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Southwest Harbor Revisited: Times Writer Reports on 1922 Fire
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1965
  • Southwest Harbor
Description:
Bar Harbor Times article about the 1922 fire that burned the business district. (January 7, 1965).
Few Phemomena of Civilization
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Other, History - Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Roads
  • LaRue Spiker
Few Phemomena of Civilization
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
“Few Phenomena of Civilization” by LaRue Spiker. 5 pages. History of Roads, cars on Mt. Desert Island Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.065.05
Shop of Penobscot Indian Enterprises
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Other, Business
  • Other, Crafts
  • Other, History - Bar Harbor
  • Other, Indian Island
  • Other, Native Ameicans
  • Other, Penobscot Governor's Council
  • Other, Penobscot Indian Enterprises
  • Other, Sweet grass
  • LaRue Spiker
Shop of Penobscot Indian Enterprises
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
“The Shop of Penobscot Indian Enterprises” by LaRue Spiker. 3 pages. Previously archived as 012.FIC.065.06
They That Hear
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Bibles
  • Other, Religion
  • LaRue Spiker
They That Hear
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
In pencil at top, says "They that Hear" John 6:25. Hand writing on side and edits of pages Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.065.08, **1400
One Day last Summer
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Islesford
  • Other, Painting
  • LaRue Spiker
One Day last Summer
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Isleford LaRue meeting Ashley Bryan painting Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.065.09
Publicity for Boston Globe-Portland Press Herald
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Newspapers
  • Other, Publicity
  • Other, Tourism
  • LaRue Spiker
Publicity for Boston Globe-Portland Press Herald
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Publicity about great treatment tourists will receive in Bar Harbor, island; some history Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.065.10, **1395
Meeting Notes regarding TEPCO
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Aluminum industry
  • Other, Nuclear power plants
  • Other, TEPCO
  • Other, Trenton
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1968
Meeting Notes regarding TEPCO
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Handwritten notes taken by journalist, LaRue Spiker, at five meetings pertaining to possible industrial development in Trenton by TEPCO. Proposed development included a nuclear power plant and an aluminum reduction plant. 28 pages of hand written notes on 8.5x11 inch paper Previously archived as 012.FIC.055.6
Drafts of Articles for Publication on Industrial Park in Trenton
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1969
Description:
Apparent drafts for two articles authored by journalist, LaRue Spiker, regarding the controversy over proposed industrial development in Trenton by TEPCO. One article includes note, "mailed Me Digest 1-20-69". Previously archived as 012.FIC.055.7
Rough Notes on TEPCO Issue
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Aluminum industry
  • Other, Nuclear power plants
  • Other, TEPCO
  • Other, Trenton
  • LaRue Spiker
Rough Notes on TEPCO Issue
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Eleven handwritten notes by journalist, LaRue Spiker. Notes pertain to proposed industrial development in Trenton by TEPCO. Proposed development was a nuclear power plant and an aluminum reduction plant. Previously archived as 012.FIC.055.8
Handwritten Notes on Political Topics
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Political issues
  • LaRue Spiker
Handwritten Notes on Political Topics
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Three sets of handwritten notes, possibly in preparation for articles. Previously archived as 012.FIC.057.2
Assorted Notes Related to Topic "Maine on the Grow"
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Newsletter
  • Other, Industry
  • Other, Maine
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1968
Assorted Notes Related to Topic "Maine on the Grow"
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Three sets of notes, one typed and two handwritten, pertaining to Maine industry, possibly in preparation for an article Spiker was writing. Notes include 1) reprint of article from the "Wall Street Journal", 2) Notes on Industrial bonds, and 3) Report on Maine industries by Governor Kenneth M. Curtis. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.058.3
A Question of Harmony
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Development
  • Other, Economic policy
  • Other, Environment
  • Other, Environmental policy
  • LaRue Spiker
A Question of Harmony
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Three typewritten copies of the manuscript to accompany a slide show written by LaRue Spiker for the League of Women Voters. Manuscripts are hand notated with directions for delivery. Copies include one Reader's Copy, 10pp., second Reader's Copy, 11pp. and Projector's Copy, 11 pp. Slide show is archived in the Photo Collection Previously archived as 012.FIC.061.4
Notes in Preparation for Article
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Note, Field Note
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Storytelling
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1961
Notes in Preparation for Article
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
One page of rough, handwritten notes by Spiker in preparation for article on a storytellying program in Mt. Desert schools. Previously archived as Object Id 012.FIC.064.2
Head shot of LaRue Spiker
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Head shot of LaRue Spiker
