Description: Unknown man standing in front of microphone on outdoor stage. Band and crowd in background. Another man stands to the right. All wearing winter coats.
Description: Dr. Susan Zell is using the techniques of biochemistry to determine when young salmon are ready to migrate from their home waters to the sea. Marked “Public Information Photo University of Maine at Orono”.
Description: Harris Hyman wearing plaid shirt open at the collar and glasses. Stands in classroom with a chalkboard. Energy instructor at College of the Atlantic.
Description: Richard Hill wearing a Cooperative Extension Service, University of Maine nametag. Wears suit and tie and stands in front of large United States map.
Description: Photograph of photograph of Thomas Lincoln (1812-1883). Courtesy of Mrs. Marshall Washburn of Bangor, Maine. Picture may have been used to accompany LaRue Spikers’ article “Tom Lincoln’s Sparrow.” Duplicate with accession number 998-83-1188
Description: Ted Spurling seated in wide arm chair working on knot. Caption attached on back was removed. “Ted Spurling, licensed skipper and lobsterman, whiles away hours weaving Turk’s heads from warp. Used as decorative collars on sailing vessels in the past, the Turk’s heads are a popular gift shop item used as candle stick holders. Ted is part of the Oceanarium team.”
Description: Ralph Phippen sitting on couch wearing cardigan and plaid shirt. Caption attached on back was removed. “Ralph Phippen, who started hauling traps when he was eight years old, is almost a classic picture of the Downeast Lobsterman --- gruff, determined, proud. During the depression of the 1930’s,he painted the stern of his boat red, white and blue then labeled her name over the colors -- “Hard Luck.” now he shares his fishing skiff with patrons of the Oceanarium. [show more]
Description: Unknown elderly man wearing bowler type hat with pin striped suit coat looking at fruit on sidewalk outside store. May have been taken in Philadelphia. Smaller 3x5 copy with accession numbers: 998-548-1653, 998-79-1184
Description: Older woman with wrinkled skin. Wears house dress kept closed at top with safety pin. Stands in front of small house/shed. Possibly taken in the mid-west.