Description: Cabin on Sheep Island, taken from ramp. Ramp visible in foreground. Small one story cabin with screened porch on left, extension on right. Perhaps related to 997-46-208
Description: Gathering of people, children and adults on Somesville Library lawn. Man on right stands on rock with arms folded. At left girl holds small American flag with back to camera. Behind girl are hands holding pamphlet. In background is historic Abraham Somes III house. Mt Desert School bus in front of house. Woman on left in middle ground holds papers, man to right holds movie camera.
Description: Toy horse and cart, doll bed, china doll and slate sitting on mill stone outside Mt. Desert Island Historical Society’s Selectmen’s Building Museum. Somesville Library in distance.
Description: Early view of Somesville from Somes Meadow. Somes Cove and lumber mill in center with Fernald’s Store (now art gallery as of 2016) on right and Mt. Desert House on far right. Church steeple in distance.
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum 1980s.Bare wood shelves, bottles across top sheves. Photographic display of Somesville and Hall quarry ships, with half hull model and brass bell.
Description: Wool swift, dye pot, and heddle sitting on mill stone in front of Mt. Desert Island Historical Society’s Selectmen’s Building Museum. On left is front step of Museum. In distance to the right is Somesville Library.
Description: A view of the 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. Small B&W print.
Description: Two masted schooner at wharf in front of A.J. Whiting’s (later, 1887, Fernald’s) Store. Back of blacksmith shop visible on left. Small sailing dory tied to wharf. Anchor hangs from bow. Several men seated in the bow of schooner, one standing aft near main mast. Man driving wagon pulled by two white horses. Somes Meadow in distance. Tear in lower left hand corner.
Description: Four candle mold, coal iron, wooden pitcher, toddy warmer sitting on mill stone in front of Mt. Desert Island Historical Society’s Selectmen’s Building Museum.
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum 1980s.Bare wood shelves. Various tools and small ship painting. Babson portrait to the left.
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum 1980s.Bare wood shelves. Photographic display of Cranberry Isles ships, other maritime artifacts and Gilley clock.
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum 1980s.Bare wood shelves. Print of Fitz Hugh Lane’s “Entrance to Somes Sound” along with various tools.
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum 1980s.Bare wood shelves. Photographic display of Southwest Harbor ships, with two half hull models.
Description: View of Somesville looking towards library and Somes House from the west. View of Somesville marked at bottom. Old ship and pier on left. Lumber piled around mill in center ground. Somes House in the distance.
Description: Ledge on sheep Island. Small evergreens on right side. Virginia Sanderson on ledge with dog Betsy. In ink on back of photo, “The ‘inside’ of the island. The old swimming pool would be in the foreground to the left of this picture, which shows the point down the old ledge. Betsy and I near the stump.”
Description: Trees on Sheep Island. Marked on reverse, “Before cutting and trimming. The light section is water on the shore toward the steamboat wharf.”