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Head and shoulder shot of young girl wearing glasses, scarf and coat From the LaRue Spiker Family,Friends and Personal Note- Dec.1934
La Rue 4 months
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
La Rue 4 months
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Baby in a long dress sitting on a chair From the LaRue Spiker Family,Friends and Personal Note- La Rue-4 months
Spanish Moss in a live oak grove
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Central Florida
Spanish Moss in a live oak grove
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Oak grove draped in Spanish Moss Note-"Spanish Moss' in a live oak grove in Central Florida. It is not a parasite but manufactures its own food from air and rain using the host tree for support only. From the LaRue Spiker Nature Collection
People standing in front of parked cars
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Other, transportation - Land
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
People standing in front of parked cars
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Long line of people standing in front of parked cars.
Somesville Union Meeting House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Buildings
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Somesville Union Meeting House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Somesville Union Meeting House in the snow.
Schooner undersail
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Southwest Harbor, Maine
Schooner undersail
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Schooner undersail on a calm evening.
Seawall Picnic area
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, transportation - Land
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Southwest Harbor, Maine
Seawall Picnic area
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Seawall picnic area. Car parked near picnic tables. Woman walking near the shore.
Boats moored in harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Boats moored in harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Boats moored in the Harbor taken from the town pier. Lobster trap on the pier.
Boats moored in harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Boats moored in harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Boats moored in the Harbor taken from the town pier.
Southwest Harbor Town Dock
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
  • Southwest Harbor, Maine
Southwest Harbor Town Dock
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Southwest Harbor Town Dock and Beal’s Lobster Wharf. Three punts on float below Beal's. Barrels and traps piled on the pier. Car near the back door of the lobster pound.
Woman standing looking at ocean
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Woman standing looking at ocean
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Woman standing on path or road looking at at the ocean. Two people seated on rocks behind her. Placque on granite to the left.
Dam and fish ladder
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Dam and fish ladder
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Dam and fish ladder in Somesville Mill Pond.
Family at campsite
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Family at campsite
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Family seated on ground at a campsite. Tents and picnic table in background.
Small house along shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • Other, industry - Fishing
  • LaRue Spiker
Small house along shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Small house along shore. Row boat moored near shore. May be Gott’s Island.
Lobster bouys on boat stern
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • Other, industry - Fishing
  • LaRue Spiker
Lobster bouys on boat stern
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lobster buoys and barrels on the stern of a lobster boat.
Schooner undersail
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • LaRue Spiker
Schooner undersail
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Schooner undersail on a calm evening.
Trail along a pond
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Trail along a pond
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Trail along a pond. May be Upper Hadlock Pond.
Sharp rocks near water
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Sharp rocks near water
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Sharp rocks near water. May be Somes Sound.
Three seated women
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Three seated women
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Three women age 70+ seated in room in #998-1199-2304. Framed artwork on the wall over head.
Three seated women
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Three seated women
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Three women age 70+ seated in room in #998-1199-2304. Framed artwork on the wall over head.
Heating stove in room
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Interior
  • LaRue Spiker
Heating stove in room
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wood or coal parlor stove in den or office in a house. Small table in the corner. Framed art on the walls.
Heating stove in room
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Interior
  • LaRue Spiker
Heating stove in room
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wood or coal parlor stove in den or office in a house. Small table in the corner. Framed art on the walls.
Close up of beach painting
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Object, Art
  • LaRue Spiker
Close up of beach painting
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of painting or photograph of coastal scene.
Closeup of beach painting
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Object, Art
  • LaRue Spiker
Closeup of beach painting
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of painting or photograph of coastal scene.
