Description: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen’s Building Museum. Mount Desert Museum Sign hangs outside building. Flowers in window box, bench near road side. Three women on step. From left to right, Mrs. Ethel Mae James, Mrs. Barry Smith, Mrs. Marjory Hayward.
Description: Carrie Mabel Moore age 90. Seated in upholstered chair with wood arms. Window with venetian blinds. Mantel to the right. She wears polka dot dress, short sleeve which buttons up front. Marked on back, “Born Carrie Mabel Moore 11-18-1864, Sea Wall - Maine, Tremont Maine. Father - Joshua S. Moore, Tremont. Mother Caroline Frances Somes Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine. Mrs. Frank W. Cadwell, Mabel Carrie Moore Cadwell Died Nov. 29, 1954. Daniel Somes branch. Photo taken age 80 years 1954, age 90 years.” (Although the inscription on the back indicates both 80 years old and 90, the birth date given is 1864 and the death date as 1954. [AB]) [show more]
Description: Working the weir. Man inside pen hauling net into dory. Man observes from edge of pen. This is a slide version of a photo in the collection
Description: Portraits of Somesville Grade School Grade five and six mounted on single mattte. Marked, “Happy School Days, Recalled by Jura Studio” top center. Marked, “Grade V-VI, Somesville School, Somesville, Maine, 1957-58.” on bottom. Students from top row, left to rigth; Richard Kelly, Eleanor Lurvey; row two, Bobby Emerson, Ruby Higgins, teacher, George Gray, Jean Butler; row three, Pat Hibbard, Jimmy Greenlaw, unmarked, Ted Stanley, Ann Tracy (photo detached); row four, Charlie Carter, Mary Emerson, Tony Merchant, Hazel Merchant, Tom Fernald. [show more]
Description: Black and white 5" X 7" photograph of people dance in circles at Wayback Ball, Jan. 6, 1950. On back of photo. is written: Wayback Ball, NEH Neighborhood House, Jan. 6, 1950. Courtesy Steve Ashley.
Description: Black and white photograph , of the Jan. 6, 1950 Wayback Ball held at Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor or Seal Harbor. Labeled on the back, "Wayback Ball Seal Harbor" . This photo also shows small orchestra in back and two balconies on sides, and people dancing.
Description: This is an 8 by 10 inch photograph of the "Venturer" being launched at H. R. Hinckley & Co. on May 14, 1956. This is similar to photos of the Venturer in the Paul Stubing collection of Ballard photos.
Description: There are two A boats moored with crews on board. Each has a rowboat tied to them and the crews are working with the sails. The Northeast Harbor Fleet dock and clubhouse are visible in the background. Ralph Stanley said the boat in the background is grounded out. Ralph thinks that is the "Nevis" and his father is on board. He thinks there is a close-up of the photograph. Maine Maritime Museum at Bath has a copy of that picture and Ralph has a copy hanging on the wall at his home. [show more]
Description: 14 black and white photos by W. H. Ballard of launching day for "Venturer" at Henry Hinckley Co., May 14, 1956. Mounted on cardboard with hand lettering. Venturer was launched for Harry Haskell, Jr. E. Wesley Reed is listed as Master. Back: Anchor Light Studio, W.H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, Maine