Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
13109	Album with photos of Dana and Bristol families	Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album	Other, Sailing	unknown		1902	Album with photos of Dana and Bristol families Item: 13109    Object ID: 003.17.3 Catalog: Photos Type: Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album Subject: Other, Sailing Creator: unknown Date: 1902 Place: Mount Desert, Maine Description: The album is a leather bound brown book with black pages bound and affixed into the cover. The photo album is dated February 20, 1902. This inscription is written in longhand on the first page: May B. Dana, 24 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut. The first page of photographs has two photographs labeled "24 Hillhouse Ave. at the Bicentennial" in the "Autumn of 1901".The next centerfold has 4 pictures: 24 Hillhouse Ave. ; a picture of the corner of Hillhouse Ave. and Grove Street with Bicentennial lanterns; College Street with Bicentennial Lanterns; Fayerweather and White dormitories. The next centerfold has these four photographs: Professor Rood and Papa in their gowns at the Bicentennial; Ethel Smyth; Woodbridge Hall; and Garden at 65 Inn (?) Street. The next centerfold has four family photographs from 1902: three are of "Billy" and the fourth is of "Mother". Three photographs of "Billy in the Spring of 1902 fill the next centerfold. One of the three includes "Papa" and the fourth photograph is of Billy's hook and ladder. In the next centerfold of four pictures there are two in Connecticut at Hillhouse Avenue and two at Great Head on MDI. The Great Head pictures show Jim Gardiner and group on the beach and people exploring a cave at Great Head. All these photographs are from 1902. Summer of 1902 is showcased in the next four photographs. First is of Merrill Griswold, Great Head Picnic. The next is of Polly Webster, Great Head Picnic. The third photograph is of Frank Damrosch, Dick and Sydney Sargent on top of Pemetic Mountain. The last photograph in this centerfold is of two women, one man and a child on board the "Sappho". The Summer of 1902 pictures continue in the next centerfold with these four prints: Sydney Sargent and Polly on board "The Como" (?); children on board the "Como"; Philip Sutter (?) at Otter Cliffs Picnic; and a shore scene. Three more photographs of Summer 1902 appear in the next centerfold. First is Will Marcus playing tennis. Next are people on board the "San Joy" (?); and Will Marcus. One of the photographs has been removed. The blank space is labeled "Chapin Marcus and ???". Continuing on in the scrapbook, there are four more summer 1902 photographs of Maine scenes: Jordan Pond; Long Pond; Surf on Duck Island; and Katharine D?. Turning the page shows four more 1902 summer scenes. There is another of surf on Duck Island; followed by, Dwight, Musse House and Papa, Mother and Franklin. The last two photographs of summer 1902 are of Katharine and Mrs. Hastings at Eagle Lake Picnic and Chapin Marcus on a rowboat. Then the photographs shift to Connecticut in the Autumn of 1902. The first caption is hard to read and it depicts a road with large buildings in the background. The next photo is of three women sitting on a stoop. None are identified. The next centerfold had four Farmington photographs labeled: Elizabeth Brown; Helen Smith; Hartford Country Club; Eleanor Whitney and Eunice Parish. The Farmington photographs continue with a centerfold meant to hold four pictures but only three remain from the Winter of 1903. The photo labeled Eleanor Whitney is missing. The three present ones are: View from the Red Bridge; Elizabeth Brown, Florence Brown, and Ellen Walier; Margaretta Belin (?) and Elizabeth Richmond. The Farmington Winter 1903 pictures continue with photos of young women: Charlotte Hopkins; Ruth Brainard; E. Luyeth (?), M. Barstow, C. Hopkins, R. Brainard & E. Dunham; Minnie Machall & Claudia McAlpin. More of these photographs are on the next centerfold: Marguerite Barstow; Eleanor Moffat; A. Hall, M.Belin, G. ?, H. Boies, R. Latuall, M. Dana; A Lathrop House Group. Farmington Spring 1903 photographs include these four: Agnes Hall, Helen Boies, and M. Belin; Eleanor Whitney; and two photos of "men" labeled Eleanor Whitney and Rita Howe. Spring 1903 in Farmington continues with four more photos on the next centerfold labeled: Eleanor Whitney, Rita Howe, and Louise Freeman; Luthros House; Brick House and Main House. This season and time continues to be captured in four more photos labeled: Farminton River; garden; Main Street; and Cherry Tree in Bloom. The getty and the Old Mill are seen in the next three pictures. The fourth picture on this centerfold is a large house with no label. Turn the page and Spring 1903 ends with two pictures in Farmington labeled: Louise Bigelow, Louise Parish; and Louise Freeman. The remaining 16 pictures are all labeled as Summer 1903. The first two are of a picnic on Sargent Mt. Some of the names listed are: George ?, Herbert Bochman, Polly Webster, Merrill Griswold, and Beatrice Boiee. The next four pictures are of swimming in the dress of the day. The names listed are: Dotty Wright, Polly Webster and Margaret Griswold. More island scenes are shown in the next four pictures labeled: Billy (playing on the beach); Billy and Duirdge (playing at water's edge); Leonard, Duirdge, Harry and Harriette (playing with little boats in the water); and Leonard Freeman wading. Picnic scenes continue with Dotty Wright and Margaret Griswold resting on the lawn and Merrill Griswold sitting on ledges. The next two photographs are of Jordan Pond. The last two pictures are of a picnic on Sargent Mt. in the Summer of 1903. The only person listed is Margaret Griswold. There are about 94 pictures in this album. Selected photos in this album (those related to Mt. Desert) have been scanned and accessioned. 01/21/2015 [show more]
