph. Damaged frame and glass (13x11.5) 6/7. Unidentified young woman posing in elegant light dress, standing by a pedestal. Photograph is a bit faded. Carved brown wooden frame, lightly gilded (9.5x15) 8. Unidentified older man with mustache, in suit jacket and tie. Simple black wooden frame, damaged (8x10) 9. Unidentified older man in outdoor setting, hat in hand. Light wooden frame, partly gilded (5x7) Any information on any of these portraits is welcome. [show more]
Description: Woman age 50-60. Name in pencil on back not readable ([great ---- Hau-). Hair pulled back tight. Wears dark dress buttons down front. White collar with plaid scarf around neck joined by large white brooch. Hands folded in lap. Ring on middle finger,color added to cheeks.
Description: Bill Somes at age 12. Hair short, parted on left side. Standing with left hand on back of chair. Dark cushioned chair with fringe on back and seat. Boy wears dark jackets buttoned to neck. Four folds on each side of jacket and short pockets. Large bow at neck, dark with crisscrossing white stripes. Dark trousers with black boots.
Description: Two plans ( ink on linen) of alterations to existing cottage. Original cottage ws designed by William Ralph Emerson 1885. ( see 001.74.10007). Size 11" by 30"
Description: Four (4) plans cellar to third floor of Mossley Hall. See also 001.74.1006 for alterations to this building. W.B. Howard Cottage, 1882-3. William Ralph Emerson, architect.
Description: Four A-Boats undersail. # 1 Daffydill owned by Mrs. Henry Parkman, #19 Coleen owned by Mrs. C.B. Fraley, # 16, Nevis, owned by C.P.B. Jeffrey, #21 Polly owned by Luke Hopkins.Ballard Neg # Y-53 This negative is out of numerical order in the Photo Album #12B-1. It is on page 16.
Description: Photograph likely taken in California, but not certain, after they were married but before coming to Maine. Probably among the things salvaged from "Homewood" on Placentia Island when house cleaned out and then demolished, c. 1996
Description: This collection consists of 8 individual photos, and two large scrapbook type albums of photos, all black and white, probably taken late 1800's-1960's. The photographs most likely belonged to Charlotte Turner Sawyer, wife of Harvey M. Sawyer. Lila may be a cousin of Harvey Sawyer's. They lived next to Knowles Chiropractic center, the next house down the hill. They had two sons, Harvey E. "buddy" Sawyer, and Randal S. Sawyer. [show more]
Description: Yellowed color photo of three people posed outside next to a car, one woman in a blue short sleved dress with brown hair, one woman with grey hair seated in a chair wearing a blue floral dress, man with grey hair wearing a white shirt with brown and tan tie wearing brown pants. Notation on back of picture reads: "Mother's Day 5/8/1949 Peoria."
Description: Yellowed color photograph of three people posed outside near a car. One woman wearing a blue floral dress with grey hair, one woman with grey hair seated in a chair wearing a grey dress, man standing to the right of the women wearing a white shirt blakc and gold tie and black pants. Notation on back of photo reads: Mother's Day 5/8/1949 Peoria, Ill.
Description: Photograph of the gambrel-roofed Pooler Barn, formerly a working dairy barn, located on Route 3 in Bar Harbor 1.9 miles east of traffic light at the head of the island. Photograph taken in May 2006. The farm originally had 200-plus acres behind and beside the Victorian house to the left of the barn. Northeast Creek runs through the original farm fields. The property was divided in 2006 between land for affordable housing and the remaining house and barn. In August 2006, there were still stanchions and cages in the main barn building. [show more]
Description: Side view of Stone Barn on at intersection of Crooked Road and Norway Drive. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Owen are barn owners. Photographed in May 2006. The farm itself dates to 1850. The barn was built in 1907 by the Shea Brothers of Ellsworth, masonry contractors and builders who had purchased the property. The first story is constructed of glacial stone and granite. The gambrel-roofed barn has housed both sheep and goats. The Stone Barn is on the National Register of historic structures. Mr. and Mrs. Owen have been stewards of the 167 acre farm for over 40 years and have deeded the farm to a conservation trust. A road running between the carriage house to the right of the barn and the farm house led over the brook and up the hill to salt marsh land. The Owens have produced lettuce (6,000-8,000 heads a year), strawberries and beans, goat milk, and other goat mile products which were sold to local restaurants and markets. For years, giant sunflowers stood in a half circle plot on the front lawn. The sheep shed at the rear of the barn was built in the 1960s. The carriage house (not visible in the photograph) was probably somewhat older than the barn, and had front and rear doors so that the carriage could be driven in one end and out the other. [show more]
Description: Black and white photograph of three woman and a young boy standing outside with building in the background. Notation on back of the photo reads: "June 30, 1949, Four Generations." Note with photo reads: "These three from Pink 'Robinsons Drug Store' Envelope in file: Spiker Family Friends Personae."
Description: This is a photograph of a unidentified male. The donor claims the photo is of a Somes family member. He appears to be between 16 and 25 in age. He is wearing a three-piece suit with pin stripes. His white collar looks stiff. He is wearing a patterned cravat. His face has a pondering expression and his eyes are gazing to the right. The protective glass has the remains of a sticker which has been removed in the lower right hand corner. There is some damage under the glass on the left-hand side. [show more]
Description: This photograph is of a male who looks to be between 18 and 25 years of age. He is dressed in a three piece suit with a starched white shirt. He is wearing a patterned cravat. He has a serious expression and is gazing to the right. There is a price sticker on the bottom right of the protective glass. The sticker is marked: 35. set Mr. Somes ???.
Description: This is a faded 4 by 6 black and white photograph of a house with people sitting on the porch. The house is labeled 'Old Homestead' Southwest Harbor, Maine.
Description: This is a 5x7 photograph dated 1926. There are four rows of children of various ages outside a wooden building with a granite foundation. The first two rows are boys. The third row is girls. The fourth row has three males and one female - the two on the top right may be teachers of the group.