Description: Photo of nineteenth century painting of unidentified pond and village. Given to MDIHS by Esther Block hoping for identification. Unknown artist
Description: Photo of Reverie Cove, Bar Harbor. On the reverse side are plans of House of Fred L. Savage at Northeast Harbor Me. - Hilltop Cottage ( other plans at Northeast Harbor Library)
Description: A.J. Whiting age 20-30. Wears hair brushed back over head, trim mustache and medium length beard tucked into collar. Heavy suit possibly wool. Seated with legs crossed and hands clasped. Wide cuffs on coat with pocket and flap on rigth side. Vest buttoned to top, small black tie and whtie collar appear underneath vest.
Description: Souvenir photo of Abraham Lincoln and Family. Lincoln reading book, Mary seated on left. Oldest child in uniform and youngest next to Lincoln. Portrait on wall behind family.
Description: Historic Abraham Somes III house (now Cobb House). Three men standing with two horse on the right side of the house. Barn at back of house no longer exists.
Description: A.C. Hagerty age 20 - 30. Hair swept to back, head turned to side. Wears coat with velvet collar, white shirt with small black silk bow tie. Oval photo. Marked on back, “City Photograph Gallery, N.W. Cor, Church and Bank Sts, Burlington, Vt. Negatives Preserved. M.J. Bixby.
Description: Studio portrait of a woman. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Alvah N. Jewett, Laura Sumner Jewett, Julia Jewett, and Gertrude Jewett in hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Allen-Holmes-Smith Photogra phs and other materials
Description: Small black and white photograph of Andrew Somes, no date. He has short hair parted on the side and wears a jacket, vest, white shirt and necktie.
Description: Ann Swartz in her Southwest Harbor studio. Sitting on stool, applying paint to brush in front ot canvas. Palette to right. Other completed still lifes to the left. Gift of George Daniell
Description: Ann Schwartz in her Southwest Harbor studio. Stands amidst her paintings, large still lifes. Wood stove in center of room with kettle on top. Swartz wears jeans, sweater, jean jacket and cap, looking towards window. Gift of George Daniell
Description: Ann Somes Fennelly. Dark hair parted in middle and pulled back. Round white collar with small bow at neck. Only head and shoulders photographed. Marked on back, “ Ran the Central House where Fred Somes lives.” Also Marked, B.F. Smith & Co., 152 Middle, cor. Cross St. Portland, ME
Description: This is a photograph of the "Araho" in drydock at Southwest Boat Corp. Ralph Stanley indicated in an interview in June of 2007 that the dragger Araho had been built in New York, and was later bought by the Pagels of Bar Harbor and converted to a three-masted schooner. The name Araho comes from "O'Hara" spelled backwards.
Description: Unidentified portrait of a young girl, standing next to a table. Posed with a doll. Photo is enclosed in a photographer's enclosure. Handwritten on back: To Aunt Laura From Arline Woods. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]
Description: Studio portrait of a baby, posed in a wicker chair with white blanket. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Arno Jewett in hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified. [show more]