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Manuscript of Novel "The Mantle of Elijah"
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other, Manuscript
  • Other, Novel
  • LaRue Spiker
Manuscript of Novel "The Mantle of Elijah"
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Manuscript and revisions of novel, "The Mantle of Elijah" by Mt. Desert Island journalist and author LaRue Spiker. The novel's subject is Rev. Elijah Lovejoy.
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
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
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
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
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
Patterson Room - Northeast Harbor Library
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1981
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
B/W photograph of William Burden, Gunnar Hansen, and Nancy McCormick with exhibit in the Patterson Room of the Northeast Harbor Library.
Oysters
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Oysters
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white slide of oysters layed out on flat elevated screens. The tide is partly out exposing part of the shoreline.
Spanish Moss draping trees along a river
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Spanish Moss draping trees along a river
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Sunny day on river with a pal tree jutting out and spanish moss hanging on trees along the shoreline Note-Spiker Nature Collection
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
Swamp with trees draped in Spanish moss
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Little Corkscrew Swamp, Florida (near FT.Meyers)
Swamp with trees draped in Spanish moss
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Swamp with trees draped with Spanish moss and a Sable Plam in the centre Note-1. These great trees draped with Spanish moss seem to dream a bit over the quiet brown waters of the swamp. Spanish moss is the most ubiquitous member of a large family of flowering plants embracing over 1600 species, most of which occur in Central and South America.Eight species are fairly common in southeastern US, most of them confined to the swamps and hammocks of peninsular Florida.Species native to this country are all epiphytic, including the Spanish Moss, and do not harm the trees on which they grow. Photo taken in the Little Corkscrew swamp near Ft. Meyers, Flrorida. 61/4 "wide by 5 3/4" deep gmc H.T. Feb 1959. REST OF NOTE ILLEGIBLE Spiker Nature Collection [show more]
Spanish Moss
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Spanish Moss
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of two hanging Spanish Moss Note-Spiker Nature Collection
Lady's Slipper among the foliage
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Lady's Slipper among the foliage
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lady's Slipper among shrubs and pine tree branches Spiker Nature Collection
Close up of two Pink Moccasins
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Close up of two Pink Moccasins
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of two Lady's Slippers/Pink Moccasins Note- Pink moccasins Spiker Nature Collection
Three Lady's Slippers
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Three Lady's Slippers
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lady's Slippers Note-Of pink moccasins Spiker Nature Collection
Wind blown Dandelion
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Wind blown Dandelion
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Dandelion seeds blowing in the wind against a clear sky Note-Painted Trillium Spiker Nature Collection
Painted Trillium
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Painted Trillium
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of a Painted Trillium Note-Painted Trillium Spiker Nature Collection
Flowering Cherry Tree
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Flowering Cherry Tree
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of a flowering tree branch against the sky Note-Spiker Nature Collection
Spadix of a Calla Lilly
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Spadix of a Calla Lilly
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of the Spadix in a Calla Lilly Note-Spiker Nature Collection
Calla Lillies
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Calla Lillies
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Cluster of Calla lillies in a marsh with reeds acurrounding them Note-Spiker Nature Collection
Rock formation waiyting for crashing waves
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Acadia National Park
Rock formation waiyting for crashing waves
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Sun shining on the left handside with waves crashing towards the shore with the rock formations in the foreground.
Close up of waves crashing against the shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Acadia National Park
Close up of waves crashing against the shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of waves crashing onto the rocks with a lot of foam.
Bion Farnsworth Model
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Object, Art
  • Other, Crafts
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Hulls Cove, Maine
Bion Farnsworth Model
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bion Farnsworth’s model schooner.
Pine trees overlooking waves crashing against the Ocean Road
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Acadia National Park
Description:
Cloudy day with waves crashing against the rocky coast with Pine trees on the hillside.
