Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
12360	View of Hall Quarry	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building People Places, Landscape				View of Hall Quarry Item: 12360    Object ID: 997-386-550 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building People Places, Landscape Place: Hall Quarry, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Modern black and white print from negative made from original print. "Hall Quarry" written on back. Image shows Hall Quarry in operation; two large derricks in middle ground; rails in center of picture. Scene includes at least 15 men working in quarry; one pair of horses pulling wagon; various buildings in middle ground; large blocks of granite. Photograph taken from high vantage point, looking across Somes Sound.
12367	Main Street and Cove, Somesville	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building Places, Landscape				Main Street and Cove, Somesville Item: 12367    Object ID: 997-380-544 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Main Street, Somesville.Somes Cove on left. Trees line street. Board sidewalk visible on right near picket fenced yards. Fernald’s Store (later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore) hidden by trees. Lumber mill to left. Two masts of schooner rise up over trees.
12384	Hall Quarry, Granite Quarry	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building Places, Landscape				Hall Quarry, Granite Quarry Item: 12384    Object ID: 997-387-551 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Place: Hall Quarry, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Hall Quarry, quarry in winter. Looking across Somes Sound. Pieces of granite scattered about. Rail for tram covered with snow runs through center of photo. Various buildings in the middle ground. Derrricks in the foreground.
12484	Somesville Lumber Mill	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building Places, Landscape				Somesville Lumber Mill Item: 12484    Object ID: 997-304-469 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Lumber mill on mill pond in Somesville. Somes Cove and mountains in background. Rocks in foreground; logs on far bank.
12485	Somesville Lumber Mill	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building Places, Landscape				Somesville Lumber Mill Item: 12485    Object ID: 997-323-488 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Lumber mill on mill pond in Somesville. Somes Cove and mountains in background. Rocks in foreground; logs on far bank.
13514	Green Mountain Railway	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building Places, Landscape	Bradley, Bryant [W.H. Ballard Collection]		1885c.	Green Mountain Railway Item: 13514    Object ID: 997-390-554.1 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Creator: Bradley, Bryant [W.H. Ballard Collection] Date: 1885c. Place: Cadillac Mountain, Bar Harbor, Maine Description: Green Mountain Railway train descending, or ascending the Mountain. Photo taken from pier on Eagle Lake. Large shed with verticle siding to the left. Tracks run through train shed in middle. Third building to the right of train shed. Shack to far right near lake. Lumber scattered throughout scene, perhaps used for steam engine. Bryant Bradley was born about 1840. His wife’s name was Ellen. She was born about1847. Their son Harry born around 1876 became a photographer also. His father died by 1900 and Harry had taken over the studio. Mounted on cardboard. [show more]
13634	Madeira House, Manset	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Boats Other, Building Places, Landscape	George Daniell			Madeira House, Manset Item: 13634    Object ID: 997-602-772 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Boats Other, Building Places, Landscape Creator: George Daniell Place: Manset, Maine Description: The Madeira’s House on the Manset Shore road taken from floats at Manset Dock. Asian style architecture. Man working on lawn at the left side of house. Stone pier in front of house. Ramp extending from pier. In foreground, lobster boat at float. Small punt overturned on float. Ramp to the left. Gift of George Daniell. Originally built by Carroll Tyson of Philadelphia (per Roc Caivano, 2013/ AB)
17863	Copy of old photo of house and outbuildings	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Building Places, Landscape	LaRue Spiker			Copy of old photo of house and outbuildings Item: 17863    Object ID: 998-1458-2563 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Creator: LaRue Spiker Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Copy of old photo of house and outbuilidngs along the shore. Fence and birdhouse in the foreground.
14206	Somes Creek Looking at Woolen Mill	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building Places, Landscape				Somes Creek Looking at Woolen Mill Item: 14206    Object ID: 997-23-184 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Me. Description: Photograph of photograph in frame. Somes creek in winter with woolen mill in back ground. Two other buildings visible on left. One with two stories and chimney. Other in distance.
