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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
1249Rich Brother Reading the Maine Coast Fisherman Negative 1949
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
Description:
Rich brother reads the Maine Coast Fisherman in Bernard, ME in 1949. Black and white
1623Fort Knox School Trip
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • 1941
Description:
Photo of 3 school children Jimmy? left, Smallidge, right. Fort Knox, Bucksport, ME school trip 1941
1624Somesville High School Photo
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • 1941
Description:
Photo of school children at Fort Knox, Bucksport, class trip 1941, Sylvia Grendell right, Smallidge, center
1627Somesville School Photos, 1941
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • 1941
Description:
Somesville School trip to Fort Knox, Bucksport 1941, Mary Ellen Fernald, left front. Sylvia Grendell, 2nd right
2137Stockyard?
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1946
Description:
Black and white photograph of a long low structure with an elevated roofed walkway above the main structure. Dirt road is seen in the front of the stucture. and there is a long low building in the distance. There is a row of something piled next to the dirt road. This maybe a stockyard. From Folder Snapshots/Indiana landscape
2138Bridge over the river
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1946
Description:
Black and white photograph of tressel style bridge over a river. The photo was taken from the edge of a road as there is a guard rail at the bottom of the photograph. The bridge spans a river and stands fairly high over the river. From Folder Snapshots/Indiana landscape
2139Whitefish Point Coast Guard Station
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1946
Description:
Black and white photograph of Whitefish Point Coast Guard Station. There is a two story white clapboard building in the middle of the frame with four other two story buildings to the left of the frame. Next to the closest building there is a square building on stilts with a window on each side. A pile of windows or doors lays closest to the photographer on the ground. Date on the back reads 1946. From Folder Snapshots/Indiana landscape
2157logs on beach
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1946
Description:
Black and white photograph of cut tree logs laying on the beach next to the lake. Most likely fell of cargo ships and washed up on shore. 1946 written on back From Folder Snapshots/Indiana Nature
2158Deer on ridge
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1946
Description:
Black and white photograph of deer standing on a ridge above LaRue. The deer are in between the two large trees on either side. 1946 written on back From Folder Snapshots/Indiana Nature
2208LaRue Spiker 1942
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Unknown
  • Dec 25, 1942
Description:
Black and white Metcalf Studio photograph of LaRue Spiker taken in Harrisburg, Illinois. She wears a dark suit jacket with a pin on the right side. She has currly hair held back by a headband. This is in a carboard frame stamped Metcalf Studio. She would be 30 years old. Caption on the frame reads: LaRue Spiker, 167 & 11th St., Indianapolis, Ind. Dec 25, 1942
2222LaRue Spiker and Francis Failing
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Unknown
  • 1945
Description:
Black and white photograph of LaRue Spiker and Francis Failing riding bicycles. Both women are dressed in dark colored pants and sweaters. There is a path next to a body of water, possibly a canal, with trees and undgergrowth on the other side. Caption on back reads: LaRue + Francis Failing Gudianafolis- 1945
2226LaRue Spiker seated on a rock
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Unknown
  • 1941
Description:
Black and white picture of LaRue Spiker sitting on a rock in the sunshine. The Ozarks, Mo. 1941
2239LaRue Spiker protrait.
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Unknown
  • 1942
Description:
Small black and white photograph of portrait of LaRue Spiker. The woman is wearing a suit jacket with a white shirt. There is a pin on their left shoulder. She is wearing glasses and has brown short currily hair held back with a headband. The is a stamp in the lower right corner which reads: Metcalf Studio 42.
2270Dog on cushion
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1940
Description:
Small dog sitting on a cushion. Dog appears to be moving off the cushion onto the floor. The photos are taken from two different angles. The photographer is at the same level as the dog. From Folder: Animals/Pets
2271Puppy chewing on long stick
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1940
Description:
Small brown and black puppy laying on the grass with the end of a long stick in its mouth. The photographer is at the same level as the dog. From Folder: Animals/Pets
2272Dog with tongue out
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1940
Description:
Dog with it's tongue out. There is a person behind the dog, but all you can see of the person is one foot in a white shoe and fingers on a hand. The rest of the person has been cropped out. The photographer is at the same level as the dog. From Folder: Animals/Pets
2349G.H.S. Junior Prize Speaking
  • Object, Plaque
  • 1949
Description:
G.H.S. Junior Prize Speaking Plaque. 1943-1949 From Gilman High School, Northeast Harbor, Maine
2401Infant bootees
  • Object, Clothing, Bootee
  • c. 1940s
Description:
Pair of knitted pink wool infant booties with pink ribbon.
2463Postcard of Eagle Lake from Cadilac Mountain Road
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • 1946
Description:
Postcard of Eagle Lake from Cadilac Mountain Road
2916The New Bar Harbor
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • 1947
Description:
NY Times article the "New Bar Harbor" Nov 2, 1947 discusses plans to rebuild
3033Mount Desert, Maine
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce
  • 1942c.
Description:
Small (4'" X 6", 55pps.) booklet: Visitors' Guide and Directory. Contains decriptions of villages (Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor, Somes Sound, Somesville, Business and Church Directory, sailing and motoring directions, advertisements, and a 1942 map of Mount Desert Island. Photographs by W.H. Ballard and C.K. Savage.
3035Mount Desert Island Educational Survey 1949
  • Document, Report
  • 1949
Description:
76-page booklet: A Report Prepared for The Mount Desert Island Regional High School Committee by the Survey Staff, Mark R. Shibles, Director. The report recommended establishing "a single, six-year Regional Secondary School for the youth of the entire Island" (school consolidation). Also gave plans for use of existing school buildings affected by this new organization. Includes a center photographic spread of the existing buildings.
3381Crucifix
  • Object, Religious Symbol, Cross, Crucifix
  • c 1890 - 1940
Description:
Horizontal piece routed out to fit vertical piece. Nailed in center. Nailed to base. Painted brown. Paint flaking. Donor info - came from Hall Quarry Chapel in use from approximately 1890 to 1940.
3389Communion Set
  • Object, Ritual Container, Communion Vessel, Communion Set
  • c 1890 - 1940
Description:
Plate has a medium tone stain. Three rubber legs on bottom, hardened with age. Thirty-six tiny clear glass cups. Each is 1 and 3/4 inches high. There is one cup missing. The donor indicated that these are from the Hall Quarry Chapel which existed from 1890-1940.
3401Bullet Shell
  • Object, Armaments, Blank Cartridge
  • c 1943
Description:
Bullet casing, brass. Large 20 mm mk 2. Marked, “1943”.