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6309Marsh and mountain
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Nature
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Marsh and mountain.
6310Surf crashing on the shore
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Nature
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Surf crashing on the shore.
6311Surf crashing ashore
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Nature
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Surf crashing on the shore.
6312Surf washing ashore
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Nature
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Surf washing ashore.
17104Acadia Trails Treatment Plan: Cultural Landscape Report for the historic hiking trail system of Acadia National Park, Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Places, Landscape
  • Barter, Christian S., Margaret Coffin Brown, J. Tracy Stakely, Gary J. Stellpflu
  • Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation
  • 2006
9386Cars along roadway overlooking lake
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Automobiles
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • H.L. Bradley
  • 1920c.
Description:
Two cars parked along road side over looking lake and mountain beyound. Man stands with foot on running board of 1920s convertible. Woman near back, wears white shoes, print skirt, white sweater, and hat. Second car, man stands with foot on runningboard. Another man stands near front wheel. Third talks to woman in white sweater. Marked, “H.L. Bradley, Bar Harbor, Me.” H.L. Bradley was the son of photographer Bryant Bradley. 11/20/13: No marking HL Bradley on back; rather it is stamped LaRue Spiker (ABenson) [show more]
9131Schooner Polly
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
Description:
Schooner Polly of Belfast in Harbor at Amesbury Massachusettts. Man in canoe paddles close to two masted schooner. Small sailing sloop on the right. Marked on back, “(From one of two negatives, made for Mr. [Pearl] Henry [Mio] of Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts, August 4, 1904.) Schooner Polly of Amesbury, Mass. “My Anchor falls when first any persons flew.” Believed by many to be the oldest American vessel in active service - that is, to have been originally a sloop, keel laid at Amesbury, Mass, August 4, 1804 and launched in February, 1805 and to have been the vessel sailing out of Salem, Mass early in the War of 1812 as privateer commanded by Captain {Hearty] of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. See story of Polly history filed at Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Boston Sept.15, 1904. Two copies, one form each negative to Captain D.E. Pray of Mount Desert, Maine with respects and best wishes of [-----]Henry Mio and of Boston Sep. 21, 1904. [-----]. [show more]
9135Hall Quarry
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unklnown
Description:
Hall Quarry. In middle ground schooner ready to take on granite. Buildings in the distance. Somes Sound and mountains in the distance. Piles of brick size pieces of granite and small tents in foreground. Group of men working under shade screen in middle right. Spots throughout image.
13637Lobster boat
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
  • George Daniell
Description:
Lobster boat returning to wharf near Bass Harbor. Lobster traps piled on wharf. Logs in pile in back of traps in grass. Gift of George Daniell
8896Children in pony cart, Somesville mill pond area
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Description:
Four boys in pony cart with pony. Marked on back of photo - Bob, John, Burnham and Arthur L. Cart next to Mill Pond in Somesville. Logs floating on pond. Somesville Library visible in background. Telephone poles along road side.
8997Somes House Inn
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
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, presently Port-In-A-Storm. Schooner at the wharf. Marked 1895 on back.
9092View of Somes Cove
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
Description:
View of Somes Cove and Old Somesville Lumber mill from Somes House. Fernald’s Store, now Port-in-a-Storm Bookstore, at right. Church steeple rises in distance with several other buildings in between. Tear in lower left hand corner of photo.
9098Somes Memorial Bridge
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
  • Bangor Daily News
Description:
Thaddeus Sheply Somes Memorial Bridge in Somesville. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen’s Building Museum to the left. Winter scene, ice on stream.
9103Schooner Kate
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • Other, Ships
  • Places, Landscape
  • Spiker, LaRue
Description:
Two masted schooner in wharf in front of A.J. Whiting Store (later Fernald’s Store, (later Port-in-a-Storm Bookstore, even later, an art gallery). 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. On back is written The Schooner Kate and La Rue Spicker Southwest Harbor V/4 [show more]
9137View of Hall Quarry
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
Description:
Sepia-toned print mounted on black cardboard; 1" X 1/2" tear in upper left corner; print is wrinkled and foxed; shows apparent water damage. "Hall Quarry" written in pencil 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. [show more]
9139Saw Mill in Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
Description:
Saw mill in Somesville. View from across mill pond. Logs floating in pond. Lumber piled along banks. Masts of schooner appear in back of lumber. Men standing on banks. Horse with lumber cart on bank. Looking across Somes Cove.
7430Maine Museum Day sign 1995
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1995
Description:
Main Street Somesville, June 8, 1995. Maine Museum Day Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Maine Museum Day Sign Leans on railing. Bridge and Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen’s Building Museum in the background.
7588Lumber Mill, Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Description:
Lumber Mill in Somesville. Lumber piled to left and in back of mill. To right, logs piled on bank of Mill pond. In background, A.J. Whiting’s Store, later Port-In-A-Storm bookstore. Three horses and three wagons wait for load of lumber. Men from left to right, R. Davis, J.A. Somes, J.W. Somes, Geo. Benson, B. Mitchell). Marked on back, “Last one Hulls Cove; the remainder Somesville.” Edges very worn. Small tear in lower left corner. (This description may refer to a different photograph; nothing marked on back and no wear or tear.) [show more]
8082Two Story House next to cove
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Two story house with two window upstairs and a porch in the gable end. Small cove at low tide.
8108Fence along Somes Brook
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Chain link fence along Somes Brook. MDI Historical Society Selectmen’s Building in the background.
8127Caopy of old house and outbuildings
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Copy of old photo of house and outbuilidngs along the shore. Fence and birdhouse in the foreground.
8385Boat at Claremont Hotel
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
Description:
The boat house at the Claremont Hotel. Yachts sailing in Somes Sound.
6206Looking over log fence and snow covered bank to ocean
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Looking over log fence and snow covered bank to ocean. Building in the middle ground may be Bass Harbor Light.
6207Looking over snow covered bank to ocean
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Looking over snow covered bank to ocean. Building in the middle ground may be Bass Harbor Light.
12345Grist Mill, Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
Description:
Old Grist Mill on Somes Brook in winter. Trees lining banks hide two story shingled building.