7097	Vessel Mary Rose	Image, Photograph	Other, Transportation - Water People	W.H. Ballard		1943	Vessel Mary Rose Item: 7097    Object ID: 997-652-822 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Other, Transportation - Water People Creator: W.H. Ballard Date: 1943 Place: Southwest Harbor, Maine Description: Vessel Mary Rose being built at Southwest Boat off Clark Point Road. Negative in possession of donor. Photo not located in Photo Album #3
7591	Main Street Somesville	Image, Photograph	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape				Main Street Somesville Item: 7591    Object ID: 97-381-545 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Place: Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Main Street Somesville. Trees line street. Board sidewalk visible on right near picket fenced yards. Fernald’s Store (now Port-in-a-Storm bookstore) hidden by trees. Historic Lewis Somes on right hidden by trees. telephone poles line street. Man stands on grass near road in distance.
7594	Grist Mill	Image, Photograph	Other, Building				Grist Mill Item: 7594    Object ID: 97-296-461 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Other, Building Place: Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Grist mill on Somes Brook. High bushes cover most of building. Shingled roof, with weathered shingled siding. Large stones line bank of stream. Another small clapboard building to right in background.
7595	Small steam boat with canopy	Image, Photograph	Other, Transportation - Water				Small steam boat with canopy Item: 7595    Object ID: 97-350-515 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Other, Transportation - Water Place: Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Small steamboat with canopy towing small skiff in Somes Harbor. American flag flying aft. Note on back of photo remarks the man at the helm is Capt. Lester Pray. Back of Somesville Library to the left. Two and one-half story building above boat no longer standing. Peak of blacksmith’s shop visible over canopy of boat. To the right, Fernald’s store (purchased from A.J. Whiting in 1887) later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, then art gallery. Large smudge in upper right corner of photo. [show more]
5483	Somes Brook	Image, Photograph	Other, Building People Places, Landscape				Somes Brook Item: 5483    Object ID: 97-301-466 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Other, Building People Places, Landscape Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Somes Brook, trees on banks, reeds in lower right corner. Two women crossing bridge, wearing white dresses and hats, may be pushing baby carriage. Lumber Mill in back ground. This also exists as a slide (#97-695-865) used in the Somesville Bicentenail and can be found on Row 2 Unit 2 Shelf 4 Slide Box 1
5484	Old Grist Mill	Image, Photograph	Other, Building	Unknown			Old Grist Mill Item: 5484    Object ID: 97-317-482 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Other, Building Creator: Unknown Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Old grist mill on Somes Brook in winter. Trees lining banks hide two story shingled building. This is also a slide that was used in the Somesville Bicentenail and can be found on Row 2 Unit 2 Shelf 2 Slide Box 1
4791	Digital photos of hooked rugs from Exhibit, MDIHS, August, 2009	Image, Photograph	Other, Rugs	Unknown		2009	Digital photos of hooked rugs from Exhibit, MDIHS, August, 2009 Item: 4791    Object ID: 012.FIC.030.003 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Other, Rugs Creator: Unknown Collection: Audio Visual History Collection Date: 2009 Place: Schoolhouse/Mount Desert, Maine Description: A CD with 10 images of hooked rugs included in the exhibit: Three Centuries of Hooking, August, 2009, Mount Desert Historical Society Schoolhouse Probably photos taken by Judith Burger-Gossart, Curator Images also included in catalog of exhibit: Three Centuries of Hooking, MDIHS, August 2009, Burger-Gossart, Judith, Curator
8981	Summer home of Bishop Mckay Smith	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Buildings	Unknown			Summer home of Bishop Mckay Smith Item: 8981    Object ID: 998-738-1843 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: Unknown Place: Seal Harbor, Maine Description: The summer home of Bishop MacKay Smith in Seal Harbor. Taken from the water.