Swells and waves on a cloudy day
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Acadia National Park
Swells and waves on a cloudy day
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Waves crashing towards rocky coast with an land in the background
Waves crashing along Ocean Drive
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Acadia National Park
Waves crashing along Ocean Drive
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Waves crashing against Ocean Drive with alot of spray in the background from one wave and the bell buoy on the righthandside.
Crashing waves on a cloudy day
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Crashing waves on a cloudy day
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Cloudy day with waves crashing,pine trees on the right handside and land in the distance.
Waves coming towards a large flat rock
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Waves coming towards a large flat rock
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Flat rock waiting for the crashing waves on a sunny cloudless day
Waves crashing against rocky shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Waves crashing against rocky shore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Flat rocks in the foreground with a wave crashing in the background
Sun hitting Granite formations
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Acadia National Park
Sun hitting Granite formations
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Granite formation along cliffs on a sunny day
An isolated Sand Beach on a sunny day
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Acadia National Park
An isolated Sand Beach on a sunny day
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
View of an empty Sand Beach on a sunny day from the overlook
Sand Beach with people on a sunny day
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Acadia National Park
Sand Beach with people on a sunny day
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
View of Sand Beach with people on a sunny day from the overlook.
Valley Cove framed by a tree and branch
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Valley Cove
Valley Cove framed by a tree and branch
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Sunny day looking at shaded rocks from a partial tree trunk and branch in the foreground and water and land on the opposite side. Note-Valley Cove Ruth
Tree framed snow field
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Tree framed snow field
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
View from a trail of a snow field framed by trees and the sun peeking through one of the branches
View of ocean and rocky shore through tree branches
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
View of ocean and rocky shore through tree branches
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Right part of a tree growing out of a rocky shore with ocean in the background
Marshall Island
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Marshall Island,ME
Marshall Island
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
View of Marshall Island from a plane Note-Top right front of photo number 90 written on white border Marshall Island,ME The owner of Marshall Island Ruth Tuesday Sept. 18th 1973
Waves caressing wood pilings
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Waves caressing wood pilings
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Waves crashing against pilings and seaweed resting on top of the pilings with sea in the background.
Huge boulder with a house and tree in the background
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Huge boulder with a house and tree in the background
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Boulder with water and a house in the bacground NOTE-A huge boulder, dropped by the receding ice sheet some 10,000 years ago,markes the head of the tide race through which salt water enters teh marsh twice daily.
Striated rocks on a cloudy day
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
Striated rocks on a cloudy day
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Striated rocks covered with shrubs along the top and seaweed around the base with the ocean and land in the background.
View of rocks jutting into the ocean
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
View of rocks jutting into the ocean
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Ocean view on a sunny day from the shore line showing reeds, trees,pine trees and rocks jutting into the water.
Lightbouse at Burnt Coat Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1965
  • Swans Island, Maine
Lightbouse at Burnt Coat Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lighthouse at Burnt Coat Harbor.
Bass Harbor Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bass Harbor, Maine
Bass Harbor Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bass Harbor Head Light taken from the back of house through the trees.
Baker's Island Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Baker’s Island, Maine
Baker's Island Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Baker’s Island Light.
West Quoddy Head Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Maine
West Quoddy Head Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Unidentified lighthouse West Quoddy Head
Baker's Island Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Baker’s Island, Maine
Baker's Island Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Baker’s Island Light. People sitting/standing on ledge outside chain link fence.
Lighthouse on Mount Desert Rock
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Mount Desert Rock, Maine
Lighthouse on Mount Desert Rock
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lighthouse at Mount Desert Rock.
Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bass Harbor, Maine
Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bass Harbor Head Light.
Mount Desert Rock Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Mt. Desert Rock, Maine
Mount Desert Rock Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mount Desert Rock Lighthouse.
Bass Harbor Head Light House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bass Harbor, Maine
Bass Harbor Head Light House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bass Harbor Head light.
Showshine Man
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Showshine Man
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Man having his shoes shined on the sidewalk. Car parked on street in background.
