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Man with Cat
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Spiker, LaRue
Man with Cat
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Unknown African American man holding tabby cat. Seated in chair outside a house or cabin. Wears turtle neck sweater and torn pants. May have been taken on a trip to Florida.
Betty Belts It
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Entertainment
  • Spiker, LaRue
Betty Belts It
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Woman named Betty singing with a microphone in hand wearing a long dress of shiney material. Man on bandstand plays banjo wearing white shirt, vest and striped tie. Garland on rails of bandstand. Exit door in back.
Unknown Woman
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Spiker, LaRue
Unknown Woman
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Unknown woman wearing white turtle necked dress and name tag. Food on table in background. Man's arm around waist. Man not visible.
Estelle Smith
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Spiker, LaRue
Estelle Smith
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Estelle Smith seated in velvet covered chair holding book, "The Fine Art of Chinese Cooking".
Judy Morse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Spiker, LaRue
Judy Morse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Judy Morse seated at table holding what appears to be a stamp block.
Mrs. Laurel Leonard
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Spiker, LaRue
Mrs. Laurel Leonard
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mrs. Laurel Leonard in dress and cardigan with pearls at neck holding cane. Cane may be of some significance.
LaRue Spiker and Dog
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Unknown
  • Southwest Harbor, Maine.
LaRue Spiker and Dog
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
4.5 X 5.5 black and white photograph of LaRue Spiker seated in wooden chair on lawn outside her cabin on the Long Pond Road in Southwest Harbor. Wearing short sleeve dress. Holds book open on lap. Cocker spaniel lays on ground at her feet.
Unknown Woman
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, buildings
  • People
  • Spiker, LaRue
Unknown Woman
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
3.5 X 3.5 black and white photograph of older woman with short hair wearing dress patterned with bricks and flowers, large beaded necklace, carrying white purse on arm. Stands in front of white house. Writing on back, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.’ I look so big” This may be LaRue Spiker’ s Mother, Grace Spiker.
Unknown Woman
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Spiker, LaRue
Unknown Woman
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
3.5 X 3.5 black and white photograph of unknown woman approximately with short blond hair, wearing black short sleeve dress with necklace and earrings. Standing in front of a pine tree.
Someville School Class 1909
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • unknown
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Someville School Class 1909
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Somesville School Class photograph, October 1909. Twenty one students, none identified. Marked Somesville, Me, Oct 1909 in lower left corner. Students gathered on grass, trees in background. Teacher in center wears hair pulled back with white blouse and dark skirt which buttons down center. Dark tie at neck.
Launching the S.S. Acadia
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Unknown
  • Newport News, Virginia
Launching the S.S. Acadia
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Launching the S.S. Acadia in Newport News.
Mrs. Calvin Austin of Boston
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Unknown
  • Newport News, Virginia
Mrs. Calvin Austin of Boston
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mrs. Calvin Austin of Boston who christened the new S.S. Acadia at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company on February 13 1932 on board the Acadia during the christening.
People on float near S.S. Acadia
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Unknown
  • Newport News, Virginia
People on float near S.S. Acadia
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Men and boys on float near S.S. Acadia..
Men standing near lumber in empty mill pond
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Unknown
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Men standing near lumber in empty mill pond
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Men standing near lumber in empty mill pond. Looking towards Mount Desert House. Small building standing on bank of mill pond.
Men seated on the banks of mill pond
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Unknown
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Men seated on the banks of mill pond
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Men seated on banks of mill pond (probably not Main Street Mill) near logs. Lumber floating on barge in pond. Three buildings on opposite bank.
Boy standing on the shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Unknown
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Boy standing on the shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Boy standing on shore near entrance to Babson Creek looking toward harbor
Ship under construction
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Unknown
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Ship under construction
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Ship under construction in distance. Boy sitting on log in foreground.
Mount Desert House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine
Mount Desert House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mount Desert House. Horse and buggy in front of tall sign and post. People stand near front door.
Baker's Island Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Baker’s Island, Maine
Baker's Island Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Baker’s Island Light. People sitting/standing on ledge outside chain link fence.
Baker’s Island Light
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • Baker’s Island, Maine
Baker’s Island Light
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
5 X 7 black and white photograph mounted on heavy cardboard of Baker’s Island Light House. People sitting/standing on ledge outside chain link fence.
Harriet Somes Sanderson with electric car
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Unknown
Harriet Somes Sanderson with electric car
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Harriet Somes Sanderson standing outside electric car. Small car, seats two. Door open, inside and door lined with ticking type material. Woman inside care wears wire rim glasses, black wide brimmed hat with dark dress. Sanderson wears hat with large feater covering crown. One side of brim turns up. Carries fur coat or stole over hands. Wears long velvet skirt with shorter dress or coat of a lighter color over skirt. Small trees in meadow in the background. Marked on back, “Mama and her electric car.” [show more]
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]
Mount Desert Post Office
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Buildings
  • People
  • Unknown
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Mount Desert Post Office
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mount Desert Post Office on Main Street, Somesville, next to former home of Daniel (Somes) and Rosemary Smith. Former Richard Donahoe house to the right. Post Office is a single story clapboard building with gable end facing the road. There is a sash window beside the front door. There is a small window high in the gable end. Chimney with stovepipe insert extends above roof line. Car to right with open door. Man stands in front of post office door watching a second man shovel snow. [show more]
Auto War
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Buildings
  • People
  • Spiker, LaRue
Auto War
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Horses hitched to buckboards along street. Men sit in carriages or stand next to them. To the left are grass squares and saplings. Across street three large buildings. Middle building holds R.F. Suminsby, smaller builing next door, sign read [----] Stevens. Stamped on back with LaRue Spiker, P O Box 625, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679. "Auto War" in red crayon
Dunham School Grade 2 1966-67
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • Alston Studios
  • Seal Harbor, Maine
Dunham School Grade 2 1966-67
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Portrait of Dunham School , Seal Harbor. Grade two, 1966-67. Marked in center, “Dunham School, Seal Harbor, Grade 2 1966-67.” Thirteen students, none identified. Printed in lower right hand corner, Alston Studios, Inc.