Den or office
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Interior
  • LaRue Spiker
Den or office
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Den or office in a house. Desk with telephone on the right. Two chairs to the left. Cabinet in the middle with framed photo or painting above it.
Boulders and roots along pond
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Mount Desert Island, Maine
Boulders and roots along pond
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Boulders and tree roots along a pond. May be upper Hadlock Pond.
Granite Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Mount Desert Island, Maine
Granite Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Granite bridge on the carriage roads in Acadia National Park
Granite bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Mount Desert Island, Maine
Granite bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Granite bridge on the carriage roads in Acadia National Park
Bear Island Lighhouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Mount Desert, Maine
Bear Island Lighhouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bear Island Lighthouse
Pond at base of mountain
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Pond at base of mountain
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Pond at the base of a Mountain.
Log cabin with double chimney
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Log cabin with double chimney
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Log cabin with double chimney and deck on the front. Appears to be Charles Child’s house at Old Point in Bernard.
Farmhouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
Farmhouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Farmhouse with clapboard siding. Shutters closed. Greek Revival Cape Cod house with central chimney. Two story addition on the right.
Man etching birds
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Object, Art
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Man etching birds
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Man etching or drawing birds. Pipe in one hand.
Mountain at end of pond
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Mountain at end of pond
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
A mountain from the end of a pond.
Summer cottage porch
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Summer cottage porch
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Summer cottage with open porch along the shore path.
Shore path sign
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Shore path sign
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Sign at the start of the shore path outside the Bar Harbor Motor Inn. Sign reads, “Notice. No trespassing. Private grounds for the use of guests only. Violaters will be prosecuted.”
Shore Path view
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Shore Path view
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The shore path in Bar Harbor looking out to one of the porcupine islands.
Shore Path Sign
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Shore Path Sign
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Sign at entrance of shore path. Sign reads, “This lovely foot path along the shore traverses private property and is open to the public at the pleasure of the owners. No bicycles or similar vehicles permitted. Nor animals not on leash. Misuse of the path such as littering damaging or misbehavior can be the cause for closing the path to public use. The path will be open from daylight in the morning to half an hour after sunset. By order of the town council.” [show more]
Fence on Shore Path
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Fence on Shore Path
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fence along path leading from the end of the shore path the lower Main Street.
Shore Path sign
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Shore Path sign
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Sign at end of Shore Path exit to Main Street. Sign reads, “To Main Street through private drive by permission of owner. No bicycles allowed. Animals must be on leash. Owner reserves the right to close this exit if privilege is abused in any way. By order of the town council.”
Duck Brook Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Duck Brook Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Duck Brook bridge
Duck Brook Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Duck Brook Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Duck Brook bridge
Large barn and farmhouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
Large barn and farmhouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Large barn and farmhouse
Inlet to marsh
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Inlet to marsh
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Inlet to marshy area.
Inlet to marsh
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Inlet to marsh
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Inlet to marshy area.
Woman in front of large fireplace
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Interior
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Woman in front of large fireplace
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Women standing in front of large fireplace. Iron pots hang over logs in the fireplace. Antlers are mounted above the mantel. A table and chair are in the center of the home. Looks similar to the kitchen in the Colonel Black house in Ellsworth.
Woman in front of large fireplace
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Interior
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Woman in front of large fireplace
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Women sitting in front of large fireplace. Iron pots hang over logs in the fireplace. Antlers are mounted above the mantel. A table and chair are in the center of the home. Looks similar to the kitchen in the Colonel Black house in Ellsworth.
Punts under pier at low tide
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • Other, industry - Fishing
  • LaRue Spiker
Punts under pier at low tide
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Punts under a pier at low tied. Fishing village in the distance. May be Southwest Harbor.
Punt and lobster traps on shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • Other, industry - Fishing
  • LaRue Spiker
Punt and lobster traps on shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Over turned punt on shore with lobster traps.
Swans Island Ferry terminal
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • Other, building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bass Harbor, Maine
Swans Island Ferry terminal
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Swans Island ferry terminal.
