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Old Somesville Woolen Mill-built in 1847
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Buildings
  • 1847
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Old Somesville Woolen Mill-built in 1847
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Isaac Somes' woolen mill in Somesville. Three-story building, clapboards on front, shingles on side. Side facing brook shows 15 windows, five on each story. The front shows five windows and door on left. One chimney at front end of roof. Building sits on stone foundation. Bare trees surround mill. Marked on back, “The Woolen Mill along Somes Brook to Cemetery on other side of cemetery"
The Old Somesville Woolen Mill - built in 1847
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • 1847
The Old Somesville Woolen Mill - built in 1847
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Isaac Somes' woolen mill in Somesville. Three-story building, clapboards on front, shingles on side. Side facing brook shows 15 windows, five on each story. The front shows five windows and door on left. One chimney at front end of roof. Building sits on stone foundation. Bare trees surround mill. Printed at the bottom of the card "The OLD SOMESVILLE WOOLEN MILL-Built in 1847 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS". "Bob & Norma" written with pen on reverse. Image layer is torn/missing at top of postcard in a section approx 2" x 1/2" [show more]
The Old Somesville Woolen Mill-Built in 1847
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • 1847
The Old Somesville Woolen Mill-Built in 1847
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Isaac Somes' woolen mill in Somesville. Three-story building, clapboards on front, shingles on side. Side facing brook shows 15 windows, five on each story. The front shows five windows and door on left. One chimney at front end of roof. Building sits on stone foundation. Bare trees surround mill. sepia toned photograph Written on the back "Isaac Somes Woolen Mill on the Mill Stream" There is damage to the photo surface.
Indian Cemetery.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • 1843
Indian Cemetery.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Photograph of Indian Cemetery. Taken at Somesville in 1843 by Benj. Joy, Ellsworth. Note: Most likely taken by Benj. Joy, Jr. and is a photograph of a photograph; place probably somewhere in the Andes. The Abbe Museum also has a copy as does the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Smithsonian says date is c.1923. Original record said this was taken at Somesville in 1843 by Benj. Joy, Ellsworth. New information received on Dec. 29, 2014 implies this photo was originally taken by a woman explorer, Harriet Chalmers Adams in the early twentieth century. See Granger Historical Stock photograph # 0253041. [show more]
The Old Somesville Woolen Mill- built in 1847
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • 1847
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
The Old Somesville Woolen Mill- built in 1847
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Isaac Somes' woolen mill in Somesville. Three-story building, clapboards on front, shingles on side. Side facing brook shows 15 windows, five on each story. The front shows five windows and door on left. One chimney at front end of roof. Building sits on stone foundation. Bare trees surround mill. The title The OLD SOMESVILLE WOOLEN MILL -Built in 1847" is printed at the bottom of the negative.
Native American Camp at Southwest Harbor - "Indian Lot"
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Camp
  • 1847 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Sidewheel Steamer John Brooks
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • 1844 c.
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Sidewheel Steamer John Brooks
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Heading out of Southwest Harbor by the Manset shore. The Nathaniel Gott house on Greening Island is visible off the stern of the vessels as is the Gott barn before it was moved further away from the shore.
Hannah Carroll - Later Mrs. John Dodge Lurvey
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1849 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • No Copyright - United States
Hannah Carroll - Later Mrs. John Dodge Lurvey
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
This photograph was probably taken just before her marriage to John Dodge Lurvey (1823-1893) at the age of 24 on March 15, 1849 in Tremont, Maine. She is not wearing a wedding ring.