Description: Large portrait of female students sitting on stone steps of building. Approximately 60-75 students, around the ages of 18-25, also 3 older males (teachers) and several older women. Most of the girls wear their hair pulled back into pompadours, many wear light colored blouses and long dark skirts, and dark bow ties. Three large stone arches in background.
Description: Portrait of woman turned in profile to camera. Wears dark hair up in pompadour, fine chain around neck. Wears white silky dress with layers around shoulders, lace embellishments around back. Inscription below in ink, handwritten, reads “Miss Luruan Rockland.”
Description: Snapshot of three unknown women sitting on large boulder . Woman on left wears dark suit jacket with long dark skirt, white blouse, smaller hat. Woman in middle wears dark skirt with buttons up to front, holds large hat in lap. Woman on right wears long dark, pattered skirt, buttons on bodice of dress, ears hat with lots of detailing. Inscription on back reads “2. [line] Mrs. Lamson (daughter), “ Mooney (mother).” Could also be Lawson.
Description: Studio portrait of young woman in formal gown. Photo is from almost ankles up. Woman has curly dark hair, probably pulled back, though it could be worn short. Gown looks to be silk, short sleeve, very low neckline, lots of embroidery, as well as lots of beaded embellishments. Woman is also wearing bracelet of some sort on her left hand. Also lots of tucks at the back of dress, not really bustle, but lots of gathering of material. Inscription below photo on mount reads, in handwriting, “Estelle Holmes Morrison.” [show more]
Description: 6 X 8.25 black and white photograph of a school group outside a building. There are ten boys, twelve girls and a female teacher. Students are of varying ages. Printed on the face of the photograph: Northeast Harbor, 1910.
Description: Framed photograph of an unidentified IOOF Ocean Lodge officer, July 1910,. Subject looks to left. Mutton chop whiskers, moustache. Bow tie visible under stiff folded collar. Vest and jacket.
Description: Framed photograph of an unidentified IOOF Ocean Lodge officer, December 7, 1910. Subject is in shadow. Angular face, widow's peak, dark jacket with dark tie. Looks to left center.
Description: Negative of photo showing President Taft and party on pier in Bar Harbor, with sailboat and Bar Island in distance. Written on the back of the photograph from which this negative was likely made was: "John E. Bunker and President Taft." (Note on sleeve of negative.)
Allen-Holmes-Smith Photographs and other materials
Date:
1910
Description: Black and white portrait photograph Andrew Allen Somes Jr, age three months, born 8-20-1910. He is dressed in a long white gown and is seated in a high chair in front of a floral backdrop.
Description: Black & white photograph overlooking Seal Harbor. Small sloops and two schooners in Seal Harbor. Steamship leaving harbor. Another passing in distance. Image stained.
Description: Print from a negative made of a photograph that is not in the MDIHS collection. Scene is of U.S. President Taft and party walking up the pier toward Bar Harbor Inn in 1910. Bar Island and a sailboat are in the background. Original photograph had "John E. Bunker and President Taft" written on the back. (from note on negative sleeve).
Description: Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes outside dark building with covered porch and lattice work around porch. Wears dark suit with bow tie, holds derby in hand. Wears long dark coat over dark dress, with elaborate collar. Hat with large feather in top. Wears wire rim spectacles. Marked on back, “Apr. 17, 1910” Picture badly torn in center. Very brittle.
Description: Thaddeus Shepley Somes age outside dark building with covered porch and lattice work around porch. Wears dark suit with bow tie, holds derby in hand. Short hair brushed to the side, gray beard well trimmed. Marked on back, “Apr. 17, 1910” Picture badly torn in center. Very brittle.
Description: Framed photograph of an unidentified IOOF Ocean Lodge officer, November 1911. Subject wears a white hard with dark band over sideburns. Handlebar moustache. Wide lapels on jacket.
Description: Framed photograph of an unidentified IOOF Ocean Lodge officer, January 10th, 1911. Checked jacket and patterned tie. Thinning hair combed over center of head. Moustache trimmed short.
Description: Framed photograph of an unidentified IOOF Ocean Lodge officer, February 1911. Short hair, shaved thin on sides, full moustache. High jacket collars, edged in ribbon or velvet. High stiff collar with knot of tie visible. looks to left.
Description: Picture of a little boy in overalls, white shirt, and baseball cap, sitting on the front porch of a house. Large double screen doors can be seen behind him. There are a number of unknown objects to the right of the boy on the porch. There is an inscription on the back which is hard to make out. One copy is also in a cardboard frame stamped Karbonet Caption reads: Geo Spiker Ogdere ? 1911
Description: Post card from Arthur Lewis Somes to his son, Raymond Percival Somes (b 4 Nov 1893 in Tremont; d 20 Apr 1983) who was at the University of Maine, Orono, in Phi Kappa Sigma Raymond was also known as Raym and Pete Ma and I plan to go to Portland this afternoon on the "Morse" The sun is out this morning the first time this month. Shall come back via of Bangor either Wed. or Thursday. Will let you know so that you can come down. What do you think of this card? Found it in my desk. It must be 5 years old (so picture on the back is of AL Somes Store and would be from 1908) [show more]
Description: Black and white studio graduation photograph of LaRue Spiker aged 13. She wears a white dress with ribbon around her hips. She as a corsage on her right shoulder. She has a short bob haircut and holds a scroll. She is seated on a box. The photo is mounted in a green cardboard frame stamped Bobbitt Bushnell. Caption on the back reads: LaRue Spiker, 8th Grade, May 1926, Age 13
Description: Two black and white photograph of LaRue Spiker aged 18 months mounted to grey construction paper. The bottom photo has a lock of hair tied to it. She is wearing a long black coat. There is a man crouched next to her looking at her with his hand in front of her. The second photo is of LaRue behind a box or maybe a carriage step rock in the yard. There is a house behind her with an elevated wooden walkway. Caption on the back reads: LaRue 18 months, Nov 1913 [show more]