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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
3852Events 1995-1999
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Army Nurse Corps
  • Other, Boat building
  • Other, Brookside Cemetery
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, College of the Atlantic
  • Other, Gardens
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Harbors
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Other, Orchards
  • Other, Preservation
  • Other, Schools
  • Other, Seeds
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Tremont
  • Other, World War II
  • Places, Landscape
Events 1995-1999
Item:
  • 3852   
Object ID:
  • 011.FIC.101.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Document File
Subject:
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Army Nurse Corps
  • Other, Boat building
  • Other, Brookside Cemetery
  • Other, Cemeteries
  • Other, College of the Atlantic
  • Other, Gardens
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Harbors
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Other, Orchards
  • Other, Preservation
  • Other, Schools
  • Other, Seeds
  • Other, Somesville
  • Other, Tremont
  • Other, World War II
  • Places, Landscape
Description:
Summer 1995-Summer 1996 Programs: Preserving Historic Lancscapes, Elizabeth Igleheart, Maine Preservation Commission, June 1995 Brookside Cemetery Tour, Oct. 1995 Boat Building on MDI during WWII, Ralph Stanley, Nov. 1995 Genealogy Research, Connee Jellison, Jan. 1998 Preservation Workshop, Jan.- Mar. 1996 School Days in the 1850's, June 1996 Preserving an Historic Harbor (conservation easements), David MacDonald, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Lee Patterson, Peter Blanchard, Aug. 1996 Sept. 1996-Sept. 1997 Tour of Museum and Historic Lewis Somes House for National Trust for Historic Preservation, Sept. 21, 1996 History of Brookside Cemetery for MD Elementary School 5th Graders, Oct. 29, 1996 School Days in the 1850's, Harbor House (SW Harbor), K-4th graders, Nov. 7, 1996 Women Underway, Steamships and the Army Nurse Corps, WWII, Nov. 14, 1996 Lighthouses of the Maine Coast, Ken Black, Maine Lighthouse Museum (with Great Harbor Museum), Dec. 6, 1996 MID Historical Society, 65th Birthday Party, Historic Mount Desert Tavern (home of Bill and Betty Reiff, Somesville), Dec. 19, 1996 Fun and Games in 19th c., Harbor House, K-4th grade, Jan. 1997 "Pardon my Dust," benefit performance by Kathleen Lake, COA, Jan. 26, 1997 Hands-on Archival Care, Collections' care in the home, Feb. 15, 1997 Charter Signing, meeting of Mount Desert Selectmen at James Richardson House do commemorate signing of original town charter, Feb. 16, 1997 Heirloom Seeds, Mar. 1997 House Histories (with Tremont Historical Society) using architecture and paper records, May 1997 Publication of Charles Tracy diary, lecture on works of Frederick Church, Claremont Hotel, Summer 1997 John Gilley and Charles W. Eliot, June-Oct. Special Museum Exhibit Lecture by Dr. Richard Judd on Environmental History of Maine Coast, with COA, Summer 1997 Ballard's Boats: At work and play on Mt. Desert Island, June 1997 , NEH Library. Includes panel discussion with Ralph Stanley, Richard Lunt, Paul Stubing Strawberry Festival (and book sale), July 10th History of Automobile and its effect on Mt. Desert; traveling exhibit in cooperation with COA, Fall 1997 Field Course in old house restoration, Oc. 26 and 27; Nov. 1 and 2, 1997 1999: Restoring Old Apple Trees, Stephen page, April 1999 Kitchen Gardens in early 19th c., Christie White, May 1, 1999 [show more]
8896Children in pony cart, Somesville mill pond area
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Children in pony cart, Somesville mill pond area
Item:
  • 8896   
Object ID:
  • 996-105-105
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Place:
  • Somesville
Description:
Four boys in pony cart with pony. Marked on back of photo - Bob, John, Burnham and Arthur L. Cart next to Mill Pond in Somesville. Logs floating on pond. Somesville Library visible in background. Telephone poles along road side.
8997Somes 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.
8999Echo 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.
9003Green 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
9092View of Somes Cove
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
View of Somes Cove
Item:
  • 9092   
Object ID:
  • 997-2-163
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Unknown
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Me.
Description:
View of Somes Cove and Old Somesville Lumber mill from Somes House. Fernald’s Store, now Port-in-a-Storm Bookstore, at right. Church steeple rises in distance with several other buildings in between. Tear in lower left hand corner of photo.
