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Pond Plants Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960s	Maine	Pond Plants Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10030 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960s Place: Maine Description: 5 X 7 black and white photo of pond with water plants sticking up in middle. Horizontal Format. Many grasses are under water and small water lily leaves are clustered in foreground. Dark reflections on water in upper left hand side of photo.
Pitcher Plant Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960s	Maine	Pitcher Plant Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10031 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960s Place: Maine Description: 3.5 X 7 black and white photograph of a pitcher plant with two flowers (Vertical Format). Flowers resemble orchids and have long steams with veined leaves on ground.
Cormorants Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Animals, Birds	Spiker, LaRue	1960s	Maine	Cormorants Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10032 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960s Place: Maine Description: 4 X 6 black and white photograph of many cormorant birds among twigs and branches. Large out of focus bird in foreground facing camera with puffed up throat. Many silhouettes of birds along horizon line and birds in air in upper left side of photo.
Young Cormorant Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Animals, Birds	Spiker, LaRue	1960s	Maine	Young Cormorant Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10033 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960s Place: Maine Description: 5 X 5.5 black and white close up photograph of a baby cormorant. Black bird with white throat. Bird is looking up and facing the camera, beak slightly open. Surrounded by twigs and branches. Paper on back, “ Even babies too small to retreat tried to protect themselves with a horrendous bluff. Swelling up the naked orangish colored pouch beneath the chin, they clicked their bills rapidly at the intruders.”
Driftwood Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960s	Maine	Driftwood Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10034 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960s Place: Maine Description: 4.5 X 4.5 black and white photograph of driftwood. Four large branches extending from base of photo and reaching toward sky. Clouds in sky and small bit of horizon line at very bottom of photo. Paper attatched to back, “ Near the shore a piece of drift wood seems to lift its arms as if in wonder for the beauty of the place.” On back of photograph: "Wonderland".
Nesting Cormorants Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Animals, Birds	Spiker, LaRue	1960s	Maine	Nesting Cormorants Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10035 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960s Place: Maine Description: 5 X 6 black and white photograph of a field of baby cormorant birds. Black birds dotted among nests of white twigs and grasses. Mountains of MDI in background. One bird in flight toward right hand side of mountain. Paper on back, “ the nests were so closely placed that from a distance it looked as if you couldn’t have laid a pencil between them.”
Gulls Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature, Animals Nature, Animals, Birds	Spiker, LaRue	1960s	Maine	Gulls Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10043 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature, Animals Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960s Place: Maine Description: 4 X 4 black and white photograph. Two Birds in nest. Young, black, without feathers and white throats. First bird is looking up and straight at camera, second bird is in profile facing to the right of photo. They are in a nest of white twigs. Writing on back, “ May 5, Gulls, deB Croff, 1, reb LaRue Spiker, Southwest Harbor.” Paper attatched to back, “ When hatched the nestlings are naked but they soon develop a coarse black down over the rough ashy-black skin.” The LaRue Spiker Collection [show more]
Purple Iris Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1990	Maine	Purple Iris Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10049 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1990 Place: Maine Description: 3.5 X 5 color photograph. Purple Iris. Two full blooms in forground in middle of picture frame. One bloom out of focus in upper left background corner. Many leaves in full sunlight. Photo taken from above.
Wheat Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1980s	Maine	Wheat Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10044 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1980s Place: Maine Description: 3.5 X 5 color photograph. Horizontal format, Golden wheat blowing in wind. Background grey sky.
Ferns Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1990	Maine	Ferns Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10042 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1990 Place: Maine Description: 3.5 X 5 color photograph. Horizontal format, Forest fern in sunlight. Photo taken from above. Large leaves surrounding two brown shoots in middle of fern. Lighted brown pine needles in bottom right corner of photo.
Wheat Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1980's	Maine	Wheat Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10041 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1980's Place: Maine Description: 3.5 X 5 color photograph. Vertical format of Golden wheat against blue-grey sky. View point is from bellow wheat looking up. Wheat bends from lower right corner to upper left.
Broad Leaf Fern Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1990	Maine	Broad Leaf Fern Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10039 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1990 Place: Maine Description: 3 X 5 color photograph in horizontal format of green broad leafed forest fern. Photo taken from above. Largest leaf in center of photo pointing toward upper left corner. Much follige in background as well as piece of brown log.
Wheat Field Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1980s	Maine	Wheat Field Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10040 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1980s Place: Maine Description: 3 X 5 color photograph of field of golden wheat against grey-blue sky (Horizontal Format). Various Brown plants dot midground and horizon.
Milkweed Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1980's	Maine	Milkweed Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10038 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1980's Place: Maine Description: 3 X 5 color photograph in vertical format of milkweed gone to seed. Several golden pods on one stalk against grey-blue sky. Gold wheat along bottom of photo. Milkweed stalk extending from right side of photo.
Milkweed Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1980’s	Maine	Milkweed Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10037 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1980’s Place: Maine Description: 3 X 5 color photograph in vertical format of milkweed gone to seed. Many pods on one stalk. View from bellow. Against blue sky, Half an inch of wheat field showing at bottom, with two white structures on horizon to left of base of stalk.
Cabbage Plant Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Maine	Cabbage Plant Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9623 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Maine Description: 8 X 10 color close-up photograph of domestic cabbage, dark green leaves with white veins surrounding round light green center leaves with white highlights. Writing on back of photo, “ f8, 20 sec., f60 m10 C30.”
Lawn, Lawn Chairs and Houses Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph	Other, family and Friends People	Spiker, LaRue	1960	Maine	Lawn, Lawn Chairs and Houses Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9548 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Subject: Other, family and Friends People Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 Place: Maine Description: 3 X 3 color photograph of a lawn in the foreground with fallen pine cones in grass. Row of wooden lawn chairs painted bright colors in midground with people on the other side of the chairs. Tall trees in background and small buildings. Writting on back “I think this made a pretty picture notice pine cones in foreground.”

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