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11669Snowshoe
  • Object, Transportation, Snowshoe
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Other, leather
  • Other, shoes
  • Transportation, Snowshoe
  • 06/14/2011
Description:
Wooden frame with woven rawhide strips. Leather moccasin partially intact. Ropes to tie around feet.
2739Conductor of Baltimore Symphony Describes Retreat at Mckinley
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Nature, Seasons, Summer
  • Other, Conductors
  • Peter Herman Adler writing for the Bar Harbor Times
  • 11/5/9164
Description:
Article with photographs on two pages written by Dr. Peter Adler, conductor of the Baltimore Symphony. This article, reprinted from the "Baltimore Sunday Sun Magazine," describes Adler's lifestyle while summering in the village of McKinley on Mt. Desert Island. Previously archived as 012.FIC.047.4
2818Unique Features in Forest Growh of MDI Found in Study Completed by Ecologist
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Forests
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • LaRue Spiker writing for the Bar Harbor Times
  • 11/9/1961
Description:
Article deals with the study of Mt. Desert Island forest by ecologist, Dr. Ronald Davis. Tree, bird and mammal species found in these forests are discussed. Previously archived as 012.FIC.029.5
3828Inventory of Real Estate of Abraham Somes Senior
  • Document, List, Inventory
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Estates
  • Other, Land
  • 1819?
Description:
Small booklet of real estate of Abraham Somes, land, animals owned, content of home such as featherbed, clothing and values Back page adds up estate in two different ways indicates that the estate was valued at $1332.?? in one column and $1330.?? in other column
14156Apgar’s Plant Analysis.
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Plants
  • Other, Biology
  • Other, Botany
  • Other, Education
  • Apgar, E.A. and A.C.
  • Ivison
  • 1874
Description:
Student's record book. Donated by A.C. Thom
1038Moon Stereograph, 1898
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Earth
  • Singley, B. L.
  • 1898
Description:
Telescopic view of the Earth's moon. Black and white
17121Birds of Mt. Desert Island Acadia National Park.
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Natural History
  • Tyson, Carroll S. and James Bond.
  • Waverly Press
  • 1941.
13667Mout Desert Deer Past and Present
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Conservation
  • Other, Mount Desert Deer
  • 1944
Description:
Mount Desert Deer Past and Present, 1944. By Lawrie Holmes of the American Wildlife Institute. 36 pages, including “sources of information”. Previously archived as 016.FIC.001.24
9438Tree Root
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1950-1980s
Description:
8 X 10 black and white photograph of an unusual bulbous root of tree.
8424Robert Morse model bird: Road Runner
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Models
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1956
Description:
Color negative of carved bird model of a road runner. Carved by Roberrt Morse
8425Robert Morse model bird: Great Horned Owl
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Models
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1956
Description:
Color negative of carved bird model of a great horned owl. Carved by Roberrt Morse
8448Robert Morse model bird: Snowy Owl
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Models
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1956
Description:
Color negative of carved bird model of a snowy owl. Carved by Roberrt Morse
8490Robert Morse model bird: Blue Heron
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Models
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1956
Description:
Color negative of carved bird model of a blue heron. Carved by Roberrt Morse
9626Palm Plant with Cones
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1960 c.
Description:
8 X 10 black and white close-up photograph of a base of a palm plant. Leaves grow on stem from ground that has pine cone-like pods in a cluster on lighted grass. Behind the stem of the leaves is darkness. Sky visible on upper left corner.
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...
8406Goose Model
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Other, Models
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1963
Description:
Eight negatives of goose model, likely carved by Wendell Gilley for Zantzinger family of Southwest Harbor. Date on original envelope: Sept. 11, 1963
8407Goose Model
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Other, Models
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1963
Description:
Eight negatives of goose model, likely carved by Wendell Gilley for Zantzinger family of Southwest Harbor. Date on original envelope: Sept. 11, 1963
8408Goose Model
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Other, Models
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1963
Description:
Eight negatives of goose model, likely carved by Wendell Gilley for Zantzinger family of Southwest Harbor. Date on original envelope: Sept. 11, 1963
8409Goose Model
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Other, Models
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1963
Description:
Eight negatives of goose model, likely carved by Wendell Gilley for Zantzinger family of Southwest Harbor. Date on original envelope: Sept. 11, 1963
8410Goose Model
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Other, Models
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1963
Description:
Eight negatives of goose model, likely carved by Wendell Gilley for Zantzinger family of Southwest Harbor. Date on original envelope: Sept. 11, 1963
8411Goose Model
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Other, Models
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1963
Description:
Eight negatives of goose model, likely carved by Wendell Gilley for Zantzinger family of Southwest Harbor. Date on original envelope: Sept. 11, 1963
8412Goose Model
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Other, Models
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1963
Description:
Eight negatives of goose model, likely carved by Wendell Gilley for Zantzinger family of Southwest Harbor. Date on original envelope: Sept. 11, 1963
8488Goose Model
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Other, Models
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1963
Description:
Eight negatives of goose model, likely carved by Wendell Gilley for Zantzinger family of Southwest Harbor. Date on original envelope: Sept. 11, 1963
14655Native Birds of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Natural History
  • Bond, James
  • Livingston Publishing Co.
  • 1969
Description:
Indicate the habitats of all the birds that breed on or near MDI during the past fifty years. Ian Fleming named his James Bond after the well known ornithologist who summered in Pretty Marsh. (description added by AC 2011)
9646LaRue Spiker
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Unknown
  • 1970 c.
Description:
LaRue Spiker seated in wooden chair on lawn outside her cabin on the Long Pond Road in Southwest Harbor. Wearing short sleeve dress. Holds book open on lap. Cocker Spaniel sits in front of the chair looking up at her.