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Maude Russell Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature, Plants People	Spiker, LaRue	1970 c.		Maude Russell Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10525 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature, Plants People Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1970 c. Description: Maude Russell pruning potted plants in greenhouse.
Three Lady's Slippers Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960	Maine	Three Lady's Slippers Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9549 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 Place: Maine Description: 3.25 X 3.25 black and white photograph of three lady’s slippers or pink moccassins grow out of forest floor. All flowers are facing camera. Leaves are opened side to side. Other twigs and leaves around.
Mushroom Closeup Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Maine, MDI	Mushroom Closeup Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9616 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Maine, MDI Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of tall egg shaped mushrooms with white ruffled outer skin. Two mushrooms in foreground with one out of focus mushroom in background. Dark grass on ground, with rain drops on grass.
Tree at Schoodic Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Maine, Schoodic	Tree at Schoodic Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9617 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Maine, Schoodic Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of a driftwood trunk with many tangled branches coming off in all directions. Photo taken from below tree. Strong contrast on shadows of branches. White granite boulder in foreground. Writing on back, “ Schoodic, tree at schoodic.”
Dead Tree against Sky Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Maine	Dead Tree against Sky Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9618 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Maine Description: 8 X 8 black and white photograph of dead tree with stripped bark silhouetted against the sky. ‘Y’ formation of top branches reaching to left and right corners. Sky in background with clouds, sun. Dark evergreen trees in lower left hand corner.
Once There Were Giants Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Maine	Once There Were Giants Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9619 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Maine Description: 8 X 8 black and white photograph of driftwood tree in midground with main trunk pointing toward left of photo. Sparse grass in foreground with rocks. Dark evergreen trees in background. Writing in back of photo, “ Mag.3 Dec.29 Once there were giants.”
Driftwood Patterns Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Maine	Driftwood Patterns Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9620 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Maine Description: 8 X 8 black and white close-up photograph of driftwood grain patterns, grey photo with black in corners.
Dead Tree Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Maine	Dead Tree Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9621 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Maine Description: 8 X 8 black and white photograph of a dead tree with stripped bark. Five branches reaching toward the sky. Large white cloud over top half of photo. Small strip of sea and horizon along very bottom half inch of photo.
Driftwood in Beach Grass Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Maine	Driftwood in Beach Grass Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9622 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Maine Description: 6 X 6 black and white photograph of a log of drift wood in lower left corner, surrounded by beach grasses. Highlighted patch of sand or rocks in lower right corner.
Evergreen Bush Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Maine	Evergreen Bush Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9624 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Maine Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of evergreen bush branches. Many small clumps of leaves on the bush. light shadows in background. Mostly grey photo. ‘LaRue Spiker’ written in red pen on back of photo.
Beach Stump Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Maine	Beach Stump Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9625 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Maine Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of a stump of driftwood lighted from the right on beach. Rocks in sand and waves on shore in background. Shadow is cast by wood to the left hand side of the photo.
Palm Plant with Cones Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.		Palm Plant with Cones Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9626 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Description: 8 X 10 black and white close-up photograph of a base of a palm plant. Leaves grow on stem from ground that has pine cone-like pods in a cluster on lighted grass. Behind the stem of the leaves is darkness. Sky visible on upper left corner.
Pitcher Plant Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Maine	Pitcher Plant Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9627 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Maine Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of two flowers of the pitcher plant bending toward the ground. Ground is cropped by bottom of photo. Background is tall thin grasses. Paper attatched to the back, “ The pitcher plant, common to the bogs and marshes of Maine, is an insectivorous plant. The leaves have become modified receptacles for the capture and ingestion of insects enabling the plant to grow in soils otherwise too poor to support it." [show more]
Pitcher Plants Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Maine	Pitcher Plants Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9628 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Maine Description: 8 X 10 black and white photographs of three flowers of the pitcher plant on tall thin stems. Flowers are round and shiny and petals curl into itself. All heads of flowers facing away from the viewer. Small veined cupped leaves on ground. Background is heavily textured with plant leaves and grasses. Print is on matte paper.
Skunk Cabbage with Fruit Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Maine	Skunk Cabbage with Fruit Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9629 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Maine Description: 8 X 10 black and white close-up photograph of skunk cabbage with white rough skinned fruit inside leaves. Closeup of cabbage leaning toward right side of frame. Lighted background.
