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Set of 7 photos of Somesville and MDI, c.1955
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • 1955
Set of 7 photos of Somesville and MDI, c.1955
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Set of 7 photos of Somesville and MDI, c.1955. Donated by Susan Hayward.
Bass Harbor 7/6/1955
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Bass Harbor
  • 1955
Bass Harbor 7/6/1955
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bass Harbor 7/6/1955
Wayback Ball, 1950
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • 1950
Wayback Ball, 1950
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white 5" X 7" photograph of people dancing at the Wayback Ball. Written on the back is "Wayback Ball 1950 Seal Harbor?"
Wayback Ball, 1950
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • 1950
Wayback Ball, 1950
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white 5" X 7" photograph of people dance in circles at Wayback Ball, Jan. 6, 1950. On back of photo. is written: Wayback Ball, NEH Neighborhood House, Jan. 6, 1950. Courtesy Steve Ashley.
Wayback Ball
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • 1950
Wayback Ball
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photograph , of the Jan. 6, 1950 Wayback Ball held at Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor or Seal Harbor. Labeled on the back, "Wayback Ball Seal Harbor" . This photo also shows small orchestra in back and two balconies on sides, and people dancing.
Man in some sort of uniform
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Buildings
  • People
  • 1930-1950
Man in some sort of uniform
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Man (may be Keith MacKenzie) wearing white shirt, pants, and cap. Standing in front of tall trees and two buildings, perhaps cabins.
Old Cottonwood
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1959
Old Cottonwood
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Large tree with sign advertising for milk. Sign at base of the trunk reading, “Old Cottonwood tree landmark 1936.”
Patuxent Research Refuge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
Patuxent Research Refuge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Entrance to Patuxent Research Refuge. Sign on stone wall, “U.S. Department of the Interior Patuxent Research Refuge”
Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge sign on stone wall.
Understanding Wildlife Disease
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Science
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
Understanding Wildlife Disease
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Man in white lab coat pointing to a chart entitled "Understanding and Intelligent Manipulation of Wildlife Disease"
Fishing Village
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • Other, industry - Fishing
  • Unknown
  • 1958
Fishing Village
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fishing village on the Maine Coast. May be a Maine Publicity Bureau Photo.
Holding a Lobster by LaRue Spiker
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Industry - Fishing
  • Other, buildings
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
Holding a Lobster by LaRue Spiker
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Unknown teenage girls holding lobster given to them by a fisherman at the dock. Maine News Service Photo. Paper stapled to photo read, “You pick’em out yourself when you are lobster-hungry in Maine. A Maine lobster, fresh from the clean northern Atlantic, is a taste thrill beyond compare.”
Publicity photo
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, industry - Fishing
  • People
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1958
Publicity photo
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Publicity photo for Maine. Caption reads, "These two young fellows watch with interst for they know from previous visits just how good a lobster dinner can be". Unknown people
LaRue Spiker
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1950s
LaRue Spiker
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
LaRue Spiker standing in a an empty Sand Beach parking lot. Beehive mountain in the distance.
Gloucester 1957
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1957
Gloucester 1957
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Unknown woman leaning on large rock.
Construction of the largest dragger by tonnage series
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1952
Construction of the largest dragger by tonnage series
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
This fourth in the building series is a view of the inside construction. Significant progress has been made in this photo from the third in the series. Temporary braces are holding the framing in place.
Construction of the largest dragger by tonnage series
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1952
Construction of the largest dragger by tonnage series
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
This is the third in the series depicting the construction of the largest dragger by tonnage. It looks like it's the shaping of the keel and there are four curved pieces of wood in place, the frames.
Construction of "largest dragger by tonnage"
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1953
Construction of "largest dragger by tonnage"
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
This photo is one of a series depicting the steps of constructing the largest dragger by tonnage. In this picture, there is a crane to the left and the bow of the "Silas McLoon" on the right. Ralph Stanley said the Silas McLoon was a wet well lobster smack. Her hold was full of holes so they kept the lobsters in water. Silas was bought by Beal and Bunker in the 1950's. They plugged up all the holes and used her to carry hake which they bought at Cranberry Island and took the hake to Vinalhaven to the canning factory. Buster Rice of Cranberry Island was Captain at that time. This was about 1953. [show more]
Bar Harbor Bank, ca. 1958
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Unknown
  • 1958
Bar Harbor Bank, ca. 1958
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
A black and white photograph of the Bar Harbor Bank, Main Street, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1958 Found in the plans of Robert W. Patterson and probably taken by Patterson in conjunction with his plans for renovations of the parking area and signs
Women and Men Socializing at an Event
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1953
Women and Men Socializing at an Event
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Tow copies of 5X7 black and white photograph of women and men socializing at an event. On the table are name tags, drinks, an ashtray and a paper star with "1953" written on it. Identifications per May 2011 "Mystery Photographs": L to R- unknown, Muriel Staples Rich, unknown, Betty Rice King, Elizabeth Emerson Kelley. Two copies of this photo
Suburban House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1953
Suburban House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
A 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 black and white photograph dated July 1953 of a two story house. There is an unknown woman sitting on the porch, and there is a car parked in front of the house. There are three trees in the photo. One in front, one to the right of the house and one to the left of the house. A 3 x 3 black and white photograph was also taken of the house. However, there are no trees in front of the house.
B&W photograph of a young boy seated in an Adirondack chair with a dog,1950
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • May 1950
Description:
Black and white photo of a young boy seated in and Adirondack chair with a dog. Notation on back of photo reads: Freddie read for school May 1950
B&W photograph of three women standing outside in front of a house, 1951
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1951
Description:
Black and white photo of three women standing outside with a house in the background. Notation on back of photo reads Mother's Day 1951 From Pink Robinsons Drugstore envelope in file Spiker Family Friends Personae
B&W photograph of four women and one man standing outside with a house in the background,1951
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1951
Description:
Black and white photo of four women and one man standing outside with a house in the background. Notation on back of photo reads: Mother's Day 1951. From Pink Robinsons Drugstore envelope in file "Spiker Family Friends Personae."
B&W photograph of a boy and man in suits, outsdie with a dog
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • June 1950
Description:
Black and white photograph of a young boy in a suit straddling a dog and man in a suit standing outside next to a hedge. Notation on back of photo reads: Roy and ? (hand writting unclear) and Blondie, June 1950 From Pink Robinson's Drugstore Envelope in file "Spiker Family Friends Personae."