9098Somes Memorial Bridge
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
  • Bangor Daily News
Somes Memorial Bridge
Item:
  • 9098   
Object ID:
  • 97-191-356
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Creator:
  • Bangor Daily News
Place:
  • Somesville, Maine
Description:
Thaddeus Sheply Somes Memorial Bridge in Somesville. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen’s Building Museum to the left. Winter scene, ice on stream.
9101View of Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Spiker, LaRue
View of Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 9101   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.2172
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, building
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Description:
View of Bar Harbor from highland. Looking down Main street and out to Porcupine Islands. In foreground small farm with gardens. Rail fence to the right. Larger buildings, hotels near shore. Telephone poles line road. Stamped on back with LaRue Spiker, P O Box 625, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679
9103Schooner Kate
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • Other, Ships
  • Places, Landscape
  • Spiker, LaRue
Schooner Kate
Item:
  • 9103   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.2170
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • Other, Ships
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Two masted schooner in wharf in front of A.J. Whiting Store (later Fernald’s Store, (later Port-in-a-Storm Bookstore, even later, an art gallery). Back of blacksmith shop visible on left. Small sailing dory tied to wharf. Anchor hangs from bow. Several men seated in the bow of schooner, one standing aft near main mast. Man driving wagon pulled by two white horses. Somes Meadow in distance. On back is written The Schooner Kate and La Rue Spicker Southwest Harbor V/4 [show more]
9104Somes Cove and Old Somesville Lumber Mill
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
  • La Rue Spiker
Somes Cove and Old Somesville Lumber Mill
Item:
  • 9104   
Object ID:
  • 997-180-344
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • La Rue Spiker
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
View of Somes Cove and Old Somesville Lumber mill from Somes House. Fernald’s Store, now Port-in-a-Storm Bookstore, at right. Church steeple rises in distance with several other buildings in between. This photo could not be found so it has not been placed in albums with the rest of the LaRue Spiker Collection 01/31/2022
9107Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Transportation - Land
  • Places, Landscape
  • Spiker, La Rue
Green Mountain Railway
Item:
  • 9107   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.2168
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, Transportation - Land
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Spiker, La Rue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Place:
  • Cadillac Mountai, Bar Harbor, Maine
Description:
Green Mountain Railway. Steam engine pushing are 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. Marked Spiker on back.2 copies (a&b)
9120Small Island in Echo Lake
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
  • Geo. H. Van Norman
Small Island in Echo Lake
Item:
  • 9120   
Object ID:
  • 997-164-327
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Geo. H. Van Norman
Place:
  • Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Small Island in Echo Lake. Sailing dory anchored at island. Row boat near island. Marked on back, “Geo. H. Van Norman, Photographer, 645 Main St. Waltham, Mass.” Also Marked, Property of Philip M. Caughey.
9122Echo Lake
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Geo. H. Van Norman
Echo Lake
Item:
  • 9122   
Object ID:
  • 997-162-325
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Boats
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Geo. H. Van Norman
Place:
  • Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Echo Lake with mountains in the distance. In foreground, man dipping pail into lake. Small row boat in center. To right man stands on log holding onto sail of dory. Marked on back, “Geo. H. Van Norman, Photographer, 645 Main St. Waltham, Mass.” Also Marked, Property of Philip M. Caughey.
9123Beech Cliff from Echo Lake
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
  • Geo. H. Van Norman
Beech Cliff from Echo Lake
Item:
  • 9123   
Object ID:
  • 997-161-324
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Geo. H. Van Norman
Place:
  • Beech Cliff, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Beech Cliff from Echo Lake. Small sailing dory with sail up. Marked on back, “Geo. H. Van Norman, Photographer, 645 Main St. Waltham, Mass.” Also Marked, Property of Philip M. Caughey.
9131Schooner Polly
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
Schooner Polly
Item:
  • 9131   
Object ID:
  • 997-154-317
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Unknown
Place:
  • Amesbury, Massachusetts
Description:
Schooner Polly of Belfast in Harbor at Amesbury Massachusettts. Man in canoe paddles close to two masted schooner. Small sailing sloop on the right. Marked on back, “(From one of two negatives, made for Mr. [Pearl] Henry [Mio] of Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts, August 4, 1904.) Schooner Polly of Amesbury, Mass. “My Anchor falls when first any persons flew.” Believed by many to be the oldest American vessel in active service - that is, to have been originally a sloop, keel laid at Amesbury, Mass, August 4, 1804 and launched in February, 1805 and to have been the vessel sailing out of Salem, Mass early in the War of 1812 as privateer commanded by Captain {Hearty] of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. See story of Polly history filed at Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Boston Sept.15, 1904. Two copies, one form each negative to Captain D.E. Pray of Mount Desert, Maine with respects and best wishes of [-----]Henry Mio and of Boston Sep. 21, 1904. [-----]. [show more]
9135Hall Quarry
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unklnown
Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 9135   
Object ID:
  • 997-150-313
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Unklnown
Place:
  • Hall Quarry, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Hall Quarry. In middle ground schooner ready to take on granite. Buildings in the distance. Somes Sound and mountains in the distance. Piles of brick size pieces of granite and small tents in foreground. Group of men working under shade screen in middle right. Spots throughout image.
