Description: People who gave speeches at the Commencement: Invocation and Benediction- Rev. Arthur Wilson Salutatory Address- Meridith Bordeaux Class History- Mry Grindle Class Oration- Pearl Freeman Prophecy- Annie Sandborn Vocal Selection Mrs. Grace Herrick Class Gifts- Elbert Babbidge Valedictory Address- Donald Smith
Description: Bacherlor's and Master's Diplomas of LaRue Spiker Maine Press Association awards for LaRue Spiker and Bar Harbor Times Editorial Previoulsy archived as 012.FIC.052.1.a-d, **1359, **1360
Description: Loose minutes of the Friday Club 1947 - 1948 Discussed Hamlet at one meeting Donated to the Opportunity Farm, home for at-risk boys founded in 1910 Sent delegate to MDI Hospital Auxiliary
Description: Snapshot of unknown woman bundled up in dark fur coat, with dark hat on head. Can see telephone or telegraph lines in the background. Inscription on back reads “To Uncle .... from niece Helen.”
Description: Snapshot of unknown boy or young man standing in snow. Wears trousers tucked into calf-length boots, dark jacket. Can see snowy ground, bare trees covered with snow, telephone poles, house in background.
Description: portrait of man wearing dark suit, white shirt with white rounded collar, and long dark tie. Has thinning, possibly gray, white or blondish hair, parted in the center, worn very short. Inscription below photo reads “Mark Morrison.”
Description: Portrait of unknown young woman, standing with back to camera, head is turned so that it’s in profile. Dark curly hair pulled back and secured in low bun. Wearing white satin/lace top, draped over shoulders. Inscription reads “Dorothy Earnes” (could also be Earves).
Description: Albumen print of woman with dark, curly, short (just over ears) hair. Wearing dark blouse with lace/cutouts near neckline, v-neck style. Also wearing brooch at neckline, string of large pearls, and dark rimmed glasses. Inscription on back reads “Love Carrie M. Kinney, Old Town, May 1930”
Description: Portrait of woman with dark curly hair pulled back. Wearing white lacy dress--sort of coat over blouse for top. Lots of lace detail. Inscription on bottom of casing reads “Dorothy Earnes.”
Description: The last brush of paint. Workmen putting finishing touches to the S.S. Acadia, the new Eastern Steamship liner, just before launching at he Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia on Saturday last, February 13, 1932. Note the giant blades and shaft projecting from the hull of one of the twin screws.
Description: Sepia postcard of Somesville houses overlooking Somes Cove. Houses are identified on back of card, l to r: Rose Dresser House; Billy Fernald House; Dan Somes Smith House; Redfield House.
Description: Front view of Mount Desert Island Historical Society Selectmen's Building Museum. Shutters closed, ladder leaning against door with saw horse to the left. Brook in background.
Description: Panoramic view of Sheep Island. Evergreens line rock shore with small ledge extending into a small cove. Two photographs attached together to create panorama.
Description: The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Black and white photo. Alfred M. Landon of Topeka, Kansas, 1936 presidential candidate, at helm of ketch "Blue Moon" owned by A.B. Smith.
Description: The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Black and white photo. This negative is probably NOT a W.H. Ballard photo. Notes on the Ballard negative sheaf: Four Master at Southwest Harbor, ME. Ralph Blood Negative, 1932. Theoline, Captain John Latty of Bernard, Maine.
Description: The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Black and white photo. View of Mt. Desert from Gott's Island. Foreground includes Frolic, fishing vessel of Elmer Spurling.