Description: Black and white photograph of LaRue Spiker dressed as an Indian. She wears a fringed dress, headdress, and holds a bow and arrow. She stands in the yard and a house can be seen behind her. There are faint pen captions on front of two of the pictures which reads Sept. 1920. This Possibly LaRue Spiker aged 8 This appears later in the photo album mounted to grey construction paper. Caption on the back reads: This is my picture in child's writing with scribbles. [show more]
Description: Black and white photograph of LaRue Spiker, age 2 years old. She is outside wearing a shortsleved light colored dress and dark colored tights. She is pushing a doll baby carriage on the elevated walkway. One hand in behind her head. Yard behind her. This also apprears later in the photo album mounted to grey consturction paper along with 998.1980.3085.2241.b Caption on the back reads: 1914
Description: Black and white photograph of LaRue Spiker, age 2 years old. She is outside wearing a shortsleved light colored dress and dark colored tights. She is patting a back dog on the top of the head. There is an elevated sidewalk over the grass with a childs toy baby carriage. There is a tree and a white house in the distrance. This is also further on in the photo album mounted on grey construction paper with photo 998.1980.3085.2242.b Caption on the back reads: 1914 [show more]
Description: Black and white photograph of LaRue Spiker, age 6 months. This is a studio portrait. She is wearing a long white dress and seated in a chair with a patterened cloth drapped over it. One is printed as a photo postcard and the other is a long thin stip. Caption on the back reads: LaRue 6 months, the photo postcard reads" I hope this finds you well, often think of you and wonder how you feel this winter. We have seen Hazel several times, (word unreadable) sun wish so much, Jennie has an invitationto George Sr. wedding, Wish you could see this girl, From Grace (LaRue's mother). Georgia La Rue Spiker, 7 months old. [show more]
Description: Black and white photograph of LaRue Spiker, age 8, in a white dress, stripped knee-high socks, saddle shoes, and large white bow in hair. She is standing outside with a road, brick sidewalk, and houses with treed yards in the background. Date written on front conflicts with caption on the back reads 1921 Caption on the back reads: LaRue -1920
Description: Railroad to Cut-Down Coasting Schooner Serving as a Barge. Baird Quarry, Minturn. C.1920 Courtesy of The Swan's Island Educational Society.
Description: Two cars parked along road side over looking lake and mountain beyound. Man stands with foot on running board of 1920s convertible. Woman near back, wears white shoes, print skirt, white sweater, and hat. Second car, man stands with foot on runningboard. Another man stands near front wheel. Third talks to woman in white sweater. Marked, “H.L. Bradley, Bar Harbor, Me.” H.L. Bradley was the son of photographer Bryant Bradley. 11/20/13: No marking HL Bradley on back; rather it is stamped LaRue Spiker (ABenson) [show more]
Description: Clara and Florence Tracy, daughters of Jones Tracy at Richardson Homestead (Fair Oaks Farm). Girl in background near house. This object has not been renumbered because as of 1/13/2022 the object could not be located
Description: Copy of photograph. Street lined with businesses and telephones poles. Gold Metal Flour sign on the left. Early car near the sign. Horse and wagon in back of the car.
Description: Students on step of Somesville school house, ages 13-18. Teacher in middle of back row. Girls standing in back row, second row, girls seated on step, first row boys seated on ground.
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson, short wavy hair parted on one side and brushed to the other. Hand on cheek. Wears leopard pattern blanket or shawl with white stripes around shoulder with print dress underneath. Curtain in background.
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson dressed for costume party in monk's robe holding small animal, maybe rabbit, in hands. Standing near bushes and trellis. This is similar to accession #997-488-654, which is the object ID for this. These numbers all need to be fixed. (AB)
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson standing on sidewalk near bushes and trellis. Wearing hair parted in middle and pulled back with white peasant type blouse, sleeves pulled up, black skirt, calf length, wide black belt and dark shoes. Standing with hands on hips.
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson dressed for costume party in monk's robe holding small animal, maybe rabbit, in hands. Standing near bushes and trellis. Marked on back, “How I looked at the feté.”
Description: Julian ?, June Smith and brother Daniel Somes Smith seated on rock. Julian on left age 6-8. Wears dark hat with sweater and light pants. June in middle age 7-9 with hands clasped in lap and legs crossed wears dark sweater with knee pants, dark stockings and boots. Daniel on right wears cap, dark jacket, knee pants, dark stockings and light colored shoes or boots.
Description: Daniel Somes Smith and brother June with Julian ?. Julian on left in tree, age 6-8. Wears dark hat with sweater and light pants. June in middle age7-9 seated on tree with hand on head wears dark sweater with knee pants, dark stockings and boots. Daniel on right wears cap, dark jacket, knee pants, dark stockings and light colored shoes or boots. Photo torn on upper left hand corner.
Description: Unknown Boy age 13-20. Hair combed back, parted in middle. Dark background. Knit sweater with large neck. White shirt with turned down collar and dark striped tie. Bamboo border design.
Description: Portrait of man and woman. Woman wears “flapper” style dress, white, sleeveless. Wears long string of white beads, large fake flower on shoulder, headbead, dark hair worn in a marcel wave. She sits above, almost appears to be sitting in lap of man, who wears dark suit with white tie and shirt, and white handkerchief in pocket. Man’s hair is shaved around ear, slicked back.
Description: Framed photo. of 15 young men in uniform and one man in suit in front of brick building; one young man holds football with Champs 1921 GHS written on it. Removed from frame 04/11/2014 (AB)
Description: Framed photo. of eight young men in uniform that resembles modern day sweats; top has letter G. Also in photo. two men in suits, presumably coaches. Per Richard Smith (9/12/13) people are, left to right: Standing- John Foster, unknown, Richard Smith Sr., unknown Kneeling- unknown, S. Edwin (Bussy) Tracy, unknown, XXX Tracy (?), unknown Removed from frame 04/11/2014 (AB)
Allen-Holmes-Smith Photographs and other materials
Date:
1922
Description: Black and white photograph of an unknown woman. She wears a dress and a hat and is sitting on the running board of a car. Stated on the back: "Friend of Bertha E. Allen, Hartford, CT 1922".
Description: Color postcard of Mt. Desert Bridge, Maine. "One of the few toll bridges now in existence." Published by J.A. Thompson, Ellsworth, Me. Addressed to Miss Mabel D. Mason, c/o L. Davis, Plaistow, RFD, NH. (Removed from original frame.)