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: Unknown Boy age 13-20. Short lightish hair parted on side and combed to right. Wears light colored shirt buttoned up front with top button undone. Looking to left. Creases in photo.
Description: Mrs. John Allen Somes: short wavy hair parted on one side and brushed back. Wears white dress with smocking below shoulder and short sleeves. White buttons down front with long jeweled pin above top button. Pearls at throat. Marked on back, “Mrs. John Allen Somes Somesville, Bar Harbor, Me.” Ada May (Richardson) Somes b.October 4, 1872, married John Allen Somes on June 27, 1894, d. November 9, 1949
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson wearing hair short and curly. White blouse with large buttons and wide collar laying flat on shoulders. Strand of pearls at neck. Dark background
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson: short wavy hair parted on one side brushed down. Wearing black dress with pearls at neck, and flowers sitting on shoulder. Stamped Seely Studio 466 Geary Street San Francisco.
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson:short wavy hair parted on one side brushed down. Wearing black dress with pearls at neck, and flowers sitting on shoulder. Stamped Seely Studio 466 Geary Street San Francisco.
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson: short wavy hair parted on one side brushed down. Turned to side with face to camera. Wearing black dress with pearls at neck, and flowers sitting on shoulder. Marked Nic Seely 1930.
Description: Unknown Boy age 13-20. Hair combed back, parted in middle. Dark background. Knit sweater with large neck. White shirt with turned down collar and dark striped tie. Bamboo border design.
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson, short wavy hair parted on one side and brushed to the other. Hand on cheek. Wears leopard pattern blanket or shawl with white stripes around shoulder with print dress underneath. Curtain in background.
Description: Harriet Somes Sanderson sitting in upholstered chair looking to left. Hair swept up under wide brimmed white hat wth feather falling over brim. Feather boa around shoulders. Dress, leaf and berry pattern throughout with lace bodice. Wearing small earrings. Marked 1904 in lower right corner. Duplicate of 997-491-657
Description: Harriet Somes Sanderson sitting in upholstered chair looking to left. Hair swept up under wide brimmed white hat with feather falling over brim. Feather boa around shoulders. Dress, leaf and berry pattern throughout with lace bodice. Wearing small earrings.
Description: From left to right, Harriet Somes Sanderson, Virginia Somes Sanderson, sister [?], brother, Arthur Sanderson. Harriet wears dress with no sleeves, beaded shoulder straps, additional strands on beads fall over arm. Beads also decorate bodice. Dark shiny fabric, overskirt covers longer skirt of lighter shade. Virginia wears short sleeved dress of shear fabric and embroidered design throughout. Both women wear beaded necklaces. The sister wears white short sleeve dress with high waist line and pearls at neck. Hair pushed back with head band. Arthur has short hair combed flat with wool suit, wide belt, knee pants. Photo taken in parlor with oval mirror over mantle. Cut to fit an oval frame. [show more]
Description: Frank Cummings cousin of Fred Stetson and Lulu Stetson. Young man age 20s. Light colored hair parts on left side combed back with wave near forehead. Long face. Dark jacket unbuttoned with high stiff white collar and striped shirt. Small dark bow tie with fleur-de-lîs. Oval photograph.
Description: Young man age 18-20s, Straight hair parted in middle and brushed back. Dark tweed coat unbuttoned, with matching vest buttoned. High stiff white collar. Dark tie with stripes and dots, wide knot. Oval photograph.
Description: Harriet Somes Sanderson wearing hair swept up to top of head, white blouse with cutwork, striped skirt and wire rim spectacles. Son, Arthur Sanderson sitting on lap wearing white sailor outfit, sister [?] leaning head on shoulder, wearing bow in curly hair ; white dress with elaborate embroidery on front of dress. Appears to have been cut out of larger photograph.
Description: Harriet Somes Sanderson age 5-8. Long hair parted in middle and worn in corkscrew curls. Wears short sleeved white dress, with ribbons over sleeves and lace edging square cut neck.
Description: Martha Kathleen Feyler ages 3 years. Girl seated in high woven backed chair. Long dark hair with ribbon tied at top of head. Dark dress with wide flounce around neck edged with lace. White collar. White lace at cuffs. Wears ribbon tied on right wrist. Hands in lap.
Description: Unidentified woman, possibly Virginia Somes Sanderson. Curly hair pulled to back with some bang around forehead. Dark dress with light stripes, full sleeved and wide collar edged with lace laying flat on shoulders. Marked on bottom, “The Lasell. Elmer Chickering 21 West Street Boston.” Marked on back, “Aug. 1895.”
Description: Harriet Somes Sanderson. Curly hair pulled back, parted in middle, some loose bangs around forehead. Dark eyebrows and eyes. Dark dress with full puffed sleeves. Wide white collar, ruffles over shoulder with pin at center. Photo diamond shaped. Marked on back, “A Happy New Year. 1894.”
Description: Woman, age 18-30, holding back of chair, profile and back toward camera. Bangs tightly curled around forehead, hair pulled back and knotted in back. Wearing small hoops in ears. White bodice with 3/4 sleeved and puffed shoulders. Pearl bracelet on wrist. White skirt with bustle. Marked on bottom, Hastings 146 Tremont St. Boston, Mass. Branch at 10 Bath Road, Newport, R.I.” Marked on back “To Myrtle with Love, Feb 14, 1894. N.E.C”
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: 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: 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: Julia Lord age 18 - 30. hair parted in midde and pulled back. Ribbons worn at back of head. Cheeks colored by photographer. Gray dress with plain white collar and brooch at neck.
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.