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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
11666Steel Engraving: "Mount Desert, Coast of Maine"
  • Image, Print, Intaglio Print, Engraving
  • R. Hinshelwood
  • 1877
Description:
Steel engraving of scene of Mount Desert Island. Engraver: R. Hinshelwood. Schooner in foreground, sloping mountain and cliffs in middle ground, higher mountains in background. Rays of light shine through clouds. 9.75" x 12.5" wide. Some stain around edges, a few water spots
7418Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1875c.
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.
9180Ida Downing
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Portrait
  • Unknown
  • c 1870s
Description:
Ida Downing, marked Aunt Ida. Married Carolus Downing Dec. 15, 1875. Born Oct 19, 1851. Woman age 20s. Wears hair parted in middle and pulled to back of head. Paper worn over left eye and on jawbone. Head turned to the right. High white collar with dark dress of stripe or plaid. Shoulders only visible. Tiny portrait on paper. Paper has been folded - has waxy surface.
12358Main Street, Somesville, 1870
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Transportation
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1870c.
Description:
Caption in The Living Past, p. 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 each side of rutted dirt roadstopped in front of blacksmith’s shop.
9164Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
  • 1875 c.
Description:
A view of the 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. Small B&W print.
12366Main Street and Cove, Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1877
Description:
Main Street, Somesville.Somes Cove on left. Trees line street. Board sidewalk visible on right near picket fenced yards. Fernald’s Store (later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore) hidden by trees. Lumber Mill to left. Two masts of schooner rise up over trees.
13174Rodick House
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • unknown
  • 1875
Description:
Matted print of Rodick House c. 1875. Porch stretched across front of entire building. Two stariways descend from porch. Small porch on second story. Small crowd on porch. Building four storied high with two towers on front. Covered walk connects to building next door. Came from frame artifact # 997-37-526
13055 Mrs. George F. Arnold
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • 1873
Description:
Mrs. George F. Arnold, Brightside, Mt. Desert , 1873 taken in Boston
12487Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • 1875 c.
Description:
A view of the 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. Marked on back: "Toward Southwest middle 1800's. Whiting store until 1897, Fernalds on left. 8x10 print.
5092Man with dark hair and thick mustache
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • E. Crockett
  • 1860-1870
Description:
portrait of man with dark hair, thick mustache, seated, wearing a dark suit (coat and vest) with a white shirt and a dark bow tie. Right hand in lap, left hand propped on some sort of couch.
5093Hand colored print of baby in white dress with black trim
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Taylor and Lamson
  • 1860-1870
Description:
Hand-colored albumen print of small baby, wearing white dress with black trim at edge, plaid sash, white stockings and black maryjane shoes. Sitting on a divan. Inscription on back reads “Lamson child. Lamson baby from Cuba” (written in two different hands). Also stamped on back, “Taylor e Lamson, Photographos de Nueva York.”
7399Main Street, Somesville, 1870.
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Buildings
  • 1870 c.
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.
5075Lucy Noyes
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph
  • People
  • W.N. Tuttle
  • 1860-1870
Description:
Carte de visite of a woman with dark hair curled, pulled back, but also with long corkscrew curls hanging down shoulder. Wears dark dress with ruffled bodice, white ruffled collar, patterned shawl over shoulders. Wears earrings, long strand of large dark beads. Inscription on back reads “Lucy Noyes... Brinkerhoff California.”
5070Man with dark hair dark suit and large mustache
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph
  • People
  • A.B. Rugg
  • 1860-1870
Description:
Carte de visite of a man with dark hair parted on right, swept over (and slightly up) on right side. Has very thick dark mustache. Wears dark suit, dark bow tie, white shirt. Jacket unbuttoned after first button, distinctive horseshoe shaped pin on left lapel.
5003Child seated in wooden chair
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1860-1870
Description:
tintype of child seated in wooden chair. Wears hair parted down center, cut very short. Also wears light colored blouse--could be very long blouse, could be dress. Also wears string of beads around neck. Is looking down and to the right of camera. Top left hand and bottom corners of tintype have been clipped off.
5002Man seated with arm resting on back of chair
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1860-1870
Description:
tintype of man seated, one arm resting on armrest of chair, the other hand resting on knee. Wears dark suit, white shirt, striped bow tie. Has dark hair, widow’s peak, dark drooping mustache, and slight goatee. Lots of marks on front of tintype.
4999Paul Bener and Peter Bener
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • Unknwon
  • 1860-1870
Description:
Tintype of two men in front of studio backdrop of winter scene. They both wear very simple white pullover shirts (don’t seem to be button up) and dark trousers; their suspenders have been pulled down and hang loose. Both have mustaches and dark hair that has been shaved on the sides. They stand apart, but reach out towards one another with their left fists clenched, their left wrists touch. They pull their right hands across their chests, right fists also clenched. Look like mirror images of one another. Inscription on back reads Paul Bener at top, Peter Bener at bottom (name could also be Bever). Left hand corners have been cut. [show more]
4997Man seated in long duster with man standing hand on seated man's shoulder
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1860-1870
Description:
tintype of two men, one standing, one sitting next to him. The seated man wears a white shirt, dark trousers, and a long duster coat, as well as a plaid newsboy-style cap. The man standing next to him has his right hand on the shoulder of the other man, and is wearing a white shirt covered by a long duster, also wears a cap in the same newsboy style. Backdrop of flowers, even looks to be grass underfoot.
4913Unknown Young Man
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype
  • People
  • 1850-1870
Description:
Daguerreotype, taken from the neck up, of an unknown young man wearing a formal dark suit with white shirt and large dark bow tie. Wavy dark hair parted on right and combed over. Lots of spotting on face of daguerreotype.
4912Unknown Man
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype
  • People
  • 1850-1870
Description:
Daguerreotype of unknown older man wearing dark suit with vest, white shirt, dark bow tie. Dark hair thinning in front, but worn long over ears.
4911Unknown Young Man
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype
  • People
  • 1850-1870
Description:
Daguerreotype of unknown young man with bushy dark hair, wearng dark suit with dark jacket, vest with type of paisley print, white shirt, and large dark bow tie.
4909Unknown Woman
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype
  • People
  • 1850-1870
Description:
Daguerreotype of unknown woman wearing dark dress with two buttons on bodice, white collar secured with brooch. Has dark hair parted in middle; wears large bonnet with white ruffles around face, flower trim around chin.
4910Unknown Woman
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Daguerreotype
  • People
  • 1850-1870
Description:
Daguerreotype of unknown woman wearing dark dress with white lace collar, with brooch at collar. Has dark hair parted in middle and combed down, wears white ruffly bonnet to cover hair. Significant deterioration on face of photo; spot obscurring woman’s face.
4876Woman seated with book
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • unknown
  • 1850-1870
Description:
Photo within album: page 34. Portrait of unknown woman sitting next to small table, book open on table. Woman wears dark dress with large sleeves, lots of detailing at collar. White collar covered by large brooch. Hair worn long, curly, fastened with bow on top of head.
4864Unknown woman wearing dark dress
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • 1850-1870
Description:
Photo within album: page 46. Portrait of unknown woman wearing dark dress with white buttons up placket, small white lace collar. Hair parted in center, pulled back, some curls loose around face. Cheeks hand tinted pink, also seems to be a tiny fleck of gold leaf affixed to indentation at throat.