Description: Portrait of man in dark suit with stiff white collar and striped tie. Hair slicked back from face. Oval photograph on mount enclosed in case.
Description: Postcard of A.L.Somes store. Dry and Fancy Goods. 357 Main St. According to the postcard writing the picture was taken in 1908. On the telephone poll is a sign: J.H. Scott Tailor Cleansing, Pressing, Repairing Up one Flight. Next to it in a side window is a sign that may say Cove Bailey? then another unreadable sign. There is also a sign in the store front that says See Klark Urban Co Drama and Vaudeville Opera House Aug 25 Above partially hidden by the telephone pole is Geo. R. F __ Law Office [show more]
Description: Arthur Lewis Somes (born 19 Aug 1869, Somesville; d 26 Apr 1941 Southwest Harbor) in his store, A.L. Somes store on 357 Main Street, Southwest Harbor, Maine Tin ceiling still in building as of 2017
Description: Arthur L. Somes grandfather, Raymond Somes,father Barbara Somes (born 1 Mar 25), about 6 months and Emma Somes (about 84) Great grandmother Another name on the back, the person who took the picture perhaps Jeff S Ry?
Description: Barbara Irene Somes (b. 1 Mar 1925 Southwest Harbor; d 22 Oct. 2010) Married name Ball with her Great Grandmother Emma Somes (King Newman (b. 23 Dec 1839 Tremont; d 14 Feb 1892, Somesville) Picture probably taken at 379 Main Street where Barbara lived
Description: Looking from 383 Main Street to the harbor in Southwest Harbor Garden at 383 Main St. in foreground Additional information on the back identifying location added by Carolyn Ball
Description: Christmas time, 1947 Wendell Gilley's house is on left. On right is Lawrence Phillip House Identifed by nephew of Lawrence Phillips, Maurice Marshall Taken form 383 Main St looking up at Phillips Lane Picture is dirty
Description: The station was located on what later became the Seawall Camp Ground. "John Dolliver had a house farther to the west [from Enoch Newman’s place at Seawall] which he sold to United States Government and it was burned a few years ago. The radio station and house were built during the World War and the station was dismantled some years after the war was over. The radio house as it is still called, is owned by United States and in the care of Park authorities." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 205. [show more]
Description: From 2012 to 2017, Don Lenahan of Bar Harbor, Maine wrote blog posts about the people, geography, and history of Acadia National Park. Those posts are preserved here as PDF files to ensure that they are never lost. No part of the posts may be reproduced without the author's permission. Click the links below to read Don's blog or purchase his iBook.