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| Whaling on MDI Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Whaling on MDI Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Manuscript by LaRue Spiker and edited in her hand titled Youth's Stake in the Wilderness Act. 3 typed pages Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.1 | ||||
| Wetlands Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Wetlands Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed and annotated in pencil drafts of article written by LaRue Spiker unknown date and publication. Title Wetlands 8 pages Preiously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.2 | ||||
| The Vapid Seasons Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Vapid Seasons Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed and annotated in pencil drafts of article written by LaRue Spiker unknown date and publication. Title The Vapid Seasons, 9 typed pages Preiously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.2 | ||||
| Seal Research Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Seal Research Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed and annotated manuscript. Seal Research, an incomplete manuscript outlining the views expressed by marine biologist David T. Richardson about MDI Bio. Lab. research on seals. A Richardson letter of concern is included as is an undated article about the 73rd annual meeting of the Bio. Lab. Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.6 | ||||
| Stephen and the Thirsty Sparrows Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Stephen and the Thirsty Sparrows Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed and annotated manuscript. Stephen and the Thirsty Sparrows, an apparent fictionalized account of a 15th century Stepen Talivelli who put out water on his window ledge for the birds to drink. Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.6 | ||||
| Thomas Brockman at the Claremont Hotel Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Thomas Brockman at the Claremont Hotel Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed and annotated draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker. A short biography of Thomas Brockman, internationally known pianist who will play at the Claremont Hotel. Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.4 | ||||
| Thomas Ruggles of Columbia Falls Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Thomas Ruggles of Columbia Falls Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed and annotated draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker. Account of the financial affairs of Thomas Ruggles of Columbia Falls, the area's largest owner of timber lands. Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.4 | ||||
| Swing for Survival Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Swing for Survival Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed and annotated drafts of articles written by LaRue Spiker unknown dates and publications. Swing for Survival: Written in Largo, Florida, an essay about Spanish moss. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.5 | ||||
| Strawberry Stain Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Strawberry Stain Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed and annotated drafts of articles written by LaRue Spiker unknown dates and publications. Strawberry Stain: Written in Bushnell Illinois, an essay about spring and her observations. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.5 | ||||
| Prussian Lady Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Prussian Lady Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed and annotated manuscript by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. Prussian Lady about Sam Hadlock and his wife.as also told in the Rachel Field book, God's Pocket. Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.9 | ||||
| Maine: State of Four Seasons Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Maine: State of Four Seasons Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed and annotated draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for unknown publication and date. Maine a State of Four Season for the League of Women Voters concerning development decisions. Previously archived as Object id 013.FIC.30.9 | ||||
| Frenchboro & the Atlantic Charter Conference Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Frenchboro & the Atlantic Charter Conference Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Annotated draft of and article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. Frenchboro & the Atlantic Charter Conference: Frenchboro residents view warships off the island in 1941 for conference off coast of Newfoundland between Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt. No dates. Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.19 | ||||
| Formation of Acadia National Park Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Formation of Acadia National Park Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Annotated draftof an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. [Early Bar Harbor]: Title given by cataloger (AB); author did not have a title. Essay covers early days of Bar Harborand the foramation of Hancock Land Trust and Acadia Naitonal Park. No dates Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.19 and **1151 | ||||
| Equestrian Extravaganza at Bar Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Equestrian Extravaganza at Bar Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Annotated draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. Equestrian Extravaganza at Bar Harbor essay covers early days of Bar Harbor including mention of summer residents, Horse Show and Fair. No dates for any of these papers. Previously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.19 and **1187 | ||||
| End of Winter Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| End of Winter Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Annotated draft of an article for an unknown publication by LaRue Spiker. End of Winter: brief essay No Date Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.20 | ||||
| Echo Lake Camp of Appalachian Mountain Club Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Echo Lake Camp of Appalachian Mountain Club Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Annotated draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. Echo Lake Camp of Appalachian Mountain Club: brief essay. No Date Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.21 | ||||
| Development Issues on MDI Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Development Issues on MDI Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article for an unknown publication by LaRue Spiker. No Date. Development Issues on MDI Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.22 | ||||
| Detroit Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Detroit Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknwon publication. No Date. Detroit: Motors, Moguls, and Mincemeat Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.22 | ||||
