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: Photograph of Hazen Blanchard, who built a model "Blanchard Lumber Mill". Photo shows him standing behind mill. Top unit has been removed to show interior workings. Carpentry shop is visible in background.
Description: Color Photo of plaque memorializing the first Town House built in Eden. It was built in 1842 and razed in 1931. The memorial was erected in 1932. The back of the photograph is marked "This plaque is one of the few reminders that this area was once the center of Mt. Desert Island Business." -Connee Jellison
Description: 11 X 14 color aerial photograph in a cardboard mat showing the Somesville School after conversion to condominiums. Documentation on back: American Aerial Scenes, PO Box 239, Shea Rd., Pompey, NY. Reorder # 171-232.
Description: 9.5 X 7.75 matted color photograph of a pond surrounded by trees. A white building with window box is at right and building and trees are reflected in the pond. Note on back of photograph states "In Loving Memory of James E. Farley who passed away March 27, 2004 from his wife Catherine, Sons Michael and Gary". Building strongly resembles Selectman's Building, Somesville, before the bridge. Photograph appears to have been mounted upside down in mat. [show more]
Description: Color slide of a tidepool full of dead animals. Dead Sand eeels, Fundulus, cancer-Crab, various species of polychaetes-still alive. Notation on the slide reads: Sept 19, 1969 This is an orgional slide. A duplicate slide appears in other Sierra Club slide shows in the LaRue Spiker Collection. From folder: Sierra Club Oil Show, Do not separate.
Description: Color slide of a row of beach houses which back right up to the high tide line. The tide is half way out. Slide 49 From folder: Land Use 1-75. "A question of harmony", For League of Women Voters. Slide show do not separate
Description: Color slide of a road construction site. Signs waring of blasting. White pipe lays on the other side of the signs. Slide 50 From folder: Land Use 1-75. "A question of harmony", For League of Women Voters. Slide show do not separate