The back of the photograph says "Bob Howe reads a bronze plaque bolted to the rocks near our camp on Little Duck I.." The plague reads "This island was given to the National Association of Audubon Societies in 1934 in memory of Benjamin Walworth Arnold who loved birds and who bought Little Duck Island in 1908 in the hope that the Sea Gulls, Petrel Terns, Sea Pigeons, and all the birds that nest along these shores might have perpetual sanctuary.
Description: The back of the photograph says "Bob Howe reads a bronze plaque bolted to the rocks near our camp on Little Duck I.." The plague reads "This island was given to the National Association of Audubon Societies in 1934 in memory of Benjamin Walworth Arnold who loved birds and who bought Little Duck Island in 1908 in the hope that the Sea Gulls, Petrel Terns, Sea Pigeons, and all the birds that nest along these shores might have perpetual sanctuary. [show more]
Description: The back of the photograph says "Bud Long takes notes at a Herring Gull nest. His bother [sic] Bennie, inspects one of the three eggs from the nest."
Description: The back of the photograph says "General view of our camp site on Little Duck I. Gulls nested in grassy meadow between our tents and the rocks."
Description: The back of the photograph says "Chef Red Long prepares another lobster dinner. We had lobsters almost daily thanks to Lobsterman Clawson."
Description: This photograph was taken on Newport Avenue in Bar Harbor, slightly south of the present-day Agamont Park. Porcupine Island is in the background.
Description: The back of the photograph says "Chef Red Long serves dinner on Little Duck. At table: l. to r. Bennie Long, Bud Long, Bob Howe and George Harrison"
Four men and four women are shown off for a day's outing. The ninth man is the buckboard driver. Edward Lothrop Rand is standing by the buckboard carrying his vasculum for collecting botanicl specimens. vas·cu·lum n. (pl. -la ) Bot. a collecting box for plants, typically in the form of a flattened cylindrical metal case with a lengthwise opening, carried by a shoulder strap. - "vasculum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (March 16, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vasculum.html.
Description: Four men and four women are shown off for a day's outing. The ninth man is the buckboard driver. Edward Lothrop Rand is standing by the buckboard carrying his vasculum for collecting botanicl specimens. vas·cu·lum n. (pl. -la ) Bot. a collecting box for plants, typically in the form of a flattened cylindrical metal case with a lengthwise opening, carried by a shoulder strap. - "vasculum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (March 16, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vasculum.html. [show more]