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9534Seated Man
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, family and Friends.
  • People
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1953, Sept.
Seated Man
Item:
  • 9534   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.2010
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, family and Friends.
  • People
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1953, Sept.
Place:
  • Florida
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.
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.”
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.
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.”
10886Bay Pines Trailer
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1953
Bay Pines Trailer
Item:
  • 10886   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.918
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • St. Petersburg, Florida
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.
9540Tree with Orange Blossoms
  • Image, Photograph, Color Photograph
  • Other, family and Friends
  • People
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1957
Tree with Orange Blossoms
Item:
  • 9540   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.2004
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Color Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, family and Friends
  • People
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1957
Place:
  • Florida
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.
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.”
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.'
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.”
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.