Description: Painting of Seal Cove from Gray Homestead by Howe D. Higgins. Label on frame says "Acadia National Park." Frame is rough grey wood. On back: Framed by Harborside Studio, Southwest Harbor, Maine. Seal Cove Long Pond and Acadia Nat. Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Howe D. Higgins was born in 1894 and died in 1974, per Vining book. He is buried in Mt. Height Cemetery in SW Harbor. He was the grandson of Sylvanus Higgins of Mt. Desert. [show more]
Description: A painting with notes on the back:"Painted by Hulls Cove woman named Miss Hamor about 1890. Picture of Kittridge Brook or Babson's Creek, near the Somesville Stop light." Notes are probably written on the back by Sturgis Haskins.
Description: Small card size painting by Garmie/Somes?- likely Ann Somes Fenneley. See photographs 997-293-48 and 997-298-463 for family history and artist details.
Description: An oil painting of a landscape scene, probably on Mount Desert Island. Depicts three men outside of a tent. Men appear to be in uniforms. Canoe pulled up to shore. Signature on painting may be "heath," not "yeath." May depict an exaggerated view of Babson's Creek. Painting was in a donation that also included another painting, 003.13.009.
Description: Framed portrait of Jesse U. Mayo. In wooden frame: approximately 15.5" x 24" with rounded top. Glass insert over portrait. Glass is loose in the frame, and backing is missing many of the securing nails.
Description: Large plaster frame painted in gold. Portrait - dark background. Subject in black suit wears beard. White mark in upper left hand corner. Some cracks in paint. Portrait done in oil on tin. Abraham Somes III portrait.
Description: Portrait by Samuel Blythe of Babson Sisters, Rachel and Susannah. Rachel born May 27, 1776. Susannah born March 10, 1780. Both wearing striped dresses. Older girl holding bird in hand. Youngest holding bird cage open. Green curtain tied back in background. See artifact (archival?) file for genealogical information. Pastel on rag paper. Restored in 2010 with grants from the Hattie A. and Fred C. Lynam Trust of Bar Harbor and the Maine Historical Records Advisory Board with funds from the State of Maine's New Century Community Program. Blythe was a decorative painter, sometimes portrait painter, from Salem [Mass.]. Presumably the family was still living in the Amesbury area, but one sister married a second generation Somes. The daughter of the other sister also married a Somesville resident and both are buried in the Somes Burying Ground in Somesville along with their parents. The portrait resides in its original frame and is in delicate condition though somewhat stablilized by rehousing in 1995 through the efforts of the Society. (Notes on the Collection, Feb. 25, 1996; see info. above about restoration.) [show more]
Description: 1. Photos without explanation or date, printed two to a page for four pages. Images appear to show land before and after clearing. 2. Photo with written description on the back, "This is the tee where the golfer comes up to after the par 3 over the brook to the elevated green. Clear enough, [lh]". 3. Photo with written description on the back, "'Northeast Harbor Golf Course, originally called the Northeast Harbor Golfing Ground, and then the Northeast Harbor Golf Links. It was originally Corson's Field and Mr. Corson's cows were some of the hazards.' This photo from I.T. Moore collection, taken between 1904-1926. From Sargent Looking Towards Clubhouse". 4. Photo with written description on the back, "from School House Ledge, looking across Somes Sound. Corson farm house at left. I.T. Moore Collection, taken between 1904-1926 Where Golf Course Was Originally Located". [show more]
Description: 4 Photocopies of photos of the landscape prior and during course construction. Photos labled GG7, GG16, GG4, GG14, GG8, GG19. One photo captioned on the reverse as "This is the tee where the golfer comes up to after the par 3 over the brook to the elevated green." One photo captioned on the reverse as "Northeast Habor Golf Course, origionally called the Northeast Harbor Golfing Ground and then the Northeast Harbor Golf Links, It was origionally Corson's Field and Mr. Corson's Cows were some of the Hazards. This photo from I.T. Moore Collection taken between 1904-1926. From Sargent looking towards Clubhouse." One photo captioned on the reverse as " From School House Ledge, looking across Somes Sound, Corson farm house at left. Taken between 1904-1926. Where Golf Course was origionally located. [show more]
Description: Framed photograph of Constance Marie Kenney (26 April 1923-24 October 2013). According to text written on back, she is the second daughter of Emily Phillips and Robert Edes Kenney.
Description: Framed photograph of an unidentified IOOF Ocean Lodge officer, 1916. Photo faded, subject in shadow. Subject looks to right. Thick hair parted almost in center. Dark jacket, tie or scart under white shirt collar.
Description: Black and white photograph, Liberty National Bank, Ellsworth, Maine, used by Patterson to create a watercolor drawing of the bank. Probably used in conjunction with either changes to the building or advertising campaign for the bank. Photographer unknown.