Description: Summer 1995-Summer 1996 Programs: Preserving Historic Lancscapes, Elizabeth Igleheart, Maine Preservation Commission, June 1995 Brookside Cemetery Tour, Oct. 1995 Boat Building on MDI during WWII, Ralph Stanley, Nov. 1995 Genealogy Research, Connee Jellison, Jan. 1998 Preservation Workshop, Jan.- Mar. 1996 School Days in the 1850's, June 1996 Preserving an Historic Harbor (conservation easements), David MacDonald, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Lee Patterson, Peter Blanchard, Aug. 1996 Sept. 1996-Sept. 1997 Tour of Museum and Historic Lewis Somes House for National Trust for Historic Preservation, Sept. 21, 1996 History of Brookside Cemetery for MD Elementary School 5th Graders, Oct. 29, 1996 School Days in the 1850's, Harbor House (SW Harbor), K-4th graders, Nov. 7, 1996 Women Underway, Steamships and the Army Nurse Corps, WWII, Nov. 14, 1996 Lighthouses of the Maine Coast, Ken Black, Maine Lighthouse Museum (with Great Harbor Museum), Dec. 6, 1996 MID Historical Society, 65th Birthday Party, Historic Mount Desert Tavern (home of Bill and Betty Reiff, Somesville), Dec. 19, 1996 Fun and Games in 19th c., Harbor House, K-4th grade, Jan. 1997 "Pardon my Dust," benefit performance by Kathleen Lake, COA, Jan. 26, 1997 Hands-on Archival Care, Collections' care in the home, Feb. 15, 1997 Charter Signing, meeting of Mount Desert Selectmen at James Richardson House do commemorate signing of original town charter, Feb. 16, 1997 Heirloom Seeds, Mar. 1997 House Histories (with Tremont Historical Society) using architecture and paper records, May 1997 Publication of Charles Tracy diary, lecture on works of Frederick Church, Claremont Hotel, Summer 1997 John Gilley and Charles W. Eliot, June-Oct. Special Museum Exhibit Lecture by Dr. Richard Judd on Environmental History of Maine Coast, with COA, Summer 1997 Ballard's Boats: At work and play on Mt. Desert Island, June 1997 , NEH Library. Includes panel discussion with Ralph Stanley, Richard Lunt, Paul Stubing Strawberry Festival (and book sale), July 10th History of Automobile and its effect on Mt. Desert; traveling exhibit in cooperation with COA, Fall 1997 Field Course in old house restoration, Oc. 26 and 27; Nov. 1 and 2, 1997 1999: Restoring Old Apple Trees, Stephen page, April 1999 Kitchen Gardens in early 19th c., Christie White, May 1, 1999 [show more]
Description: Four boys in pony cart with pony. Marked on back of photo - Bob, John, Burnham and Arthur L. Cart next to Mill Pond in Somesville. Logs floating on pond. Somesville Library visible in background. Telephone poles along road side.
Description: Somes House Inn, Somesville. Trees line drive to cottage. View of Inn from Main street Somesville. End of Inn visible, side of covered porch and latticework. Somes House Sign above first floor windows. Board sidewalk in foreground. Somes Cove in background. To the right, A.J. Whiting’s Store, presently Port-In-A-Storm. Schooner at the wharf. Marked 1895 on back.
Description: Echo Lake from route 102 across from Echo Vista. Small boat with outboard motor anchored off shore. Changing house on shore. Ramp runs from shore to platform outside changing house. Boat ramp to the right. Gift of M.L. Hughs.
Description: Green Mountain Railway. Steam engine pushing car up Cadillac Mountain. Letters on side of coal car read G.M. Ry. Letters on side of engine read Mt. Desert. One man in coal car another leaning out window of engine. Five men and one women ride car. Stumps in foreground. Donated by Claire and Pete Arnold, 1996
Description: View of Somes Cove and Old Somesville Lumber mill from Somes House. Fernald’s Store, now Port-in-a-Storm Bookstore, at right. Church steeple rises in distance with several other buildings in between. Tear in lower left hand corner of photo.
Description: Thaddeus Sheply Somes Memorial Bridge in Somesville. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen’s Building Museum to the left. Winter scene, ice on stream.
Description: View of Bar Harbor from highland. Looking down Main street and out to Porcupine Islands. In foreground small farm with gardens. Rail fence to the right. Larger buildings, hotels near shore. Telephone poles line road. Stamped on back with LaRue Spiker, P O Box 625, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679
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]
Description: View of Somes Cove and Old Somesville Lumber mill from Somes House. Fernald’s Store, now Port-in-a-Storm Bookstore, at right. Church steeple rises in distance with several other buildings in between. This photo could not be found so it has not been placed in albums with the rest of the LaRue Spiker Collection 01/31/2022
Description: Green Mountain Railway. Steam engine pushing are up Cadillac Mountain. Letters on side of coal car read G.M. Ry. Letters on side of engine read Mt. Desert. One man in coal car another leaning out window of engine. Five men and one women ride car. Stumps in foreground. Marked Spiker on back.2 copies (a&b)
Description: Small Island in Echo Lake. Sailing dory anchored at island. Row boat near island. Marked on back, “Geo. H. Van Norman, Photographer, 645 Main St. Waltham, Mass.” Also Marked, Property of Philip M. Caughey.
