Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
5457	Resting on rocks near the water	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building Places, Landscape	Unknown		c 1890s - 1900s	Resting on rocks near the water Item: 5457    Object ID: 97-729-899 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Collection: Somesville Bicentenial 1961 Date: c 1890s - 1900s Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Well dressed men women and children relaxing on rocks near shore.
5470	Winter Scene in Somesville Maine	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape			1880s - 1900s	Winter Scene in Somesville Maine Item: 5470    Object ID: 97-711-881 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Date: 1880s - 1900s Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, ME Description: Winter scene in Somesville Maine. Hand touched by photographer or artist. Somesville, Me Winter Scene printed at bottom. On right Fernald's store, with covered porch and second story porch. On left Mt. Desert House and Nathan Salisbury House. Wagon sits in snow on left side of road. Narrow space has been plowed or shoveled on road. Large trees on each side of road. Unknown Lone man walks down middle of road. Telephone poles on left side. This is also a slide (97-711-881) used in the Somesville Bicentenial and can be found on Row 2 Unit 2 Shelf 4 Slide Box 1 [show more]
14079	Steamboat "Mount Desert" leaving Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Transportation - Water Places, Landscape	W.H. Ballard		1900c.	Steamboat "Mount Desert" leaving Southwest Harbor Item: 14079    Object ID: 997-559-728 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Transportation - Water Places, Landscape Creator: W.H. Ballard Date: 1900c. Place: Southwest Harbor, Maine Description: Steamboat "Mount Desert" leaving Southwest Harbor. Three small sail boats between Clark’s Point and Greening’s Island. Two boats moored in front of Madeira house near Manset, roof of house visible. Sloop under sail to left of house. Entrance to Somes Sound and mountains visible in background. Marked on back, W.H. Ballard Collection Southwest Harbor, Maine. Str. Mount Desert Leaving Southwest Harbor. About 1900. Rockland - Bar Harbor Line.” [show more]
9044	Unknown girl by lake	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	People Places, Landscape	Unknown		1900	Unknown girl by lake Item: 9044    Object ID: 997-533-700 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: People Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Date: 1900 Place: Calawba Island, Ohio Description: Unknown girl (Virginia Somes Sanderson?) standing at edge of lake or pond in bathing suit. Hair pulled up in ribbon. White scratches around edge of photo. Marked on back, “Catawba Island, O. July 1900.
14098	Virginia Somes Sanderson and unknown man, Catawba Island, Ohio, 1900	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People Places, Landscape			1900	Virginia Somes Sanderson and unknown man, Catawba Island, Ohio, 1900 Item: 14098    Object ID: 997-534-701 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Places, Landscape Date: 1900 Place: Calawba Island, Ohio Description: Girl standing in shallow water of lake or pond in bathing suit. Hair pulled up in ribbon. Man in bathing suit next to her; both are making Victory sign. Marked on back, “Catawba Island, O. July 1900." Little girl identified possibly as Virginia Somes Sanderson, per 2011 "Mystery Photographs" Exhibit (AB).
1010	Plan of Ledgelawn Cemetery, Bar Harbor Maine Ledgelawn Cemetery Property Map, October 1903	Map	Places, Cemetery	Curtis, Joseph H.		1903-10	Plan of Ledgelawn Cemetery, Bar Harbor Maine Ledgelawn Cemetery Property Map, October 1903 Item: 1010    Type: Map Subject: Places, Cemetery Creator: Curtis, Joseph H. Date: 1903-10 Place: Bar Harbor Description: Map showing the locations and numbers of burial plots in the Ledgelawn Cemetery in Bar Harbor, ME.
1037	The White House in Washington, D.C. Stereograph, 1900	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Places, Garden Structures, Civic, Public	Singley, B. L.		1900	The White House in Washington, D.C. Stereograph, 1900 Item: 1037    Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Places, Garden Structures, Civic, Public Creator: Singley, B. L. Date: 1900 Place: Washington DC Description: Garden and fountain in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. A brief history of the White House is printed on the back of the photograph. Hand Colored
9106	Mount Washington Railway (formerly Green Mountain Railway)	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Places, Landscape Transportation, Train	Spiker, LaRue		c 1900s	Mount Washington Railway (formerly Green Mountain Railway) Item: 9106    Object ID: 998.1980.3085.2167 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Places, Landscape Transportation, Train Creator: Spiker, LaRue Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Date: c 1900s Place: Mount Washington Description: Former Green Mountain railway as Mount Washington Railway. Engine and car. Engine pushing car over trestle. Two men sitting on top of engine, one man standing next to coal car. Several people standing outside passenger car, others inside.
8903	Brig Under Construction	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People Places, Landscape Vessels, Ship			c 1905	Brig Under Construction Item: 8903    Object ID: 997-557-726 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Places, Landscape Vessels, Ship Date: c 1905 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 masted lay on the ground in back of ship. Schooner to the right. Marked on back, “One of the boat builders was William Smith husband of Addie Smith of Somesville” Brief outline of family tree. “Ship builder, William married Cynthia?, children Pearl - Blacksmith and Bloomfield, Storekeeper. Child of Pearl, Fred who married Addie. Children of Fred and Addie, Don and Stuart.” Don Smith still living in Somesville. Photo could not be located 02/03/2022 [show more]
12549	Schooner "Kate Pray" in Somes Cove, c. 1905	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People Places, Landscape Vessels, Ship			1905c.	Schooner "Kate Pray" in Somes Cove, c. 1905 Item: 12549    Object ID: 997-558-727 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Places, Landscape Vessels, Ship Date: 1905c. Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Two masted-schooner in back of Fernald’s store (formerly A.J. Whiting’s Store) later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, still later, an art gallery. Houses on Main street from left to right: Abraham Somes III house; John Somes house, known as “Old Homestead”; Thaddeus Somes Store; in front of store, Blacksmith’s shop; Fernald’s Store; Mount Desert Tavern. Flags flying on main mast, American Flag and Kate Pray pennant. Five men sit on top of cabin house. One man standing between masts. Photo is black and white. [show more]
13006	Schooner 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.

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