Swans Island Ferry Terminal
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • Other, building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bass Harbor, Maine
Swans Island Ferry Terminal
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Swans Island ferry terminal.
Lobster boats iced in harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • LaRue Spiker
Lobster boats iced in harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lobster boats iced in the harbor.
Wagon hauling granite
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Land
  • Other, building
  • LaRue Spiker
Wagon hauling granite
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Long wagon for hauling granite. Under shelter. No walls.
Mill stones on granite
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Industry - Agriculture
  • LaRue Spiker
Mill stones on granite
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two mill stones mounted on slab of granite. Granite wagon in shed to the right out of the picture.
Man carving stone
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, industry - Stone Cutting
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Man carving stone
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Man sitting on side of a memorial stone holding chisel and mallet.
Wagon hauling granite
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Land
  • Other, building
  • LaRue Spiker
Wagon hauling granite
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Long wagon for hauling granite. Under shelter. No walls.
Small Row boat on shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Small Row boat on shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Small row boat overturned on the shore.
Lobster boat in cradle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Lobster boat in cradle
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lobster boat in cradle on the shore. Mountain in the distance.
Man sitting on side of a memorial stone
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, industry - Stone Cutting
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Man sitting on side of a memorial stone
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Man sitting on side of a memorial stone holding chisel and mallet.
Greek Revival House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
Greek Revival House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Greek Revival House with dustpan dormer and central chimney. Wing off the right with open porch.
Two story cape cod house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, building
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Two story cape cod house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two story full cape cod house on the shore. Another building close to the water. It may be a boat house.
Pulpit Rock
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Pulpit Rock
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Pulpit Rock along shore path in Bar Harbor. Town pier to the left.
Colonial style house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
Colonial style house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Colonial style two story house. Central chimney, central doorway with two windows on each side.
High ledges along shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
High ledges along shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
High ledges along the shore.
Rocky beach
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Rocky beach
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Rocky beach. Evergreens along the shore.
Heavy surf rolling to shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Heavy surf rolling to shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Heavy surf rolling in to the shore.
Beached Boat
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Beached Boat
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Boat on the shore in the grass. Rocky beach and evergreens.
Run down pier
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
Run down pier
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Run down buildings on pier. Remants of old pier to the left. May be Southwest Harbor.
Colonial style house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
Colonial style house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Colonial style two story house. Central chimney, central doorway with two windows on each side.
Colonial style house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
Colonial style house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Colonial style two story house. Central chimney, central doorway with two windows on each side.
Lobster boat on the shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • Other, industry - Fishing
  • LaRue Spiker
Lobster boat on the shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lobster boat on the shore in the grass.
Deck of a fishing boat
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • Other, industry - Fishing
  • LaRue Spiker
Deck of a fishing boat
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Deck of a fishing boat tied up to a pier. Other fishing boats in the harbor. May be Manset.
Ocean side beach from the hill
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Ocean side beach from the hill
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Ocean side beach from the hill. May be Sand Beach.
Bass Harbor Country Store
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1950-1960
  • Bass Harbor, Maine
Bass Harbor Country Store
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Man leaving the Bass Harbor Country store. Cars parked near the shore. Western Mountain in the distance.
Bass Harbor Country Store
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1950-1960
  • Bass Harbor, Maine
Bass Harbor Country Store
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
People standing outside the Bass Harbor Country store. Cars parked near the shore. Western Mountain in the distance.
Selectman's Building
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Selectman's Building
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The Mount Desert Island Historical Society’s Selectmen’s building in Somesville.
View of Somes Sound
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Mount Desert, Maine
View of Somes Sound
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
View of Somes Sound through the trees from Sargent Drive.
Small cove surronded by grasses
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Small cove surronded by grasses
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Small cove surrounded by marsh grasses. Small float and ramp to the left. May be Somesville.
People gathered at racetrack
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
People gathered at racetrack
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
People gathered at the fence at Robin Hood Park racetrack waiting for the horses. Copy of an old photo.
Rocks jutting into harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Rocks jutting into harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Rocks jutting out into the harbor. Mountains in the distance. Sailboat underway. In the foreground is a sort of brace or frame made of logs with a pole extending into the air.
