Description: Unknown man with no legs (only feet) standing on covered table or stool. Curly hair with receding hairline. Wears dark suit with velvet collar, white shirt, black silk tie. Child in center, age 5-9, blond curly hair parted on side. Wears dark sailor type top, buttons down center with bow tie, knee pants and dark boots. Unknown woman (mother?) sits to right. Hair worn close to head, tight curls flat on forhead. Wears small earings. Dark dress with stripe pattern forming squares. Ruffles above skirt hem. Vertical ruffles down front of skirt. Same trim on cuffs. Large buttons down center of bodice. Wide white collar nearly reaching shoulders lays flat. Marked on back, “Eli Bowen, Wife and Child. A. Newman Photographer. Ground floor Skylight 228 North Ninth Street, Philadelphia. [show more]
Description: Photocopy of text, possibly from "Maine Families in 1970" in the Maine Genealogical Society. Content is information on Abraham Somes, settler of Somesville, ME.
Description: 11 X 14 color aerial photograph in a cardboard mat showing the Somesville School after conversion to condominiums. Documentation on back: American Aerial Scenes, PO Box 239, Shea Rd., Pompey, NY. Reorder # 171-232.
Description: Two photocopies of excerpt from document or book, possibly "History of MDI" by George Street. Lists the children of Abraham and Hannah Somes.
Description: Farm Ledger, Bartlett's Island Farm (approx. 1910-1933). Records kept by Augustus P. Loring. Includes animals, supplies, employees, work undertaken, crop yields and disappointments, thefts, etc, Leather bound, outside says Bartlett's island
Description: Cabinet card of young boy photographed against a pastoral backdrop. He wears a tweed buttoned jacket, short trousers and a striped scarf tied in a bow at the neck. His short hair is parted and combed to one side. He rests his hands on a rustic wooden gate. Card is marked: B. B. Joy, Ellsworth, Me.
Description: Woman age 60-90. Wearing tight cap, dark color with light color ribbon trim. Hair tucked into cap. Small hoop earrings. Wears half glasses. Dark dress with fabric covered buttons. Stiff white collar with large lace bow tied at neck. Upper torso only. Heavy staining around image.
Description: Two boys ages 5-9. Short hair both parted on side. Boys wear identical costumes. Short dark coats with double rows of 5 buttons. Collars lay flat. Three folds on each side on buttons. Pockets flaps. Both wear narrow silk bow ties. Black knee pants with three buttons on outside of knee. Stripped socks and high button boats. Leaning against cushioned chair with fringe. Standing on fur rug.
Description: Boy age 4-8. Seated in chair on which heavy cloth is draped.Head leaning on right hand, elbow propped on chair. Hair parted on side, slightly wavy. Dark jacket with double row of buttons. Three buttons on sleeve. White white collar with scalloped edges and cutwork. Lighter colored skirt.
Description: One of 10 4x5 color negatives showing two- story, wooden structure with cars and parking lot. Another negative shows a white frame, two-story house. Note gives name of Monty and Doris Young. The Higgins Holiday Motel was located on Holland Avenue, Bar Harbor, ME View includes lighted neon signs in front of hotel.
Description: One of 10 4x5 color negatives showing two- story, wooden structure with cars and parking lot. Another negative shows a white frame, two-story house. Note gives name of Monty and Doris Young. The Higgins Holiday Motel was located on Holland Avenue, Bar Harbor, ME View includes lighted neon signs in front of hotel.
Description: One of 10 4x5 color negatives showing two- story, wooden structure with cars and parking lot. Another negative shows a white frame, two-story house. Note gives name of Monty and Doris Young. The Higgins Holiday Motel was located on Holland Avenue, Bar Harbor, ME View includes lighted neon signs in front of hotel.
Description: One of 10 4x5 color negatives showing two- story, wooden structure with cars and parking lot. Another negative shows a white frame, two-story house. Note gives name of Monty and Doris Young. The Higgins Holiday Motel was located on Holland Avenue, Bar Harbor, ME Negative includes crop sizing attached to the negative. Probably used either in a postcard or brichure for advertising purposes, 1965 c.
Description: One of 10 4x5 color negatives showing two- story, wooden structure with cars and parking lot. Another negative shows a white frame, two-story house. Note gives name of Monty and Doris Young. The Higgins Holiday Motel was located on Holland Avenue, Bar Harbor, ME
Description: One of 10 4x5 color negatives showing two- story, wooden structure with cars and parking lot. Another negative shows a white frame, two-story house. Note gives name of Monty and Doris Young. The Higgins Holiday Motel was located on Holland Avenue, Bar Harbor, ME
Description: One of 10 4x5 color negatives showing two- story, wooden structure with cars and parking lot. Another negative shows a white frame, two-story house. Note gives name of Monty and Doris Young. The Higgins Holiday Motel was located on Holland Avenue, Bar Harbor, ME This negative was probably a crop photo used in a brochure for advertising the motel in 1965 c.
Description: One of 10 4x5 color negatives showing two- story, wooden structure with cars and parking lot. Another negative shows a white frame, two-story house. Note gives name of Monty and Doris Young. The Higgins Holiday Motel was located on Holland Avenue, Bar Harbor, ME This negative was probably a crop photo used in a brochure for advertising the motel in 1965 c.
Description: One of 10 4x5 color negatives showing two- story, wooden structure with cars and parking lot. Another negative shows a white frame, two-story house. Note gives name of Monty and Doris Young. The Higgins Holiday Motel was located on Holland Avenue, Bar Harbor, ME This negative was probably a crop photo used in a brochure for advertising the motel in 1965 c.
Description: One of 10 4x5 color negatives showing two- story, wooden structure with cars and parking lot. Another negative shows a white frame, two-story house. Note gives name of Monty and Doris Young. The Higgins Holiday Motel was located on Holland Avenue, Bar Harbor, ME This negative was probably a crop photo used in a brochure for advertising the motel in 1975 c.