Boat tied to pier
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • Other, industry - Fishing
  • LaRue Spiker
Boat tied to pier
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Pier and fishing boats in unidentified harbor.
Farnsworth Children
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Hulls Cove, Maine
Farnsworth Children
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Farnsworth children drawing at children’s table. Girl sits alone in rocking chair. Telephone table in background.
Cocker Spaniel puppy with two front paws on white ottoman.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Dogs
  • Other, Pets
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c.1960s
  • Maine, MDI
Description:
Cocker Spaniel puppy sitting with two front paws propping up body on white ottoman. Dog is facing camera, and is slightly out of focus. Books behind dog on book shelf to the left. Titles, ‘Songs of the Red Army.’ etc. Cabinet door with knob handle to the right of dog. Pet of LaRue Spiker.
City street under a bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
City street under a bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Man sitting on bench at newsstand. People walking along cobblestone street under bridge. “Preston” truck passing by. Two Copies, one 8.5 x11, one 3x5
Row boats on shore in winter at Seal Cove
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Seal Cove, Maine
Row boats on shore in winter at Seal Cove
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Row boats overturned on the shore at Seal Cove in snow. Similar to 998-756-1861
Mount Desert Rock Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Mount Desert Rock, Maine
Mount Desert Rock Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lighthouse at Mount Desert Rock.
Bass Harbor Head Light
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bass Harbor, Maine
Bass Harbor Head Light
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bass Harbor Head Light from back of house looking over water. Path shoveled through snow. Spiker’s dog walks down path. Can not locate in Photo Album 02/01/2022
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wadsworth
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wadsworth
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wadsworth with Daschshund seated on slate steps leading to a house.
Bea Gates and Lisa Creed
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Object, Art
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Bea Gates and Lisa Creed
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bea Gates and Lisa Creed working on a printing press.
Visitors to Park
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Wild Gardens of Acadia, Acadia National Park
Visitors to Park
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Visitors to the park looking at a bulletin board with a poster discussing plant life. Appears to be at Wild Gardens of Acadia.
Edwin and Thelma Farley
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Edwin and Thelma Farley
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Edwin and Thelma Farley sit in front of their anniversary cake.
The Hadlocks
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
The Hadlocks
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Hadlock examine native American bowl at the Abbe Museum
60th anniversary Grenvilles
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
60th anniversary Grenvilles
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mr. and Mrs. Grenville in front of anniversary cake. Caption on the back of the photo reads" 120 years of marriage. 60th anniversary".
Big Tree Florida 1948
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1948
  • Florida
Big Tree Florida 1948
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Unknown couple, may be LaRue Spiker’s parents, standing in front of a large tree. Sign in front of them says, “Big Tree Florida 1948. Oldest-Largest Cyprus 3500 years 17 x 127 feet. Caption on the back reads, “Fla. 1948 - I was looking for something, and this fell out, Will pass it on to you in hopes you’ll get a big laugh. I was shocked at how distressed Pop looks and I can’t remeber of my face being so fat. I think this tree is some where near Orlander seems like some one was with us but I don’t know who. Any way I don’t want it around here.” [show more]
Leroy and Eunice
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1970s
Leroy and Eunice
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Leroy and Eunice unknown (no last name given). Couple approxiimately age 70 to 80 seated on a couch holding hands.
Mrs. Gerard Haraden
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1970s
Mrs. Gerard Haraden
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mrs. Gerard Haraden being presented a framed certificate by a Park Ranger.
Chong and Judy Lin
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Object, Art
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Chong and Judy Lin
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Chong and Judy Lin holding engraved plates near printing press.
Anne Mintz
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, music
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Anne Mintz
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Anne Mintz and unknown man seated on couch holding unusual musical intruments.
Ernie and Marilyn McMullen
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Ernie and Marilyn McMullen
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Ernie and Marilyn McMullen holding tray full of mugs outside what appears to be a brick oven.
Mr and Mrs Ralph ?
