From collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society - Photographs Collection
Children of Vinal Beal (Alston, Velora, Virginia and Robena)
Photo of the children of lighthouse keeper Vinal Beal: Alston, Velora, Virginia and Robena Beal. Photo is not dated. Janet Ellis says the photo was probably not taken on Mount Desert Rock .. there is grass in the picture. The children, she says, had only two outfits . one for school and one for play. Beal was second assistant (1909.1910), first assistant (1910.1911), then principal keeper (1911.c. 1918) of Mount Desert Rock lighthouse.