Horses on racetrack
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1900
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Horses on racetrack
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Horses on the race track at Robin Hood Park. People gathered at the fence along the track. Copy of old photo.
Grandstand at race track
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1900
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Grandstand at race track
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Grandstand at the race track at Robin Hood Park Copy of old photo.
Piers going out into the Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1900
  • Bass Harbor, Maine
Piers going out into the Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Piers going out into the Harbor. Brick building in the foreground may be the old cannery.
People on float at Claremont
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1900
  • Southwest Harbor, Maine
People on float at Claremont
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
People on the floats at the Claremont. Canoes along side the floats Copy of an old photo.
Photo of a postcard of the Claremont Hotel
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Southwest Harbor, Maine
Photo of a postcard of the Claremont Hotel
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Photo of a postcard of the Claremont Hotel. Postcard reads, “This is the hotel where Gladys and I Annie Clark worked this summer...have been down to call on them this afternoon. Have seen alot of MDI. Allen Gray?? has been here. All of the family are there.”
Dirigo Hotel
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Southwest Harbor, Maine
Dirigo Hotel
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The Dirigo Hotel Copied from an old photograph.
Claremont Hotel
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
  • Southwest Harbor, Maine
Claremont Hotel
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The Claremont Hotel from the driveway
Boat at Claremont Hotel
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
  • Southwest Harbor, Maine
Boat at Claremont Hotel
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The boat house at the Claremont Hotel. Yachts sailing in Somes Sound.
Claremont Hotel
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Other, transportation - Land
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1960c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Maine
Claremont Hotel
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The Claremont Hotel. Car parked on the right.
Man stading in front of ivy covered wall
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Southwest Harbor, Maine
Man stading in front of ivy covered wall
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Man standing in front of rock wall with ivy growing on the top. In the background - porch of Claremont Hotel with rocking chairs and bulletin board.
Curved tree trunk
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Curved tree trunk
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Curve tree trunk along shore of pond. Mountain in the background.
Dirt Road passing field
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Dirt Road passing field
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Dirt road passing a rocky field (maybe a blueberry field).
Lobster Bouy leaning against wooden trap
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Industry - Fishing
  • LaRue Spiker
Lobster Bouy leaning against wooden trap
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lobster buoy leaning against a wooden lobster trap.
Marsh
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, buildings
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Marsh
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Marsh
Lobster traps piled on piers
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • Other, buildings
  • LaRue Spiker
Lobster traps piled on piers
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lobster traps piled on piers along the shore. Lobster boats in the harbor.
Looking at fishing boats
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • Other, buildings
  • LaRue Spiker
Looking at fishing boats
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Looking out at fishing boats in a harbor through a log frame to which a block and tackel is attached.
Looking at fishing boats
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • Other, buildings
  • LaRue Spiker
Looking at fishing boats
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Looking out at fishing boats in a harbor through a log frame to which a block and tackel is attached.
Hulls of small and large wooden boats
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • Other, buildings
  • LaRue Spiker
Hulls of small and large wooden boats
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Hulls of small and large wooden boat beached on the shore. Boats moored in the harbor. House along the opposite shore.
puppy in grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • LaRue Spiker
puppy in grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
LaRue Spiker’s pet puppy playing on the grass.
Puppy in grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • LaRue Spiker
Puppy in grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
LaRue Spiker’s pet puppy playing on the grass.
Puppy in grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • LaRue Spiker
Puppy in grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
LaRue Spiker’s pet puppy playing on the grass.
Puppy in Grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • LaRue Spiker
Puppy in Grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
LaRue Spiker’s pet puppy playing on the grass.
Lily pad
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
Lily pad
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of lily pad and flower.
Lily pad
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
Lily pad
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of lily pad and flower.
Lily pad
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
Lily pad
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of lily pad and flower.
Lily pad
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
Lily pad
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of lily pad and flower.
Lily Pad Flower
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
Lily Pad Flower
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of lily pad and flower.
Puppy in grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • LaRue Spiker
Puppy in grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
LaRue Spiker’s pet puppy playing on the grass.
