Description: Thaddeus Shepley Somes age 40-50. Hairline receding, hair brushed back. Neatly trimmed beard and mustache. Wears heavy dark coat unbuttoned with dark vest underneath buttoned to top and white collar. One hand on knee the other on table. Color added to cheeks. Emulsion pealing from edges.
Description: Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes, wife of Thaddeus Shepley Somes. Seated turned to left. Dark hair pulled back into large bun at back of head. Wears band in hair and long beaded earrings. Black fitted dress with simple white collar. Holds book, perhaps photo album.
Description: ...whereby the quality and quanity of milk which any cow will give may be accurately determined by observing natural marks or external indications alone; the length of time she will continue to milk, etc. Translated by N. P. Trist With introductory remarks and observations on the cow and the dairy. by John S. Skinner Cover missing.
Description: portrait of woman in long dark, full skirt (possibly hoopskirt) with edging at trim and dark cape-type top. Dark hair pulled back into snood. Holding onto back of wooden chair with right hand. Inscription on back reads “Adaline Clark.”
Description: Unknown woman with hair parted in middle and pulled back. Wears dark shawl or cape and white blouse. Marked on frame: "Potter’s Patent March 7, 1865."
Description: A DVD containing records of the military service of John Gilley from 1860-1864. Copies of the original records from the US National Archives. This set of records were obtained during the research conducted by Tim Garrity, 2005. See media tab for a .pdf file that includes all records of Gilley. The DVD includes three files of scans unrelated to Gilley. The DVD file that corresponds to the records herein is named "timgarrity.pdf"
Description: A DVD that contains records of John Gilley, related to a widow's pension and death, and documents related to his widow, Lorinda Gilley. Files copied from original records in the National Archives. This set of records were obtained during the research conducted by Tim Garrity, 2005. See media tab for a .pdf file that includes all records of Gilley.
Description: Handwritten page, apparently from larger work, about the Schooner "Barbour'" and others' trips and goods, noting that the south did not appear to present a threat to Maine mariners.
Description: One black leather shoe. Worn on top. No laces. Some wear throughout shoe. Square toe. Stamped on sole. A.S. and Co Warranted. A.D. 1866. Wooden pegs in sole - some nails. Nails in heal. Six holes for laces. Donor info - came from store of Tobias Roberts in Bar Harbor. Made by Abraham Somes. Found in counter sold to C.C. Ladd.
Description: Red and white cotton basket pattern square from “Friendship Quilt”. Made by May E. Read for a bride’s quilt. Inscription reads, “Please accept my best wishes for your future happiness.” In wooden frame under glass. Donor info - It was the custom at that time to present a bride with a “Friendship Quilt” made up of squares designed and made by friends. Then quilting parties were held and the quilt put together. Repaired and washed by Mrs. Barry Smith. May Read was from Swans Island. [show more]
Description: Old Farmer’s Almanac 1863 tied together with string, no cover , begins on page 1 with illustration Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.31.08