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]
Fred, Jack and Willy Parker were three of William Gilman and Ada Eldora Clark Parker's children. The photograph was taken near 148 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine - the William Gilman Parker House.
Description: Fred, Jack and Willy Parker were three of William Gilman and Ada Eldora Clark Parker's children. The photograph was taken near 148 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine - the William Gilman Parker House.
Description: Unknown man in spats on the left is possibly Ebed Wilder Neal (1879-1950) Dr. Neal's brother. Dr. George Arthur Neal with mustache is on the right.
“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.
Description: “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.
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.
Description: 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.