Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum 1980s.Bare wood shelves. Photographic display of Cranberry Isles ships, other maritime artifacts and Gilley clock.
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum 1980s.Bare wood shelves. Various tools and small ship painting. Babson portrait to the left.
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum 1980s.Bare wood shelves. Print of Fitz Hugh Lane’s “Entrance to Somes Sound” along with various tools.
Description: Interior of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Museum 1980s.Bare wood shelves. Photographic display of Southwest Harbor ships, with two half hull models.
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson, age 70-80 wears glasses with dark frames, blue dress with seagulls. Seated at table inside Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen’s Building Museum. Collection of China displayed on shelf behind Sanderson. Portrait of Sarah Whiting Kittredge and William Thompson Memorial wreath on right.
Description: Robert La Hotan, artist on Great Cranberry Island, 1984. Lover, life partner, of artist John Heliker. Age 40+ standing next to large still life. Wearing Long sleeve tailored shirt, white shorts and white sneakers. Hold cigarette in hand. Circular staircase to right. Gift of George Daniell.
Description: Artist John Heliker in his studio. Man age 65+ seated in wicker chair in front of large painting of hills and village. Wears glasses, short sleeved plaid shirt unbuttoned at top. Gift of George Daniell. Written on the back of the photo: "John Heliker in his studio on Cranberry Island. 1984"
Description: flood swollen mill stream in Somesville. Water is flowing under the Selectmen's Building to left. Photo taken before bridge was installed. Chain link fence along road. Log floating in mill stream.
Description: "Wilfred Bunker, ca 1984". Wilfred ran the Mailboat to the Cranberries and lived on Big Cranberry. Along with Clarence Beal, Wilfred started the "Beal & Bunker, Inc." (ALW) Wilfred is on his boat. He is at the wheel, wearing his blue work shirt. His right hand is resting on the open windshield. There is a mug to his right. He has sunglasses on and has a smile on his face.
Description: Warren Fernald at work on his boat. He is checking a trap on the deck. He is smiling and smoking a cigarette. I know that this subject is Warren Fernald of Islesford or Little Cranberry. (ALW)
Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of John Malbry writing on chalk board. Unknown students sit and stand on porch. Some have notebooks in hand.
Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of three unknown children (ages 4-6) standing in line near Park Street. Child in center wearing Park Street Playground t-shirt.
Description: Thaddeus Shepley Somes Memorial Bridge in Somesville. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen’s Building Museum to the left. Winter scene, ice on stream. 2 copies (a&b)
Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of long thin unidentified plant. Highlighted against black background. Large leaves at base of stem. Small delicate flowers at top of stem.
Description: 5 X 5 black and white close up of sweet gale plant with thin leaves on branches. Small pinecone like buds near base of leaves. Leaves reach toward Upper left corner.
Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of tree branches with air plants surrounded by spanish moss hanging from tree limbs. Other folige with small leaves in lower left corner. Paper attatched to back of photo, “ An ‘air pine’ growing on a branch of live oak in a grove festooned by Spanish moss. Both air pines and Spanish moss are related to the pineapple. The air pine requires five or six years to mature, bears a clump of cream colored blossoms on a stiff stalk several feet tall, then dies.” [show more]
Description: 5 X 7 color photograph of 10 white Indian Pipe plants close to ground in cluster with rocks and brown needles on ground. Plants have bell like flowers that hang down toward the ground. Tallest flower is cropped by top of photo.