Description: Julia Lord age 18 - 30. hair parted in midde and pulled back. Ribbons worn at back of head. Cheeks colored by photographer. Gray dress with plain white collar and brooch at neck.
Description: Cabinet card of a younger man wearing a dark suit (jacket and vest) with a lont striped tie and a white collared shirt. Straight dark hair parted on right side.
Description: group portrait of eight women, two men, and two small children. Posed the porch of a wooden house with dark shutters. Clothing looks to be late 1800s.
Description: Winter scene in Somesville Maine. Hand touched by photographer or artist. Somesville, Me Winter Scene printed at bottom. On right Fernald's store, with covered porch and second story porch. On left Mt. Desert House and Nathan Salisbury House. Wagon sits in snow on left side of road. Narrow space has been plowed or shoveled on road. Large trees on each side of road. Unknown Lone man walks down middle of road. Telephone poles on left side. This is also a slide (97-711-881) used in the Somesville Bicentenial and can be found on Row 2 Unit 2 Shelf 4 Slide Box 1 [show more]
Description: Mark Somes with horse. Boy age 3 - 7 reached towards horse in stall. Boy has back turned to photographer. Wears straw hat with wide brim and ribbon around the crown. Sailor type top with dark pants. Horse’s head reaches above stall door.
Description: portrait of a woman wearing dress with huge puffed sleeves, dark velvety bodice, high collar, brooch at throat. Dark hair, curly bangs, hair pulled back into tight bun worn high on head. Photo cut in circular shape, glued onto square matte at angle.
Description: carte de visite of a young woman dress with puffed sleeves, bodice cut in a zig-zag design, with high collar. Hair is pulled back and held with a large dark bow at the nape of her neck.
Description: Portrait of young girl (12-20) with curly dark hair tied up in white bow wearing white ruffly dress. Dress looks like it’s made of tulle or similar material, has beaded embellishments. Identified as Lucie Pray, b. 1885, d. 1901. Buried on MDI. Photo displayed in a birch bark frame (Object # 001.59.652 )
Description: Two men and two women eat at a dining table around 1900. One of the women is speaking to a servant. A caption below the photograph reads "Biddy, you may serve the tomatoes undressed." Black and white
Description: Three men sit and laugh at a dining table around 1900. They are being served by a women dressed in underclothes. A caption below the photograph reads, "I'll not take off another stitch if I lose my place." Black and white
Description: Two women stand on chairs while two others look under a table and in the corner of a dining room around 1900. A man sits at the table and laughs. A caption below the photograph reads, "Biddy and the mouse." Black and white
Description: Garden and fountain in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. A brief history of the White House is printed on the back of the photograph. Hand Colored
Description: Girl standing in shallow water of lake or pond in bathing suit. Hair pulled up in ribbon. Man in bathing suit next to her; both are making Victory sign. Marked on back, “Catawba Island, O. July 1900." Little girl identified possibly as Virginia Somes Sanderson, per 2011 "Mystery Photographs" Exhibit (AB).
Description: Two unknown children, possibly Virginia Somes Sanderson and brother Arthur. Girl wearing hair on top of head held by ribbon, white knee-length dress with short puffy sleeves and bare legs. Boy wears cap with striped shirt and black bow tie, knee pants, dark socks and white shoes. Large cottage with covered porch in background. Marked on back, “July 1900 Catawba Island, O.”
Description: Portrait of young man in dark suit with polka dot vest, white shirt and dark bow tie. Striped shirt underneath suit jacket; hands in pockets. Straight dark hair parted on left. Caption on back reads “H. Sumner Richardson, age 17 yrs.” b. 1883, d. 1947.
Description: A double image card, probably part of a story series about Biddy the Maid, Card #10409(a), "Biddy, you may serve the tomatoes undressed", image of group of four people eating at a table, with a woman standing next to the table, Keystone View Company, manufactueres and publishers, Copyright 1900 by B.L. Singley
Description: A double image card, probably part of a story series about Biddy the Maid, Card #10411(c), "Biddy and the mouse", image of group of four people dressed for dinner and Biddy the maid in her undergarments, Keystone View Company, manufactueres and publishers, Copyright 1900 by B.L. Singley
Description: A double image card, part of Biddy the Maid story cards, # 10409(b), "I'll not take off another stitch if I lose my place." Keystone View Company, manufacturers & publishers. Copyright 1900 by B.L. Singley
Description: Fifteen people (five men, ten women) posing for photograph. Note on back says, "Employees in Inn in 1900--the year the house burned--colored woman is Mary Carr, the pastry cook, who discovered the fire round midnight." Some of the women are wearing aprons, one man wears a chef's hat; others likely worked outside or as a bellhop or host. Image is 8.25" X 6"; mounted on grey cardboard 112' X 10"; tear in upper right corner. [show more]
Allen-Holmes-Smith Photographs and other materials
Date:
1900 ca.
Description: Black and white photograph of Somesville library early 1900's. Library is a small building in the background. a telephone pole and a dirt road are in the foreground.
Allen-Holmes-Smith Photographs and other materials
Date:
1900 ca.
Description: Black and white portrait photograph of Galen C. McFarland, Trenton ME, early 1900's. McFarland is a young man who has wavy hair parted on one side. He wears a striped jacket, high-collared white shirt and necktie. Photographers logo is embossed on the front: H.D. McKay, Calais, ME. Handwritten on the back: "Galen C. McFarland, Trenton, Maine. Brother of Addie B. (McFarland) Smith, (wife of Fred Smith); Bertha E. (McFarland) Allen, (wife of Richard O. Allen; Mildred S. (McFarland) Allen, (wife of Roger H. Allen). Early 1900's" [show more]
Description: Main Street, SomesvilleSouthwest Harbor. Mill Pond on left. Small house with clapboard siding and deck facing street.beyond pond. This building (no longer standing) was Judy Heath’s novelty shop. Telephone poles line street on left and wooden sidewalk on the right. Board fence along both sides of the road. Mount Desert Selectmen’s Building hidden by trees on the right. Picture is labeled "MAIN ST. SOMESVILLE, ME Written on back, “going towards Southwest Aunt Judy Heath’s novelty shop around 1900.” 8x10 [show more]
Description: Interior of Somesville Meeting House taken from back of church over middle row of pews. Church is decorated with garlands and ferns and other plant material. The words "GOD is LOVE" and "WELCOME" on the wall at the front of the chuch. The organ is to the right.