| Clam Diggers Protest Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Clam Diggers Protest Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of article for unknown publication by LaRue Spiker. No Date. Clam Diggers Protest: Jonesport clam diggers protest against conservation measures; includes background research material. Previoulsy archived as 013.FIC.30.24 | ||||
| Camping Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Camping Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. Camping: Importance of children's books to enchance outdoor experience No Date Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.24 | ||||
| Bird That God Forgot: Cormorants Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Bird That God Forgot: Cormorants Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication No date. Bird That God Forgot: cormorants Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.25 | ||||
| Bluenose Ferry Terminal Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Bluenose Ferry Terminal Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No Date. Bluenose Ferry Terminal: second terminal in Bar Harbor? Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.25 | ||||
| Lisa von Borowsky Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Lisa von Borowsky Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of article by LaRue Spiker for unknown publication. No Date Lisa von Borowsky: First steps toward sanctuary on old James Flye property Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.26 | ||||
| Bird in the Hand Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Bird in the Hand Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No Date. Bird in the Hand: bird-banding in US, 3 pages Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.29 | ||||
| Funny Side of Town Meeting Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Funny Side of Town Meeting Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown Publication. No Date Funny Side of Town Meeting (1911): Paper read at Current Events Club, Mar. 30 by W.G. Bunker Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.29 | ||||
| Algae Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Algae Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article for an unknown publication. No Date. Algae: Descriptive narrative Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.29 | ||||
| Acadia National Park: Its Origin and Background Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Acadia National Park: Its Origin and Background Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article for an unknown publication written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No date Acadia National Park...:This may be an account by George B. Dorr as his name is at the top of the manuscript and it is written in the first person in quotation marks. Previoulsy archived as object id 013.FIC.30.31 | ||||
| Seal Cove Auto Museum Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Seal Cove Auto Museum Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Five page typed and annotated draft of an article on the Seal Cove Auto Museum written for an unknown publication and unknown date. Previously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.7 | |||
| Closing Brooklin HS; Dirty Tidal Waters Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Closing Brooklin HS; Dirty Tidal Waters Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article for an unknown publication by LaRue Spiker for unknown publication. No Date. Closing Brooklin HS & Dirty Tidal Waters: Two essays that seem to be written back-to-back. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.23 | ||||
| Clark Fitz-Gerald Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Clark Fitz-Gerald Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article for an unknown publication by LaRue Spiker. No Date. Clark Fitz-Gerald: Artist, Sculptor: Short biography of him; lived in Castine; describes some of his work and where they are. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.23 | ||||
| I Rode the Lonesome.... Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| I Rode the Lonesome.... Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of a fictional story written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No Date. I Rode the Lonesome Train. 28 Pages Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.30 | ||||
| My Bitterness Threatened the Life of My Daughter Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| My Bitterness Threatened the Life of My Daughter Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of a fictional story written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No Date. My Bitterness Threatened the Life of My Daughter. 19 pages Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.30 | ||||
| Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of of a white building on a pier with white lobster bouys net to it. Lobster boats in the distance out in the harbor. Ice on the water. Notes on slide read: #30 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds | ||||
| Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of MIll Cove. Pink flowers bloom in the fourground and the cove can be see beyond the trees and grass in the distance. Notes on slide read: Mill Cove, #26 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds | ||||
| Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of Mud Creek in Lamoine, Maine. The creek appears in the center of the frame with trees and grass on either side. Notes on slide read: Mud Creek, Lamoine, #14 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds | |||
| Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of Salty Cove. There are dry grasses in forground and water with a small row boat in the distance. Notes on slide read: Salty Cove- Sp., #52 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds | ||||
| Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a tidal inlet at low tide. Trees and grasses line either side of the shoreline. Larger body of water in the distance under a partly cloudy sky. Notes on slide read: Carrying place home, #113 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds | ||||
| Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a tidal inlet at mid tide. Pine trees and grasses line either side of the shoreline. Notes on slide read: Dr. Creek, #114 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds | ||||
| Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a large meadow with wild flowers in the forground and pine trees on the far side. Notes on slide read: NE. Meadow, #115 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds | ||||
| Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of dark water moving down a muddy slope through some grasses. Notes on slide read: NE. Scarboro (Parks), #102 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds | ||||
| Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of trash at the end of a road behind a decaying building. Notes on slide read: Garbage, #104 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds | ||||
| Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of trash sticking out of either dark water or mud next to a clump of grass. There is aerosol cans, cardboard box, small drum of some kind. Notes on slide read: Trash, #105 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds | ||||
| Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of low aerial view of an industrial refinery plant. Many large holding tanks connected by pipes with smoke stacks in the middle. Notes on slide read: Refinery, #106 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds | ||||
| Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a sign for the Cape Elizabeth Sewage Treatment plant. Notes on slide read: Cape Elizabeth (Parks), #108 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds | ||||
| Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a large field next to a road in the distance bordering a frozen body of water. The grass and ice on the water are covered with snow. Houses can be see on the far side of the body of water. Notes on slide read: Scarboro (Parks), #111 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds [show more] | ||||
| Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a tial area with a manmade rock retaining wall bordering the road next to the water. Trees, Grass, and a building in the distance. Notes on slide read: P. M. Sp. Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds | ||||
| Ferns Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Ferns Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a ferns growing in a forest. From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature | ||||
| Garter snake Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Garter snake Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a garter snake in dappled light on rocks. From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature | ||||
| Luna Moth Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Luna Moth Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a green luna moth hanging from the tip of an evergreen branch. From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature | ||||
| Mushrooms Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Mushrooms Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a variety of mushrooms growing on the forest floor. Brown mushroons, large yellow mushroom, red capped mushroom. From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature | ||||
| Dogwood Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Dogwood Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of flowering dogwood. From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature | ||||
| Newt Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Newt Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a brown newt crawling across a wooden plank covered in pine needles. From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature | ||||
| Lichen Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Lichen Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of lichen growing on the bark of a tree From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature | ||||
| Green caterpillar Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Green caterpillar Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a green caterpillar moving across a bark. From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature | ||||
| Mossy area Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Mossy area Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of two different views of a moss covered area around water and tree roots. From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature | ||||
| Erosion Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Erosion Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of an erosion area along the edge of a wooded area. From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature | ||||
| Fallen tree Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Fallen tree Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a fallen tree laying near some pine trees. From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature | ||||
| Ferns Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Ferns Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a large collection of ferns growing in the forest. From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature | ||||
| Mossy Forest Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Mossy Forest Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a trees growing in a mossy area in a forest. From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature | ||||
| Dirt Road Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Dirt Road Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a dirt road throug a forest of pine trees. From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature | ||||
| Pine Sapling Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pine Sapling Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a pine sapling in dappled sunlight. From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature | ||||
| Newts Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Newts Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of two newts walking over pine needles. From box labeled: Various 1975-1978, Nature | ||||
| Dandelion Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Dandelion Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a variety of different photographs of dandelions seeds and seed heads. From box labeled: 1975-1979, Nature | ||||
| Seals Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Seals Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a variety of different photographs of harbor seals laying on rocky shoreline. These photographs are taken from a boat. From box labeled: 1975-1979, Nature | ||||
| Granite Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Granite Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a variety of different photographs of granite rocks on the shoreline. These photographs are taken from a boat. From box labeled: 1975-1979, Nature | ||||
| Unknown plant Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Unknown plant Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a some sort of plant just below the water. The plant sticks up just enough to create a slight dome on the water. There is not enough definition in this photograph to determine what it is. From box labeled: 1975-1979, Nature | ||||
| Columbine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Columbine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of columbine flowers. From box labeled: 1975-1979, Nature | ||||
| Cedar Cones Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Cedar Cones Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a forming cedar pine cones close up. From box labeled: 1975-1979, Nature | ||||
| Sundew Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Sundew Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a carnivorous sundew plants. From box labeled: 1975-1979, Nature | ||||
| Crabapple Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Crabapple Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a cluster of crabapple fruits hanging from a branch. From box labeled: 1975-1979, Nature | ||||
| Flowering grass Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Flowering grass Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of small blueish flowers blooming on some type of grass. From box labeled: 1975-1979, Nature | ||||
