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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
12448Old Somesville Woolen Mill-built in 1847
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Buildings
  • 1847
Old Somesville Woolen Mill-built in 1847
Item:
  • 12448   
Object ID:
  • 997-470-636
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Buildings
Date:
  • 1847
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Isaac Somes' woolen mill in Somesville. Three-story building, clapboards on front, shingles on side. Side facing brook shows 15 windows, five on each story. The front shows five windows and door on left. One chimney at front end of roof. Building sits on stone foundation. Bare trees surround mill. Marked on back, “The Woolen Mill along Somes Brook to Cemetery on other side of cemetery"
11448The Old Somesville Woolen Mill- built in 1847
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • 1847
The Old Somesville Woolen Mill- built in 1847
Item:
  • 11448   
Object ID:
  • 97-830-1000
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
Subject:
  • Other, Building
Date:
  • 1847
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Isaac Somes' woolen mill in Somesville. Three-story building, clapboards on front, shingles on side. Side facing brook shows 15 windows, five on each story. The front shows five windows and door on left. One chimney at front end of roof. Building sits on stone foundation. Bare trees surround mill. The title The OLD SOMESVILLE WOOLEN MILL -Built in 1847" is printed at the bottom of the negative.
14561Main Street, Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1855c.
Main Street, Somesville
Item:
  • 14561   
Object ID:
  • 997-381-545
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
Date:
  • 1855c.
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Main Street Somesville. Trees line street. Board sidewalk visible on right near picket fenced yards. Fernald’s Store (later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore) hidden by trees. Historic Lewis Somes House on right hidden by trees. Telephone poles line street. Man stands on grass near road in distance. Marked on back, “W.H. Ballard Collection Southwest Harbor, Maine. From a B. Bradley Stereo circa 1855." 8x10
7399Main Street, Somesville, 1870.
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Buildings
  • 1870 c.
Main Street, Somesville, 1870.
Item:
  • 7399   
Object ID:
  • 97-378-542
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Buildings
Date:
  • 1870 c.
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Caption in The Living Past page 122; "Somesville's main road in 1870, looking north towards Ellsworth. Mount Desert House on left; A.J. Whiting store on right (note balcony and porch); corner of blacksmith shop on right. Telegraph wires were in use in 1870." Horse drawn vehicles on rutted dirt road. Negative.
7418Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1875c.
Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage
Item:
  • 7418   
Object ID:
  • 997-807-977
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
Subject:
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
Date:
  • 1875c.
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
View of Village of Somesville including Somes Cove, Somesville Lumber Mill, Somesville Union Meeting House, A.J. Whiting store, and Mount Desert House, taken from the Somes House.
14100Somesville School House and students, c. 1890
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • 1890
Somesville School House and students, c. 1890
Item:
  • 14100   
Object ID:
  • 997-532-699
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
Date:
  • 1890
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Children standing on steps of Somesville School House. Front door open. Teachers standing in back row to the left. Thirty nine in photo including at least two teachers. Boys dressed in knee pants, some with sweaters and caps, others in jackets. Boots of children in front row very dirty. One boy stands between posts. Edges of photo very worn, peeling away from mat.
7391Street Scene Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1891
Street Scene Somesville
Item:
  • 7391   
Object ID:
  • 97-88-88c
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Building
  • People
Creator:
  • Unknown
Date:
  • 1891
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Three similar white buildings in row. Small Selectmen’s Building close by. First Higgins store, middle house now gone. Picture shows Chas. Bordeau and Party, boarders at the Central House. People on steps. Mr. Harison, C.J. Hall, A.J. Whiting, J.J. Somes, R.G. Salisbury. First building has covered porch with people standing on steps. Second building no porch, third building similar porch. Open carriage drawn by two horses. Telephone poles and wires visible. 4 copies, a-d [show more]
7392Street Scene Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1891
Street Scene Somesville
Item:
  • 7392   
Object ID:
  • 97-88-88b
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Building
  • People
Creator:
  • Unknown
Date:
  • 1891
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Three similar white buildings in row. Small Selectmen’s Building close by. First Higgins store, middle house now gone. Picture shows Chas. Bordeau and Party, boarders at the Central House. People on steps. Mr. Harison, C.J. Hall, A.J. Whiting, J.J. Somes, R.G. Salisbury. First building has covered porch with people standing on steps. Second building no porch, third building similar porch. Open carriage drawn by two horses. Telephone poles and wires visible. 4 copies, a-d [show more]