Skunk Cabbage Opening Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Maine	Skunk Cabbage Opening Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9631 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Maine Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of skunk cabbage with opening leaves. Many twigs and branches in lower and top of picture. Three white areas on left side where tape has removed surface of photo. Paper attatched to back, “ 2. the leaves push through the earth in a pointed sheath and look like this several days after the appearance of the hood. In maturity they are oval and quite large. the fruit, somewhat larger than a golf ball, is fleshy and rough skinned.” [show more]
Skunk Cabbage Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Florida	Skunk Cabbage Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9630 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Florida Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of skunk cabbage. Plants resemble cupped hands and are bending in towards each other. White spots are on the suface of each plant. Dirt and grass surround the plants. Writing on back, “ The skunk cabbage-item 70%.”
Southern Forest Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1959	Florida	Southern Forest Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9632 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1959 Place: Florida Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of a forest floor with fallen leaves and debris. Tall trees with straight trunks and palm leaves throughout background. Ferns on left and right sides on photo. Paper on back, “ The cover of this section of bay was primarily palmetto and fern with some loblolly bay (a member of the tea family) mixed in.
Maine Fern Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1959	Maine	Maine Fern Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9633 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1959 Place: Maine Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of a single stemed fern with five leaves coming off stem in center of photo. Leaves are lighted background is dark with other plants. Back of photo, ‘ December 1959, Frontier’s Zinc H7, 3” wide 2.5” deep.”
Fern with Seed Stalks Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1959	Maine	Fern with Seed Stalks Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9634 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1959 Place: Maine Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of a large fern in middle with all leaves pointing upwards. Large seed stalks in center of fern. All values of photo are of equall light and shadow.
Unfolding Ferns Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Florida	Unfolding Ferns Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9635 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Florida Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of two new fern plants with opening leaves. Plants are in front of a piece of wooden log. The plant furthest left is casting a shadow on the bottom of the log. There is dark moss in the forground at the bottom of frame.
Sub-tropical Forest, Highland's Hammock State Park, Florida Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Florida	Sub-tropical Forest, Highland's Hammock State Park, Florida Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9636 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Florida Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of a gravel road lined with palm trees and tropical foliage. Large tree on left side in foreground, with long branch extending from middle of left side of photo to the upper right corner. Paper attatched to back, “ Not all of that mecca for wintering Yankees is surf and shining sand; interior Florida is equally interesting. The sub-tropical forest shown here is part of the Highland’s Hammock State park. There are trailering facilities in the park and in nearby Sebring. LeRue Spiker % Gilbert, 2037 Walnut St. Phila 3, Penna. “ [show more]
Florida Wetland Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1960 c.	Florida	Florida Wetland Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9637 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1960 c. Place: Florida Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of a Florida wetland. Body of water in lower part of image with palm tree in center of picture extending out over water. Long spanish moss on trees in foreground on right side of picture.
Unidentified Air Plant Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1958	Florida	Unidentified Air Plant Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9986 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1958 Place: Florida Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of a small spider-like air plant attatched to large tree trunk. Writing on back, “ La Rue Spiker, Route 1, Box 14C, Bar Harbor, Maine.” Paper attatched to back, “ 7. Dark green and graceful, this species is decidedly less comon. Even the experts have difficulty in identifying some specits when they are not in bloom.” Second attatchment, “ Note: the botanist at the Highlands Hammock State Park, Sebring, Florida identified this species for me as T. juncea. Later a botanist friend in Philadelphia questioned this identification. Therefore, I sent a copy of the photo to Mulford Foster at Orlando. He Stated : “Most definately the plant is not T. juncea.....Without the plant showing an inflorescence I would not wish to make any identification....” [show more]
Pineapple Air Plant, T. Utriculata Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Plants	Spiker, LaRue	1958	Florida	Pineapple Air Plant, T. Utriculata Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9987 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Plants Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: 1958 Place: Florida Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of a pineapple air plant attatched to base of trunk on tree. Tree in woods surrounded by other trees. Plant has tall stalk of dark flowers. Writing on back of photo, “ Corkscrew, 1958, LaRue Spiker, Route 1, Box 14c, Bar Harbor, Maine. Paper attatched to back, “ 3. A ‘pineapple air plant’ which had bloomed on the trunk of a small cypress tree. This species, Tillandsia utriculata, requires five or six years to mature, blooms but once then dies. It belongs to the same botanical genus as Spanish moss.” [show more]

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