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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
1242Sardine Carrier Boats Negative, 1953
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Other, Maritime
  • Vessels, Boat, Sardine Carrier
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1953
Sardine Carrier Boats Negative, 1953
Item:
  • 1242   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Other, Maritime
  • Vessels, Boat, Sardine Carrier
Creator:
  • Ballard, W. H.
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
Description:
The sardine carrier boats "Alice," "America," and "Maine Queen" are reflected in the water in Southwest Harbor, ME. Black and white
9529Seagulls over Water
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1953, Dec.
Seagulls over Water
Item:
  • 9529   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.2015
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1953, Dec.
Place:
  • Maine
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.
9536Flowering Bush
  • Image, Photograph, Color Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1957
Flowering Bush
Item:
  • 9536   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.2008
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Color Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1957
Place:
  • Florida
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.
9537Lemon Tree
  • Image, Photograph, Color Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1957
Lemon Tree
Item:
  • 9537   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.2007
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Color Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1957
Place:
  • Florida
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.”
9538Ducks near a House
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, ducks
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1957
Ducks near a House
Item:
  • 9538   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.2006
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Other, ducks
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1957
Place:
  • Florida
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.”
9539Azalea Bush
  • Image, Photograph, Color Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1957
Azalea Bush
Item:
  • 9539   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.2005
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Color Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1957
Place:
  • Florida
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.'
9541Ducks near a Pond
  • Image, Photograph, Color Photograph
  • Nature
  • Other, ducks
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1957
Ducks near a Pond
Item:
  • 9541   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.2003
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Color Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Other, ducks
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1957
Place:
  • Florida
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.”
9632Southern Forest
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1959
Southern Forest
Item:
  • 9632   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.1903
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Florida
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.
9633Maine Fern
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1959
Maine Fern
Item:
  • 9633   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.1902
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Maine
Description:
8 X 10 black and white photograph of a single stemed fern with five leaves coming off stem in center of photo. Leaves are lighted background is dark with other plants. Back of photo, ‘ December 1959, Frontier’s Zinc H7, 3” wide 2.5” deep.”
9634Fern with Seed Stalks
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1959
Fern with Seed Stalks
Item:
  • 9634   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.1901
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Maine
Description:
8 X 10 black and white photograph of a large fern in middle with all leaves pointing upwards. Large seed stalks in center of fern. All values of photo are of equall light and shadow.
9986Unidentified Air Plant
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1958
Unidentified Air Plant
Item:
  • 9986   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.1897
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1958
Place:
  • Florida
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]
9987Pineapple Air Plant, T. Utriculata
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1958
Pineapple Air Plant, T. Utriculata
Item:
  • 9987   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.1896
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1958
Place:
  • Florida
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]
9988Common Air Pine, T. fasciculata
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1958
Common Air Pine, T. fasciculata
Item:
  • 9988   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.1895
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1958
Place:
  • Florida
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]
9989Air Plant, T. tenufolia
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1958
Air Plant, T. tenufolia
Item:
  • 9989   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.1894
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1958
Place:
  • Florida
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]
9990Air Plant, T. utriculata
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1959
Air Plant, T. utriculata
Item:
  • 9990   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.1893
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
  • Nature, Plants
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Florida
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.”
10277Old Cottonwood
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1959
Old Cottonwood
Item:
  • 10277   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.1545
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • c 1959
Description:
Large tree with sign advertising for milk. Sign at base of the trunk reading, “Old Cottonwood tree landmark 1936.”
10289Patuxent Research Refuge
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
Patuxent Research Refuge
Item:
  • 10289   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.1533
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • c 1950s
Description:
Entrance to Patuxent Research Refuge. Sign on stone wall, “U.S. Department of the Interior Patuxent Research Refuge”
10290Fish and Wildlife Refuge
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature
  • LaRue Spiker
  • c 1950s
Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Item:
  • 10290   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.1532
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • c 1950s
Description:
U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge sign on stone wall.
8424Robert Morse model bird: Road Runner
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Models
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1956
Robert Morse model bird: Road Runner
Item:
  • 8424   
Object ID:
  • 008.073.27-4
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Models
Creator:
  • Ballard, W.H.
Collection:
  • Robert Michael, Ballard 2008 Collection
Date:
  • 1956
Description:
Color negative of carved bird model of a road runner. Carved by Roberrt Morse
8425Robert Morse model bird: Great Horned Owl
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Models
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1956
Robert Morse model bird: Great Horned Owl
Item:
  • 8425   
Object ID:
  • 008.073.27-3
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Models
Creator:
  • Ballard, W.H.
Collection:
  • Robert Michael, Ballard 2008 Collection
Date:
  • 1956
Description:
Color negative of carved bird model of a great horned owl. Carved by Roberrt Morse
8448Robert Morse model bird: Snowy Owl
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Models
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1956
Robert Morse model bird: Snowy Owl
Item:
  • 8448   
Object ID:
  • 008.073.27-2
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Models
Creator:
  • Ballard, W.H.
Collection:
  • Robert Michael, Ballard 2008 Collection
Date:
  • 1956
Description:
Color negative of carved bird model of a snowy owl. Carved by Roberrt Morse
8490Robert Morse model bird: Blue Heron
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Models
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1956
Robert Morse model bird: Blue Heron
Item:
  • 8490   
Object ID:
  • 008.073.27-1
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Models
Creator:
  • Ballard, W.H.
Collection:
  • Robert Michael, Ballard 2008 Collection
Date:
  • 1956
Description:
Color negative of carved bird model of a blue heron. Carved by Roberrt Morse
1127Winter Scene from Manset Fish Wharf Negative, 1956
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Other, Maritime
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1956
Winter Scene from Manset Fish Wharf Negative, 1956
Item:
  • 1127   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Other, Maritime
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard, W. H.
Date:
  • 1956
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Description:
View of the harbor from Manset Fish Wharf during the winter of 1956. Black and white
1136Southwest Harbor from Manset Shore Drive Negative, 1955 (1)
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1955
Southwest Harbor from Manset Shore Drive Negative, 1955 (1)
Item:
  • 1136   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
Creator:
  • Ballard, W. H.
Date:
  • 1955
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
Description:
View of Southwest Harbor from Manset Shore Drive during winter. Black and white
1139Southwest Harbor from Manset Shore Drive Negative, 1955 (2)
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Other, Maritime
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Pier
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1955
Southwest Harbor from Manset Shore Drive Negative, 1955 (2)
Item:
  • 1139   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Other, Maritime
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Pier
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard, W. H.
Date:
  • 1955
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
Description:
View of Southwest Harbor from Manset Shore Drive during winter. Black and white