7393Street Scene in Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1891
Street Scene in Somesville
Item:
  • 7393   
Object ID:
  • 97-88-88a
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Building
  • People
Creator:
  • Unknown
Date:
  • 1891
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Three similar white buildings in row. Small Selectmen’s Building close by. First Higgins store, middle house now gone. Picture shows Chas. Bordeau and Party, boarders at the Central House. People on steps. Mr. Harison, C.J. Hall, A.J. Whiting, J.J. Somes, R.G. Salisbury. First building has covered porch with people standing on steps. Second building no porch, third building similar porch. Open carriage drawn by two horses. Telephone poles and wires visible. 4 copies, a-d [show more]
14588Main Stree, Somesville, 1891
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Buildings
  • 1891
Main Stree, Somesville, 1891
Item:
  • 14588   
Object ID:
  • 96-88-88
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Buildings
Date:
  • 1891
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Three similar white buildings in row. Small Selectmen’s Building close by. First Higgins store, middle house now gone. Picture shows Chas. Bordeaux and Party, boarders at the Central House. People on steps. Mr. Harrison, C.J. Hall, A.J. Whiting, J.J. Somes, R.G. Salisbury. First building has covered porch with people standing on steps. Second building no porch, third building similar porch. Open carriage drawn by two horses. Telephone poles and wires visible. Photo damaged, perhaps from foxing or water. [show more]
13005Somes Cove, 1892
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Vessels, Ship
  • 1892
Somes Cove, 1892
Item:
  • 13005   
Object ID:
  • 997-549-716
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Vessels, Ship
Date:
  • 1892
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Somes Cove looking towards Fernald’s store (previously, A.J. Whiting’s Store) later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, still later, an art gallery. Two masted schooner at wharf, sails being lowered or raised. Back of black smith’s shop, Thaddeus Somes store, and part of Mount Desert House, to right also visible. Picture torn in several places, very brittle. Marked, “ Sept 1’92 on back.” 3.5" x 4.5"
12554Brook at Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1894
Brook at Somesville
Item:
  • 12554   
Object ID:
  • 997-320-485
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Date:
  • 1894
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Somes Brook, trees on banks, reeds in lower right corner. Three figures on bridge, two of whom wear white dresses and hats; third (shorter) figure in darker clothing. Lumber Mill in background. Black and white printed on photo. paper with white border; 5" h X 7"w
12555Brook at Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1894
Brook at Somesville
Item:
  • 12555   
Object ID:
  • 997-308-473
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Date:
  • 1894
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Somes Brook, trees on banks, reeds in lower right corner. Three figures on bridge, two of whom wear white dresses and hats; third (shorter) figure in darker clothing. Lumber Mill in back ground. Marked on back, “On Somes Stream, 1894. duplicate, Property of MDI Hist.Soc.” Sepia toned printed on thin paper; 45/8" h X 6 3/4"w
12556Brook at Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1894
Brook at Somesville
Item:
  • 12556   
Object ID:
  • 997-301-466
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Date:
  • 1894
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Somes Brook, trees on banks, reeds in lower right corner. Three figures on bridge, two of whom wear white dresses and hats; third (shorter) figure in darker clothing. Lumber Mill in back ground. Marked on back, “Brook at Somesville.” Sepia toned printed on thin paper; 4.5" h X 6 5/8"w
14583Somes House Inn
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1894
Somes House Inn
Item:
  • 14583   
Object ID:
  • 997-302-467
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
Date:
  • 1894
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Somes House Inn, Somesville. Road in foreground. Trees line drive to cottage. Two connected three-story white clapboard buildings. On left - wrap around porch with lattice work and steps going down the left side. Two dormers and one chimney. On right - Porch on front with lattice work. Two chimneys. Horse and buggy in front of steps. Person on porch. Marked 1894 on back. Duplicate: 997-311-476, Photo Album #1, p.9
5486Somes House Inn, c. 1895
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
  • 1895
Somes House Inn, c. 1895
Item:
  • 5486   
Object ID:
  • 97-692-862
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Unknown
Date:
  • 1895
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Somes House Inn, Somesville. Trees line drive to cottage. View of Inn from Main street Somesville. End of Inn visible, side of covered porch and latticework. Somes House Sign above first floor windows. Board sidewalk in foreground. Somes Cove in background. To the right, A.J. Whiting’s Store, later Port-In-A-Storm bookstore, then Frenchman's Bay Gallery. Schooner at the wharf. Marked 1895 on back. This photo is also a slide that was used in the Somesville Bicentenial and can be found on Row 2 Unit 2 Shelf 4 Slide Box 1. [show more]
12331Main Street, Somesville looking south
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • 1900c.
