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8996Clara Emilie Meynell Somes and Thaddeus Shepley Somes
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1905
Clara Emilie Meynell Somes and Thaddeus Shepley Somes
Item:
  • 8996   
Object ID:
  • 997-797-967
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Unknown
Date:
  • 1905
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Clara Emilie Meynell Somes(1842-1920) and Thaddeus Shepley Somes (1839-1913) seated on front step of their home on corner of Oak Hill Road and Main Street. Clara wears hair in large bun on back of head. Striped blouse with full sleeves, black placket down center of bodice, white lace around collar. Decorative white flower plackets descend from shoulders along each side on center. Black skirt with indistinguishable design. Thaddeus wears straw hat, dark suit, white shirt, and black tie. [show more]
8378Horses on racetrack
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1900
Horses on racetrack
Item:
  • 8378   
Object ID:
  • 998-1038-2243
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • c 1900
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Description:
Horses on the race track at Robin Hood Park. People gathered at the fence along the track. Copy of old photo.
8379Grandstand at race track
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1900
Grandstand at race track
Item:
  • 8379   
Object ID:
  • 998-1037-2242
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • c 1900
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Description:
Grandstand at the race track at Robin Hood Park Copy of old photo.
8380Piers going out into the Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1900
Piers going out into the Harbor
Item:
  • 8380   
Object ID:
  • 998-1036-2241
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • c 1900
Place:
  • Bass Harbor, Maine
Description:
Piers going out into the Harbor. Brick building in the foreground may be the old cannery.
8381People on float at Claremont
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1900
People on float at Claremont
Item:
  • 8381   
Object ID:
  • 998-1035-2240
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
Subject:
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
  • People
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • c 1900
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Maine
Description:
People on the floats at the Claremont. Canoes along side the floats Copy of an old photo.
7404Ship Under Construction, Somes Cove
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship
  • 1905c.
Ship Under Construction, Somes Cove
Item:
  • 7404   
Object ID:
  • 997-833-1003
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship
Date:
  • 1905c.
Place:
  • Somesville, Maine
Description:
Ship 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 masts lie on the ground in sterm of ship. Schooner just visible to the right.
7076Mount Desert Post Office, Main Street, Somesville, 1905
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • 1905
Mount Desert Post Office, Main Street, Somesville, 1905
Item:
  • 7076   
Object ID:
  • 997-826-996
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
Subject:
  • Other, Building
Date:
  • 1905
Place:
  • Somesville, Maine
Description:
Main Street Somesville. Mount Desert Post Office on right. Two story building with covered porch. Mount Desert Post Office sign mounted on porch roof. Marked on bottom of negative "1905 Old Post Office Eva Jacobson postmistress". John William Somes house, now owned by Keating Pepper with windmill visible over roof of house. Telephone poles line street.
7409Clara Emilie Meynell Somes & Thaddeus Shepley Somes
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • 1905
Clara Emilie Meynell Somes & Thaddeus Shepley Somes
Item:
  • 7409   
Object ID:
  • 997-817-987
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1905
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Clara Emilie Meynell Somes (1842-1920) and Thaddeus Shepley Somes (1839-1913) seated on front step of their home on corner of Oak Hill Road and Main Street. Clara wears hair in large bun on back of head. Striped blouse with full sleeves, black placket down center of bodice, white lace around collar. Decorative white flower plackets descend from shoulders along each side on center. Black skirt with indistinguishable design. Thaddeus wears straw hat, dark suit, white shirt and black tie. This negative was taken from post card 012-57-156 and the image is presented in an oval format. [show more]
12331Main Street, Somesville looking south
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • 1900c.
Main Street, Somesville looking south
Item:
  • 12331   
Object ID:
  • 997-374-539
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
Date:
  • 1900c.
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Main Street, SomesvilleSouthwest Harbor. Mill Pond on left. Small house with clapboard siding and deck facing street.beyond pond. This building (no longer standing) was Judy Heath’s novelty shop. Telephone poles line street on left and wooden sidewalk on the right. Board fence along both sides of the road. Mount Desert Selectmen’s Building hidden by trees on the right. Picture is labeled "MAIN ST. SOMESVILLE, ME Written on back, “going towards Southwest Aunt Judy Heath’s novelty shop around 1900.” 8x10 [show more]
13680J.C. Hill with Buelah Atherton
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • 1902
J.C. Hill with Buelah Atherton
Item:
  • 13680   
Object ID:
  • 997-195-360
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
Date:
  • 1902
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
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.”
