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You searched for: Date: 1900sType: Image
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
19207Will ?
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Harry Plummer
  • 1905
Description:
Black and white photograph of an younger man in portrait wearing a suite and tie. Upper right notation reads H-26, notation on back in pencil reads Will 6/25/1905.
16793Charlie Rowe's Tuna
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • c. 1905
Description:
Charlie Rowe's Tuna. c. 1905. Courtesy of the Swan's Island Educational Society.
14671Unknown Woman, tintype
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • Other, Portrait
  • Unknown
  • - c 1900
Description:
Woman age 50-60. Name in pencil on back not readable ([great ---- Hau-). Hair pulled back tight. Wears dark dress buttons down front. White collar with plaid scarf around neck joined by large white brooch. Hands folded in lap. Ring on middle finger,color added to cheeks.
14619Mark Somes, date unknown
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Animal
  • People
  • 1880s - c 1900
Description:
Mark Somes with horse. Boy age 3 - 7 reached towards horse in stall. Boy has back turned to photographer. Wears straw hat with wide brim and ribbon around the crown. Sailor type top with dark pants. Horse’s head reaches above stall door.
14172Thaddeus Shepley Somes, daughter Virginia, & Lion the dog
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Animal
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • 1906
Description:
Thaddeus Shepley Somes sitting under tree on lawn across from Somesville Library with Virginia Somes Sanderson on his lap. Big dog next to them. Board sidewalk with rail in back of tree. Lumber mill in distance. Man drives by in wagon. Marked on back, “Thaddeus, Virginia, Lion, the dog. 1906”
14152Harriet Somes Sanderson
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Portrait
  • 1904
Description:
Harriet Somes Sanderson sitting in upholstered chair looking to left. Hair swept up under wide brimmed white hat with feather falling over brim. Feather boa around shoulders. Dress, leaf and berry pattern throughout with lace bodice. Wearing small earrings.
14142Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes, 1906
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Buildings
  • People
  • 1906
Description:
Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes standing on lawn of historic Abraham Somes III house (later owned by Marion and Richard Cobb). She wears long white dress with v-shaped trim on bodice, decorative black sash or scarf around neck, and small black hat.
14140Harriet Somes Sanderson, Virginia Somes Sanderson, (her sister?), brother Arthur Sanderson
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Portrait
  • 1901c.
Description:
From left to right, Harriet Somes Sanderson, Virginia Somes Sanderson, sister [?], brother, Arthur Sanderson. Harriet wears dress with no sleeves, beaded shoulder straps, additional strands on beads fall over arm. Beads also decorate bodice. Dark shiny fabric, overskirt covers longer skirt of lighter shade. Virginia wears short sleeved dress of shear fabric and embroidered design throughout. Both women wear beaded necklaces. The sister wears white short sleeve dress with high waist line and pearls at neck. Hair pushed back with head band. Arthur has short hair combed flat with wool suit, wide belt, knee pants. Photo taken in parlor with oval mirror over mantle. Cut to fit an oval frame. [show more]
14118Arthur Sanderson [?[, father of Virginia Somes Sanderson
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • 1904
Description:
Unknown man, perhaps Arthur Sanderson, father of Virginia Somes Sanderson, wearing pin striped suit, white shirt and tie. Watch fob visible under coat. Holding bowler type hat in hand. Standing in front of lawn of Victorian house. Marked on back, “1904 351 W 7th Ave Columbus, O.
14112Harriet Somes Sanderson, son Arthur and his sister
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Portrait
  • 1900c.
Description:
Harriet Somes Sanderson wearing hair swept up to top of head, white blouse with cutwork, striped skirt and wire rim spectacles. Son, Arthur Sanderson sitting on lap wearing white sailor outfit, sister [?] leaning head on shoulder, wearing bow in curly hair ; white dress with elaborate embroidery on front of dress. Appears to have been cut out of larger photograph.
14099Children, Catawba Island, Ohio, 1900
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • 1900
Description:
Two unknown children, possibly Virginia Somes Sanderson and brother Arthur. Girl wearing hair on top of head held by ribbon, white knee-length dress with short puffy sleeves and bare legs. Boy wears cap with striped shirt and black bow tie, knee pants, dark socks and white shoes. Large cottage with covered porch in background. Marked on back, “July 1900 Catawba Island, O.”
