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| 11203 | Big Tree Florida 1948 |
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Description: Unknown couple, may be LaRue Spiker’s parents, standing in front of a large tree. Sign in front of them says, “Big Tree Florida 1948. Oldest-Largest Cyprus 3500 years 17 x 127 feet. Caption on the back reads, “Fla. 1948 - I was looking for something, and this fell out, Will pass it on to you in hopes you’ll get a big laugh. I was shocked at how distressed Pop looks and I can’t remeber of my face being so fat. I think this tree is some where near Orlander seems like some one was with us but I don’t know who. Any way I don’t want it around here.” [show more] | |
| 10886 | Bay Pines Trailer |
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Description: A 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 Black and White of A Bay Pines Trailer. The photo was taken in St. Petersburg Florida on 3 January ,1953. | ||
| 9534 | Seated Man |
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Description: 3.5 X 5 black and white photograph of a man with mustache and glasses reading newspaper in arm chair and doily behind head. Wearing glasses and white shirt, striped belt and pants and socks, no shoes, Feet propped up on something. Man’s right hand on armchair. White lamp post behind to left of chair. Magazine rack to right of chair with ‘POST’ in it. Fern pattern on wallpaper and rug. | |
| 9536 | Flowering Bush |
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Description: 3.25 X 3.25 color photograph of a pink flowering bush next to tree trunk wrapped in vine with orange flowers. Low green bush on ground to right of tree. Yellow and green striped awning to right of tree trunk too. Telephone wires in sky of picture. | |
| 9537 | Lemon Tree |
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Description: 3.25 X 2.35 color photograph of a tree in midground with many white and yellow flowers. Another tree appears to be in upper right hand corner. Lots of sun in the photo. Grass in foreground. Writting on back, “Lemon Tree.” | |
| 9538 | Ducks near a House |
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Description: 3.25 X 3.25 color photograph of a mother duck and two ducklings on lawn in front of white house with green chair to the side of screened in porch. Brown bush in foreground, and pine trees behind house. Writting on back, “ This is the duck that was exile, she had 2 babies, but she never mingled with other ducks.” | |
| 9539 | Azalea Bush |
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Description: 3.25 X 3.25 color photograph of a pink azalea bush in front of white camper with awning over window. Other plants surround azalea on either side, grass in foreground. Writing on back, ‘'Our azalea bush but it didn’t take well.' | |
| 9540 | Tree with Orange Blossoms |
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Description: 3.25 X 3.25 color photograph of a tree with orange flowers and green foliage. White house under tree to the right. Shadows on grass in foreground, and small structure in far background on left side. | |
| 9541 | Ducks near a Pond |
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Description: 3.25 X 3.25 color photograph of a family of white ducks standing on land and in the water. All facing to the left of the picture. Shadows on grass in foreground. then ducks, and a body of water. Small island and tall trees in background. Writting on back, “ The family of ducks, full grown.” | |
| 9986 | Unidentified Air Plant |
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Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of a small spider-like air plant attatched to large tree trunk. Writing on back, “ La Rue Spiker, Route 1, Box 14C, Bar Harbor, Maine.” Paper attatched to back, “ 7. Dark green and graceful, this species is decidedly less comon. Even the experts have difficulty in identifying some specits when they are not in bloom.” Second attatchment, “ Note: the botanist at the Highlands Hammock State Park, Sebring, Florida identified this species for me as T. juncea. Later a botanist friend in Philadelphia questioned this identification. Therefore, I sent a copy of the photo to Mulford Foster at Orlando. He Stated : “Most definately the plant is not T. juncea.....Without the plant showing an inflorescence I would not wish to make any identification....” [show more] | |
| 9987 | Pineapple Air Plant, T. Utriculata |
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Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of a pineapple air plant attatched to base of trunk on tree. Tree in woods surrounded by other trees. Plant has tall stalk of dark flowers. Writing on back of photo, “ Corkscrew, 1958, LaRue Spiker, Route 1, Box 14c, Bar Harbor, Maine. Paper attatched to back, “ 3. A ‘pineapple air plant’ which had bloomed on the trunk of a small cypress tree. This species, Tillandsia utriculata, requires five or six years to mature, blooms but once then dies. It belongs to the same botanical genus as Spanish moss.” [show more] | |
| 9988 | Common Air Pine, T. fasciculata |
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Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of the common air pine (T. fasciculata). Marked on back of photo: "Highland Hammock, 1958, LaRue Spiker, Route 1, Box 14c, Bar Harbor Maine.” Paper attatched to back, “ 5. The "common air pine" (T. fasciculata) in a freak location on the ground. This plant is epiphytic and normaly grows fastened to the trunks or branches of trees by stout woody little roots without absorptive power. The plant manufactures its food from gases and moisture absorbed from the air by its leaves; roots serve only for support and anchorage. Note bud of flower stalk in upper center.” [show more] | |