9137View of Hall Quarry
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
View of Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 9137   
Object ID:
  • 97-148-311
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Unknown
Place:
  • Hall Quarry, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Sepia-toned print mounted on black cardboard; 1" X 1/2" tear in upper left corner; print is wrinkled and foxed; shows apparent water damage. "Hall Quarry" written in pencil on back. Image shows Hall Quarry in operation; two large derricks in middle ground; rails in center of picture. Scene includes at least 15 men working in quarry; one pair of horses pulling wagon; various buildings in middle ground; large blocks of granite. Photograph taken from high vantage point, looking across Somes Sound. [show more]
9139Saw Mill in Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
Saw Mill in Somesville
Item:
  • 9139   
Object ID:
  • 997-146-309
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Unknown
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Saw mill in Somesville. View from across mill pond. Logs floating in pond. Lumber piled along banks. Masts of schooner appear in back of lumber. Men standing on banks. Horse with lumber cart on bank. Looking across Somes Cove.
7394Hall Quarry
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 7394   
Object ID:
  • 97-150-313
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Unknown
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Hall Quarry, quarry . In middle ground schooner ready to take on granite. Buildings in the distance. Somes Sound and mountains in the distance. Piles of brick size pieces of granite and small tents in foreground. Spots throughout image.
7395Houses on Main Street Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
Houses on Main Street Somesville
Item:
  • 7395   
Object ID:
  • 97-313-478b
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Unknown
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.
7396Houses on Main Street Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
Houses on Main Street Somesville
Item:
  • 7396   
Object ID:
  • 97-313-478a
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Unknown
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.
7398Four Views, Somes Harbor & Somes House
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Other, Boats
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
Four Views, Somes Harbor & Somes House
Item:
  • 7398   
Object ID:
  • 997-839-1009
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Other, Boats
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
One negative with four small images, each of which is 1.5" X 2". Top left: Somes House Inn, with dormers, multiple chimneys, porches, and fire escape ladder from third to second floor . Top right: View of Somes Harbor looking across Somes Meadow from Somes House Bottom left: View of Somes Harbor with seven sailboats, two floats with connecting ramp in foreground. Small row boat tied to last float. Bottom right: Somes House Inn from Somes Meadow. Unidentified house to right. [show more]
7400Main Street and Cove, Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
Main Street and Cove, Somesville
Item:
  • 7400   
Object ID:
  • 97-380-544
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
Subject:
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Main Street Somesville.Somes Cove on left. Trees line street. Board sidewalk visible on right near picket fenced yards. Fernald’s Store (art gallery as of 2016 1112 Main St ) hidden by trees. Lumber mill to left. Two masts of schooner rise up over trees.Negative.
7414View of Mill Pond and Somes Harbor taken from hill at "The Old Homestead".
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
View of Mill Pond and Somes Harbor taken from hill at "The Old Homestead".
Item:
  • 7414   
Object ID:
  • 997-811-981
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
Subject:
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
View of Mill Pond and Somes Harbor from hill on Oak Hill Road in front of historic John Somes House, “The Old Homestead.” Starting from the lefthandside of the photograph, there is a windmill and the lumber mill. The Hamor house, no longer standing, is on the right bank of Mill Pond along with three other buildings. There is a farm house on Mason’s Point. Telephone poles run along Main Street. Mountains in the distance. Black and white oval format. [show more]
7419Woman Sitting by Grist Mill, Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
Woman Sitting by Grist Mill, Somesville
Item:
  • 7419   
Object ID:
  • 997-806-976
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
Subject:
  • Other, Buildings
  • Places, Landscape
Place:
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Description:
Grist mill in Somesville on rocky Somes Brook. Trees surround mill. Young woman sits on a rock near brook; she wears a long light-colored skirt and blouse, a flat hat. Caption under photo, “I suppose you know this girl. Why don’t you write? R.J.L.”