| Horses Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Horses Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of two horses staning in deep grass against a setting sun. From box labeled: 1975-1979, Nature | ||||
| Winter Landscapes Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Winter Landscapes Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a variety of different winter scenes. Some of a snow covered mountains, meadows, ocean, five door barn with rock wall. From box labeled: Weather, Spring 1976-77, Snow/Ocean/Nature | ||||
| Bass Harbor Lighthouse Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Bass Harbor Lighthouse Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a Bass Harbor Lighthouse in winter. The photograph is taken while standing on the hill behind the lighthouse. From box labeled: Weather, Spring 1976-77, Snow/Ocean/Nature | |||
| Yellow Day Lilies Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Yellow Day Lilies Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a yellow day lilies. From box labeled: Weather, Spring 1976-77, Snow/Ocean/Nature | ||||
| Water drops on plant leaves Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Water drops on plant leaves Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a water drops on plant leaves. From box labeled: Weather, Spring 1976-77, Snow/Ocean/Nature | ||||
| Monarch Butterfly Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Monarch Butterfly Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slides of a monarch butterfly at rest. From box labeled: Weather, Spring 1976-77, Snow/Ocean/Nature | ||||
| Acadians Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Acadians Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: “The Acadians” by LaRue Spiker. 7 pages. Previously archived as 012.FIC.063.07 | |||
| Whaling on MDI Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Whaling on MDI Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Manuscript by LaRue Spiker and edited in her hand titled Whaling on MDI. 6 typed pages two of which are half pages. Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.1 | ||||
| Tom Lincoln's Sparrow Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Tom Lincoln's Sparrow Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed and annotated draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker. Tom Lincoln's Sparrow; about man from Dennysville, Maine, who accompanied Audubon to Labrador where he discovered a new species of sparrow Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.4 | ||||
| empestuous Parson from Princeton Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| empestuous Parson from Princeton Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed and annotated drafts of articles written by LaRue Spiker unknown dates and publications. The Tempestous Parson from Princeton: essay about Congressman Owen Lovejoy of Illinois, the man who introduced the resolution abolishing slavery. Previously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.5 | ||||
| Silver in the Stars Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Silver in the Stars Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed and annotated manuscript. Three manuscripts: Silver in the Stars (13-page fiction) Previously archived as Object Id 013.FIC.30.6 | ||||
| Paul Bunyan is Dead Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Paul Bunyan is Dead Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. Paul Bunyan is dead, essay about the last river drive of the St. Regis Paper Co. on Old Stream in 1967 Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.9, **1223 | ||||
| Hagemann Boys Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Hagemann Boys Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of a story written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. Hagemann Boys: 12-page fiction No dates. Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.18 | ||||
| Early French in Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Early French in Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article for an unknown publication by LaRue Spiker. No Date. Early French in Maine: In 1605 a group of Frenchmen settled on St. Croix Island and later moved to Port Royal Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.21 | ||||
| Cormorants Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Cormorants Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No Date. Cormorants: Boat trip to Ship Island to see cormorants, gulls; 6 pps. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.23 | ||||
| Child Psychiatrist in Machias Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Child Psychiatrist in Machias Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article for an unknown publication by LaRue Spiker. No Date. Child Psychiatrist in Machias: Dr. Enid Melville Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.24 | ||||
| Burnham Tavern Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Burnham Tavern Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: draft of an article by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. Burnham Tavern: Machias historical landmark. Appears to be captions for photos, not an essay. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.25 | ||||
| Bird Sanctuary in Seal Cove Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Bird Sanctuary in Seal Cove Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No date. Bird Sanctuary in Seal Cove: Run by Lisa von Borowsky Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.26 | ||||
| Bed for Rocky, Bird in the Hand Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Bed for Rocky, Bird in the Hand Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of a story for an unknown publication by LaRue Spiker. No Date. Bed for Rocky: fictional story about boy and foster home. 11pages Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.27 | ||||
| I was a Smuggler of Love Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| I was a Smuggler of Love Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Fictional story written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. I was a Smuggler of Love 17-page short story Previously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.30 | ||||
| I Made a Thief of my Husband Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| I Made a Thief of my Husband Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of a fiction story written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No date. I Made a Thief of my Husband: 16-page short story Previously archived as object id 013.FIC.30.31 | ||||
| Ellsworth Doll Museum Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Ellsworth Doll Museum Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article for an unknown publication by LaRue Spiker. Ellsworth Doll Museum: Mrs. Dickinson, owner and collector, of more than 500 dolls including chin and bisque dolls. no date Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.20 | ||||
| Wild Gardens of Acadia Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Wild Gardens of Acadia Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed and annotated in pencil drafts of article written by LaRue Spiker unknown date and publication. Title Wild Gardens of Acadia. Preiously archived as object Id 013.FIC.30.2 | ||||