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Mr and Mrs Ralph ?
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph unknown (last name not identified) with two crates of lobsters.
Richard and Nora Davis
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, buildings
  • LaRue Spiker
Richard and Nora Davis
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Richard and Nora Davis in their solar powered house with their two cats.
The Davises
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, buildings
  • LaRue Spiker
The Davises
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Richard and Nora Davis in their solar powered house.
Lee Wilbur
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, industry - Boat Building
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Manset, Maine
Lee Wilbur
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lee Wilbur and unknown man on the left on a new fishing boat. Accession number also listed on the back as 998-570-1675
Bion Farnsworth and John Hinckley
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, industry - Boat Building
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Hulls Cove, Maine
Bion Farnsworth and John Hinckley
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bion Farnsworth (in the white shirt) and part-time assistant, lobsterman John Hinckley, lever and cradle a boat off the car which runs into the water on steel tracks. Has tape marks on it-yellow
Two Masted Sailboat
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • West Tremont, Maine
Two Masted Sailboat
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Unknown Man in double ended two-masted sailboat.
Man in sailboat
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Man in sailboat
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Man in small sailboat Savannah of W. Tremont. Two copies of the same photograph in the album.
Peter Hjarth and Farnham Butler
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, industry - Boat Building
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Peter Hjarth and Farnham Butler
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Peter Hjarth (sp?) with Lucky (sp?) Pierre in front of new boat about to be launched. The man in the white shirt is Farnham Butler of Mount Desert Yacht Yard. (RSR 5/2015)
Hauling Traps
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, industry - Fishing
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Hauling Traps
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Unknown Lobsterman hauling trap from the water.
Lyford Stanley and John Letour
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, industry - Boat Building
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bass Harbor, Maine
Lyford Stanley and John Letour
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lyford Stanley (L) and John Letour (R) looks at a half hull with another unknown man .
Filmming about Friendship Sloops
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, industry - Boat Building
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • LaRue Spiker
Filmming about Friendship Sloops
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Ralph Stanley far left and two men working on film about Friendship sloops. One of the cameramen is Lowell Wentworth. Unknown man
Lobster
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, industry - Fishing
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Lobster
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lobsterman in apron standing in lobster boat holding a lobster which was just taken from the trap.
Lobsterman
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, industry - Fishing
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Lobsterman
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Unknown Lobsterman in apron standing in lobster boat. Caption removed from back of photo read, “Lobster fishing is hard, dangerous work, but most fisherman would not swap it for any other business.
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
Stonington Waterfron
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Stonington Waterfron
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black andd white photo taken from a boat of a group of houses on the shoreline. One house in the uppper left of the frame has a turrett on one side of the house. Taken at low tide. Notation on back reads: Waterfront at Stonington.
Clyde Torrey's Ox
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Clyde Torrey's Ox
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Clyde Torreys ox. The back of the photograph is marked: "Clyde Torrey's ox, one of the last of it's kind, is teamed up with one of his horses for plowing."
View from Boathouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
View from Boathouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
View from boat house. The back of the photo is marked: "crop top + right side where light comes between posts - have margin of shadow above and beside door."
Humphreys Farm Stores Truck
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Humphreys Farm Stores Truck
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Humphreys Farm Stores 1922 Mack Truck. The front liscence plate is a Maine plate and reads "Mack-22."
Hancock County SPCA
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Hancock County SPCA
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Several ladies standing behind a table ready to sell pet supplies. One woman is seated and there is a boy leaning against the end of the table. The back of the photograph is marked: " Mrs Warren Hoag selling pet supplies and to the right of her Rosemary Thereault, Dr. Charlotte Rhodes and Barbara Sawyer. Treasurer of Hancock Co. SPCA."
Vintage car
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Vintage car
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Queen of the show. Vintage car with white tire rims. The front license plate is a commemorative "Maine 150th (1970) Anniversary plate."
