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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
12899In Wildness is the Preservation of the World
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Porter, Eliot
  • Sierra Club/Ballentine Books
  • 1962
Description:
Porter's photographs set side-by-side with selected Thoreau writings...
12892Living on the Edge: A Guide to Plants of the seaside and salt marsh and animals and algae of tide pools
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Grierson, Ruth Gortner and Thomas F. Vining
  • V.F. Thomas Co.
  • 2003
Description:
Describes the habitats (sand, cobbles, salt marsh, tide pools) of the plants and animals found by the sea; includes photographs, Latin names, and descriptions of the plants, algae, and animals.
12889Native Birds of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Long, Ralph H.
  • Beech Hill Pub. Co.
  • 1987
Description:
Almost 150 native species of birds reside on Mount Desert and surrounding Islands; this book is a guide to those birds here from June to August of the year. It indicates good places to view these birds
10290Fish and Wildlife Refuge
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
Description:
U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge sign on stone wall.
10289Patuxent Research Refuge
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
Description:
Entrance to Patuxent Research Refuge. Sign on stone wall, “U.S. Department of the Interior Patuxent Research Refuge”
10285Parakeet House
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
Description:
Parakeet house in the Parakeet Sanctuary.
10284Parakeet House
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
Description:
Parakeet house.
10283Parakeet house
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
Description:
Parakeet house in the Parakeet Sanctuary.
10282Parkeet house
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
Description:
Close up of parakeet house in the Parakeet Sanctuary.
10281Parakeets
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
Description:
Parakeets in cage at the Parakeet Sanctuary.
10280Parakeet City
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
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.”
10277Old Cottonwood
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1959
Description:
Large tree with sign advertising for milk. Sign at base of the trunk reading, “Old Cottonwood tree landmark 1936.”
10275Parakeet Sanctuary
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
Description:
Bird house at the Parakeet sanctuary.
10274Bird house and fountain
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1960
Description:
Bird house and fountain at the Parakeet sanctuary.
10059Pine Needles
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1960s
Description:
Black and white 3.5 X 3.5 photograph of pine needles on tree limb with close up of ball moss in bottom left hand corner.
10058Moss Ball
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1960s
Description:
Black and white 3.5 X 3.5 photograph of close up of ball moss on tree trunk. Trunk of tree on right hand side of photograph with two branches protruding toward left side of photo. Moss in lower right corner.
10057Spanish Moss
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1960s
Description:
3.5 X 2.5 black and white photograph. Close up of hanging Spanish moss. Highlighted moss
10056Moss Ball
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1960s
Description:
3.5 X 3.5 black and white photograph. Close up of ball moss on tree limb. Moss is in center of photo. Grey and white background.
10054Seashell
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, shells
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1960s
Description:
3.5 X 3.5 black and white photograph. White Shell in upper center of photo on black cloth. Top of Shell is cropped by photo frame. Shell is broken showing inside chambers.
10053Seashells
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, shells
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1960s
Description:
3.5 X 3.5 black and white photograph. Ten shells arranged in middle of black cloth. Three of the shells are arranged on a raised rectangle placed under the cloth. Shells are in the center of photo toward right side of frame. Out of focus patch of grass in upper left corner.
10052Sea Collection
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, shells
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1960s
Description:
3.5 X 3.5 black and white photograph. Two starfish, one white sand dollar, two sea urchins are arranged on the sand. Arrangement in center of photo, Largest starfish lies toward right side of frame with outstreatching arm being cropped by right side of photo.
10051Sea Collection
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, shells
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1960s
Description:
3.5 X 3.5 black and white photograph. One white sand dollar, one sea urchin, one small starfish, one large starfish arranged in grouping on sand. Shadows being cast toward left side of photo. Largest starfish has tip of arm cropped by right side of photo frame.
10050Bass Harbor Marsh Goldenrod
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1960s
Description:
4 X 4 black and white photograph. Three stalks of goldenrod rise from bottom of frame toward top right corner. Four bunches of bloom . Tall dark grasses in foreground with water in midground and land and trees in upper background. Paper attatched to back, “ Marsh goldenrod is a partiuclarly luscious and beautiful form of this species.” Writing in pen on back of photo, “luscious goldenrod--- Bar Hbr. Marsh--- Salt Marsh --- La Rue Spiker.” [show more]
10049Purple Iris
  • Image, Photograph, Color Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1990
Description:
3.5 X 5 color photograph. Purple Iris. Two full blooms in forground in middle of picture frame. One bloom out of focus in upper left background corner. Many leaves in full sunlight. Photo taken from above.
10048Pole Laurel
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1960-1970s
Description:
4 X 4 black and white photograph of single pole laurel plant. Bunch of white blooms in upper center of photo on dark thin stem with narrow leaves. Out of focus grass and other plants in background. Writing on back of photo reads, “ Return to LaRue Spiker P.O. Box 625 Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679; Pole laurel, item (WGA)”