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8378Horses on racetrack
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1900
Description:
Horses on the race track at Robin Hood Park. People gathered at the fence along the track. Copy of old photo.
8379Grandstand at race track
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1900
Description:
Grandstand at the race track at Robin Hood Park Copy of old photo.
8060Copy of horse and wagon outside Green Mountain House
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Copy of old photo of horse and wagon standing outside the Green Mountain House on Cadillac Mountain.
7488Copy of old photo of horse and wagon by Green Mountain House
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Copy of old photo of horse and wagon standing outside the Green Mountain House on Cadillac Mountain.
8248Green Mountai House
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Copy of old photo of the Green Mountain house on Cadillac Mountain. Horse and wagon outside.
8251Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Copy of old photo of the Green Mountain house on Cadillac Mountain. Horse and wagon outside.
7903LaRue Spiker's House
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
LaRue Spiker’s house on Long Pond Road. Woman sitting in a wooden lawn chair holding a cocker spaniel.
14588Main Stree, Somesville, 1891
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Buildings
  • 1891
Description:
Three similar white buildings in row. Small Selectmen’s Building close by. First Higgins store, middle house now gone. Picture shows Chas. Bordeaux and Party, boarders at the Central House. People on steps. Mr. Harrison, C.J. Hall, A.J. Whiting, J.J. Somes, R.G. Salisbury. First building has covered porch with people standing on steps. Second building no porch, third building similar porch. Open carriage drawn by two horses. Telephone poles and wires visible. Photo damaged, perhaps from foxing or water. [show more]
14603Somes House Inn
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • People
Description:
Somes House Inn, Somesville. Road in foreground. Trees line drive to cottage. Two connected three-story white clapboard buildings. On left, wrap-around porch with lattice work and steps going down the left side. Two dormers and one chimney. On right - Porch on front with lattice work. Two chimneys. Horse and buggy in front of steps. Person on porch. No date.
17844Mount Desert House (The Tavern)
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Building
  • People
Description:
Mount Desert House (The Tavern) in center of photo, taken from across the mill pond. Several people standing outside on lawn. Horse harnessed to buggy with person in seat. Person seated in chair on lawn with woman standing behind. Two men to the right. Historic Nathan Salisbury house with dark trimmed windows to the right. Stake fence surrounds front yard of the Nathan Salisbury house.
5439Unidentified house
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Unknown
Description:
Unidentified house. Two and one-half stories with a covered porch. Three men standing on porch. Horse and wagon in front of house.
10540LaRue Spiker at Campsite
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 8/1973
Description:
LaRue Spiker seated at picnic table holding dog. Second dog in parked car with open hatch back. Moutains and lake in background. On back of photo, “This was the second campsite on Great Machais Lake. The woods are visible and were behind the camera.”
5468Mount Desert House
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Building
  • People
Description:
Mount Desert House. Horse and buggy in front of tall sign and post. People stand near front door.
7588Lumber Mill, Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Description:
Lumber Mill in Somesville. Lumber piled to left and in back of mill. To right, logs piled on bank of Mill pond. In background, A.J. Whiting’s Store, later Port-In-A-Storm bookstore. Three horses and three wagons wait for load of lumber. Men from left to right, R. Davis, J.A. Somes, J.W. Somes, Geo. Benson, B. Mitchell). Marked on back, “Last one Hulls Cove; the remainder Somesville.” Edges very worn. Small tear in lower left corner. (This description may refer to a different photograph; nothing marked on back and no wear or tear.) [show more]
9105Green Mountain House
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • Spiker, LaRue
Description:
Green Mountain House on top of Cadillac Mountain. Cedar shingled roof with vertical siding and coverd porch. Horse and buggy outside porch. Marked LaRue Spiker on back.
9103Schooner Kate
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Building
  • Other, Ships
  • Places, Landscape
  • Spiker, LaRue
Description:
Two masted schooner in wharf in front of A.J. Whiting Store (later Fernald’s Store, (later Port-in-a-Storm Bookstore, even later, an art gallery). Back of blacksmith shop visible on left. Small sailing dory tied to wharf. Anchor hangs from bow. Several men seated in the bow of schooner, one standing aft near main mast. Man driving wagon pulled by two white horses. Somes Meadow in distance. On back is written The Schooner Kate and La Rue Spicker Southwest Harbor V/4 [show more]
9526Cat in Grass
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Cats
  • Other, Pets
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1960 c.
Description:
4.5 X 5 black and white photograph of a dark colored cat walking on grass to the right of the photo. There are three tin trash cans in the background behind the cat. Cat is LaRue Spiker's. Focus of the photograph is blurry.
9527Dog near Shed
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Dogs
  • Other, Pets
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1960 c.
Description:
4 X 4.25 black and white photograph of a collie-type dog standing on pile of rocks next to tree with no leaves and old fence post. Dog is turned and looking at something to the right of the photograph. There is an abandoned wooden structure behind dog with two windows. many weeds and tall grasses are around rocks.
9528Cat at Toilet
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Cats
  • Other, Pets
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1952, Dec. 25
Description:
3.5 X 5 black and white photograph of a black cat standing with hind legs on ground looking into toilet. Toilet is against back wall in right of photo. Radiator is against wall in left of photo. Rug is cropped in foreground. Writting on back, “Dec. 25- 1952, LaRue’s and Louise’s pet cat.”
9529Seagulls over Water
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1953, Dec.
Description:
3.5 X 5 black and white photograph of about five seagulls over water, with one dipping into the ocean. All are flying and have wings extended, Mountain in background in right of picture.
9549Three Lady's Slippers
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1960
Description:
3.25 X 3.25 black and white photograph of three lady’s slippers or pink moccassins grow out of forest floor. All flowers are facing camera. Leaves are opened side to side. Other twigs and leaves around.
9598Shells on the Sand
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, shells
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1960 c.
Description:
8 X 10 black and white photograph of nine shells arranged in the sun on the sand. Three larger shells near to bottom of photo. Paper attatched to back, “ Each species of snail produces a shell distinctive in size shape color, and texture; but the basic method of manufacturing the shell is similar in all species. Common names for species vary. Most people recognize the big shell at the top as a Tulip Shell. Second row from the top, left to right; Old Maid’s Curl, Cone, Chestnut Turban, and Left-Handed Whelk; small one in center is a Dislocated Auger; bottom row, left to right: Lace Murex, Shark’s Eye, and Paper Fig. [show more]
9599Young Salmon
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, fish
  • Unknown
  • 1960 c.
Description:
8 X 10 black and white photograph of two fish in center of photo. The one on the left is much larger than the one on the right. They are being held up by two human hands. Thumb nail showing at bottom of photo. Paper on back of photo, “ A parr is a young salmon just two stages away from hatching. They are marked by vertical bars and must develop into smolts (upper fish) before they are capable of migrating to the sea, where they will spend two or three years developing into adult fish.” [show more]
9600Male Deer
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, deer
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • c. 1960s1960 c.
Description:
8 X 10 black and white photograph of a male deer in a field, in the center, facing to the right of the photo. Back is highlighted, and he is standing in a field of short grass with darker trees on edge.
9601Male Deer with Spots
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, deer
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • c. 1960s 1960 c.
Description:
8 X 10 black and white photograph of the side view of male deer with white spots on side. Horns with highlighted fuzz around edges. Deers nose is facing to the left of the photo. Bushes with a lot of light on them in background.