Leyland Whipple Lantern Slides

Title: Leyland Whipple Lantern Slides
Description: Glass lantern slides, many hand-colored, depicting Maine landmarks and landscapes, outdoor recreation, logging operations, the papermaking process, wildlife, agriculture, and historical scenes. Leyland Whipple was a Bangor photographer, composer, and high school band leader who documented the Fire of 1911.

Items

On Allagash Stream

View of Allagash Stream showing two men and their canoes packed with equipment. One man stands in the water hauling his canoe over rocks while the other uses a pole to navigate the stream. Logs line the edge of the stream.

Poling up the Moose River

Four men stand in canoes using poles to propel their vessels upstream.

A Splendid Trout Hole on Sourdnahunk [Nesowadnehunk] Stream

A man fishes on the rocky bank of Nesowadnehunk Stream beside a wooden dam.

On Sourdnahunk [Nesowadnehunk] Stream

A small waterfall with two levels flows down boulders. Trees line the horizon.

Drive of Logs in Ripogenus Gorge

View looking down at a large log drive in Ripogenus Gorge.

Ripogenus Gorge

View of Ripogenus Gorge showing the river in foreground and a steep rock wall in the background.

Ripogenus Gorge

A dramatic view of Ripogenus Gorge showing steep rock walls rising above the river.

Shooting Pocwacacwas [Pockwockamus] Fall, West Branch Penobscot River

A paddler navigates his canoe through the rough waters of Pockwockamus Falls.

On Lobster Lake

A man and two women look across Lobster Lake. The man stands on the sandy shore holding a paddle, and the women sit in a red canoe.

Lobster Lake and Spencer Mountain

View of a canoe perched at the edge of Lobster Lake and a man sitting on rocks looking across the water toward Spencer Mountain.

Little Spencer Mountain

View across a lake toward Little Spencer Mountain.

Camp at Upper End of North East Carry

View of a cabin in the woods with smoke rising above it. A man stands in the cabin doorway and a large tree stump is visible in the left foreground.

North East Carry, West Branch

People carry supplies from a horse-drawn wagon down to canoes by the bank of the Penobscot River.

Night View From Top of Mount Kineo

Looking through treetops to Moosehead Lake in dim blue light.

Sunset from Mount Kineo, Kineo House in Foreground

The colors of a sunset over the Kineo peninsula and Moosehead Lake, showing the Kineo House resort.

Thunderstorm Going Over Spencer Mts. Seen From the Top of Mt. Kineo

A mountain landscape with dark storm clouds overhead.

Moosehead Lake From the Top of Mount Kineo, Lily Bay Mtns. in Distance

View of Moosehead Lake and the forests surrounding it, showing the Lily Bay Mountains in the distance.

Kineo Mt.

The sheer cliff of Mount Kineo towers dramatically over people walking across an open field.

A Glimpse of Moosehead Lake

A man crouches beside his canoe on the shore of Moosehead Lake, seeming to examine a log. A small island is visible close to the shore.

Running Stair Falls, East Branch Penobscot River

A man paddles a canoe through turbulent water. Beyond the water is an early successional forest and mountains are visible in the distance.

Running Red Falls Pitch, East Branch Penobscot River

Two men stand up in canoes, using poles to navigate the rapids.

Camp on Upper Shin Pond, Near Patten

View of five paddlers in four brightly colored canoes. Two camps are visible in the trees on the bank of the pond.

Big Houston Pond

Two men sit on upturned canoes next to a birch tree, looking across Big Houston Pond toward a mountain in the distance.

Mt. Borestone From Lake Onawa

View across Lake Onawa toward Borestone Mountain showing a rocky, tree-lined shore.