14561	Main Street, Somesville	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building Places, Landscape			1855c.	Main Street, Somesville Item: 14561    Object ID: 997-381-545 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Date: 1855c. Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Main Street Somesville. Trees line street. Board sidewalk visible on right near picket fenced yards. Fernald’s Store (later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore) hidden by trees. Historic Lewis Somes House on right hidden by trees. Telephone poles line street. Man stands on grass near road in distance. Marked on back, “W.H. Ballard Collection Southwest Harbor, Maine. From a B. Bradley Stereo circa 1855." 8x10
14583	Somes House Inn	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building Places, Landscape			1894	Somes House Inn Item: 14583    Object ID: 997-302-467 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Date: 1894 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Somes House Inn, Somesville. Road in foreground. Trees line drive to cottage. Two connected three-story white clapboard buildings. On left - wrap around porch with lattice work and steps going down the left side. Two dormers and one chimney. On right - Porch on front with lattice work. Two chimneys. Horse and buggy in front of steps. Person on porch. Marked 1894 on back. Duplicate: 997-311-476, Photo Album #1, p.9
14584	Somes House Inn, Somesville	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building Places, Landscape				Somes House Inn, Somesville Item: 14584    Object ID: 97-302-467 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Somes House Inn, Somesville. Road in foreground. Trees line drive to cottage. Two connected three-story white clapboard buildings. On left - wrap around porch with lattice work and steps going down the left side. Two dormers and one chimney. On right - Porch on front with lattice work. Two chimneys. Horse and buggy in front of steps. Person on porch. No date. Duplicate: 997-315-480, Photo Album #1, p.10
5451	Bridge over Babson Creek?	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building Places, Landscape Structures, Transportation, Bridge	Unknwon			Bridge over Babson Creek? Item: 5451    Object ID: 97-742-912 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Structures, Transportation, Bridge Creator: Unknwon Collection: Somesville Bicentenial 1961 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Maybe Bridge over Babson Creek and the Babson House (now Reiber).
5454	Main Street, Somesville	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building Places, Landscape				Main Street, Somesville Item: 5454    Object ID: 97-691-861 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Main Street Somesville. Somes Cove on left. Trees line street. Board sidewalk visible on right near picket fenced yards. Fernald’s Store (later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore) hidden by trees. Lumber mill to left. Two masts of schooner rise up over trees. 8x10 This is also a slide (97-691-861) which was used in the Somesville Bicentenial and can be found on Row 2 Unit 2 Shelf 4 Slide Box 1
5457	Resting on rocks near the water	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building Places, Landscape	Unknown		c 1890s - 1900s	Resting on rocks near the water Item: 5457    Object ID: 97-729-899 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Collection: Somesville Bicentenial 1961 Date: c 1890s - 1900s Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Well dressed men women and children relaxing on rocks near shore.
5458	Log on saw horse	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building Places, Landscape	Unknown			Log on saw horse Item: 5458    Object ID: 97-728-898 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Collection: Somesville Bicentenial 1961 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Log on saw horse behind white house.
5469	Main Street Somesville	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building Places, Landscape				Main Street Somesville Item: 5469    Object ID: 97-712-882 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Collection: Somesville Bicentenial 1961 Place: Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Main Street Somesville. Trees line street. Board sidewalk visible on right near picket fenced yards. Fernald’s Store (now Port-in-a-Storm bookstore) hidden by trees. Historic Lewis Somes on right hidden by trees. telephone poles line street. Man stands on grass near road in distance.
