Description: Harriet Emma Somes Sanderson with friend. Woman standing on the left age 20-30. Hair pulled back with short curly bangs over forehead. Wears dark blouse and skirt. Blouse has effect of tailored jacket with ruffled shirt underneath. High neck and puffed sleeves. Wide ruffle on bottom of straight skirt. Woman on right seated age 20 -30. Hair pulled back bangs slightly less curly. Lace edge run diagonally across bodice, high collar and puffed sleeved. Simple skirt. Brooch at neck and on bodice. Her hand rests on chair with carved back and fringe on arm. [show more]
Description: Adeline Freeman Somes. Hair parted in middle and pulled back tighly. Dark dress with gathers at waist making bodice pucker. Small white collar with brooch at neck. Hands folded on lap. Marked on back, “Adeline Freeman Somes mother of Thaddeus, Emma Francis, [Lot?] and Pearl Somes; wife of Abraham III Somes, born in Pretty Marsh.”
Description: Boy and girl. Boy, on left, wears hair parted on one side and combed to the other. Dark coat buttons down front with round white collar which lays flat on shoulders. Arms folded in front. Girl on right wears hair parted in the midlle and pulled back. Striped dress with dark shawl and white collar. Hands folded on lap. Marked on back, “Emma Frances and [illegible?].
Description: Thaddeus Shepley Somes and Pearl. Thaddeus on left wears hair combed down and parted on one side. Dark suit, one button done, white shirt and large silk bow tie. Hands folded in lap. Perarl wears short hair parted on one side and combed to the other. Wears black coat buttoned down front with round white collar laying flat on shoulders. Some kind of border on image, but note that original was tintype.
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: Miniature photo album, embossed leather with gold clasp. First page marked Album Simmons & Co. New Bedford. 10 women, one boy, 12 men, 2 pages missing pictures. Mostly well dressed prosperous looking people.
Description: Tintype of unknown young woman wearing her hair parted in the middle and pulled back. She is wearing a dark dress with small light buttons, white collar and a brooch at the neck. Cheeks were colored by the photographer.
Description: Tintype of unknown young boy with hair parted and combed to one side. He wears a buttoned jacket, white shirt collar and bow tie at neck. Cheeks have been colored by photographer.
Description: Small black and white tintype of unknown man. He has hair parted on one side, sideburns and beard under the chin. He wears a jacket, white shirt and bow tie. Cheeks have been colored by the photographer.
Description: Tintype of an unknown woman wearing a bonnet tied beneath the chin. She wears a dark dress with white collar. Cheeks have been colored by the photographer.
Description: Tintype of unknown young man with hair combed to one side. He has sideburns. He wears formal wear with dark jacket with satin lapels, white shirt and tie at the collar. Cheeks are colored by photographer.
Description: Tintype of unknown young woman with hair parted in the middle and pulled back. She wears small drop earrings, a dark polka-dotted dress with a placket in the front. She wears a brooch at the neck. Cheeks have been colored by the photographer.
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 42. Portrait of unknown man wearing dark suit jacket, dark vest with watch fob, white shirt with collar. Has dark hair, dark mustache, cheeks hand tinted pink.
Description: Photo within album: page 38. Photo of unknown young boy wearing woolen suit jacket over woolen vest, small bow tie at neck, white handkerchief in pocket. Hair parted on far right, combed over. Sits in dark chair, left arm propped up on arm of chair. Cheeks hand tinted pink.
Description: Photo within album: page 35. Very small tintype gem portrait of unknown man wearing dark suit, white shirt with collar, dark tie, possibly held by pin at neck. Dark mustache, dark hair slicked back.
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: Photo within album: page 31. Portrait of unknown child wearng jacket, skirt, highly embroidered. Also wearing white bloomers, dark boots, has short dark hair. Standing next to chair, holding onto arm of it.
Description: Photo within album: page 30. Portrait of unknown child wearing dark plaid dress with buttons going diagonally up body, striped trim around button placket. Wearing white stockings, large black boots. Short dark hair parted on right (could be small boy). Sitting on cusion on chair covered with patterned fabric.
Description: Photo within album: page 2. Tintype of unknown man with large bushy beard, wearing dark suit and black wide brimmed hat. Photo stuck upside down in album.
Description: tintype of two men both wearing dark suits. Man on left is perched on a small white fence, wears dark suit jacket with dark shirt and tie. Has right hand resting on his right thigh, other arm hanging down. Man on right is seated in a chair next to him, also wears dark suit, but with white shirt and whte tie. His right hand is resting on his right thigh. Backdrop of mountains and trees behind them.
Description: tintype of a young woman wearing a dark, ornately detailed dress and hat. The dress has full sleeves, with ruffle detailing at sleeves, has buttons down bodice, and then seems to split into two halves with more ruffles at waist (almost bolero style jacket). White trim at wrists, also white lace at collar. Hat is small, but with lots of ribbon details, and ribbons hanging down the back. Woman also wears one dark bracelet on either wrist, and dark stud earrings. [show more]
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 man and woman; woman stands next to man with right arm resting on his shoulder, man is seated. Man wears dark suit with white shirt and dark bow tie, also watch fob. Has dark hair and holds bowler hat in hands. Woman wears dark, long plaid coat, buttons down the front, shorter jacket/wrap made of the same material around shoulders. Also wears hat trimmed with lots of feathers and flowers.