Description: Collection of poems and thoughts by friends of Emma's in autograph book form. Emma Somes was the sister of Thaddeus Somes. She died age 22.
Description: Small 4*3in book, leather with autographs of individuals on the island in 1879. Belonged to Willie Heath of Seal Cove Maine. Many have faded but as of 2013 are still legible.
Description: leather photo album, holding approximately 50 photos. Leather cover, back and spine. Diamond-shape embossed onto front and back, also decorated with gold leaf in vine pattern, as well as embossed zig-zag design. Four white studs protrude from four corners of album on both front and back. Two metal clasps on right hand side, ivy leaf and vine design. Word “Photographs” embossed on spine of album.
Description: 8x10 worn red velvet photo album in poor condition. Includes death notice of Holland Edmond Fernald, 5 mo., 1889, unidentified portaits of children and adults. Death notices for Marjorie Somes Fernald, 2 years, 1894. Portrait of two little girls opposite first notice- one of the children could be Marjorie 21 photos and 3 objects were found in this album. Object Id numbers correspond to the page order in which these photos and mourning cards appear. [show more]
Description: Photo / cabinet card album with a faded green velvet cover. On the cover is a metal design that has two flowers in the background and “ALBUM” written on a scroll across the front in woven letters. There are sixteen gold edged leaves. The green pages have a design with a curtain in the top left, flowers, and a spider web in the bottom right. Fourteen of them have space for one picture on each side and are occupied, the last two have spaces for four pictures on each side and are empty. There is a metal clasp with two small springs on it. It contains photos #999-823-3907 to 999-849-3933. Cabinet cards from P.8 to P.23 and P.28 in this album are all young men wearing similar uniform jackets and vests. A few are identified as being from Coburn Classical Institute, 1891. Coburn Classical Institute was a preparatory school in Waterville, Me. [show more]
Description: Small photo album with wooden covers. The front is painted black, with the brown wood as a border. Within is an intricate picture of a woman standing in a pond wearing a skirt and large brimmed hat, holding a bushel of hay in her left arm. Varying shades of wood make up the image, and the lines are carved in. The back is wood with a thin black border and “NICE” printed in the middle. There are six thick, gold edged leaves with space for photos on each side. There are seven tin-type photos, #999-816-3900 to #999-822-3906. It has a brass clasp. The front cover is detached, and much of the binding is missing. [show more]