Description: Echo Lake with mountains in the distance. In foreground, man dipping pail into lake. Small row boat in center. To right man stands on log holding onto sail of dory. Marked on back, “Geo. H. Van Norman, Photographer, 645 Main St. Waltham, Mass.” Also Marked, Property of Philip M. Caughey.
Description: Beech Cliff from Echo Lake. Small sailing dory with sail up. Marked on back, “Geo. H. Van Norman, Photographer, 645 Main St. Waltham, Mass.” Also Marked, Property of Philip M. Caughey.
Description: Schooner Polly of Belfast in Harbor at Amesbury Massachusettts. Man in canoe paddles close to two masted schooner. Small sailing sloop on the right. Marked on back, “(From one of two negatives, made for Mr. [Pearl] Henry [Mio] of Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts, August 4, 1904.) Schooner Polly of Amesbury, Mass. “My Anchor falls when first any persons flew.” Believed by many to be the oldest American vessel in active service - that is, to have been originally a sloop, keel laid at Amesbury, Mass, August 4, 1804 and launched in February, 1805 and to have been the vessel sailing out of Salem, Mass early in the War of 1812 as privateer commanded by Captain {Hearty] of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. See story of Polly history filed at Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Boston Sept.15, 1904. Two copies, one form each negative to Captain D.E. Pray of Mount Desert, Maine with respects and best wishes of [-----]Henry Mio and of Boston Sep. 21, 1904. [-----]. [show more]
Description: Hall Quarry. In middle ground schooner ready to take on granite. Buildings in the distance. Somes Sound and mountains in the distance. Piles of brick size pieces of granite and small tents in foreground. Group of men working under shade screen in middle right. Spots throughout image.
Description: Sepia-toned print mounted on black cardboard; 1" X 1/2" tear in upper left corner; print is wrinkled and foxed; shows apparent water damage. "Hall Quarry" written in pencil on back. Image shows Hall Quarry in operation; two large derricks in middle ground; rails in center of picture. Scene includes at least 15 men working in quarry; one pair of horses pulling wagon; various buildings in middle ground; large blocks of granite. Photograph taken from high vantage point, looking across Somes Sound. [show more]
Description: Saw mill in Somesville. View from across mill pond. Logs floating in pond. Lumber piled along banks. Masts of schooner appear in back of lumber. Men standing on banks. Horse with lumber cart on bank. Looking across Somes Cove.
Description: Hall Quarry, quarry . In middle ground schooner ready to take on granite. Buildings in the distance. Somes Sound and mountains in the distance. Piles of brick size pieces of granite and small tents in foreground. Spots throughout image.
Description: Houses on Main street Somesville. Somes Cove in foreground. Marked, “Somes Cove, Mt. Desert” in lower right corner. House on left is historic Lewis Somes house.
Description: Houses on Main street Somesville. Somes Cove in foreground. Marked, “Somes Cove, Mt. Desert” in lower right corner. House on left is historic Lewis Somes house.
Description: One negative with four small images, each of which is 1.5" X 2". Top left: Somes House Inn, with dormers, multiple chimneys, porches, and fire escape ladder from third to second floor . Top right: View of Somes Harbor looking across Somes Meadow from Somes House Bottom left: View of Somes Harbor with seven sailboats, two floats with connecting ramp in foreground. Small row boat tied to last float. Bottom right: Somes House Inn from Somes Meadow. Unidentified house to right. [show more]
Description: Main Street Somesville.Somes Cove on left. Trees line street. Board sidewalk visible on right near picket fenced yards. Fernald’s Store (art gallery as of 2016 1112 Main St ) hidden by trees. Lumber mill to left. Two masts of schooner rise up over trees.Negative.
Description: View of Mill Pond and Somes Harbor from hill on Oak Hill Road in front of historic John Somes House, “The Old Homestead.” Starting from the lefthandside of the photograph, there is a windmill and the lumber mill. The Hamor house, no longer standing, is on the right bank of Mill Pond along with three other buildings. There is a farm house on Mason’s Point. Telephone poles run along Main Street. Mountains in the distance. Black and white oval format. [show more]
Description: Grist mill in Somesville on rocky Somes Brook. Trees surround mill. Young woman sits on a rock near brook; she wears a long light-colored skirt and blouse, a flat hat. Caption under photo, “I suppose you know this girl. Why don’t you write? R.J.L.”