Bar Harbor Landscaping
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Bar Harbor Landscaping
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two tractors moving dirt around. A man with a landscaping tripod can be seen in the distance behind the mound of dirt. Bar Harbor Landscaping.
Crossing Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Crossing Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Crossing the bridge.
Kenneth G. Grant Truck
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Kenneth G. Grant Truck
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
1924 Ford Truck. A blond boy, approx. 6 years old is approaching the truck. On the side of the truck there is a sign that reads: Kenneth G. Grant, Inc. (part of the sign is obscured by the blond boys head). The truck has a Maine liscence plate.
Pile of broken glass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Pile of broken glass
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
A pile of broken glass and debris bordered by two cement walls. Notation on back reads: Bottles are sorted
The Stern Tube
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
The Stern Tube
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Steel Tube balancing on a rock. The rock is on a slat of wood and in the opening of a wooden door. The back of the photograph is marked: "The Stern Tube. 78%"
Isleford school library
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Islesford
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Isleford, Maine
Isleford school library
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Islesford library book shelves at the elementary school.
Election ballot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
  • 1977
Election ballot
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Official Ballot for Mount Desert Distric No. 2. December 5, 1977.
Bass Harbor Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Bass Harbor Light House
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bass Harbor, Maine
Bass Harbor Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bass Harbor Lighthouse as seen from a distance to the right of the lighthouse. Just the light tower is seen above the rocks.
Bass Harbor Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Bass Harbor Light House
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bass Harbor, Maine
Bass Harbor Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse as seen from the water. There are two unknown indivduals sitting on the boat with the lighthouse and ocean in the background.
Baker's Island Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Baker's Island
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bakers Island, Maine
Baker's Island Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bakers Island Lighthouse.
St. Anne's Episcopal Church Campobello
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Campobello Island, Canada
St. Anne's Episcopal Church Campobello
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Campobello. A white wooden church
Old Woolen Mill
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Old Woolen Mill
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo of a winter scene of two light colored buildings next to an unfrozen river. Notation on the back reads: The Old Woolen Mill. Somesville
Machias
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Machias
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Machias, Maine
Machias
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Settlement of Machias. The back of the photograph is marked: "Machias settled."
Southwest Harbor ?
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Southwest Harbor ?
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
A Winters Day. Mountains, houses and a pier in the distant background. Southwest Harbor?
Bar Harbor Pier
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Bar Harbor Pier
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo of a snow covered pier with four cars and trucks parked in the plowed area. Small building to the left of the frame. Islands can be seen in the background. Winter's Day. Bar Harbor pier The back of the photograph is marked: "How does it look in the winter."
Tidal zone at low tide
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Tidal zone at low tide
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Marsh in an unknown location. Several houses are in the background.
House on water
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
House on water
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Dark Shingled house on the water. Unknown location. White building and trees behind it. Bridge to its right.
Frenchboro
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Frenchboro, Maine
Frenchboro
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo of a shed with a pier leading out the back. On the pier there is a stack of lobster traps. There are houses, grass and trees in the background. Notation on back reads: Frenchboro. On back "The Mission Arrives"
Manset Shore Road in Winter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Manset Shore Road in Winter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo of a snow covered road in the foreground. Birch trees on the other side of the road close to the water. A pier, islands, and a building to the right of the frame are in the bacdground. Notation on back reads: Manset Shore Road in Winter
Somesville Dam and its pond
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Somesville Dam and its pond
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo of a large body of water in the foreground and trees and mountains in the distance. Notation on back reads: View from Somesville. Somesville Dam and its pond
The Great Northern
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
The Great Northern
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black an white photo of two coveyers outside which were used to transport wood from the factory to a waiting area. There are two stacks of wood under on of the conveyors. There is other equipment in the background. Notation on back reads: The Great Northern
Factory
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Factory
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo of the Great Northern factory. There is a set of railroad tracks in the foreground and in front of the factory apear to be a number of rail car with something stacked on them. Notation on the back reads: The Great Northern.
