Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
5235	Mount Desert Post Office	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Buildings				Mount Desert Post Office Item: 5235    Object ID: 000-42 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Buildings Place: Somesville Description: Mount Desert Post office in snow. Card reads: Merry Christmas Happy New Year. Marked on the back of the photograph: "It is good to know that we will see you soon."
5236	Historic Somesville Holiday Card	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Buildings				Historic Somesville Holiday Card Item: 5236    Object ID: 000-41 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Buildings Place: Somesville Description: Photo of Mill pond and Heath Millinary Shop. Above photo are the words Season’s Greetings. Small print at bottom of photo reads: Street View, Somesville, ME, 21. Victor and Ruby written on back in ink.
7353	Eden Town House	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph	Other, Buildings				Eden Town House Item: 7353    Object ID: 002-9.1 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Subject: Other, Buildings Description: Color Photo of plaque memorializing the first Town House built in Eden. It was built in 1842 and razed in 1931. The memorial was erected in 1932. The back of the photograph is marked "This plaque is one of the few reminders that this area was once the center of Mt. Desert Island Business." -Connee Jellison
10471	Woman in Fall Foliage	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph	Other, Buildings	Spiker, LaRue			Woman in Fall Foliage Item: 10471    Object ID: 998.1980.3085.1359 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: Spiker, LaRue Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Sound, Mount Desert, Maine Description: Unknown woman standing in front of some colorful leaves.
7398	Four 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]
7399	Main Street, Somesville, 1870.	Image, Photograph, Negative	Nature, Animals, Horses Other, Buildings			1870 c.	Main Street, Somesville, 1870. Item: 7399    Object ID: 97-378-542 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative Subject: Nature, Animals, Horses Other, Buildings Date: 1870 c. Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Caption in The Living Past page 122; "Somesville's main road in 1870, looking north towards Ellsworth. Mount Desert House on left; A.J. Whiting store on right (note balcony and porch); corner of blacksmith shop on right. Telegraph wires were in use in 1870." Horse drawn vehicles on rutted dirt road. Negative.
7387	Harbor view.	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Other, Buildings Vessels, Ship				Harbor view. Item: 7387    Object ID: 97-538-705 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Vessels, Ship Description: Looking back at city from harbor. Wide street runs through middle of photo from harborside. Two three-masted schooners in port to the right. Three church steeples rise in background above city. To the left sign above building reads, “Washburn [?] flour.” Harbor unidentified; no date.
11450	Main Street, Somesville, ME	Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative	Other, Buildings				Main Street, Somesville, ME Item: 11450    Object ID: 97-813-983 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Marked in lower left corner, “Main Street Somesville, ME". On right Fernald’s store presently Port-In-A-Storm, later Frenchman's Bay Gallery, later Gallery at Somes Sound (2015) with first story covered porch facing road and second story porch on south side of building. On left (across the road) Mt. Desert House and Nathan Salisbury House. On far left unidentified house. No house exists on this lot today. Large trees on each side of road. Telephone poles and wooden sidewalk on left side. View looking north. [show more]
11453	Schooner "Kate Pray"	Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative	Other, Buildings Other, Ships				Schooner "Kate Pray" Item: 11453    Object ID: 97-555-724 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Other, Ships Place: Somesville, Mount Desert, Maine Description: Two-masted schooner in back of Fernald’s store (purchased in 1887 from A.J. Whiting’s; later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, still later, an art gallery). Houses on Main street from left to right, Abraham Somes III house; John Somes house, known as “Old Homestead”; Thaddeus Somes Store; in front of store, Blacksmith’s shop; Fernald’s Store; Mount Desert Tavern. To right of schooner two black horses harnessed to wagon next to wood pile. Two men on stern of schooner. One man on deck between masts. [show more]
7400	Main 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.
7401	Hall Quarry, Granite Quarry	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings Structures, Quarry				Hall Quarry, Granite Quarry Item: 7401    Object ID: 97-836-1006 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Structures, Quarry Place: Hall Quarry, Maine Description: Hall Quarry, quarry in winter. Looking across Somes Sound. Pieces of granite scattered about. Rail for tram covered with snow runs through center of photo. Various buildings in the middle ground. Derricks in the foreground.