| Code of the Sea Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Code of the Sea Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Draft of an article written by LaRue Spiker for an unknown publication. No Date. Code of the Sea: 20-page fiction about lobstermen helping each other, cowardice, and redemption. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.22 | ||||
| Scottish Highland Cattle Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Scottish Highland Cattle Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Typed draft of article written by LaRue Spiker unknown date and publication. Scottish Highland Cattle, an account of Roy Barrett of Brooklin and his cattle. Previously archived as 013.FIC.30.7 | ||||
| Newspaper Artile: Cargo Drops 6.6% Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Newspaper Artile: Cargo Drops 6.6% Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper article from the Evening Bulletin, Tuesday Tuesday Nov, 10, 959. About the decline of the use of the Port of Philladelphia. Previously accessioned as **1932, object Id 2001.1932 | ||||
| Fiddleheads and ferns Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Fiddleheads and ferns Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slides of fiddleheads net to a log and fully open ferns. From box labeled: Wild Gardens of Acadia | |||
| Labrador tea Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Labrador tea Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slides of blue white flowers blooming on labrador tea plants. From box labeled: Wild Gardens of Acadia | |||
| Red Columbine Flowers Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Red Columbine Flowers Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slides of red columbine flowers growing among other foliage. From box labeled: Wild Gardens of Acadia | |||
| Pink Flowers Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pink Flowers Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slides of pink flowers bloom on the end of a plant stem. From box labeled: Wild Gardens of Acadia | |||
| Blue Flowers Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Blue Flowers Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slides of blue flowers growing among other foliage. From box labeled: Wild Gardens of Acadia | |||
| Path through garden Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Path through garden Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slides of a stone path, through the Wild Gardens of Acadia, next to the stream. From box labeled: Wild Gardens of Acadia | |||
| Path through garden Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Path through garden Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slides of a path through the Wild Gardens of Acadia. From box labeled: Wild Gardens of Acadia | |||
| Pink Flowers Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pink Flowers Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slides of a cluster of pinkish flowers on a long stalk. From box labeled: Wild Gardens of Acadia | |||
| Bunchberry Flowers Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Bunchberry Flowers Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slides of a cluster of bunchberry flowers on a long stalk. From box labeled: Wild Gardens of Acadia | |||
| Yellow Starshaped Flowers Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Yellow Starshaped Flowers Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slides of a cluster of tiny starshaped yellow flowers. From box labeled: Wild Gardens of Acadia | |||
| Louise Gilbert with Dog and Cat Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Louise Gilbert with Dog and Cat Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 4 X 5 black and white photograph of Louise sitting in wooden folding chair smiling and facing a black cat on a table to her right. Cat is eating out of glass dish. Woman is extending her arm to wooden table where cat is. Cocker spaniel is jumping up to woman’s knee, right paw in air. Striped tablecloth on table on left side of woman. Dates on back, “ 1957, 1958, 1959.” | ||
| B&W photograph of Louise Gilbert Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  B&W photograph of Louise Gilbert Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Black and white photograph of Louise Gilbert on a couch holding a black cat next to a Christmas tree. From a packet of photos labeled "Louisville, KY people." | |||
| B&W photograph of Louise Gilbert
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|  B&W photograph of Louise Gilbert
Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Black and white photograph of Louise Gilbert seated in a chair with a dog at her knees and a black cat on the table to her right. From a packet of photos labeled "Louisville, KY people." | |||
| B&W photograph of Louise Gilbert Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  B&W photograph of Louise Gilbert Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Black and white photograph of Louise Golbert standing inside with her hand on a door knob. From a packet of photos labeled Louisville, KY people. | |||
| Man with Cat Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Man with Cat Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Unknown African American man holding tabby cat. Seated in chair outside a house or cabin. Wears turtle neck sweater and torn pants. May have been taken on a trip to Florida. | |||
| Woman in Fall Foliage Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Woman in Fall Foliage Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Unknown woman standing in front of some colorful leaves. | ||
| Skunk cabbage Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Skunk cabbage Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slides of a study of skunk cabbage flowers and plant. From box labeled: skunk cabbage | ||||
| Dignitaries at Bluenose Ferry Inauguration Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Dignitaries at Bluenose Ferry Inauguration Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5X7 black and white photograph of the following men: (L to R): Town Manager Ed Ainsworth, Gaddes Simpson, Capt. Hubert Hall, Jim MacLeod, Sheldon Goldthwait at Inauguration of Blue Nose. Identification from 2011 Exhibit, "Mystery Photographs." (AB) | ||||
| Winter Carnival Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Winter Carnival Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5X7 black and white photograph labeled "Winter Carnival". Picture includes two men operating a tractor with children in a trailer in the rear. L-R: Richard Savage, unknown man, Jim MacLeod. Children in the back of the tractor are also unknown. | ||||
| Sierra Club Oil Slide Show Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Sierra Club Oil Slide Show Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of people sailing on a three sail sailboat. From folder: Seirra Club Oil Show, Do not seperate. | |||
| Sierra Club Oil Slide Show Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Sierra Club Oil Slide Show Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a man crouched on the edge of a float that is part of an oyster farm. Ropes covered in adult oysters hang from poles layed across a floating frame. From folder: Seirra Club Oil Show, Do not seperate. | |||