9109Bass Harbor to Bernard from McKinley
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • Other, Buildings
  • Unknown
  • 1903
Bass Harbor to Bernard from McKinley
Item:
  • 9109   
Object ID:
  • 997-176-340
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Boats
  • Other, Buildings
Creator:
  • Unknown
Date:
  • 1903
Place:
  • Bernard, Maine
Description:
Looking across Bass Harbor to Bernard from McKinley. Several boats in the harbor, mostly fishing vessels. Sea gulls in foreground.
13681Somesville School Class, 1909
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • 1909
Somesville School Class, 1909
Item:
  • 13681   
Object ID:
  • 97-97-259
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Date:
  • 1909
Place:
  • Somesville, Maine
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]
5440Telephone office Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Unknown
  • 1905
Telephone office Somesville
Item:
  • 5440   
Object ID:
  • 97-709-879
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
Creator:
  • Unknown
Collection:
  • Somesville Bicentenial 1961
Date:
  • 1905
Place:
  • Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
First telephone office in Somesville. Small one-half story cape on Main street. Overhang over front door. House presently owned by Keating Pepper in distance. Looking toward mill pond.
12390Somesville Meeting House Interior, c.1900
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Interior
  • 1900c.
Somesville Meeting House Interior, c.1900
Item:
  • 12390   
Object ID:
  • 997-580-748
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Interior
Date:
  • 1900c.
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Interior of Somesville Meeting House taken from back of church over middle row of pews. Church is decorated with garlands and ferns and other plant material. The words "GOD is LOVE" and "WELCOME" on the wall at the front of the chuch. The organ is to the right.
12348Sale, Standard Granite Co., Advertisement
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Advertisement
  • 1901c.
Sale, Standard Granite Co., Advertisement
Item:
  • 12348   
Object ID:
  • 997-578-746
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Advertisement
Date:
  • 1901c.
Place:
  • Somesville, Mount Desert, Maine
Description:
Advertisement reads, “Slaughter Sale of Bankrupt Stock! of the Standard Granite Co. at -- Stock Consisting of Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Tinware. and . General Merchandise. Good Prints 3 c per yard. 10c Ginghams 5c per yard. Boots and Shoes at about half price Men’s Rubber Boots $2.25. A lot of show cases,Scales, Paper Holders, and Store Furnishings will be sold at bargain prices. Don’t miss this opportunity to buy goods at low prices. For furthur information apply to Fernald & Somes, Mount Desert, Maine. Sherman, Printer, Bar Harbor.” Marked 1901 at top. [show more]
12489Clara Emilie Meynell Somes & Thaddeus Shepley Somes
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • 1905
Clara Emilie Meynell Somes & Thaddeus Shepley Somes
Item:
  • 12489   
Object ID:
  • 997-564-733
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
Date:
  • 1905
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Clara Emilie Meynell Somes(1842-1920) and Thaddeus Shepley Somes(1839-1913) seated on front step of their home on corner of Oak Hill Road and Main Street. Clara wears hair in bun on back of head. Striped blouse with full sleeves, black placket down center of bodice, white lace around collar. Decorative white flower plackets descend from shoulders along each side on center. Black skirt with indistinguishable design. Thaddeus wears straw hat, dark suit, white shirt and black tie. Marked on back Garm and Gapa, 1905. Photo cut to fit frame or album. Pieces of a letter appear on back. [show more]
14079Steamboat "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]
12549Schooner "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]
8903Brig 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]
11452Bridge Under C, Somes Cove
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Transportation - Water
  • 1905c.
Bridge Under C, Somes Cove
Item:
  • 11452   
Object ID:
  • 97-698-868
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Transportation - Water
Date:
  • 1905c.
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 masts lay on the ground in back of ship. Schooner to the right. Marked on back, “Steamboat Wharf in back ground. Brig 1905?” 8" x 10"
13006Schooner 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.
11447Somesville School Class, October 1909
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • 1909
Somesville School Class, October 1909
Item:
  • 11447   
Object ID:
  • 97-98-260b
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Date:
  • 1909
Place:
  • Somesville, Maine
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 center. Dark tie at neck. Copy of original
14172Thaddeus Shepley Somes, daughter Virginia, & Lion the dog
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Animal
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • 1906
Thaddeus Shepley Somes, daughter Virginia, & Lion the dog
Item:
  • 14172   
Object ID:
  • 997-482-648
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Animal
  • Other, Building
  • People
Date:
  • 1906
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
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”
5628Inner Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Unknown
  • 1905
Inner Harbor
Item:
  • 5628   
Object ID:
  • 012-96-195
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Creator:
  • Unknown
Date:
  • 1905
Place:
  • Northeast Harbor, Maine
Description:
Black and white postcard labeled "Inner Harbor, Northeast Harbor, ME". The postcard is address to Mr. A.F. Sawyer. Post marked 1905. Message on the front states "This is up by Asticou. Probably you recognize the Scenery. M.D.[?]
5457Resting 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.