Main Street, Somesville looking south
Item:
  • 12331   
Object ID:
  • 997-374-539
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
Date:
  • 1900c.
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Main Street, SomesvilleSouthwest Harbor. Mill Pond on left. Small house with clapboard siding and deck facing street.beyond pond. This building (no longer standing) was Judy Heath’s novelty shop. Telephone poles line street on left and wooden sidewalk on the right. Board fence along both sides of the road. Mount Desert Selectmen’s Building hidden by trees on the right. Picture is labeled "MAIN ST. SOMESVILLE, ME Written on back, “going towards Southwest Aunt Judy Heath’s novelty shop around 1900.” 8x10 [show more]
12390Somesville Meeting House Interior, c.1900
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Interior
  • 1900c.
Somesville Meeting House Interior, c.1900
Item:
  • 12390   
Object ID:
  • 997-580-748
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Interior
Date:
  • 1900c.
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Interior of Somesville Meeting House taken from back of church over middle row of pews. Church is decorated with garlands and ferns and other plant material. The words "GOD is LOVE" and "WELCOME" on the wall at the front of the chuch. The organ is to the right.
13680J.C. Hill with Buelah Atherton
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • 1902
J.C. Hill with Buelah Atherton
Item:
  • 13680   
Object ID:
  • 997-195-360
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
Date:
  • 1902
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
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.”
9055Nathan Salisbury House
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • Unknown
  • 1905
Nathan Salisbury House
Item:
  • 9055   
Object ID:
  • 997-297-462.1
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, Building
Creator:
  • Unknown
Date:
  • 1905
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Two and one-half story historic Nathan Salisbury house in Somesville (once owned by Stan and Binnie MacDonald) . White clapboard with dark shutters. Large addition on back. Covered porch across front of house.Several trees on front lawn one in back of house. Telephone poles and large trees line snow covered road. Marked on back, “now MacDonald house formerly Lewis Somes house not Mt. Desert house as Virginia says.” Also marked, “Mt. Desert House, bought by Rev. Manning.” Part crossed out. [show more]
12489Clara Emilie Meynell Somes & Thaddeus Shepley Somes
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • 1905
Clara Emilie Meynell Somes & Thaddeus Shepley Somes
Item:
  • 12489   
Object ID:
  • 997-564-733
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
Date:
  • 1905
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
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]
11452Bridge Under C, Somes Cove
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Transportation - Water
  • 1905c.
Bridge Under C, Somes Cove
Item:
  • 11452   
Object ID:
  • 97-698-868
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Transportation - Water
Date:
  • 1905c.
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
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 masts lay on the ground in back of ship. Schooner to the right. Marked on back, “Steamboat Wharf in back ground. Brig 1905?” 8" x 10"
13006Schooner in back of Fernald's Store, 1906
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Vessels, Ship
  • 1906
Schooner in back of Fernald's Store, 1906
Item:
  • 13006   
Object ID:
  • 997-540-707
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Vessels, Ship
Date:
  • 1906
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Two-masted schooner at wharf in back of Fernald’s store. Fernald purchased it from A.J. Whiting in 1887; it later was the Port in a Storm bookstore, and still later, an art gallery.at low tide. Loading ramp extends from second story door in back of building. Somes House Inn to the right.
14172Thaddeus Shepley Somes, daughter Virginia, & Lion the dog
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Animal
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • 1906
Thaddeus Shepley Somes, daughter Virginia, & Lion the dog
Item:
  • 14172   
Object ID:
  • 997-482-648
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Animal
  • Other, Building
  • People
Date:
  • 1906
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
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”
5477Capt. Lester Pray and Boat
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Transportation - Water
  • 1918c.
Capt. Lester Pray and Boat
Item:
  • 5477   
Object ID:
  • 97-701-871
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Transportation - Water
Date:
  • 1918c.
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Small steamboat with canopy towing small skiff in Somes Harbor. American flag flying aft. Note on back of photo remarks the man at the helm is Capt. Lester Pray. Back of Somesville Library to the left. Two and one-half story building above boat no longer standing. Peak of blacksmith’s shop visible over canopy of boat. To the right, Fernald’s store (purchased from A.J. Whiting in 1887), later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, still later, an art gallery. Large smudge in upper right corner of photo. This is also a slide (97-701-871) used in the Somesville Bicentenial it is found on Row 2 Unit 2 Shelf 4 Slide Box 1 [show more]