14098Virginia Somes Sanderson and unknown man, Catawba Island, Ohio, 1900
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1900
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).
14079Steamboat "Mount Desert" leaving Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Transportation - Water
  • Places, Landscape
  • W.H. Ballard
  • 1900c.
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]
14007Looking towards Somesville Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Somesville Library
  • c 1900s
Description:
View of Somesville looking towards library and Somes House from the west. View of Somesville marked at bottom. Old ship and pier on left. Lumber piled around mill in center ground. Somes House in the distance.
14005Clapboard House Unknown Location
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • c 1890s - c 1900s
Description:
Two story white clapboard house with black shutter, attached barn. Large trees in front of house. One horse near shed/bard with no tack held by man. Second horse in front wearing harness held by boy. Man stands near horse.
13681Somesville School Class, 1909
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • 1909
Description:
Somesville School Class photograph, October 1909. Twenty one students, none identified. Marked Somesville, Me, Oct 1909 in lower left corner. Students gathered on grass, trees in background. Teacher in center wears hair pulled back with white blouse and dark skirt which buttons down cneter. Dark tie at neck. Photo attached to glass. Glass cracked in several places. Caution-this photo is on glass. glass is broken into four pieces. Needs conservation. note made 2004 Old scotch tape removed. Temporary mat frame and “package” created in order to keep pieces from sliding apart 7/2004. [show more]
13680J.C. Hill with Buelah Atherton
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • 1902
Description:
Jason C. Hill with Buelah Atherton, age 23 months. Jason Hill harness maker, married to Mary Hill, lived in house next to present Allen Fernald House. Somes Pond in background. Cape Cod style house to the left. Hill looks down at child on sled in snow. Hill wears medium length black coat and pants with cap. Child wears puffy hat, scarf and coat. Marked on back, “J.C. Hill and Buelah Atherton, Feb 13, 1902, Age 23 months, 16 days.”
13455Thaddeus Shepley Somes, Virginia Somes, Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes & Dog
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Animal
  • People
  • 1906
Description:
Thaddeus Shepley Somes with Virginia Somes Sanderson on his knee, Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes in back. "Lion" the dog in front. Thaddeus seated in chair under tree wearing dark suit and derby. Virginia in corkscrew curls with white dress, dark stockings and boots. Emilie behind Thaddeus with gray hair and print dress. Trees and barn in background.
13303Somes House
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1900c.
Description:
8 x 10 black and white photograph of Somes House side most distant from the road. Duplicate of #997-338-503 Marked on back Ballard Photo #825-A, around 1900 This image is also listed as in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library: #12138
131081905 View of Brookside Cemetery
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Brookside Cemetery
  • 1905
Description:
1905 view of Brookside cemetery in Somesville. Shows arch at entry and granite blocks of retaining wall along mill stream. Very few trees in view.
13072Two Unknown Women in Field
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • 1907, Aug. 6
Description:
Black and white photograph of two young ladies standing in a field with woods and a house in the background. 3 names listed on back of photo: Olive Strout, Addie W. and Agnes, Td . Aug. 6, 1907. Women wear white blouses and long skirts.
13006Schooner in back of Fernald's Store, 1906
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Vessels, Ship
  • 1906
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.
12980Galen C. McFarland
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Portrait photographs
  • McKay, H.D., Calais, ME
  • 1900 ca.
Description:
Black and white portrait photograph of Galen C. McFarland, Trenton ME, early 1900's. McFarland is a young man who has wavy hair parted on one side. He wears a striped jacket, high-collared white shirt and necktie. Photographers logo is embossed on the front: H.D. McKay, Calais, ME. Handwritten on the back: "Galen C. McFarland, Trenton, Maine. Brother of Addie B. (McFarland) Smith, (wife of Fred Smith); Bertha E. (McFarland) Allen, (wife of Richard O. Allen; Mildred S. (McFarland) Allen, (wife of Roger H. Allen). Early 1900's" [show more]
12974Somesville Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1900 ca.
Description:
Black and white photograph of Somesville library early 1900's. Library is a small building in the background. a telephone pole and a dirt road are in the foreground.
12807Somesville School after 1897
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • c. 1900
Description:
Somesville School after 1897. Primary through high school students. Man standing to left wears hat and watch chain. Two to four women teachers to left. Two baseball mitts stuck between the posts?