Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum June of 1995. Small chest containing nineteenth century childrens garments and shoes, picture of two babies. Picture taken during grand re-opening of Museum.
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum June of 1995. Display case containing nineteenth cnetury costumes, and sign, “Georgis Somes Smith Dry and Fancy Goods. Picture taken during grand re-opening of Museum. Two Copies
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum June of 1995. Arrangement of table, two chairs and tea set to the left. Piano, chairs, music stand and dressed man to the right. Maritime artifacts to far right. Picture taken during grand re-opening of Museum.
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum June of 1995. Arrangemnet of table, two chairs, easel and tea set. Display case containing nineteenth century costume in background. Picture taken during grand re-opening of Museum.
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum June of 1995. Arrangement of table, two chairs, easel and tea set. Display case containing nineteenth century costume in background. Picture taken during grand re-opening of Museum.
Description: Ann Swartz in her Southwest Harbor studio. Sitting on stool, applying paint to brush in front ot canvas. Palette to right. Other completed still lifes to the left. Gift of George Daniell
Description: Ann Schwartz in her Southwest Harbor studio. Stands amidst her paintings, large still lifes. Wood stove in center of room with kettle on top. Swartz wears jeans, sweater, jean jacket and cap, looking towards window. Gift of George Daniell
Description: June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Museum interior.Anne Mazlish, president of MDIHS, Jaylene Roths Director, on right.
Description: Aurelia Brown in Wingspread Gallery, Northeast Harbor. Brown seated in caned chair on left, elbow on table. Wears turtle neck, stretch pants and white sneakers. Woman acroos the table, long hair parted in middle. Man in background with long poney tail walks through curtain into another room. Dog asleep at Brown’s feet. Gift of George Daniell.
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum 1980s.Bare wood shelves. Various tools and small ship painting. Babson portrait to the left.
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum June of 1995. Children’s dolls and toys on bare wood shelves. Picture taken during grand re-opening of Museum.
Description: Carrie Mabel Moore age 90. Seated in upholstered chair with wood arms. Window with venetian blinds. Mantel to the right. She wears polka dot dress, short sleeve which buttons up front. Marked on back, “Born Carrie Mabel Moore 11-18-1864, Sea Wall - Maine, Tremont Maine. Father - Joshua S. Moore, Tremont. Mother Caroline Frances Somes Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine. Mrs. Frank W. Cadwell, Mabel Carrie Moore Cadwell Died Nov. 29, 1954. Daniel Somes branch. Photo taken age 80 years 1954, age 90 years.” (Although the inscription on the back indicates both 80 years old and 90, the birth date given is 1864 and the death date as 1954. [AB]) [show more]
Description: June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Museum interior.Carved boat cradle with swans head in foreground. Tools displayed on bare wood shelves in background. Also tin washtub and wooden snow shoes.
Description: June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Museum interior.Carved boat cradle with swans head. Under John Somes sign, Jaylene Roths, museum director, and Betsy Alexander to the right.
Description: Consuelo Cloos in her home at Seawall. Performing her last concert. Closs leans against piano wears flower in hair, long velvet skirt and black sweater or blouse. Unknown older woman plays piano. Gift of George Daniell
Description: Den or office in a house. Desk with telephone on the left. Two chairs to the right. Cabinet in the middle with framed photo or painting above it.
Description: Den or office in a house. Desk with telephone on the right. Two chairs to the left. Cabinet in the middle with framed photo or painting above it.
Description: Dining room in old house. Painted wood floor - wide floor boards. Round braided rug and rectangular hooked rug on the floor. Table with tunred wood legs and four chairs. Two candlesticks on a soup tureen on the table. China cabinet on the far wall. Fireplace behind the table. May be a house in Somesville.
Description: June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Museum interior.Display case containing nineteenth century costumes.
Description: June 8, 1995, Maine Museum Day, Mt. Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Museum interior.Maritime artifacts in background. Special exhibit of the belongings of sea captain Edward Rummil father of Edna Hysom. Edna Hysom to the left. Woman on right unidentified.
Description: A black and white photo negative made from a color snapshot of the fireplace in historic Abraham Somes III house (once owned by Richard and Marion Cobb) on the corner of Main Street and Oak Hill Road in Somesville. Fire burning in the fireplace. Large brick fireplace with brick oven. Clock with reverse glass painting on the mantle.