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: 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.
Description: Nan and Art Kellam rowing their dory This image is used in Peter Blanchard's book, "We Were an Island" published in 2010, on page 66. The caption reads: Art and Nan Rowing the BLB. Photograph by Nancy Rigdon; courtesy of E. Northwood Kenway. Nancy Rigdon is E. Northwood Kenway's daughter. Nancy Kenway Rigdon was a godchild of Art and Nan Kellam and summered on Gotts Island. Considering the attribution in Peter Blanchard's book, it is likely that the MDIHS does not have blanket permission to use this photograph. (note made by Rosamond Rea April 2, 2014). [show more]
Description: Grey smoke rises from building as fireman in orage suit approaches right end of building. Front hood of yellow fire truck visible to left.
Description: Photograph of the Higgins Barn on Oak Hill Road in Bar Harbor. Photo taken on August 5, 2006 during "Barns of Yesterday" tour sponsored by the MDI Historical Society. Inset photo shows plaque recognizing Higgins Barn's listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Sunflowers to left of barn, red flowers on farm implement in foreground.