7403	Sawmill and Fernald's Store from the water	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings				Sawmill and Fernald's Store from the water Item: 7403    Object ID: 997-834-1004 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Place: Somesville, Maine Description: Looking toward Main Street from Somes Cove. Lumber mill on the left, library to right of mill. In center two and one-half story house with porch on front and left side. Further right and on the water is Fernald’s Store (aka A.J. Whiting Store), later Port-In-A-Storm bookstore and now (2016) Gallery at Somes Sound. Historic Nathan Salisbury House to the far right [?].
7413	Smith Cottage, Mount Desert, Maine	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings				Smith Cottage, Mount Desert, Maine Item: 7413    Object ID: 997-812-982 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: The Abraham Somes III and later, The Thaddeus Somes home, on Main Street, Somesville. To the right is A.J. Whiting's store, sold to Fernald in 1887. This photo predates 1894/95, the year that the library was built. To the left in the photo, a horse and carriage are stopped on the bridge; telegraph pole in view. Image originally labeled “Smith Cottage Mount Desert Maine" but identification changed [by Virginia Somes Sanderson] to read "Abraham Somes III-Thaddeus Somes Home and Mill Pond." It's likely that the house in the center of the image, but obstructed by trees was the "Smith Cottage", torn down c. 1920-1922. [show more]
7414	View 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]
7418	Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape			1875c.	Somes Cove and Lumber Mill from Somes House Cottage Item: 7418    Object ID: 997-807-977 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Date: 1875c. Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: View of Village of Somesville including Somes Cove, Somesville Lumber Mill, Somesville Union Meeting House, A.J. Whiting store, and Mount Desert House, taken from the Somes House.
7419	Woman 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.”
7833	People gathered at long tables	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings People	LaRue Spiker			People gathered at long tables Item: 7833    Object ID: 998-1792-2897 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings People Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: People gathered at long tables on the lawn outside a church. The lawn overlooks the harbor. Fish house and piers line the harbor. Houses are on the hill over the harbor. This is probably Frenchboro.
7834	Looking over harbor	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings	LaRue Spiker			Looking over harbor Item: 7834    Object ID: 998-1791-2896 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Looking over a harbor lined on each side with piers and fish houses. House on the hill overlooking the harbor. This is probably Frenchboro.
7835	Looking over a harbor	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings	LaRue Spiker			Looking over a harbor Item: 7835    Object ID: 998-1790-2895 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Looking over a harbor lined on each side with piers and fish houses. House on the hill overlooking the harbor. This is probably Frenchboro.
7850	Small pond or inlet	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings	LaRue Spiker			Small pond or inlet Item: 7850    Object ID: 998-1775-2880 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Small pond or inlet. Thee story house with a Mansard roof above the water. Samller buidling closer to the shore. A bridge over a stream to the right.
7876	Houses on Frenchboro	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings	LaRue Spiker			Houses on Frenchboro Item: 7876    Object ID: 998-1742-2847 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Place: Frenchboro, Maine Description: Houses along a hill and fish piers on the harbor at Frenchboro, Long Island. Truck passes on the road. Three children in the grass near the harbor.
7877	Fishing piers from water	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings	LaRue Spiker			Fishing piers from water Item: 7877    Object ID: 998-1741-2846 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Fishing piers and buildings from a harbor.
7878	Church	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings	LaRue Spiker		1965	Church Item: 7878    Object ID: 998-1740-2845 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Date: 1965 Place: Frenchboro, Maine Description: Church with porch across the front of the building. Fish weather vane on steeple.
7879	Cape Cod House	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings	LaRue Spiker			Cape Cod House Item: 7879    Object ID: 998-1739-2844 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Two story full Cape Cod House with front board and batten door in the gable end.
7880	Loster traps and fishing grear	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings Other, industry - Fishing	LaRue Spiker			Loster traps and fishing grear Item: 7880    Object ID: 998-1738-2843 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Other, industry - Fishing Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Lobster traps and other fishing gear on the fish wharf. Lobster boat tied to the pier.

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