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14869Gathering Firewood on Little Duck Island
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Harrison - Hal H. Harrison
  • Frenchboro, Little Duck Island
The back of the photograph says "Everyone gathered wood for our nightly camp fire and for cooking our neals [sic]. L. to R. Bud, Red and Bennie Long"
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The back of the photograph says "Everyone gathered wood for our nightly camp fire and for cooking our neals [sic]. L. to R. Bud, Red and Bennie Long"
14861George Harrison and Bennie Long in a "pup tent"
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Harrison - Hal H. Harrison
  • Frenchboro, Little Duck Island
The back of the photograph says "George Harrison (left) and Bennie Long slept in a ''pup tent.' They looked like this at dawn each morning."
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The back of the photograph says "George Harrison (left) and Bennie Long slept in a ''pup tent.' They looked like this at dawn each morning."
16094Greetings from Manset, Me.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Nature, Animals
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
14886Hal Harrison Hand-Feeding a Flock of Birds
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Long - Ralph H. Long, Jr. (1932-1992) aka Bud
  • Frenchboro, Little Duck Island
The back of the photograph says "The gulls finally accept us as harmless. Here Bud Long photographs Hal Harrison hand-feeding a flock of birds."
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The back of the photograph says "The gulls finally accept us as harmless. Here Bud Long photographs Hal Harrison hand-feeding a flock of birds."
6946Haying on Fernald Point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Farming
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
Haying on Fernald Point in the Jesuit field at the base of Flying Mountain. The hay was for horse feed. Unknown waitress on the left. Chris Lawlor on right in front of horses. Bill Lawlor is between the horses and Joe Lawlor is at the far right.
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Haying on Fernald Point in the Jesuit field at the base of Flying Mountain. The hay was for horse feed. Unknown waitress on the left. Chris Lawlor on right in front of horses. Bill Lawlor is between the horses and Joe Lawlor is at the far right.
6603Henry W. Sawyer with Oxen "Crook" and "Straight"
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Tremont
14880Herring Gull eggs on Little Duck Island
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Harrison - Hal H. Harrison
  • Frenchboro, Little Duck Island
The back of the photograph says "Commonest nesting bird on Little Duck I. when we camped there in June was the Herring Gull."
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The back of the photograph says "Commonest nesting bird on Little Duck I. when we camped there in June was the Herring Gull."
11019Horses at Top of Sluice
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
16161Howard Milton Reed with Dog
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
6191Ice Harvest on Mt. Desert, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
“As Americans developed a preference for fresh fish, demand for ice increased. Here, armed with a handsaw, ice chisel, and ice plow ...these ...men are harvesting ice, which rivaled granite in the 1890s as Maine’s prime export.” - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 42.
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“As Americans developed a preference for fresh fish, demand for ice increased. Here, armed with a handsaw, ice chisel, and ice plow ...these ...men are harvesting ice, which rivaled granite in the 1890s as Maine’s prime export.” - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 42.
13864Jack - The Bemis Family Horse
  • Set
  • Nature, Animals
6953Joseph C. Lawlor at the Blue Hill Fair Horse Pulling Contest
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
6958Joseph C. Lawlor with friends and "Barney"
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
Joe is in the middle.
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Joe is in the middle.
7418Lawrence "Lonnie" B. Sawyer and Ox
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Tremont
14878Leach's Storm-Petrel Bird with Egg in Burrow
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Harrison - Hal H. Harrison
  • Frenchboro, Little Duck Island
The back of the photograph says "Leach's Storm-Petrel Bird with egg in burrow. Bud Long studied this species closely. Here an underground burrow was exposed for observation. Petresl [sic] lay 1 white egg."
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The back of the photograph says "Leach's Storm-Petrel Bird with egg in burrow. Bud Long studied this species closely. Here an underground burrow was exposed for observation. Petresl [sic] lay 1 white egg."
14885Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma Leucorhoa
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Harrison - Hal H. Harrison
  • Frenchboro, Little Duck Island
The back of the photograph says "Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa Head study in hand Little Duck I., Maine"
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The back of the photograph says "Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa Head study in hand Little Duck I., Maine"
16162Lottie R. King and Howard Milton Reed
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals, Cats
  • People
16163Lottie R. King and Howard Milton Reed Holding Animals
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
16164Lottie Rea King with Horses
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
8917Lucy Ella Lawler Whitmore and Family Dog, "Pat"
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 30 Bass Harbor Road
11072Marion E. Stanley Holding Her Brother, Charles Warren Stanley, on a Horse
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Tacoma WA
10517Mr. And Mrs. Seth Sprague Thornton (Nell Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton) Off for Bass Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cyanotype
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958)
  • Southwest Harbor
15798Muffin the Rand family cat
  • Reference
  • Nature, Animals
14856Mystic Isle Explorer' Club - Duck Island Expedition
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Harrison - Hal H. Harrison
  • Frenchboro, Little Duck Island
The back of the photograph says "The Little Duck Island had its own camp sign. It faced the sea with Mt. Desert 7 miles away."
Description:
The back of the photograph says "The Little Duck Island had its own camp sign. It faced the sea with Mt. Desert 7 miles away."
14868Native Birds of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Long - Ralph H. Long, Jr. (1932-1992) aka Bud
This booklet is intended to indicate all of the species of birds that are known to breed or have bred on Mt. Desert Island during the past 50 years and to serve as a useful guide from June through August for those in interested in finding birds. The dedication page says "DEDICATED TO MY MENTORS James Bond who was the first to inspire my interest in birds and who compiled the early editions of Native Birds of Mt. Desert Island, and Hal H. Harrison who has helped me understand the cunning ways of nesting birds both wise and valued counselors in matters of natural history."
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This booklet is intended to indicate all of the species of birds that are known to breed or have bred on Mt. Desert Island during the past 50 years and to serve as a useful guide from June through August for those in interested in finding birds. The dedication page says "DEDICATED TO MY MENTORS James Bond who was the first to inspire my interest in birds and who compiled the early editions of Native Birds of Mt. Desert Island, and Hal H. Harrison who has helped me understand the cunning ways of nesting birds both wise and valued counselors in matters of natural history." [show more]