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You searched for: Date: 1900sSubject: PeopleType: Image
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
8996Clara Emilie Meynell Somes and Thaddeus Shepley Somes
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1905
Description:
Clara Emilie Meynell Somes(1842-1920) and Thaddeus Shepley Somes (1839-1913) seated on front step of their home on corner of Oak Hill Road and Main Street. Clara wears hair in large bun on back of head. Striped blouse with full sleeves, black placket down center of bodice, white lace around collar. Decorative white flower plackets descend from shoulders along each side on center. Black skirt with indistinguishable design. Thaddeus wears straw hat, dark suit, white shirt, and black tie. [show more]
8378Horses on racetrack
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1900
Description:
Horses on the race track at Robin Hood Park. People gathered at the fence along the track. Copy of old photo.
8381People on float at Claremont
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1900
Description:
People on the floats at the Claremont. Canoes along side the floats Copy of an old photo.
7404Ship Under Construction, Somes Cove
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship
  • 1905c.
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.
7409Clara Emilie Meynell Somes & Thaddeus Shepley Somes
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • 1905
Description:
Clara Emilie Meynell Somes (1842-1920) and Thaddeus Shepley Somes (1839-1913) seated on front step of their home on corner of Oak Hill Road and Main Street. Clara wears hair in large bun on back of head. Striped blouse with full sleeves, black placket down center of bodice, white lace around collar. Decorative white flower plackets descend from shoulders along each side on center. Black skirt with indistinguishable design. Thaddeus wears straw hat, dark suit, white shirt and black tie. This negative was taken from post card 012-57-156 and the image is presented in an oval format. [show more]
13680J.C. Hill with Buelah Atherton
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • 1902
Description:
Jason C. Hill with Buelah Atherton, age 23 months. Jason Hill harness maker, married to Mary Hill, lived in house next to present Allen Fernald House. Somes Pond in background. Cape Cod style house to the left. Hill looks down at child on sled in snow. Hill wears medium length black coat and pants with cap. Child wears puffy hat, scarf and coat. Marked on back, “J.C. Hill and Buelah Atherton, Feb 13, 1902, Age 23 months, 16 days.”
13681Somesville School Class, 1909
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • 1909
Description:
Somesville School Class photograph, October 1909. Twenty one students, none identified. Marked Somesville, Me, Oct 1909 in lower left corner. Students gathered on grass, trees in background. Teacher in center wears hair pulled back with white blouse and dark skirt which buttons down cneter. Dark tie at neck. Photo attached to glass. Glass cracked in several places. Caution-this photo is on glass. glass is broken into four pieces. Needs conservation. note made 2004 Old scotch tape removed. Temporary mat frame and “package” created in order to keep pieces from sliding apart 7/2004. [show more]
14005Clapboard House Unknown Location
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • c 1890s - c 1900s
Description:
Two story white clapboard house with black shutter, attached barn. Large trees in front of house. One horse near shed/bard with no tack held by man. Second horse in front wearing harness held by boy. Man stands near horse.
9146Man in chair with boy standing beside him
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1900s
Description:
Photograph of stereoscope slide. Unknown Older man seated in chair on left wearing derby type hat with dark coat, jacket, vest, white collar and dark tie. Boy standing on right wears dark brimless hat, dark coat buttoned to top and dark pants. Boys hand on back of chair. One window with open black shutters on white clapboard house behind pair.
14619Mark Somes, date unknown
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Animal
  • People
  • 1880s - c 1900
Description:
Mark Somes with horse. Boy age 3 - 7 reached towards horse in stall. Boy has back turned to photographer. Wears straw hat with wide brim and ribbon around the crown. Sailor type top with dark pants. Horse’s head reaches above stall door.
5138Portrait of young girl in white fuffly dress
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • J.E. Purdy and Co.
  • 1895-1901
Description:
Portrait of young girl (12-20) with curly dark hair tied up in white bow wearing white ruffly dress. Dress looks like it’s made of tulle or similar material, has beaded embellishments. Identified as Lucie Pray, b. 1885, d. 1901. Buried on MDI. Photo displayed in a birch bark frame (Object # 001.59.652 )
12489Clara Emilie Meynell Somes & Thaddeus Shepley Somes
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • 1905
Description:
Clara Emilie Meynell Somes(1842-1920) and Thaddeus Shepley Somes(1839-1913) seated on front step of their home on corner of Oak Hill Road and Main Street. Clara wears hair in bun on back of head. Striped blouse with full sleeves, black placket down center of bodice, white lace around collar. Decorative white flower plackets descend from shoulders along each side on center. Black skirt with indistinguishable design. Thaddeus wears straw hat, dark suit, white shirt and black tie. Marked on back Garm and Gapa, 1905. Photo cut to fit frame or album. Pieces of a letter appear on back. [show more]
12549Schooner "Kate Pray" in Somes Cove, c. 1905
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Vessels, Ship
  • 1905c.