| Sierra Club Oil Slide Show Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Sierra Club Oil Slide Show Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of an oyster farm in the water. Houses on the shoreline, tide out. From folder: Seirra Club Oil Show, Do not seperate. | |||
| Sierra Club Oil Slide Show Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Sierra Club Oil Slide Show Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of an man standing next to an aluminum row boat fill of oysters on a rope. A red rowboat is behind him. He stands in the water. From folder: Seirra Club Oil Show, Do not seperate. | |||
| Bar Harbor Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Bar Harbor Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of the waterway in Bar Harbor Marsh. | |||
| Ice on Bar Harbor Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Ice on Bar Harbor Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of the ice covering the water in Bar Harbor Marsh. | |||
| Bar Harbor Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Bar Harbor Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of the waterway in Bar Harbor Marsh. | |||
| Bar Harbor Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Bar Harbor Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of the waterway in Bar Harbor Marsh in summer and winter. LaRue had these slides together in groups of two the slide box. Some have notes on F-stops and exposure length. | |||
| Bar Harbor Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Bar Harbor Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of the waterway in Bar Harbor Marsh covered in ice and snow. | |||
| Southwest Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Southwest Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of Southwest Harbor as seen from the top of a mountan. | |||
| Water Control Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Water Control Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a serries of water control doors in the water suronded by shrubs. Notation on slide reads: Grt. Works. Str. and exposure notes. | ||||
| Southwest Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Southwest Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of Southwest Harbor as seen from the top of a mountain. Notation on slide reads: Grt. Works. Str. and exposure notes. | |||
| Indian Paintbrush flowers Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Indian Paintbrush flowers Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a close up of organge Indian Paintbrush flowers. | ||||
| Trees in Setting Sun Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Trees in Setting Sun Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of tree silhouettes against the setting winter sun. Snow on the ground. Notation on slide reads: Tree Sit. | ||||
| Cabbage Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Cabbage Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a large cabbage. Notation on slide reads: exposure notes. | ||||
| Sierra Club Oil Slide Show Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Sierra Club Oil Slide Show Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a bay along the shore of Cutler, Maine. This is an orgional slide. Duplicates appear in other Sierra Club slide shows in the LaRue Spiker Collection. From folder: Sierra Club Oil Show, Do not separate. | ||
| Trees in winter Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Trees in winter Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of trees in the winter covered in snow. | ||||
| Lady slippers Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Lady slippers Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a close up of yellow lady slipper flowers. | ||||
| Light snow Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Light snow Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a light snow on the trees and the grass on the edge of a forest. | ||||
| Eagle Lake Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Eagle Lake Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of Eagle Lake in Acadia National Park under stormy skies. | |||
| Wildflowers. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Wildflowers. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of white wildflowers growing next to a piece of wood in the gravel. | ||||
| Calla Lilies Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Calla Lilies Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of white calla lilies growing in a swampy area. | ||||
| White water lily Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  White water lily Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a close up a white water lily in flower next to lily pads. | ||||
| Lady slippers Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Lady slippers Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a close up of pink lady slippers in the forest. | ||||
| Maple Flowers Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Maple Flowers Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a close up of maple flowers. Notation on slide reads: Maple Flowers | ||||
| Red Tulips Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Red Tulips Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a close up of red tulips in full bloom. | ||||
| Dandelion Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Dandelion Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a close up of a dandelion flower. | ||||
| Waves on rocks. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Waves on rocks. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of waves crashing against granite rocks. | ||||
| Hadlock Pond Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Fall Leaves Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Fall Leaves Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of fall leaves on trees in the woods. | ||||
| Dirt Road Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Dirt Road Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a dirt road through fall leaves. | ||||
| Col Falls. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Col Falls. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of white buildings on the edge of a waterway. Short tree with white flowers. Notation on slide reads: Col Falls. | ||||
| Somes Sound Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Somes Sound Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of Somes Sound as seen from the trees along Sargent Drive. | |||
| Bridge with white railings. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Bridge with white railings. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a bridge with white wooden railings with a road and trees. | ||||
| Body of water Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Body of water Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a body of water surronded by trees with a large rock at the far end of the water. | ||||
| White and red boat Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  White and red boat Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of a white and red boat anchored in a river of surronded by marsh. There is a small row boat pulled up on land. Notation on slide reads Col. Falls | ||||