Rowboat overturned Long Pond
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Rowboat overturned Long Pond
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Rowboat overturned at Long Pond.
Lumber
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Lumber
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Trees lined up on the ground. Man working on tree in background.
Bar Habor Drainage
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Bar Habor Drainage
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo pf a rocky beach. On the left side of the frame is rock pilings and to the right is a floating dock with a dingy on top. Photo was taken a low tide. Notation on back reads: The Bar Harbor Drainage.
Marsh
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Marsh
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
View of mountains and trees from marsh. Dinghy floating in marsh. No information on loaction.
Two Boats on beach
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Two Boats on beach
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two parts of two separate boats on a beach. The back of the photograph is marked: "Two Boats."
The Park at Franklin
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
The Park at Franklin
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo of two mill stones laying on granite blocks. In the distance is a white farmhouse looking building with a lawn in between. Notation on back reads: The Park at Franklin.
Carriage Road Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Carriage Road Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo of on of Rockafellers stone bridges over a carriage road. This appears to be the bridge at Eagle Lake taken from the vantage of walking from Eagle Lake toward Aunt Betty's Pond. Notation on back reads: Carriage Road Bridge
Tremont Dump
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Tremont, Maine
Tremont Dump
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo of a stack of used tires in the foreground, an older model truck in the background next to a stack of either wood or metal beams. To the right of the frame there is a person looking down at a pile of unknown items with a car near by with its trunk open. Notation on back reads: The open dump at Tremont.
Helicopter flying by boat
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Helicopter flying by boat
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Loading boat. Helicopter flying by the boat. Unkown Location.
Getchell Mill
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Machias, Maine
Getchell Mill
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo of a Grtchell Mill on the right with a bridge passing over the river to the left of the mill. Telephone pole in front of the mill. Labled Getchell Mill, Machias on back.
The Lifter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
The Lifter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The lifter. A carraige with big wheels, high off the ground.
Fish Ladder
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Fish Ladder
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Dam The back of the photograph is marked: "The fish ladder." Somesville ?
Along wooden path lobster traps
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Along wooden path lobster traps
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lobster pots stacked high along a wooden path on a dock.
Lobster buoys and traps
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Lobster buoys and traps
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lobster pots and traps stacked high. Boats, trees and houses in the background. The back of the photograph is marked: "Texture Downeast."
Wooden lobster traps and bouys
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Wooden lobster traps and bouys
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lobster traps stacked, lobster pots strewn all over the dock and leaning against a dark shingled building. The back of the photograph is marked: "Texure Downeast."
Unknown man at waterfront
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Southwest Harbor, Maine
Unknown man at waterfront
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo of a man sitting under a winch system at the end of the dock. The roof of a building can be seen in the baclkground. Waterfront, Southwest Harbor. Unknown man
Lobster buoy on roof
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Lobster buoy on roof
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bird on a wire. Lobster buoy on roof of shingled house.
Lobster buoys
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Lobster buoys
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lobster buoys, Lobster traps and rope leaning against a shingled building.
Lobster bouys hanging
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Lobster bouys hanging
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Dark shingled two story house with lobster bouys hanging on the side. Lobster pots to the right of the house and against a white barn. Unknown boy, approximately walking by.
View of the harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
View of the harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Marina in an unknown location. Boats and houses in the background. Lobsterpots in the foreground and lobster pots to the left of the photo.
Lobsterman's Warf in Bernard
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bernard, Maine
Lobsterman's Warf in Bernard
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo of piles of lobster bouys and lobster traps on the pier. Labled on back Lobsterman Wharf in Bernard
Boat Ashore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Boat Ashore
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
A pier with a boat ashore, several lobster traps, a small dock with a dinghy on it. No information on the location.
Dories
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Dories
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Four pea pod dories in a row with fishing nets on the last three dories.
