Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
17875	Somes Pond.	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph		Spiker, LaRue		1975	Somes Pond. Item: 17875    Object ID: 998.1980.3085.2829 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Creator: Spiker, LaRue Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Date: 1975 Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Color slide looking toward the fish ladder on Somes Pond.
8312	Somesville Union Meeting House	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings	LaRue Spiker			Somesville Union Meeting House Item: 8312    Object ID: 998-1217-2322 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Somesville Union Meeting House in the snow.
8319	Dam and fish ladder	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Places, Landscape	LaRue Spiker			Dam and fish ladder Item: 8319    Object ID: 998-1210-2315 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Places, Landscape Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Dam and fish ladder in Somesville Mill Pond.
7402	Mill Pond, Canoes, & Library: Somesville	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Building People				Mill Pond, Canoes, & Library: Somesville Item: 7402    Object ID: 97-583-752 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Building People Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Man, two women and girl in canoe paddling on the mill pond, American flag on bow. Another canoe in middle ground containing three women, a girl and boy. Crowd gathered on lawn of Somesville Library. Tents pitched on lawn in front of building. Somes House Inn visible on the right. Blacksmith’s shop and Fernald's Store (aka A.J. Whiting store), later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, on the left. Tall deciduous tree hanging over bank on the left. CHRISTMAS GREETINGS printed but only partially visible at bottom. [show more]
7403	Sawmill and Fernald's Store from the water	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings				Sawmill and Fernald's Store from the water Item: 7403    Object ID: 997-834-1004 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Looking toward Main Street from Somes Cove. Lumber mill on the left, library to right of mill. In center two and one-half story house with porch on front and left side. Further right and on the water is Fernald’s Store (aka A.J. Whiting Store), later Port-In-A-Storm bookstore and now (2016) Gallery at Somes Sound. Historic Nathan Salisbury House to the far right [?].
7404	Ship Under Construction, Somes Cove	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	People Vessels, Ship			1905c.	Ship Under Construction, Somes Cove Item: 7404    Object ID: 997-833-1003 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: People Vessels, Ship Date: 1905c. Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Ship under construction in Somes Cove. Looking across Somes Cove to Somes meadow and landing. Six men standing on deck looking toward camera. Hull near completion. Lumber scattered around ship. Two masts lie on the ground in sterm of ship. Schooner just visible to the right.
7405	Somesville Church	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Building				Somesville Church Item: 7405    Object ID: 997-832-1002 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Building Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Marked, “Somesville Church 76” in lower left corner. Somesville Church (now Union Meeting House, 2015) built in 1852 (per "Living Past", p. 280) Telephone pole sitting in front of church. Lower shutters open, uppers closed.
7406	Grist Mill, Somesville	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Building				Grist Mill, Somesville Item: 7406    Object ID: 97-355-520 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Building Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Grist mill on Somes Brook. High bushes cover most of building. Shingled roof, with weathered shingled siding. Large stones line bank of stream. Another small clapboard building to right in background. Appears to have been taken from upstream. Negative.
7076	Mount Desert Post Office, Main Street, Somesville, 1905	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Building			1905	Mount Desert Post Office, Main Street, Somesville, 1905 Item: 7076    Object ID: 997-826-996 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Building Date: 1905 Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Main Street Somesville. Mount Desert Post Office on right. Two story building with covered porch. Mount Desert Post Office sign mounted on porch roof. Marked on bottom of negative "1905 Old Post Office Eva Jacobson postmistress". John William Somes house, now owned by Keating Pepper with windmill visible over roof of house. Telephone poles line street.
7077	Somesville School House, Mt. Desert, ME	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Building				Somesville School House, Mt. Desert, ME Item: 7077    Object ID: 997-825-995 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Building Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Somesville School House (c. early 1900's), Main Street, Somesville. Few trees around building, evergreens in back. Covered porch in center of building with balcony above. Flag pole in center of balcony. Two chimneys and bell tower on roof. Clapboard siding, 12 unshuttered windows visible.
