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Main Street, Somesville, 1870
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Transportation
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1870c.
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, ME
Main Street, Somesville, 1870
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
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.
Lumber Mill, Somesville
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Lumber Mill, Somesville
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
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]
Schooner Kate
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • Other, Ships
  • Places, Landscape
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Schooner Kate
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
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]
Tall sea grass at edge of rocks
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Nature
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Tall sea grass at edge of rocks
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Tall sea grass at the edge of rock beach
Surf washing ashore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Nature
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Surf washing ashore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Surf washing ashore.
Surf crashing ashore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Nature
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Surf crashing ashore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Surf crashing on the shore.
Surf crashing on the shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Nature
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Surf crashing on the shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Surf crashing on the shore.
Marsh and mountain
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Nature
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Marsh and mountain
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Marsh and mountain.