Old shingled house and cars
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Old shingled house and cars
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two cars, shingled house, little barn and lobster pots. Mountains and trees in the background.
Lubec
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Lubec, Maine
Lubec
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lubec Landing Boat Facility.
Cranberry isle pier
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Cranberry isle pier
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Dock and dinghy's attached at Cranberry Isle. The back of the photographed is marked: "Economic base for the Cranberry Isles."
Punts
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Punts
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Punts under a ramp. Schooners in the distance.
Harbor view
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Harbor view
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
View of harbor. In the forefront are buoys and lobster traps. In the distance are several houses on a beach. Harbor is unidentified.
Mobilgas sign
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Mobilgas sign
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Mobligas sign on Spurling wharf says the Mailboat on back but I don't see a mailboat. Picture could be cut off. Not centered on paper
From Cranberry Island
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
From Cranberry Island
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
View of MDI from Cranberry Island.
End of the Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
End of the Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
End of the Harbor. Rocky beach with wood pillings.
Campobello
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Campobello Island, Canada
Campobello
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo taken across a dorck looking towards two boats on a distant dock. Written on back Campobello.
Lobster Traps
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Lobster Traps
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lobster pots and traps. The back of the photograph is marked: "Lots of lobster boats and lobster gear."
RJ Peacock Canning Company
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, RJ Peacock Canning Company
  • LaRue Spiker
RJ Peacock Canning Company
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
RJ Peacock Canning Co. There is a boat docked in front of the Canning Co. On the side is written: "Medric Boothbay HB."
Stanley Fisheries
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Manset, Maine
Stanley Fisheries
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Stanley Fisheries in Manset.
Pier
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Pier
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wooden storage facility at the end of a dock. No information is given on location.
Bar Harbor Pier
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Bar Harbor Pier
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photo of a number of cars parked in Bar Harbor Town Pier parking lot. Lobsterboats and Bar Island in the background.
The Beagle IV
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
The Beagle IV
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black and white photograph of five people onboard the Beagle IV in a harbor. The Beagle IV Lee Wilbur on back.
The Henry R. Hinckley
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, The Henry R. Hinckley
  • LaRue Spiker
The Henry R. Hinckley
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The Henry R. Hinckley. Man working on a 64 foot Hinckley sail boat.
Mr. and Mrs. Crozer Fox
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Mr. and Mrs. Crozer Fox
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Black an white photo of Mr. and Mrs. Crozer Fox working on a sailboat in the yard next to a hoouse.
Jennifer Anne
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, The Jennifer Anne
  • LaRue Spiker
Jennifer Anne
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The Jennifer Anne
Two boats
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Two boats
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two boats with houses in the distant background. The bow of a boat with the letters and numbers MS 4365 C. The Stern of another boat.
The Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
The Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The launching of The Maine.
Bluenose Approaching Dock
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Bluenose Ferry
  • LaRue Spiker
Bluenose Approaching Dock
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The Bluenose approaching a dock.
Burntcoat Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Burntcoat Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Burntcoat Harbor from the Minturn side. Lobster boat making its way toward a pier.
The Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
The Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Three men in a lobster boat at an unidentified harbor. The back of the photograph is marked: "The harbor." The photograph has a white border.
The Freedom
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, The Freedom
  • LaRue Spiker
The Freedom
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The Freedom. Says Stanley item on back of photo
Medieval Citadel
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Medieval Citadel
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Medieval Citadel.
Stone Furnace
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Stone Furnace
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Stone Furnace. The back of the photograph is marked: "Iron was last smelted in the blast furnace at the Katahdin Iron Works near Brownville, Maine in 1890. The operation started in 1843 and at its peak produced 2,000 tons of iron yearly." The lower right hand corner of the photograph is singed.
Beehive Kilns
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Beehive Kilns
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Beehive Kiln. Back of the photograph marked: "Fourteen beehive kilns like this remaining one produced hardwood charcoal to fire the blast furnace. Each firing required the product of one kiln." The lower left hand corner is singed.
