Description: Two photos of interior of MDI Historical Society Historic Selectmen’s Building Museum printed on same paper. Top photo shows wood stove, hay fork, powder horns, lantern, mail bags, pewter communion set, clothes wringer and other itms. Second photo shows Sarah Kittredge portrait, chinaware, bottles, display case and pewter communion set and other items.
Description: MDI class boat #16. Owned and skippered by Sturgis Haskins, of Sorrento. The MDI class was designed and built in 1924 for the Bar Harbor and Seal Harbor Yacht Clubs. Edsel Ford was said to have underwritten the design. This boat, the Rugusa , was originally owned by Sandy Kellog, of Sandy Kellog, of Bar Harbor. It was the last built in the class -1925. A later owner, in the 1930s,was Mary Smith of Greenings Island. Later in the 1950s it was owned by Rev. Palfred Perkins of Southwest Harbor who changed the name from Red Jacket to Lillibet. Toby Strong of Southwest Harbor purchased it from Perkins lat selling it to Sturgis Haskins. It is the last MDI left on Mt. Desert. The nearest two are in the Penobscot Marine Museum, in Searsport, and on an island in Penobscot Bay owned by the Porters. [show more]
Description: Color photograph of LaRue Spiker standing next to a camper with a dog. There is a woman standing behind a car tot he right of LaRue on the right of the frame. A camper and small white building can be seen behind LaRue.
Description: Color photograph of LaRue Spiker crouching next to an older woman in a blue dress. A dog lays inbetween them. There is a red flowering plant and a short grey building behind both women. Sign next to the building reads "Stone".
Description: Color photograph of LaRue Spiker standing next to a 1950s blue car with a dog. There are campers in the distance adn tall pine trees with Spanish Moss. LaRue is dressed in a black print top and blue pleated skirt.
Description: Color photograph of LaRue in the stern of a canoe with a paddle in her hand. The canoe is in some tall reed like grasses. LaRue is wearing all white outfit. There are lily pads in the water arround them and trees on the opposite shore.
Description: 8 X 10 color glossy photograph of a single yellow lady's slipper. The flower is sorrounded by green leaves and the leaves of the flower are twisted.