Puppy in grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • LaRue Spiker
Puppy in grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
LaRue Spiker’s pet puppy playing on the grass.
Puppy in grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • LaRue Spiker
Puppy in grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
LaRue Spiker’s pet puppy playing on the grass.
Puppy in grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • LaRue Spiker
Puppy in grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
LaRue Spiker’s pet puppy playing on the grass.
Puppy in grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • LaRue Spiker
Puppy in grass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
LaRue Spiker’s pet puppy playing on the grass.
Close up of leaves, flowers, berries on branch
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
Close up of leaves, flowers, berries on branch
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of leaves and flowers or berries on the end of a branch.
Large rocks on shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Large rocks on shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Large square rocks along the shore.
Large rocks along shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Large rocks along shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Large square rocks along the shore.
Sharp rocks on shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Sharp rocks on shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Sharp rocks along the shore.
Rocky beach on inlet
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, building
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Rocky beach on inlet
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Rocky beach on either side of a small inlet. Punt on the beach waiting for the tide to come and float again. Other row boats moored in the cove. Two houses at the end of the cove.
Masive rocks on shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Masive rocks on shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Masive rocks on the edge of the shore.
Copy of Summit Hotel or Green Mountain House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Copy of Summit Hotel or Green Mountain House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Copy of old photo of the Summit Hotel or the Green Mountain house on Cadillac Mountain.
Copy of Green Mountain Railway
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Land
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Copy of Green Mountain Railway
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Copy of old photo of Green Mountain Railway train on Cadillac Mountain.
Copy of horse and wagon outside Green Mountain House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Copy of horse and wagon outside Green Mountain House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Copy of old photo of horse and wagon standing outside the Green Mountain House on Cadillac Mountain.
Copy of old photo of horse and wagon by Green Mountain House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Description:
Copy of old photo of horse and wagon standing outside the Green Mountain House on Cadillac Mountain.
Wood nymph
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Wood nymph
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wood nymph in a garden overlooking a harbor. Fishing boats moored in the harbor.
Stream through woods
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Stream through woods
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Stream flowing through a dense woods. May the stream from Upper Hadlock Pond to Lower Hadlock pond.
Asticou Gardens
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Northeast Harbor, Maine
Asticou Gardens
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Path in the Asticou Gardens
Asticou Gardens
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Northeast Harbor, Maine
Asticou Gardens
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Large pot in the Asticou Gardens.
Asticou Gardens
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Northeast Harbor, Maine
Asticou Gardens
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Large pot in the Asticou Gardens.
Woman Seated by Fireplace
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Woman Seated by Fireplace
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Woman in skirt reading in high backed chair in front of fireplace. Bare wood walls with exposed ceiling beams.
Dressed up woman in formal garden
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Dressed up woman in formal garden
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Woman age 70+ in skirt suit in formal garden. She is reaching out to touch a flower.
Dressed up woman in formal garden
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Dressed up woman in formal garden
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Woman age 70+ in skirt suit in formal garden. She is reaching out to touch a flower.
Four people standing on steps of log house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Four people standing on steps of log house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Four people standing on the steps of two story log house with cedar roof shingles. Path through garden to stone steps which lead to a covered entrance way at the side of the house.
Four people on steps of log house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Four people on steps of log house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Four people standing on the steps of two story log house with cedar roof shingles. Path through garden to stone steps which lead to a covered entrance way at the side of the house.
Granite memorial to Joseph Cutris
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Memorial
  • LaRue Spiker
Granite memorial to Joseph Cutris
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Granite memorial to landscape architect Joseph Henry Curtis.
Isaac Somes House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Isaac Somes House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Isaac Somes house next to the Brookside cemetery in Somesville. Presently owned by Edward Babcock. Two and one half stories with a central chimney. One story el to the right and to the right a colonial revival porch. Shrubs around the front door.
Road through evergreens
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Road through evergreens
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Road through the evergreens. Lower branches are dead.