Description:
Two masted-schooner in back of Fernald’s store (formerly A.J. Whiting’s Store) later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, still later, an art gallery. Houses on Main street from left to right: Abraham Somes III house; John Somes house, known as “Old Homestead”; Thaddeus Somes Store; in front of store, Blacksmith’s shop; Fernald’s Store; Mount Desert Tavern. Flags flying on main mast, American Flag and Kate Pray pennant. Five men sit on top of cabin house. One man standing between masts. Photo is black and white. [show more]
8903Brig Under Construction
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Vessels, Ship
  • c 1905
Description:
Brig 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 masted lay on the ground in back of ship. Schooner to the right. Marked on back, “One of the boat builders was William Smith husband of Addie Smith of Somesville” Brief outline of family tree. “Ship builder, William married Cynthia?, children Pearl - Blacksmith and Bloomfield, Storekeeper. Child of Pearl, Fred who married Addie. Children of Fred and Addie, Don and Stuart.” Don Smith still living in Somesville. Photo could not be located 02/03/2022 [show more]
14099Children, Catawba Island, Ohio, 1900
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • 1900
Description:
Two unknown children, possibly Virginia Somes Sanderson and brother Arthur. Girl wearing hair on top of head held by ribbon, white knee-length dress with short puffy sleeves and bare legs. Boy wears cap with striped shirt and black bow tie, knee pants, dark socks and white shoes. Large cottage with covered porch in background. Marked on back, “July 1900 Catawba Island, O.”
14098Virginia Somes Sanderson and unknown man, Catawba Island, Ohio, 1900
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1900
Description:
Girl standing in shallow water of lake or pond in bathing suit. Hair pulled up in ribbon. Man in bathing suit next to her; both are making Victory sign. Marked on back, “Catawba Island, O. July 1900." Little girl identified possibly as Virginia Somes Sanderson, per 2011 "Mystery Photographs" Exhibit (AB).
11447Somesville School Class, October 1909
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • 1909
Description:
Somesville School Class photograph, October 1909. Twenty-one students, none identified. Marked Somesville, Me, Oct 1909 in lower left corner. Students gathered on grass, trees in background. Teacher in center wears hair pulled back with white blouse and dark skirt which buttons down center. Dark tie at neck. Copy of original
14118Arthur Sanderson [?[, father of Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • 1904
Description:
Unknown man, perhaps Arthur Sanderson, father of Virginia Somes Sanderson, wearing pin striped suit, white shirt and tie. Watch fob visible under coat. Holding bowler type hat in hand. Standing in front of lawn of Victorian house. Marked on back, “1904 351 W 7th Ave Columbus, O.
14142Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes, 1906
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Buildings
  • People
  • 1906
Description:
Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes standing on lawn of historic Abraham Somes III house (later owned by Marion and Richard Cobb). She wears long white dress with v-shaped trim on bodice, decorative black sash or scarf around neck, and small black hat.
13455Thaddeus Shepley Somes, Virginia Somes, Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes & Dog
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Animal
  • People
  • 1906
Description:
Thaddeus Shepley Somes with Virginia Somes Sanderson on his knee, Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes in back. "Lion" the dog in front. Thaddeus seated in chair under tree wearing dark suit and derby. Virginia in corkscrew curls with white dress, dark stockings and boots. Emilie behind Thaddeus with gray hair and print dress. Trees and barn in background.
14172Thaddeus Shepley Somes, daughter Virginia, & Lion the dog
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Animal
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • 1906
Description:
Thaddeus Shepley Somes sitting under tree on lawn across from Somesville Library with Virginia Somes Sanderson on his lap. Big dog next to them. Board sidewalk with rail in back of tree. Lumber mill in distance. Man drives by in wagon. Marked on back, “Thaddeus, Virginia, Lion, the dog. 1906”
9044Unknown girl by lake
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
  • 1900
Description:
Unknown girl (Virginia Somes Sanderson?) standing at edge of lake or pond in bathing suit. Hair pulled up in ribbon. White scratches around edge of photo. Marked on back, “Catawba Island, O. July 1900.
10512Woman Photographed with Scenic Background
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1900 c.
Description:
Unknown woman, approximately wearing large black bow at back of head with decorative hat with feathers. Gray or brown suit is trimmed with velvet. Copy of glass plate negative.
5018W. R. Richardson
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Smith
  • 1904
Description:
A portrait of priest wearing white outerrobe, dark underrobe, with appliqued, tasseled scarf. Has long white beard and glasses. Carries book (presumably Bible) in left hand. Standing in church or in front of church background (can see stained glass and stone pillar). Inscription on back reads “To Mrs. Kate Pray, With the sincere regards of her friend and “father in Christ”... W.R. Richardson, Rector of St. Mark’s. San Antonio Texas Sept. 1904” [show more]
8992Somesville School Class Photograph 1909
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • People
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • Unknown
  • 1909
Description:
Somesville School Class photograph, October 1909. Twenty one students, none identified. Marked Somesville, Me, Oct 1909 in lower left corner. Students gathered on grass, trees in background. Teacher in center wears hair pulled back with white blouse and dark skirt which buttons down center. Dark tie at neck. Photo attached to glass. Glass cracked in several places.