Description: Written transcript of interview with Louise Sawtelle Libby, born 1/20/1907 in Cambridge Mass., regarding the history of Islesford; Duck Island; and many stories about growing up in the mid 1900s and summering on the coast of MDI, Coast Guard, Bangor fire in 1911, small bit about MDI fire of 1947
Description: Transcription of Eleanor Mayo's Interview of Emily Rich Trask (1884-1981) . The interview took place on January 20, 1975. Emily Trask was the daughter of John M. and Charlotte Kelley Rich, and the sister of Lillian Rich Reed.
Description: Portrait, almost full-length--of woman seated on some sort of couch with fabric draped over it. Woman wears long white dress, lots of tucks, wide sash around waist. Dress has dark embroidery around neckline, sleeves, also high collar. Woman has short dark hair (cut to ear-length) and wears headband with white bow. Holds diploma in right hand, left hand rests in lap.
Description: Group of men in camp. In background, tents, to right clothes drying, to left dog sitting on towel. Man on left sitting on rocks holding axe. Second from left, William A. Caughey, seated on ground, Jospeh H. Caughey, standing with fish net, third from right, William Caughey, gray beard, wearing dark suit. Man second from right, weraing brown or gray shirt, suspenders, dark pants seated on rock. Man on far right sits under laundry. Marked on back, “Geo. H. Van Norman, Photographer, 645 Main St. Waltham, Mass.” Also Marked, Property of Philip M. Caughey. [show more]
Description: Group of men in camp. In background, tents, to right clothes drying, to left dog sitting on towel. Man on left sitting on rocks holding axe. Second from left, William A. Caughly, seated on ground, Jospeh H. Caughey, standing with fish net, third from right, William Caughey, gray beard, wearing dark suit. Man second from right, weraing brown or gray shirt, suspenders, dark pants seated on rock. Man on far right sits under laundry. Marked on back, “Geo. H. Van Norman, Photographer, 645 Main St. Waltham, Mass.” Also Marked, Property of Philip M. Caughey. [show more]
Description: Cabinet card of a younger man wearing a dark suit (jacket and vest) with a lont striped tie and a white collared shirt. Straight dark hair parted on right side.
Description: six women (three young women, two girls, and one older woman) and two men and a dog sitting outside wooden clapboard house. One of the women also holding a cat. Names inscribed on back of photo: “Left to right- Frank Jordan of Mariaville (cousin to Isaac Somes) Marion and his wife, Tom the Dog.... Miss Kingcaide of Mariaville- the postmaster, Aunt Ida Donning sister to my father, Henry Jordan .... seated left to right- Sally Somes (by grandma Somes) Georgia Somes, Frances Reeves). [show more]
Description: Two cars parked along road side over looking lake and mountain beyound. Man stands with foot on running board of 1920s convertible. Woman near back, wears white shoes, print skirt, white sweater, and hat. Second car, man stands with foot on runningboard. Another man stands near front wheel. Third talks to woman in white sweater. Marked, “H.L. Bradley, Bar Harbor, Me.” H.L. Bradley was the son of photographer Bryant Bradley. 11/20/13: No marking HL Bradley on back; rather it is stamped LaRue Spiker (ABenson) [show more]
Description: Woman with medium length hair wearing a turtle neck sits at a table near an oil lamp. In front of her are some frames. In her hand is some sort of block. She may be printing something.
Description: Woman with medium length hair wearing a turtle neck sits at a table near an oil lamp. In front of her are some frames. In her hand is some sort of block. She may be printing something.