Description: Locks of people's hair arranged in a semi-circle on paper and sealed in oval frame. Names on paper attached to pieces of hair; Isaac Somes, C.F. Somes, George A. Somes, [C.F.] Thompson, Isaac Thompson, Lyman Somes and Frederick Thompson. From the Isaac Somes house in Somesville.
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: 5x6 leather photo album containing sixteen unidentified portraits. Condition of album cover, poor. Some pages at end of photo album are empty. Some photos in album are tintypes, others are studio portraits on paper. Inscription on frontispiece is Dec. 25, 1880. Photos in the album have been left in the pages as found in the collection. Each page has been scanned and given a separate object ID #
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: Harrriet Somes Sanderson's scrapbook containing a report of Mrs. Eben Hamor's death, many wedding invitations (including Agnes Somes' marriage to Frank Foley), disappearance of Paul Atherton of Somesville after his wedding, recipes, clippings, bits of fabric.
Description: Book of sewing samples made by Emily N. Phillips (Reynolds) during a course at a Boston dressmaker's school about 1910. Contains samples of her stitchery and cutting.
Description: Found in remains of Jordan Pond House after it burned in the late 1970s. Soot covers plate. Green floral pattern Marked Caribe Puerto Rico USA 1-A. Donor info - taken from remains of Jordan Pond House. Soot not to be removed.
Description: Eden Baptist Church (Salisbury Cove) 200th Anniversary Commemorative Plate (1799-1999). History of the church has been printed on the back.
Description: Picture of Somesville Union Meeting House on white. Marked, “Union Meeting House Society, Somesville, ME” in brown ink. On reverse, “Preston-Hopkinson Co., Appomattox, Virginia”.
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: Clippings from Yarmouth Light, Bar Harbor Times, and other memorabilia in plastic covers. Shows old Stotesbury estate on Frenchman's Bay, Bar Harbor, where landing dock constructed. Compiled by Judy Gerrish.
Description: Red cloth-covered photograph album with metal clasp containing photos of the following families: Higgins, Moore, Mayo, Emery, Parker, Clark, Smith, Herrick, Taylor, Kimball, Lawson, Robinson. Separate photo. of Ruby Elizabeth Higgins , age 6 months, inside front cover. No design on the cloth cover.