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: Photo within album: page 46. Portrait of unknown woman wearing dark dress with white buttons up placket, small white lace collar. Hair parted in center, pulled back, some curls loose around face. Cheeks hand tinted pink, also seems to be a tiny fleck of gold leaf affixed to indentation at throat.
Description: Photo within album: page 34. Portrait of unknown woman sitting next to small table, book open on table. Woman wears dark dress with large sleeves, lots of detailing at collar. White collar covered by large brooch. Hair worn long, curly, fastened with bow on top of head.
Description: George Somes age 7-11. Miniature tintype. Boy wears hair combed down parted on left side. Cheeks tinted by photographer. Dark suit, possibly gray with two buttons at top of coat connected with a plackett, vest underneath buttoned to neck.
Description: tintype of two men, one standing, one sitting next to him. The seated man wears a white shirt, dark trousers, and a long duster coat, as well as a plaid newsboy-style cap. The man standing next to him has his right hand on the shoulder of the other man, and is wearing a white shirt covered by a long duster, also wears a cap in the same newsboy style. Backdrop of flowers, even looks to be grass underfoot.
Description: Tintype of two men in front of studio backdrop of winter scene. They both wear very simple white pullover shirts (don’t seem to be button up) and dark trousers; their suspenders have been pulled down and hang loose. Both have mustaches and dark hair that has been shaved on the sides. They stand apart, but reach out towards one another with their left fists clenched, their left wrists touch. They pull their right hands across their chests, right fists also clenched. Look like mirror images of one another. Inscription on back reads Paul Bener at top, Peter Bener at bottom (name could also be Bever). Left hand corners have been cut. [show more]
Description: tintype of man seated, one arm resting on armrest of chair, the other hand resting on knee. Wears dark suit, white shirt, striped bow tie. Has dark hair, widow’s peak, dark drooping mustache, and slight goatee. Lots of marks on front of tintype.
Description: tintype of child seated in wooden chair. Wears hair parted down center, cut very short. Also wears light colored blouse--could be very long blouse, could be dress. Also wears string of beads around neck. Is looking down and to the right of camera. Top left hand and bottom corners of tintype have been clipped off.
Description: Unknown woman with hair parted in middle and pulled back. Wears dark shawl or cape and white blouse. Marked on frame: "Potter’s Patent March 7, 1865."
Description: Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes, wife of Thaddeus Shepley Somes. Seated turned to left. Dark hair pulled back into large bun at back of head. Wears band in hair and long beaded earrings. Black fitted dress with simple white collar. Holds book, perhaps photo album.
Description: Thaddeus Shepley Somes age 40-50. Hairline receding, hair brushed back. Neatly trimmed beard and mustache. Wears heavy dark coat unbuttoned with dark vest underneath buttoned to top and white collar. One hand on knee the other on table. Color added to cheeks. Emulsion pealing from edges.
Description: Maria Merritt Beckwith Age 6 in 1850. Seated in Rocking Chair. Grandmother of donor, Robert Harris of Oak Hill Road, Mt. Desert. Hair parted in middle, pulled back behind ears. Wearing necklaces and possibly pocket watch around neck. Plaid dress with flounces in skirt. Narrow white lace collar.
Description: Man age 30-40. Wears long straight beard, trim mustache with straight hair covering ears. Heavy dark suit with vest buttoned. No collar showing.
Description: Young man and young woman seated together on bench in photographer studio. Man on left wears hair parted in middle and combed to sides. White pants, black belt, white shirt, black bow tie and dark coat. Woman wears hair parted in middle and pinned to side of head. Whte dress with hat in hand. Had adorned with flowers and bow.
Description: Woman age 50-60. Hair parted in middle and pulled back over ears. Cheeks colored by photographers. Wears dark dress Bodice has fabric covered buttons down the front. Bow at neck with fringe on the end. Sleeves puff from shoulder to elbow ending with two folds. Three folds approx one inch apart at cuff. White cuffs and flat white collar. Elbow leaning on table draped with fabric. Old label needs to be removed. Scratch 3/4” long near left eye.
Description: Mabel (Carrie) Moore Cadwell and playmate. Boy on left age 3-7. Short curly hair. Wears light colored shirt buttoned to neck. dropped sleeve. Knee breeches with band at top. Black cooper toed boots. Girl on right age 4-7 wears short hair brushed back. Had left arm on boys shoulder. Black short sleeve dress with bloomers, white stockings and shoes with strap.
Description: Woman age 40-50, hair parted in middle and pulled back. Cheeks colored by photographer. Checked bodice and skirt with buttons down front of bodice. White bow and collar.
Description: Man age 30 -40 in bowler type hat. Cheeks colored by photgrapher. Wears dark coat with handkerchief in pocket, dark vest, watch fob visible, white shirt and black bow tie. Marked compliments of F. Webb on the front. On back, “Stickney’s Ferrotypes Finished in Fifteen Minuites at 753 Broadway New-York. Opposite Astor Place. Also Internal Revenue Service two cent stamp on back.
Description: Sarah Walter age 18 - 30. Hair parted in middle worn long with corkscrew curls. Seated with hands in lap. Checked dress with buttons down bodice. Light colored cloak over shoulders pinned at neck. Ring on right hand.
Description: Edward Lord age 20-30. Hair parted on one side on combed over. Long sideburns. Cheeks colored by photographer. Black coat with silk lapels, white shirt and collar with black tie.
Description: Ellen Wiggins Kittredge age 20-30. Hair parted in middle pulled to back of head and pulled up at neck. Plaid dress with white buttons down bodice and black belt at waist. White lace collar with pin at neck. Cheeks colored by photographer.
Description: Rich Somes age 20-30.Man seated with elbow on table covered with paisley cloth, leaning back slightly. Hair combed back. Cheeks colored by photographer. Darke coat with velvet color unbuttoned. Vest underneath, buttom button undone, matching tousers, white collar turned down and wide tie worn inside vest. Watch chain visible under vest.
Description: Ida Somes Downing age 15-30. Miniature tintype. Hair parted in middle and pulled to back of head. Hair pulled up above neck. Dark dress with hint of white collar and black bow at neck.
Description: Bethany Higgins age 20-30. Seated on log among twigs in photographer’s studio. Mountains, waterfall, trees, and fence also appear in set. Woman holding book in lap, wears dark hair parted in middle pulled back. Corkscrew curls descend from back of head. Dress, dark color with black stribes on hem and in V-shape around bodice, and cuffs. Wears lace collar at neck with plaid bow.
Description: Marked Caroline at 18. Caroline F. Moore, Miniature photo in larger frame. Wears hair parted in middle and pulled back covering ears. Large earrings. Dark dress with pattern, lack velvet trim. Lace collar or scarf and brooch below neck.