Description: Articles on museum in Somesville -sewing circle helped create (2 copies one mouned on card board.) These articles are from the Lewston Journal Illustrated Magazine. Previously archived as 011.FIC.57.1
Description: Women seated on rocks watching Northeast Harbor Fleet cruise to Blue Hill. Start of the Bar Harbor S-Boats. Committee boat is "Swallow" from NEH fleet; Ballard photo c. 1939. Taken from Milliken Camp estate. Per notes from 2011 "Mystery Photographs" Exhibit (AB).
Description: Marked at bottom of photo Hollis, Uncle Will, Aunt Lou, June. Man on left, Hollis leans on piece of wood or post. Wears light colored cap, white shirts and dark pants. Man second from left wears derby, white shirt and light pants. Pouring liquid from bottle to glass. Woman, Aunt Lou wears short hair with glasses, vest over light colored dress and low heels with strap over foot. Boy on right, June Smith wears pullover sweater with tie and collar, and dark pants. Decorative border around image. Photo torn 1/2 inch from bottom. [show more]
Description: Mrs. Maria Stetson and Ethel Bell Somes ( wife of William). Woman on left, Maria Stetson age 70-80, white hair pulled away from face. Dress below knees, black and light colored stripes, with buttons down bodice. White lace worn under collar with necklace. Carries cane. Ethel Somes on Right wears hair short also wears glasses. Knee length floral print dress with belt. Wears three strands of pearls and white shoes.
Description: Snapshot of unknown woman bundled up in dark fur coat, with dark hat on head. Can see telephone or telegraph lines in the background. Inscription on back reads “To Uncle .... from niece Helen.”
Description: Snapshot of unknown boy or young man standing in snow. Wears trousers tucked into calf-length boots, dark jacket. Can see snowy ground, bare trees covered with snow, telephone poles, house in background.
Description: Newsclipping: Lewiston Journal Illustrated Magazine “Summer daughter of Maine, Elinor Wylie, wrote Mount Desert beauty into immortal literature” August 7, 1937. Photocopy. Previously accessioned as **0741, Object Id 011.FIC.77.2
Description: Typed notes by LaRue Spiker - Extracts from ‘Florida: The Most Southernmost State’, published 1939. Research for an article. 4 pages. Previously accessioned as **1989, Object Id 2001.1989
Description: Typed notes by LaRue Spiker, of ‘Florida Wild Life’ by Charles Torrey Simpson, 1932. Research for an article. Previously accessioned as **1985, Object Id 2001.1985
Description: Note by LaRue Spiker, taking information from ‘Florida Wild Flowers’ by Mary Francis Baker, 1938. Research for LaRue’s article about Florida. Previously accessioned as **1965, object Id 2001.1965
Description: Letter from the Hancock County Probate court notifiying the recipient they are named in Bloomfield R. Smith's will and that Jennie A Smith is the executrix.
Description: Envelope addressed to Mrs. A.C. Brown of Cleveland, Ohio, and an enclosed typewritten copy of a speech (6 pages) by E.S. Dana which was delivered at a meeting of the Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society in 1931. Discusses the early history of the village and includes references to John Clement (first settler of the village in 1809), Charles Clement, Edward Dunham, George Stebbins, George Cooksey, Mr. Dane, Mr. Griswold, Glencove Hotel, John Rockefeller, Professor Rowland, Seaside Casino, Presidents Eliot and Gilman. Describes the development plans of and subsequent breakdown of George Cooksey; the efforts of George Stebbins to carry out Cooksey's plans. paths and roads of Seal Harbor, Jordan Pond House and Thomas MacIntire. [show more]
Description: Photocopy of an Oct. 19, 1937 letter from William Iselin & Co. to Samuel Atkins Eliot re Cllfton House dock, parking and beach. Refers to discussions with Loren Kimball about Kimball's management of the dock and floats and role that the Village Improvement Society should have. 2 pages.
Description: The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Black and white photo. E.F. Butler climbing rigging on unidentified sailboat. Photo appears to have a double exposure.
Description: The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Black and white photo. E.F. Butler climbing rigging on unidentified sailboat. Photo appears to have a double exposure.