Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum 1980s.Bare wood shelves. Photographic display of Southwest Harbor ships, with two half hull models.
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: Virginia Somes Sanderson, age 70-80 wears glasses with dark frames, blue dress with seagulls. Seated at table inside Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen’s Building Museum. Collection of China displayed on shelf behind Sanderson. Portrait of Sarah Whiting Kittredge and William Thompson Memorial wreath on right.
Description: Unknown woman age 99 seated on sofa with crocheted throw on back. Christmas tree to right. Wall paper patterned with ships and men on horse. Mirror behind couch reflect woman wearing short sleeve black dress, glasses with hands on hips. Older woman holds gift on lap, wearing floral print dress. Marked on bottom, “Gram Brown 99 yrs.” Snapshot.
Description: Interior of cabin on Sheep Island. Large wood desk near window. Tea cart holding papers behind desk. Wall hanging behind tea cart. End of spindle bed at left.
Description: Interior of cabin on Sheep Island. Unfinished wood walls. Double doors on right, window on left side of front wall, window on left wall. Bed in left corner under windows. Table in center of room Chair between bed and door. Rocking chair in middle foreground. Chair at left.
Description: Marked on back, “New Museum opening day by Julia B. Smith. Tools on display in background in Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Bare wood walls and cabinets. Piano, display case and Great Walking wheel to right. Unknown man seated at desk.
Description: Marked on back, “New Museum opening day by Julia B. Smith." China displayed in Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum. Bare wood walls and cabinets. Piano, display case and Great Walking wheel in foreground. Two people viewing china. 3.5 x 4
Description: Marked on back, “Junior Hostesses at our museum. Bets and Karen West as Junior Hostesses at Museum in our village, “Somesville”. July 14, 1976.” Girl on left wears colonial costume of blue with white in center of bodice and full cuffs, with white cap. Her hand on Great Walking Wheel. Girl on right wearing floral print colonial costume with bonnet and apron. 3.5 x 4
Description: Marked on back, “Juniors on duty at the museum. Bets and Karen at Museum. Bets holding doll we found in our house. July 14, 1976.” Girl on left, holding china doll, wearing floral print colonial costume with bonnet and apron. Girl on right, wears colonial costume of blue with white in center of bodice and full cuffs, with white cap. Her hand on Great Walking Wheel.