Description: The back of the photograph says "Blackpoll Warbler nest site (Ralph Long in photo). Finally, Bud Long found the nest of a Blackpoll Warbler on Mt. Desert I. A record for Maine."
Description: The back of the photograph says "No fresh water on Little Duck I., so Red Long rationed our supply. George Harrison and Bid [sic] Long await their turn."
Description: The back of the photograph says "George Harrison (left) and Bennie Long slept in a ''pup tent.' They looked like this at dawn each morning."
Description: The back of the photograph says "Everyone gathered wood for our nightly camp fire and for cooking our neals [sic]. L. to R. Bud, Red and Bennie Long"
Description: The back of the photograph says "Bud Long takes notes at a Herring Gull nest. His bother [sic] Bennie, inspects one of the three eggs from the nest."
Description: The back of the photograph says "Bob Howe reads a bronze plaque bolted to the rocks near our camp on Little Duck I.." The plague reads "This island was given to the National Association of Audubon Societies in 1934 in memory of Benjamin Walworth Arnold who loved birds and who bought Little Duck Island in 1908 in the hope that the Sea Gulls, Petrel Terns, Sea Pigeons, and all the birds that nest along these shores might have perpetual sanctuary. [show more]
Description: The back of the photograph says "Chef Red Long serves dinner on Little Duck. At table: l. to r. Bennie Long, Bud Long, Bob Howe and George Harrison"
Description: “As Americans developed a preference for fresh fish, demand for ice increased. Here, armed with a handsaw, ice chisel, and ice plow ...these ...men are harvesting ice, which rivaled granite in the 1890s as Maine’s prime export.” - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 42.