Description: A color negative of a painting of a glass vase with flowers. . Appears to be a portrait done by artist: Mrs. John Melcher, Rock End Road, Northeast Harbor, ME. Phone listed as 276-3340.
Description: A color negative of a portrait of two children. Appears to be a portrait done by artist: Mrs. John Melcher, Rock End Road, Northeast Harbor, ME. Phone listed as 276-3340.
Description: Complete set: films used for the original & only printing of The Tracy Log Book 1855 A Month in Summer: Charles Tracy's Diary on Mount Desert Island, with original sketches and drawings by Frederic Edwin Church, edited by Anne Mazlish. CONSULT WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BEFORE USING
Description: Fogg Farm. George Fogg on the far left, leaning on jigger (?) cart; Willard Fogg on cart carrying crates; Jesse Fogg kneeling. Horses and buggies
Description: Color negative of a glass vase with flowers. Probably a painting done by artist: Mrs. John Melcher, Northeast Harbor, Maine. Negative found in a Ballard envelope with a color negative of a clown, also probably a painting done by artist: Mrs. John Melcher
Description: Looking towards Gott's Island from Little Gott's Island. Negative taken from postcard by CE Cook, Bangor 1906. Black band at bottom on which is printed "Gott's Island, Maine" and under that is hand-written "This is a view of my home, with love from, sister Nell". View includes sail boats, skiffs in harbor and houses on island.
Description: Color negative of a photo of an oil painting by Mrs. John Melcher, Northeast Harbor, Maine. Portrait of a gray haired man in a navy blue suite jacket and tie.
Description: Negative made from photograph (997-362-527) of Blacksmith Shop. Sign above door reads, " A.R. Hanscom Horse Shoeing." Marked on Back of photo: Printed from glass negative found in F. Wiggin House, Town Hill, July 1958." 5x7 print of this is in Photo Album #1, p. 95. It is not entered in the collections catalog.
Description: Harry and Pearl Bordeaux putting water in truck. Truck has open sides with drop curtains; 9 cans sit in foreground. Truck is parked in front of a barn.
Description: Jack Clark, Clark's Dairy. Written at bottom of negative: Flowers with the milk? Acadia National Park, Seawall Camp, July 195(?)1 , Bar Harbor, ME no print of this picture appears to exist (as of 7/6/2016-RSR and ACB)
Description: James Richardson House, Tracy Farm Distant view of the James Richardson Farm also known as Fair Oaks Farm in Sound Village. no print found at the time this was reviewed on 7/6/2016 by RSR and ACB although one may exist.
Description: John Fernald receiving keys to new, light-colored Bordeaux Dairy truck from Bob Buck who is in the dark suit. Donor of negative says it is John Fernald in the truck; others have said it is Bud Bordeaux. This should be investigated. (note made 7/6/2016 by RSR and ACB) side of truck reads: "Bordeaux' Dairy, QUALITY PRODUCTS Since 1882"
Description: Main Street Somesville. Marked on back, “John Somes store." Yellow house (in between) first elementary school children met there. First floor was post office (now gone (crossed out) moved). Third house - millinary shop run by two women.” Picture shows three buildi in a row. All buildings similar, 2 1/2 stories, white clapboard capes. First and last have covered porches. First building, sign reads R.H.B. Fernald. Horse with wagon tied to posts on first building. Man sitting on box on porch. Telephone poles run along the street. Board sidewalks stop before the group of houses, and start again after the third. Selectmen’s building in the background. [show more]
Description: Historic Mount Desert Tavern, also known as the Mount Desert House. Tall sign post on front lawn. Mount Desert House sign partially cut out of picture. Lattice work fence leads to front door. Shutters on front windows shut. Two men standing near front door. Two men in front of lattice work. Several men and boys stand around large wagon with horse. Shadow visible in foreground. (Sometimes erroneously referred to as the Mount Desert Inn.)
Description: Mount Desert House (The Tavern) in center of photo, taken from across the mill pond. Several people standing outside on lawn. Horse harnessed to buggy with person in seat. Person seated in chair on lawn with woman standing behind. Two men to the right. Historic Nathan Salisbury house with dark trimmed windows to the right. Stake fence surrounds front yard of the Nathan Salisbury house.
Description: negative of O.J. Clark dairy truck side of truck reads: O.J. Clark and Son Raw and Pasturized Milk and Cream phone 386-11 Bar Harbor product of Hancock County Creamery (no print of this seems to exist as of 7/6/2016 RSR and ACB)
Description: Sargent Farm Dairy truck written on side of the truck: OLD HOMESTEAD DAIRY W.W. SARGENT & SON spare tire attached to side of truck truck is stopped in front of trees hiding the front porch of a shingled house. no print of this negative appears to exist (7/6/2016-RSR and ACB)
Description: Single horse pulling dairy delivery wagon; writing on side of enclosed wagon says Old Orchard Dairy M.C. Sweet Appears to be a modern negative taken from a photograph apparently not in the Historical Society's Collection.
Description: Calf in pasture near Somes Stream. Rail fence and rock wall border pasture. Small shingled building to the left. Trees line right bank of stream. Assume negative was made from related print.