Description: Cabinet card of Isiah Ober [age 20-30], hair parted in middle and brushed to sides. Wears heavy dark coat unbuttoned with vest buttoned to top, dark striped tie with small tie tack in knot and round white collar. Photo on decorative paper. Photo over white paper with curled ends. Marked on back H. Pepper Photographer.
Description: Black and white photograph of an unknown man age 60-70 wearing cap with short brim. Short gray hair. Wears cardigan sweater with collar folding down on chest. Dark wrinkled shirt underneath.
Description: Lucie Somes wife of John William Somes. Woman age 30-40. Hair pulled back from face, worn in bun at back of head. Bangs cut short are wavy around forehead. Wears beaded earring, string of pearls or other beads, and brooch at neck with three beads hanging. Dark bodice with lace around neck. Marked Osgood Ellsworth Me.
Description: Boy age 4- 7. Hair parted on right and combed back. Hair slightly wavy. Wears knee-length skirt with dark stockings and black boots. White shirt bloused out over skirt with wide collar and cuffs edged with lace. Placket over blouse with buttons on each side. Dark floppy bow tie. Stands on floral patterned carpet with hand on back of chair.
Description: Marked on back, “Albert Pearl Ring, Mt. Desert, 5 1/2 months, 24 pounds.” Baby wearing long christening gown, seated in chair being held by mother’s hands behind the lace curtain. Marked, “W.L. Hall, Belfast ME.” Found at yard sale by Sturgis Haskins, 1996.
Description: Ephemera: Framed poster inviting the citizens of Mount Desert to a Republican Rally in Otter Creek on Sept. 2nd. Speakers at the rally were T.R. Simonton, Esq. and A.P. Wiswell, Esq. Probably dates to the 1880s-1890s. Every line of type is different. Fine example of a typesetter's skill. A gift to the Historical Society in honor of Louisa Kennedy. Poster dimensions: approximately 13 1/4" wide by 20" in height.
Description: Sally Trask Somes holding Georgia N. Somes as baby. Sally Somes seated in chair; white hair wearing spectacles, leaning over baby, wears striped skirt with black bodice. Baby wearing long white dress. House in back ground with lattice work around foundation. Marked on back, “Sally Trask Somes wife of Daniel Somes, Jr., Georgia N. Somes, his grandaugter [sic] born Jan 24, 1890. Given by Daniel Somes Smith 1978.”
Description: Designed for schools that don't have time for the full course (per introduction); principles are illustrated; problems given for practice. Inscribed Rubie Higgins; Property of the Townof Mt. Desert label pasted inside front cover.
Description: Emphasizes words in common use that are difficult to spell. Label pasted in front shows that the book is the "property of the Town of Mt. Desert" No. 97 and gives the rules, such as inspection by the teacher very two weeks, students must pay for "material injury" to the book.
Description: Children standing on steps of Somesville School House. Front door open. Teachers standing in back row to the left. Thirty nine in photo including at least two teachers. Boys dressed in knee pants, some with sweaters and caps, others in jackets. Boots of children in front row very dirty. One boy stands between posts. Edges of photo very worn, peeling away from mat.
Description: Adams, William T., ed. Little Blossoms in the Garden of Home (Holiday Publishing Co, 1890). Book given to Emily Phillips by Mrs. Casper Wistar c.1900
Description: Published by the Butterick Publishing Co. Articles and advertisements about fashion, fabrics, etiquette and manners, needle-craft, home-making and house-keeping
Description: A painting with notes on the back:"Painted by Hulls Cove woman named Miss Hamor about 1890. Picture of Kittridge Brook or Babson's Creek, near the Somesville Stop light." Notes are probably written on the back by Sturgis Haskins.
Description: “Ladies Perfumed Calendar 1890, Compliments of E.W. Hoyt & Co., Proprietors of Hoyt’s German Cologne and Rubifoam, Lowell, Mass.” is printed on one side with a picture of flowers and floating calendar pages. On the back is an advertisement for “Hoyt’s German Cologne” and “Rubifoam” for the teeth, “For Sale by Fernald Bros., Mt. Desert Maine.” Previously archived as object id 016.FIC.001.16.f
Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Brown hardcover book titled Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine. 120 pages. Bar Harbor Guide, Business Directory and Reference Book published by W.H. Sherman. Covers the island's history, overview of the area, beginning of the summer colony, amusements, boating, driving tours, walking, fishing, society life, the Cottagers, routes to Bar Harbor, churches, public conveniences, and public utilities. Also has a advertisements from various hotels and businesses. [show more]
Description: Mount Desert house taken from across road. Two black horses with carriage in front of house, one man seated in carriage. Crowd of people out front. Woman and man in doorway, woman and two children standing on steps, three men standing and one seated. Large flagpole to left with “Mt. Desert House, 1888” sign on it. Picket fence running along right side of lawn. Most shutters are open, except for two windows in middle nearest chimney. This print has been attributed to W.H. Ballard, but the photo is probably too early for Ballard to have taken it. Also known as Mount Desert Tavern. [show more]
Description: Photo of portrait of Captain Edward C. Harper (1859-1934). Harper was married on 25 December 1882 in Tremont to Fannie E. Billings (1862-1948). As of December 2016, Clifford Harper owns the portrait. Capt. Harper was captain of the Bloomer built in Somesville.