| Tree stumps Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Tree stumps Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of tree stumps and tree roots of dead trees. | ||||
| Stonington Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Stonington Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Color slide of bunch of buildings built on piling over the water. There an opening in between the buildings where you can pull up a boat. Notation on slide reads: Stonington | |||
| Workers at Boat Launching Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Workers at Boat Launching Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Unknown man and boy preparing to launch small boat outside the Farnsworth boatshed. | ||
| Boy Watching Boat Launching Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Boy Watching Boat Launching Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Unknown boy on the beach watches as the tide takes a newly launched boat. Unknown man sitting on bow of the small boat. | ||
| Boat Launching, Farnsworth Boatyard Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Boat Launching, Farnsworth Boatyard Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Outside Farnsworth boat shed. Unknown man reaching from stern of small boat with a hook bringing a boat which has just been lauched under control. | ||
| Tom Kelley Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Tom Kelley Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Tom Kelley standing outside with his hands in his pockets. | ||
| Lobsterman Setting His Trap Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Lobsterman Setting His Trap Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Unknown lobsterman sets a trap. | |||
| Betty Belts It Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Betty Belts It Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Woman named Betty singing with a microphone in hand wearing a long dress of shiney material. Man on bandstand plays banjo wearing white shirt, vest and striped tie. Garland on rails of bandstand. Exit door in back. | |||
| Unknown Woman Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Unknown Woman Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Unknown woman wearing white turtle necked dress and name tag. Food on table in background. Man's arm around waist. Man not visible. | |||
| Estelle Smith Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Estelle Smith Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Estelle Smith seated in velvet covered chair holding book, "The Fine Art of Chinese Cooking". | |||
| Judy Morse Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Judy Morse Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Judy Morse seated at table holding what appears to be a stamp block. | |||
| Mrs. Laurel Leonard Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Mrs. Laurel Leonard Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Mrs. Laurel Leonard in dress and cardigan with pearls at neck holding cane. Cane may be of some significance. | |||
| Unknown Woman Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Unknown Woman Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 3.5 X 3.5 black and white photograph of older woman with short hair wearing dress patterned with bricks and flowers, large beaded necklace, carrying white purse on arm. Stands in front of white house. Writing on back, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.’ I look so big” This may be LaRue Spiker’ s Mother, Grace Spiker. | |||
| Unknown Woman Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Unknown Woman Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 3.5 X 3.5 black and white photograph of unknown woman approximately with short blond hair, wearing black short sleeve dress with necklace and earrings. Standing in front of a pine tree. | |||
| Baker’s Island Light Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Baker’s Island Light Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph mounted on heavy cardboard of Baker’s Island Light House. People sitting/standing on ledge outside chain link fence. | ||
| Green Mountain House Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Green Mountain House Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Green Mountain House on top of Cadillac Mountain. Cedar shingled roof with vertical siding and coverd porch. Horse and buggy outside porch. Marked LaRue Spiker on back. | ||
| Northeast Creek, Mt. Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Northeast Creek, Mt. Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of Northeast Creek off route 3 in Bar Harbor. Marked on back: "Northeast Creek is described. NE Crk item." | ||
| Bass Harbor Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Bass Harbor Marsh Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of Bass Harbor Marsh. | ||
| Log Fence near Woods Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Log Fence near Woods Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of log fence near pine trees. Discarded package of cigarettes under fence. | |||
| Somes Sound View Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Somes Sound View Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of Somes Sound through pine trees from Sargeant Drive. Flying Mountain and Valley Cove in background. | ||
| Dead Seagull on Branch Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Dead Seagull on Branch Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of a dead seagull on branch. | |||
| Ball Moss Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Ball Moss Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 8 X 10 black and white close-up photograph of ball moss plant growing on tree limb. Long seed pods are stretching out from center mass of moss. Background is white and grey. Paper attatched to back, “ Ball Moss is often mistaken for a young ‘Spanish Moss’ plant; although closely related they are seperate species. Note seed pods.” | ||
| Painted Trillium Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Painted Trillium Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 4 X 8 black and white photograph of a single painted trillium flower on long stem coming out of the ground. Flower has three white petals and three pointed dark leaves, background is light gray with fallen leaves and grasses. | ||
| Purple Fringed Orchid Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Purple Fringed Orchid Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 8 black and white photograph of a purple fringed orchid. Paper attatched to back, “ Islander, page 18, Orchis, 80%.” Writing on back, “ Purple fringed Orchis.” | ||
| Small Ferns Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Small Ferns Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of new fern coils. Many growing close together in small group. One largest towers over many small. All droop their heads. Writing on back, “ May 3- Ferns-Dev- May 4- Tired Kindergarten.” | ||