Cape Style house with well
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
Cape Style house with well
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Cape style house with well in the back. Gravel drive approaching house. Large oak or maple on the side of the drive.
Cape style house with well
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
Cape style house with well
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Cape style house with well in the back. Gravel drive approaching house. Large oak or maple on the side of the drive.
Old house with covered entry
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
Old house with covered entry
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Old house with small covered entry way and wide stairway approaching entrance. Two dormer windows visible. Ell to the right side was covered porch. Two dormer windows on ell.
Tools on pegboard
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • LaRue Spiker
Tools on pegboard
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Tools diplayed on two plywood boards. Spinning wheel and Mammy bench, a rocking bench to seat mother and child, below the tools.
Isaac Somes House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Isaac Somes House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Isaac Somes house next to the Brookside cemetery in Somesville. Presently owned by Edward Babcock. Two and one half stories with a central chimney. One story el to the right and to the right a colonial revival porch. Shrubs around the front door.
Looking through granite stones
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Miscellaneous
  • LaRue Spiker
Looking through granite stones
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Looking through an opening in two granite stones covered with vines and flowers to a granite wall or foundation.
Lewis Somes House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Lewis Somes House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lewis Somes House on Main street Somesville. Picket fence in front of house. Greek Revival Cape style. Presently owned by the Dresser family of Massachusetts.
Empty road
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, building
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Empty road
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Empty road lined with telephone poles. Mail box on the right side. House on the left in the distance.
Dining room in old house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Interior
  • LaRue Spiker
Dining room in old house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Dining room in old house. Painted wood floor - wide floor boards. Round braided rug and rectangular hooked rug on the floor. Table with tunred wood legs and four chairs. Two candlesticks on a soup tureen on the table. China cabinet on the far wall. Fireplace behind the table. May be a house in Somesville.
Two Story House next to cove
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Two Story House next to cove
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two story house with two window upstairs and a porch in the gable end. Small cove at low tide.
Low tide Somes Cove
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1950-1979
  • Somesville, Maine
Low tide Somes Cove
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Low tide in Somes Cove. House, currently owned by Henry Schmelzer, on the hill. Selectmen’s building to the left.
Gravel road through woods
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Gravel road through woods
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Gravel road through the woods. May be a carriage trail.
Stream through culvert
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Stream through culvert
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Stream running through a large granite “culvert”.
Old house among large oaks
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
Old house among large oaks
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Old house among large oak trees. Five windows on the side. Three dormers on the roof. May be a house in Somesville.
Looking at water from rocky beach
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Looking at water from rocky beach
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Looking out a calm water from a rocky beach. Two sail boats moored in the harbor.
Rocky Stream
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Rocky Stream
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Rocky stream flowing from pond. Bare trees on the bank along with some evergreens.
Headstone of Abraham Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Cemetery
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Headstone of Abraham Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Headstone of Abraham Somes died Sept 7, 1819 at age 87. Brookside cemetery.
Small Inlet
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, building
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Small Inlet
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Small inlet with beach one each side. House on opposite shore. Logs reinforcing earth along the shore. This area may be a parking lot or some sort of pier.
Cildren on firetruck
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, transportation - Land
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Cildren on firetruck
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Children playing on the back of a firetruck.
Mill Stones
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Industry - Mill
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Mill Stones
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mill stones for grinding grain in the ground outside the Mount Desert Island Historical Society’s Selectmen’s Building. Plaque on one millstone. Somes Brook in the background.
Fair Oaks Farm
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Sound, Mt. Desert, Maine
Fair Oaks Farm
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
James Richardson homestead at Fair Oaks Farm. The addition on the left was built by Bloomfield Richardson near the turn of the century and used as a dance hall. Now owned by Kay and Robert Moore. Kay Moore is a descendant of James Richardson. The house is rented in the summer.
Choppy harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Choppy harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Choppy harbor looking out to two points and a mountain in the distance. May be Somes Harbor.
Cobbler's Bench
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Industry - Shoemaking
  • LaRue Spiker
Cobbler's Bench
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Cobbler’s bench and shoe lasts.