8988	Fair Oaks Farm	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Buildings	Unknown			Fair Oaks Farm Item: 8988    Object ID: 998.116.18 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: Unknown Collection: Kay Tracy Moore Collection Place: Sound, Mount Desert, Maine Description: Fair Oaks Farm. Copied from Post card. James Richardson Homestead in Sound. Presently owned by Kay Tracy Moore. Barn in foreground, homestead in background. Rough bridge over stream. Object has not been renumbered because as of 1/13/2022 the item could not be located.
8997	Somes House Inn	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building Places, Landscape	Unknown			Somes House Inn Item: 8997    Object ID: 97-316-481 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Somes House Inn, Somesville. Trees line drive to cottage. View of Inn from Main street Somesville. End of Inn visible, side of covered porch and latticework. Somes House Sign above first floor windows. Board sidewalk in foreground. Somes Cove in background. To the right, A.J. Whiting’s Store, presently Port-In-A-Storm. Schooner at the wharf. Marked 1895 on back.
8999	Echo Lake from Echo Vista	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Boats Other, Buildings Places, Landscape	Unknown			Echo Lake from Echo Vista Item: 8999    Object ID: 997-626-796 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Boats Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Place: Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Echo Lake from route 102 across from Echo Vista. Small boat with outboard motor anchored off shore. Changing house on shore. Ramp runs from shore to platform outside changing house. Boat ramp to the right. Gift of M.L. Hughs.
9003	Green Mountain Railway	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, transportation - Land Places, Landscape	Unknown			Green Mountain Railway Item: 9003    Object ID: 97-179-343 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, transportation - Land Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Place: Cadillac Mountian, Bar Harbor, Maine Description: Green Mountain Railway. Steam engine pushing car up Cadillac Mountain. Letters on side of coal car read G.M. Ry. Letters on side of engine read Mt. Desert. One man in coal car another leaning out window of engine. Five men and one women ride car. Stumps in foreground. Donated by Claire and Pete Arnold, 1996
9020	Someville Grade School Class Photo	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Education People	Unknown			Someville Grade School Class Photo Item: 9020    Object ID: 997-74-236 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Education People Creator: Unknown Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Portraits of Somesville Grade School. No grade or year marked. M.Grant is marked at the bottom right. Students from left to right, top row; Tom Fernald, Pat Hibbard, Richard Kelley, Kay Tracy, Teddy Stanley, Georgia Robinson; row two, Deaveraux Barnes, Sharon Gonzales, Charlie Carter, Jean Barned, Tony Merchant, Carloyn Brown, Norman Richardson; row three, Lydia Butler, Earl Reed, Rosemary Blanchard, David Lucas, Libby Gonzales, Charlie Barnes, Dennis Blanchard. Margaret written above M. Grant. [show more]
9021	Hall Quarry	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Hall Quarry	Unknown		1900c.	Hall Quarry Item: 9021    Object ID: 997-64-226.1 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Hall Quarry Creator: Unknown Date: 1900c. Place: Hall Quarry, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Men working on granite. Crane marked “10 Ton Niles Crane” hangs above men. Trams sit on tracks ready to take granite to the wharf for loading. Marked on back, “Hall Quarry Me After C.J. Hall. Arthur McMullen Lease, work - River Drive New York. early 1900s.” Image fading. Two black smudges appear at top of image. Edges of photo torn in places.
9022	Hall Quarry	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Hall Quarry	Unknown			Hall Quarry Item: 9022    Object ID: 997-63-225.1 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Hall Quarry Creator: Unknown Place: Hall Quarry, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Hall’s Quarry in operation over looking Somes Sound. Tram tracks run to shore. Cut blocks of granite piled near wharf. Three master schooner along side Quarry. Several small buildings visible. Image fading. Water stains at top of photo. Lower left hand corner of photo torn.