| 9989 | Air Plant, T. tenufolia |
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Description: 8 X 10 black and white close-up photograph of tree trunk with wiry air plant on side of trunk. Trunk takes up half of frame, grey background. Wrighting on back of photo, “Highland Hommock, 1958, LaRue Spiker, Route 1, Box 14c, Bar Harbor Maine.” Paper attatched to back, “ 6. One of the least spectacular of the Tillandsia, the “ grass air plant” (T. tenuifolia) does resemble a clump of grass with delusions of grandeur regarding its habitat. This species thrives in shady locations. Its deep green leaves are sometimes heavily tinged with dark red; the small blue flowers are borne on a stem six to twelve inches long.” [show more] | |
| 9632 | Southern Forest |
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Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of a forest floor with fallen leaves and debris. Tall trees with straight trunks and palm leaves throughout background. Ferns on left and right sides on photo. Paper on back, “ The cover of this section of bay was primarily palmetto and fern with some loblolly bay (a member of the tea family) mixed in. | |
| 9990 | Air Plant, T. utriculata |
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Description: 8 X 10 black and white photo of large air plant growing on a tree trunk with other palms behind tree that are highlighted. Paper on back, “ 4. An immature T. utriculata. Water collects at the base of the leaves, and the tiny resevoirs which result sometimes become the home of insects, little green frogs, and small aquatic plants.” Wrighting on back of photo, “ La Rue Spiker, Routel, Box 14C, Bar Harbor, Maine, Feb. 1959 Frontiers.” | |
| 9550 | Man Posing |
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Description: 3.5 X 3.5 color photograph of a man standing on lawn beside mobile camper and poinsettia bush. He is wearing a white brimmed hat with a brown band. The hat shades his eyes. He is wearing a brown shirt and a tan suit, with his hands in his pockets. From Folder- Spiker, Family and Friends. | |
| 9551 | Woman and Man |
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Description: 3.5 X 3.5 color photograph of two elderly people standing in front of trees and a wooden structure. A woman in a maroon sweater and black dress on the left with both hands folded in front of her. She is looking ahead and wearing light rimmed glasses. Man on right is wearing white brimmed hat with tan band, his eyes are shadded. Wearing brown shirt and tan suit, hands are in pockets. They are standing in front of yellow wooden structure with windows and a lot of plants and bushes behind them. From Folder- Spiker, Family and Friends. [show more] | |
| 9552 | Car and Campers |
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Description: 3.5 X 3.5 color photograph of a blue car in driveway in front of camper. Much lawn in foreground. Tall trees behind camper. From Folder- Spiker, Family and Friends. | |
| 9553 | Man beside Trailer |
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Description: 3.5 X 3.5 color photograph of a man standing in front of metal camper with white hat, brown shirt and tan pants. Hands are in pockets. Man is on left side of photo. Tall pine trees in background. Large red Poinsettia bush in front of trailer. | |
| 9583 | Poles with Pelicans |
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Description: 3 X 3 color photograph of large body of water with trees in background on other side of bank. Six upright logs in water, in row. Each pole has a pelican sitting on top of it Sky has many clouds in it. | |
| 9630 | Skunk Cabbage |
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Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of skunk cabbage. Plants resemble cupped hands and are bending in towards each other. White spots are on the suface of each plant. Dirt and grass surround the plants. Writing on back, “ The skunk cabbage-item 70%.” | |
| 9635 | Unfolding Ferns |
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Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of two new fern plants with opening leaves. Plants are in front of a piece of wooden log. The plant furthest left is casting a shadow on the bottom of the log. There is dark moss in the forground at the bottom of frame. | |
| 9636 | Sub-tropical Forest, Highland's Hammock State Park, Florida |
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Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of a gravel road lined with palm trees and tropical foliage. Large tree on left side in foreground, with long branch extending from middle of left side of photo to the upper right corner. Paper attatched to back, “ Not all of that mecca for wintering Yankees is surf and shining sand; interior Florida is equally interesting. The sub-tropical forest shown here is part of the Highland’s Hammock State park. There are trailering facilities in the park and in nearby Sebring. LeRue Spiker % Gilbert, 2037 Walnut St. Phila 3, Penna. “ [show more] | |
| 9637 | Florida Wetland |
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Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of a Florida wetland. Body of water in lower part of image with palm tree in center of picture extending out over water. Long spanish moss on trees in foreground on right side of picture. | |
| 10051 | Sea Collection |
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Description: 3.5 X 3.5 black and white photograph. One white sand dollar, one sea urchin, one small starfish, one large starfish arranged in grouping on sand. Shadows being cast toward left side of photo. Largest starfish has tip of arm cropped by right side of photo frame. |