7078	Early Abraham Somes House	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Building				Early Abraham Somes House Item: 7078    Object ID: 997-824-994 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Building Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Somes House, early photo. Young trees cover lawn. No shutters on windows. Barn to far right. Small shed next to house on right. Small addition extends from house on left. Copy from Bradley Stereo Card (this negative is one of two--see related negative). The B. Bradley stereo card does not appear to be in the collection. This photograph appears in "The Living Past" by Virginia Somes Sanderson on page 226 and is captioned, "The Original Abraham Somes Home, later converted into the Somes House, date unknown." [show more]
7080	Early Abraham Somes House	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Building				Early Abraham Somes House Item: 7080    Object ID: 997-823-993 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Building Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Somes House, early photo. Young trees cover lawn. No shutters on windows. Barn to far right. Small shed next to house on right. Small addition extends from house on left. This negative is one of two made from a Bradley Stereo Card, which does not appear to be in the collection. This photograph appears in "The Living Past" by Virginia Somes Sanderson, p. 226, and is captioned, "The original Abraham Somes home, later converted into The Somes House, date unknown." [show more]
7081	Fireplace in Abraham Somes III house	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Interior				Fireplace in Abraham Somes III house Item: 7081    Object ID: 997-822-992 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Interior Place: Somesville, Maine 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.
8072	Isaac Somes House	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Building	LaRue Spiker			Isaac Somes House Item: 8072    Object ID: 998-1517-2622 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Building Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Isaac Somes house next to the Brookside cemetery in Somesville. Presently owned by Edward Babcock. Two and one half stories with a central chimney. One story el to the right and to the right a colonial revival porch. Shrubs around the front door.
8077	Isaac Somes House	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Building	LaRue Spiker			Isaac Somes House Item: 8077    Object ID: 998-1511-2616 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Building Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Isaac Somes house next to the Brookside cemetery in Somesville. Presently owned by Edward Babcock. Two and one half stories with a central chimney. One story el to the right and to the right a colonial revival porch. Shrubs around the front door.
8079	Lewis Somes House	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Building	LaRue Spiker			Lewis Somes House Item: 8079    Object ID: 998-1509-2614 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Building Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Lewis Somes House on Main street Somesville. Picket fence in front of house. Greek Revival Cape style. Presently owned by the Dresser family of Massachusetts.
8083	Low tide Somes Cove	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Places, Landscape	LaRue Spiker		1950-1979	Low tide Somes Cove Item: 8083    Object ID: 998-1505-2610 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Places, Landscape Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Date: 1950-1979 Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Low tide in Somes Cove. House, currently owned by Henry Schmelzer, on the hill. Selectmen’s building to the left.
7601	Headstone of Abraham Somes	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Places, Cemetery	LaRue Spiker			Headstone of Abraham Somes Item: 7601    Object ID: 998-1499-2604 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Places, Cemetery Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Headstone of Abraham Somes died Sept 7, 1819 at age 87. Brookside cemetery.
8090	Cildren on firetruck	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, transportation - Land People	LaRue Spiker			Cildren on firetruck Item: 8090    Object ID: 998-1497-2602 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, transportation - Land People Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Children playing on the back of a firetruck.
8091	Mill Stones	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Industry - Mill	LaRue Spiker			Mill Stones Item: 8091    Object ID: 998-1496-2601 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Industry - Mill Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Mill stones for grinding grain in the ground outside the Mount Desert Island Historical Society’s Selectmen’s Building. Plaque on one millstone. Somes Brook in the background.
8096	Somesville school	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Building Other, transportation - Land	LaRue Spiker			Somesville school Item: 8096    Object ID: 998-1491-2596 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Building Other, transportation - Land Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Former Somesville School. Chain link fence around school. Sign outside reads, “Mount Desert Island Child Guidance Association. Office.” Car circa 1950s outside the school.
8099	Children with American Flags	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, building People	LaRue Spiker			Children with American Flags Item: 8099    Object ID: 998-1488-2593 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, building People Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Chidren with small American flags on the Somesville Library Lawn. Fernald’s store and Gulf station in the background.
8107	Selectmen's Building	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Building	LaRue Spiker			Selectmen's Building Item: 8107    Object ID: 998-1480-2585 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Building Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen’s building. Door open. Sign, “Museum Open Today” in the foreground. “Mount Desert Museum” sign on the building.
8108	Fence along Somes Brook	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Building Places, Landscape	LaRue Spiker			Fence along Somes Brook Item: 8108    Object ID: 998-1479-2584 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Chain link fence along Somes Brook. MDI Historical Society Selectmen’s Building in the background.
8109	Cape Cod House	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Building	LaRue Spiker			Cape Cod House Item: 8109    Object ID: 998-1478-2583 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Building Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Old shingled Cape Cod House with extension to the right. Oil tank outside front door. May be the Dr. Kendell Kitredge house outside Somesville. Was owned by Eugeen Merchant who died in 1996.

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