9036	Louine Lunt Peck aboard Army Hospital Ship	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Army Nurse Corps	Unknown		c 1941-46	Louine Lunt Peck aboard Army Hospital Ship Item: 9036    Object ID: 997-659-829 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Army Nurse Corps Creator: Unknown Date: c 1941-46 Place: Popham Beach, Maine Description: Louine Lunt Peck (then Conner) in uniform aboard Army Hospital Ship during World War II. Lt. Peck served as an Army nurse during the War. She is painting. Another woman stands in background.
9037	Sardine Carrier Kingfisher and Joyce Marie	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Sardine boats	W.H. Ballard			Sardine Carrier Kingfisher and Joyce Marie Item: 9037    Object ID: 997-656-826 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Sardine boats Creator: W.H. Ballard Collection: 1997 Paul Stubing Ballard Print Collection Place: Southwest Harbor, Maine Description: Sardine carrier Kingfisher and Joyce Marie tied up to pier at Addison Packing Company. Negative in possession of donor.
9040	Echo Vista Beach in winter	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building Places, Landscape	Unknown		c 1950s	Echo Vista Beach in winter Item: 9040    Object ID: 997-630-800 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Date: c 1950s Place: Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Echo Vista beach in winter. Changing house covered with snow. Gift of M.L. Hughs.
9041	Echo Lake from Route 102	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building Places, Landscape Transportation, Automobile	Unknown		c 1950s	Echo Lake from Route 102 Item: 9041    Object ID: 997-628-798 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Transportation, Automobile Creator: Unknown Date: c 1950s Place: Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Echo Lake from route 102 across from Echo Vista. Looking towards Beech Cliff. Echo Vista restaurant on left. Sign on building reads Dairy Creem. Cars parked in front. Marked on back, “Side view of Echo Vista - Mt. Desert Island showing general location and a little [?] view. Echo Vista is on Echo Lake Road, halfway between Somesville and S.W. Harbor - Route 3/102 to Mt. Desert from Info booth as you leave the causeway. Gift of M.L. Hughs.
9042	Ech Vista Restaurant	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building People	Unknown		c 1950s	Ech Vista Restaurant Item: 9042    Object ID: 997-629-799 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building People Creator: Unknown Date: c 1950s Place: Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Front entrance of Echo Vista restaurant. Lobster between Echo and Vista. Striped awnings over both windows. Screened door in center. Second door to right. Waitress, Muriel Trask stands under left window. Gift of M.L. Hughs.
9053	Mount Desert Post Office	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Buildings People	Unknown			Mount Desert Post Office Item: 9053    Object ID: 97-334-499 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Buildings People Creator: Unknown Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Mount Desert Post Office on Main Street, Somesville, next to former home of Daniel (Somes) and Rosemary Smith. Former Richard Donahoe house to the right. Post Office is a single story clapboard building with gable end facing the road. There is a sash window beside the front door. There is a small window high in the gable end. Chimney with stovepipe insert extends above roof line. Car to right with open door. Man stands in front of post office door watching a second man shovel snow. [show more]
9054	Houses on Main Street Somesville	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape	Unknown		c 1890s	Houses on Main Street Somesville Item: 9054    Object ID: 96-306-471 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Date: c 1890s Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Houses on Main street Somesville. Somes Cove in foreground. Marked, “Somes Cove, Mt. Desert” in lower right corner. House on left is historic Lewis Somes house. See same photo. on p. 8, Album #1 (997-306-471)
9055	Nathan Salisbury House	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building	Unknown		1905	Nathan Salisbury House Item: 9055    Object ID: 997-297-462.1 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building Creator: Unknown Date: 1905 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Two and one-half story historic Nathan Salisbury house in Somesville (once owned by Stan and Binnie MacDonald) . White clapboard with dark shutters. Large addition on back. Covered porch across front of house.Several trees on front lawn one in back of house. Telephone poles and large trees line snow covered road. Marked on back, “now MacDonald house formerly Lewis Somes house not Mt. Desert house as Virginia says.” Also marked, “Mt. Desert House, bought by Rev. Manning.” Part crossed out. [show more]
9088	MDI Historical Society Cemetery Tour	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Brookside Cemetery	Pete Travers		1995	MDI Historical Society Cemetery Tour Item: 9088    Object ID: 997-202-367 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Brookside Cemetery Creator: Pete Travers Date: 1995 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Cemetery Tour October 31, 1995. Jaylene Roths on left holding lantern speaking to crowd, wearing black skirt, jacket and hat. Anne Mazlish on right weaing black skirt, white blouse with shawl. Brookside Cemetery near grave of Abraham Somes.

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