| Unfolding Ferns Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Unfolding Ferns Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 7 close-up photograph of new fern coils. Grouping of two sets of plants with largest shoots all facing into one another. Photo taken at ground level. Black background in top half of photo. Words on back, “May 3- Ferns, Developed May 4- Conversation at.” | ||
| Cattail Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Cattail Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of cattail with two long leaves on either side of fuzzy stalk in middle. Against out of focus field of grass and black sky at top inch of picture. | ||
| Tree Roots and Moss Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Tree Roots and Moss Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of base of tree and dirt. Moss around roots and down slope to ground. Two stalks of white leaves in lower left corner. Piece of rock in upper right, cropped. | ||
| Wild Iris Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Wild Iris Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of wild iris. Four stalks protruding from bottom of photo. Full iris bloom in upper left hand corner. Granite stone in background. | ||
| Wild Orchids Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Wild Orchids Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of wild orchids, with two blooms, near top of photo. Large leaves with vertical veins along bottom of photo. Flower white against black background in top half of photo. Paper attatched to back, “ Publication, Islander, #3 wildflowers, 80% neg.” Written on back of photograph: "Showy orchid. WGA" | ||
| Wild Plant Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Wild Plant Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of flower identified on back as a wild calla lily taken from distance of several feet, slightly out of focus, with large leaves surrounding white flower in middle on all sides. Shadows cast toward the right of the photo. Writing on back, “ III, 10, The Wild Calla, 100%” Photo may actually be of a white jack-in-the-pulpit. | ||
| Pink Moccasins Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pink Moccasins Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of three pink moccasin flowers. All flowers are facing toward the right of the camera. Dead leaves and pine needles on the ground surrounding the outstreatched leaves of the plants. Writing on back, “ The pink Mocassin, pg 8, 60%, I. LaRue Spiker, Southwest Harbor Maine, Single Publication Rights.” | ||
| Painted Trillium Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Painted Trillium Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of one painted trillium with three leaves under petals. Bunchberry Dogwoods on the ground surrounding tall flower. Writing on back, “The painted Trillium (WGA)” | ||
| Blossoms and Foliage Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Blossoms and Foliage Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of large white unidentified flower in center of photo. Probably a flower from a fruit tree. Leaves are dark background is black. | ||
| White Jack-in-the-Pulpit Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  White Jack-in-the-Pulpit Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of close up of large white single petal flower, probably a white jack-in-the-pulpit, with large stamen in center with darker dots on stamen. Large leaves close to lense. | ||
| Apple Blossoms Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Apple Blossoms Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 3.5 X 6 black and white photograph of clusters of white apple blosoms on branch. Flowers are fully opened and branch extends from right side of photo to left. Smaller blooms out of focus toward bottom on photo. | ||
| Rhodora Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Rhodora Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 4.75 X 5.75 black and white photograph of 9 clusters of rhodora flowers and branches arching from upper left corner to lower right corner. Flowers on long branches with small, underdeveloped leaves. | ||
| Rhodora Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Rhodora Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograh of rhodora flowers and foliage. Three pronounced blooms in upper center surrounded by dark leaves in shadow. | ||
| Milkweed Seeds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Milkweed Seeds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 3.5 X 6 black and white vertical format photograph of milkweek gone to seed. Stalk with many pods whose seeds are taking off in the wind. Sky is grey fading to white at bottom of photo. | ||
| Black-backed Gull Fledgling Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Black-backed Gull Fledgling Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 4 X 4 black and white photograph taken from above of small nestling in leaves, may be on ground. Bird still has down on head and back and small dark stripes on wings. Paper attatched to back, “ The great black-backed gull fledglings remained motionless even when the burdock leaves under which they were hiding were turned back exposing them to view.” | ||
| Minke Whale in Ocean Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Minke Whale in Ocean Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of the back of whale with fin in middle of picture. Calm sea in foreground streatching to horizon. Clear sky. Writing on back, “ A Minke Whale, II 10, 100%” | ||
| Seagull Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Seagull Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 7 black and white photograph of a white seagull in middle of picture standing on a granite rock. Horizontal format. Seagull is in profile facing right. Dark line of sea and horizon just bellow top of granite rock. Writting on back: “ Maine Native” | ||
| Lobster traps against wall Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Lobster traps against wall Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Building on wharf. Lobster traps stacked against the wall. | |||
| Seal Harbor Seaside Inn? Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Seal Harbor Seaside Inn? Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Copy of old photograph of Seal Harbor. Seaside Inn”? in background. Derelict ship in Harbor. Punt on beach in foreground. | ||
| Treess with exposed roots by LaRue Spiker Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Treess with exposed roots by LaRue Spiker Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Trees and exposed roots on steep slope in the fog. | |||
| Buoys and Traps Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Buoys and Traps Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Wooden lobster buoys on the side of a shingled buildings. Lobster traps underneath the buoys. | |||
| Fishing Gear near Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Fishing Gear near Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Anchors and buoys leaning against a shingled building. Boats in harbor seen through the ropes and anchors. | |||
| Cove near Haystack Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Cove near Haystack Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Lobster traps on pier. Caption on the back of the photo reads, “Cove near Haystack.” Probably refers to the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle. |