Old barn
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
Old barn
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Old barn with clapboard siding. Large sliding door. Small windows over the large door. Cedar shingles on the roof. Road in foreground.
Somesville school
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Other, transportation - Land
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Somesville school
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Former Somesville School. Chain link fence around school. Sign outside reads, “Mount Desert Island Child Guidance Association. Office.” Car circa 1950s outside the school.
People around stone with plaque
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, music
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
People around stone with plaque
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
People gathered around granite stone with plaque. Man at a microphone playing the saxaphone.
Choppy harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Choppy harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Choppy harbor with mounrtains in the distance. Spot on neg.
Children with American Flags
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, building
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Children with American Flags
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Chidren with small American flags on the Somesville Library Lawn. Fernald’s store and Gulf station in the background.
Woman standing on bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Woman standing on bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Woman standing on bridge looking over the side. Dirt road approaching bridge. A car is parked on the road to the left.
Narrow path through woods
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Narrow path through woods
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Narrow path through the woods.
Bridge over Kittredge Brook
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
  • LaRue Spiker
Bridge over Kittredge Brook
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bridge over Kittredge Brook outside Somesville on route 198.
Wood paneling covering fireplace
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Interior
  • LaRue Spiker
Wood paneling covering fireplace
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wood paneling covering fireplace. Brick chimney exposed. Two candlesticks on mantle. Candy tray on table in front of chimney. Another room beyond to the right. Mirror can be seen on a wall.
Rocky stream in woods
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Rocky stream in woods
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Rocky stream flowing through the woods.
Grass blowing
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Grass blowing
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Grass blowing in the wind in the foreground. Mountain in the distance. Appears to be Somes Harbor.
Meadow
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Meadow
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Meadow sloping toward the trees.
Selectmen's Building
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Selectmen's Building
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen’s building. Door open. Sign, “Museum Open Today” in the foreground. “Mount Desert Museum” sign on the building.
Fence along Somes Brook
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Fence along Somes Brook
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Chain link fence along Somes Brook. MDI Historical Society Selectmen’s Building in the background.
Cape Cod House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Cape Cod House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Old shingled Cape Cod House with extension to the right. Oil tank outside front door. May be the Dr. Kendell Kitredge house outside Somesville. Was owned by Eugeen Merchant who died in 1996.
Mountains in the distance
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Mountains in the distance
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mountains in the ditance. Evergreen covered point into the water on the right.
Grassy hill near inlet
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Grassy hill near inlet
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Grassy hill side leading down to saltwater inlet. Houses on the opposite shore in the distance.
Lewis Somes house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Lewis Somes house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The Lewis Somes house in Somesville. This was once the cobbler’s home. Now owned by Dresser Family of Massachusetts.
Star Kineo Cookstove
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Interior
  • LaRue Spiker
Star Kineo Cookstove
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Star Kineo cookstove, chest, small table, wooven rug in the kitchen of an old house. Table with lifting top which converts into a chair. Thin ruffled curtains in the widow.
Waterfall in woods
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Waterfall in woods
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Waterfall in the woods.
Wooden foot bridge over stream
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Wooden foot bridge over stream
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wooden foot bridge over fast flowing rocky stream in the woods.
Flowing rocky stream
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Flowing rocky stream
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fast flowing rocky stream in the woods.
Rocky stream in woods
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Rocky stream in woods
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fast flowing rocky stream in the woods.
Baby lambs
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • LaRue Spiker
Baby lambs
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Baby lambs sleeping on hay in a barnyard.
Wooden sled
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Transportation - Land
  • LaRue Spiker
Wooden sled
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wooden sled probably for pulling rocks from a field.
Pony in halter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • LaRue Spiker
Pony in halter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Pony wearing halter feeding on hay in a fenced in yard. Shingled barn to the right.
Sheep in yard
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • LaRue Spiker
Sheep in yard
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Sheep and lamb standing in a fenced in yard.
Lam in feeding trough
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • LaRue Spiker
Lam in feeding trough
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lamb standing in an empty feeding trough.
Sheep in pen
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • LaRue Spiker
Sheep in pen
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two sheep and a lamb in a pen outside a barn.