Description: Young man wearing soldiers uniform. Jacket has two stripes on arm. Hat shows letter A and bugle with 1 in center. Hair parted on side and combed over top of head. Seated in chair. Marked on back, "W.T. Seely Photographer 158 Water St. Elmyra, N.Y."
Description: Woman age 20s - early 30s. Back of photo marked Fred and [Annie]. Hair pulled back curls at bangs and around ears. Studs in ears. Cross on choker chain around neck. Dark dress with small striper. Sleeves gathered and puffed at shoulders. Fold in bodice with decorative trim extending from armhole to buttons in center and running down beside the buttons. Upper torso only. Marked 111 Moody Street Waltham , Mass. Back of photograph shows decorative badge. Marked William A. Webster Studio Instantaneous Process used Exclusively Duplicated can be had at any time. [show more]
Allen-Holmes-Smith photographs and other materials
Description: 1.5 X 2 black and white photo of unidentified boy, possibly a school picture. Photographer's identification on front: Wilson Photo, Cambridge, Mass.
Description: Cabinet card of unknown woman. She has braided hair pulled back and short wavy bangs. She wears small drop earrings, a printed top with tightly ruffled collar and a necklace. Front of card has photographers logo: Wm. A. Webster, 111 Moody Street, Waltham, Mass. On back of card is printed: William A. Webster Studio, 111 Moody St., Waltham, Mass. Instantaneous Process used Exclusively.Duplicates can be had at any time.
Description: Cabinet card of an unknown young woman with hair pulled back and curled bangs. She wears a dark dress with puffed sleeves, a high collar and applique on the bodice. Card is marked: Irvin Wilcox, Photographer, Winnebago City, Minn.
Description: Portrait of small boy in dark sailor suit, curly light-colored hair, standing with both hands in pockets in front of painted backdrop of a pastoral scene.
Allen-Holmes-Smith Photographs and other materials
Description: Black and white portrait photograph of Fred P.Smith, a young man. He wears a pin striped jacket, vest, white shirt and bow tie. Handwritten on the back of the photo: "Fred P. Smith". Photographers logo is printed on the front of the frame: B.J. Whitmore.
Description: Steamboat Mount Desert leaving old Island House dock, Southwest Harbor. Small paddle wheel steamer, two passenger decks. Life boats in davits on top deck, another visible on port side on second deck. Two masted, top-sail schooner with one sail raised off the starboard bow of steamer. 3.5" x 5.5"
Description: Steamboat Wauwinnet: the Eagle Lake ferry for Green Mountain Railway. Small steamer underway on Eagle Lake with mountains in background. Two to three people stand on bow. Dark photo. Marked on back, "Gift of W.H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor." 3: x 4.5"
Description: New Herreshoff Bullseye sailboat (Burke). See information in archival box #7 folder # 21. According to a letter to Sturgis Haskins from Edmund Gillispie, grandson of Edmund Burke, this may be a Bullseye named Scamp. Picture was taken near Norwood’s Cove where the Burkes build their summer home. He suspects the man in the hat may be his grandfather.