26 - 35 of 35 results

You searched for:

Title	Type	Subject	Date	Rights
Man with Lobster Trap Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Businesses, Fishery Business Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap Other People Vessels, Boat		Copyright Not Evaluated	Man with Lobster Trap Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-1058 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap Other People Vessels, Boat Description: An elderly fisherman lifts a lobster trap. Black and white
Hooked rug with clamshell design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Hooked rug with clamshell design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.331.2093 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Other People Description: Rug. Hooked rug, with clamshell design. Description for clamshell from donor's 1987 appraisal at Thomaston Galleries: HOOKED RUG: woolens on burlap with 1/2”-wide braided border. Dark band enclosing tight rows of dark polychrome “Clam Shells”. Good overall condition. 20th c. American Dim: 28” x 47”. Donor doesn't know if it was made on GCI, but recalls it being in her mother's GCI home when she was a child.
Hooked rug with floral design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Hooked rug with floral design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.331.2094 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Other People Description: Rug. Hooked rug, with floral design. Donor doesn't know if it was made on GCI, but recalls it being in her mother's GCI home when she was a child. Rug is hooked with stockings and fabric on burlap.
Braided rugs and pot holder by Addie Duren Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Braided rugs and pot holder by Addie Duren Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.335.2101 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Other People Description: Rugs: two braided multi-colored rugs; and one cloth pot holder. These three items were all made by GCI resident Addie Duren. Rug (A) is oval shaped, brightly colored reds, blues, purples, greys 46" long by 32.5" wide. Rug (B) is oval shaped, black and tan overall 56" long x 39" wide. There is a story that when the Duren house caught fire (19xx?), it was Addie's rags and rug-making materials stored in the attic that kept the fire from spreading rapidly through whole house. Pot holder (C) has crocheted edges with dancing girl and pink backing. [show more]
Collection of Rachel Field's Hitty Preble materials Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Collection of Rachel Field's Hitty Preble materials Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1098 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Other People Description: Collection of Rachel Field/Hitty items, 1098a-g. (a) News article "Hitty Comes Home" Bar Harbor Times May 27, 2004. (b) News article "Children's books Include Rachel Field favorite" Mount Desert Islander May 18, 2006. Apparently, "Grace for an Island Meal" was her favorite. (c) 3 different printed copies of "Big Hitty" postcards. (d) Two-page genealogy "The Field Family of Stockbridge in the 1800s" covering 1781-1942, and ending with the death of Rachel Field. (e) Two writings by Rachel Field. "A Valentine for Old Dolls" and "Acceptance Paper", which she read after winning the Newbery Medal for "Hitty" in 1030. (f) Article by the Macmillan Company "Dorothy P. Lathrop" illustrator of Rachel Field's works. (g) Article from COMPASS, Aug 31, 2006, "Do You Know Who Hitty Is? If So, We've Got a Weekend for You", with announcement of "All this and Hitty too: a doll, a book, a seminar" held in Stockbridge, MA September 15-17, 2006. Also one-page "Looking Back at Hitty's Second Hundred Years" a talk by Margaret Chang, Delivered at the "all this and Hitty Too" Seminar of the Stockbridge Library Assocition, September 16, 2006. Actually, items d-g probably were all distributed at this seminar [show more]
Postcard from Rachel Field Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other People	1935	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Postcard from Rachel Field Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.1003 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other People Date: 1935 Description: Postcard from Rachel Field to J. Stuart Groves about a signature he wished to have in one of his books. Postcard is dated from 9/16/1935 from Sutton's Island
Friends of Hitty ladies with Bruce Komusin Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Other People	2005	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Friends of Hitty ladies with Bruce Komusin Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2005.113.836 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Other People Date: 2005 Description: Photos: 3 snapshots of Hitty ladies including Virginia Heyerdahl (editor of Friends of Hitty Newsletter), who visited the schoolhouse museum in November 2005. Photo 1: blank. Photo 2: Hitty Ladies & Bruce Komusin. The women include Virginia Heyerdahl - they donated some Rachel Field books shown on the table. Photo 3. Sarah Newell in schoolhouse museum behind Rachel Field books, some just donated.
Cranberry Island Rugs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other People	2004	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Cranberry Island Rugs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.795 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other People Date: 2004 Description: Letter (copy) sent by Hugh L. Dwelley to Mildred Cole Peledeau in 2004, about Cranberry Island Rugs. Hugh's letter includes several patterns for rugs: "Jefferson's Fancy", "Dimond Diaper", "Rose of Sharon", and some unlabeled. The patterns are also labeled "Mrs. Eliza Murray", "1840", and "1844". A photo of some samples made form the patterns in 1999.
Reviews of oboe performances by Sara Lambert Bloom Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Reviews of oboe performances by Sara Lambert Bloom Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.1.425 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Other People Description: Document, 1 page, collection of reviews of oboe performances by Sara Lambert Bloom
Picnic of trustees of the Arcady Music Festival, Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Picnic of trustees of the Arcady Music Festival, Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.1.428 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Other People Description: Photo, picnic of trustees of the Arcady Music Festival, 1984

Save these search results as a PDF file