From collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society - Jean and Robert Fernald Collection
Homer Silsby family, studio portrait
Studio portrait of the Homer Silby family consisting of a man, woman, and two children. Unable to remove photo from album without damage. Identified as Homer Silsby, Lena Sumner Silsby, Arthur Silsby, and Dudley Silsby in hand printed tab on paper that is affixed onto page of the album. One of several photographs in a 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 red velvet/leather embossed photo album with metal clasp in good condition. Portraits of Jewett family, including two of Arno as a baby and a 2/3 yr. old. Silsby family, Charles Richardson, J. Herbert Patten M.D. , Johnson children; Rita, Bessie, Shirley and Laurence, Dewey, Ned. Other family names in album: Woods, Sumner, Short, Brigham, Brimmer, Gregg, Withee, Johnson. A number of the portraits are unidentified.