Sheep
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Sheep
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Three white baby sheep and two black ones shitting on a bed of hay outside of a barn. Two white sheep and two black sheep in the fore front and a white sheep in the background in opening of barn door. The back of the photograph is marked: "Penobscot."
Dark Horse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Dark Horse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Dark horse walking out of stable. Canaan Dam-horse is marked on the back of the photograph.
Pony
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • LaRue Spiker
Pony
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Pony outside with head resting against fence.
Bird house and fountain
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
  • Florida
Bird house and fountain
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bird house and fountain at the Parakeet sanctuary.
Parakeet Sanctuary
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
  • Florida
Parakeet Sanctuary
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Bird house at the Parakeet sanctuary.
Pier in Florida
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Transportation - Maritime
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
  • Florida
Pier in Florida
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Motor boats tied to pier. Homes and palm trees in the background.
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.”
Jack o' Lantern
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Celebrations
  • LaRue Spiker
Jack o' Lantern
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Jackolantern glowing in the dark.
Parakeets
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
  • Florida
Parakeets
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of parakeet cages at the Parakeet sanctuary.
Parakeet City
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
  • Florida
Parakeet City
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Donation box and sign at the Parakeet Sanctuary which reads, “This Parakeet Sanctuary is in memory of Tony Shank Nov. 25, 1959 who devoted his time and energy for the development of ‘Parakeet City’ Donations for bird sees appreciated.”
Parakeets
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
  • Florida
Parakeets
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Parakeets in cage at the Parakeet Sanctuary.
Parkeet house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
  • Florida
Parkeet house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Close up of parakeet house in the Parakeet Sanctuary.
Parakeet house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
  • Florida
Parakeet house
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Parakeet house in the Parakeet Sanctuary.
Parakeet House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
  • Florida
Parakeet House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Parakeet house.
Parakeet House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
  • Florida
Parakeet House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Parakeet house in the Parakeet Sanctuary.
Minturn Post Office
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Minturn Post Office
  • Other, Swans Island
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
  • Minturn, Swans Island, Maine
Minturn Post Office
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The Minturn post office - one of three at that time.
Houses along the beach
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Houses along the beach
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Four houses along a pebbel beach
Hockamock Head Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • Other, Lighthouses
  • Other, Swans Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
  • Swans Island, Maine
Hockamock Head Lighthouse
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Hockamock Head Lighthouse on Swans Island.
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"
Rittenhouse Square
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Recreation
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rittenhouse Square
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
People looking at and sitting near a fountain in a park. Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia.
Fountain in a park
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Recreation
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fountain in a park
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
People looking at a fountain in a park. Children playing with the water. Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia.
Roof top view of Philadelphia
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Roof top view of Philadelphia
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Buildings in Philadelphia taken from a rooftop.
Park scene in Philadelphia by LaRue Spiker
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Recreation
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Park scene in Philadelphia by LaRue Spiker
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
People on benches in a park. Young men and women writing in notebooks.
Selling flowers
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, industry - Florist
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Selling flowers
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Man selling flowers to women on the sidewalk. $.35 per bunch. City buildings in the background.
Street in Philadelphia
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Street in Philadelphia
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Women on the street. One in center sipping coffee. Woman on the left is carrying a tray.
Street Vendor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, industry - Food
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Street Vendor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Street vendor serving hot dogs and pretzles to customers.
Brick Building in Philadelphia
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Brick Building in Philadelphia
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Colonial brick building. Brick courtyard in front.
Row of brick houses
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Row of brick houses
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Brick town houses.
Street in Philadelphia
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, transportation - Land
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Street in Philadelphia
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Cars parked along street. Suspension bridge in background. Wires crisscrossing the street.
Steaming toward Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Steaming toward Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Ship steaming toward bridge over river.
Brick building
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Brick building
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Brick building with oval lawn and park benches in front.
Independence Hall
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Independence Hall
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Independence Hall Tower.