5486	Somes House Inn, c. 1895	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building Places, Landscape	Unknown		1895	Somes House Inn, c. 1895 Item: 5486    Object ID: 97-692-862 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Date: 1895 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Somes House Inn, Somesville. Trees line drive to cottage. View of Inn from Main street Somesville. End of Inn visible, side of covered porch and latticework. Somes House Sign above first floor windows. Board sidewalk in foreground. Somes Cove in background. To the right, A.J. Whiting’s Store, later Port-In-A-Storm bookstore, then Frenchman's Bay Gallery. Schooner at the wharf. Marked 1895 on back. This photo is also a slide that was used in the Somesville Bicentenial and can be found on Row 2 Unit 2 Shelf 4 Slide Box 1. [show more]
11451	Looking Across Somes Cove to Lumber Mill	Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative	Other, Building Places, Landscape				Looking Across Somes Cove to Lumber Mill Item: 11451    Object ID: 97-699-869 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Place: Somesville, Mount Desert, Maine Description: View of lumber mill from Main Street looking across Somes Cove. Logs piled on far side of lumber mill against side of building. Two masted schooner at wharf. Tree on left bank.
9054	Houses on Main Street Somesville	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape	Unknown		c 1890s	Houses on Main Street Somesville Item: 9054    Object ID: 96-306-471 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Date: c 1890s Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Houses on Main street Somesville. Somes Cove in foreground. Marked, “Somes Cove, Mt. Desert” in lower right corner. House on left is historic Lewis Somes house. See same photo. on p. 8, Album #1 (997-306-471)
7414	View of Mill Pond and Somes Harbor taken from hill at "The Old Homestead".	Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape				View of Mill Pond and Somes Harbor taken from hill at "The Old Homestead". Item: 7414    Object ID: 997-811-981 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: View of Mill Pond and Somes Harbor from hill on Oak Hill Road in front of historic John Somes House, “The Old Homestead.” Starting from the lefthandside of the photograph, there is a windmill and the lumber mill. The Hamor house, no longer standing, is on the right bank of Mill Pond along with three other buildings. There is a farm house on Mason’s Point. Telephone poles run along Main Street. Mountains in the distance. Black and white oval format. [show more]
7577	Lumber Mill, Somesville	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape	Unknown		c 1890s	Lumber Mill, Somesville Item: 7577    Object ID: 997-314-479 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Creator: Unknown Date: c 1890s Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Lumber Mill in Somesville in operation. Logs piled up on bank in foreground. Logs fill mill pond ready to be milled. Somes Harbor in the background. Telephone pole in foreground next to tall tree. See also p. 8, Photo Album #1 (997-307-472)
7591	Main Street Somesville	Image, Photograph	Other, Buildings Places, Landscape				Main Street Somesville Item: 7591    Object ID: 97-381-545 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Other, Buildings Places, Landscape Place: Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Main Street Somesville. Trees line street. Board sidewalk visible on right near picket fenced yards. Fernald’s Store (now Port-in-a-Storm bookstore) hidden by trees. Historic Lewis Somes on right hidden by trees. telephone poles line street. Man stands on grass near road in distance.
12349	Woman sitting by grist mill, Somesville	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Buildings People Places, Landscape				Woman sitting by grist mill, Somesville Item: 12349    Object ID: 997-331-496 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Buildings People Places, Landscape Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Grist mill in Somesville on rocky Somes Brook. Trees surround mill. Young woman sits on a rock near brook; she wears long light colored skirt and blouse and a flat hat. Caption under photo, “I suppose you know this girl. Why don’t you write? R.J.L.” Marked on back, “Grist Mill at rear was built 1790 if not earlier.” In reference to woman, “Nellie Freeman family from Pretty Marsh and Summit, N.J.. She came to take care of Baby Arthur in N.J., 1910 (Virginia’s Brother)” referring to Virginia Sanderson. [show more]
12358	Main Street, Somesville, 1870	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Nature, Animals Other, Buildings Other, Transportation People Places, Landscape			1870c.	Main Street, Somesville, 1870 Item: 12358    Object ID: 997-378-542 Catalog: Photos Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Nature, Animals Other, Buildings Other, Transportation People Places, Landscape Date: 1870c. Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, ME Description: Caption in The Living Past, p. 122: "Somesville's main road in 1870, looking north towards Ellsworth. Mount Desert House on left; A.J. Whiting store on right (note balcony and porch); corner of blacksmith shop on right. Telegraph wires were in use in 1870." Horse-drawn vehicles on each side of rutted dirt roadstopped in front of blacksmith’s shop.

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