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You searched for: Subject: BusinessesSubject: VesselsSubject: Fishery Business
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
List of barrels of oil from Schooner S. L. Foster and others
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, List, Inventory
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1882
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
List of barrels of oil from Schooner S. L. Foster and others
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
List, handwritten, 18 Nov 1882, "Gauger's Returns" listing barrels of oil from ships, SLF (probably S.L. Foster) and R (probably Rozella), Capt. E. Stanley, S.L. Foster, signed by J.G. McKerson, Gauger
Photographs of dory, schooner, and steamer boats
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Photographs of dory, schooner, and steamer boats
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Four photographs of boats (A-D) with unidentified men and boys aboard. (A) unidentified dory. (B) and (D) may be the same vessel, probably one of the mackerel schooners owned by Benjamin Harley Spurling whose wife was Frances Almira Preble (donor Louise Marr's grandparents.) C: The steamer may have been one owned by Hanson B. Joyce of Swan's Island engaged in the mackerel fishery. Joyce owned significant shares in several Cranberry Island vessels, possibly shares in Benjamin Spurling's vessels. (D): information from Ralph Stanley and Bar Harbor Record. [show more]
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)
  • 1907-09
  • Mount Desert Rock
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, September 1907. View depicts a Friendship sloop, identified as belonging to Captain Van Norden, towing two smaller boats. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Sept. 1907 No. 1 Capt. Van Norden's Boat
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1907 circa
  • Mount Desert Rock
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
View taken from Mount Desert Rock of the two-masters fishing schooner Marion Turner, as labeled on the envelope. The Marion Turner is towing a rowboat. In the foreground the ledges of Mount Desert Rock are visible. According to the envelope, the photograph was taken April 22, but year is not given. Likely taken between 1907-1909. Notes at the bottom of the negative envelope appear to refer to the development of the negative: Devel. S.R. plate Pancro. in Devel. 300 count (?) [show more]
Mackerel in Maine Waters - article 1909
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Mackerel in Maine Waters - article 1909
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Newspaper article, probably September 1909. Title: "Mackerel in Maine Waters". Article reports that 20 barrels of mackerel were caught by Eben T. Lewis, Benjamin A. Spurling, and John S. Seavey, near Monhegan. Article lists other ships and captains active in the Monhegan area due to reports of large schools of mackerel.
Documents pertaining to the Schooner Wild Rose
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Sales Record
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1890
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Documents pertaining to the Schooner Wild Rose
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Documents. Five small, folded packets of receipts and ledger sheets, each tied with twine. Most pertain to the Schooner Wild Rose provisioning and selling fish in the 1890s at local stores. Initials of Wild Rose fishermen and amounts (or weights) of fish for each fisherman often appear on reverse of these ledger sheets. The Wild Rose was 47.5 ft. built in Boothbay. Owned in 1885 by Willis Bunker. Mentioned in the records of a 1938 hurricane (per gcihs.org/1/photos/ci_notes.html). (See also 2016.332.2095 for Willis Bunker photos; his wife's name was Rosalee.) (A) Packet one: various dates, various years 1893, 1890, 1895 receipts for Wild Rose. Receipts and purchases for provisions of ships from local stores including specific parts of cod fish like 'sounds' i.e., the air bladder of a cod. (B) Packet two: 1895 receipts and purchases. (C) Packet three: 1896 receipts for Wild Rose sales of fish to Southwest Harbor, ME, store. (D) Packet four: 1888 receipts for Wild Rose. (E) Packet five: Receipts for Wild Rose. An 1899 receipt for items purchased at Nettie Spurling Stanley's store on GCI. Her store was attached to the south side of the old Stanley house (a.k.a. 2016 as Rome house). See LB2007.1.100445 Penobscot Marine Museum collection photo, saved at GCIHS in public\2001\Penobscot. [show more]
Ledger with records of fishing Schooner Rozella
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Enoch Stanley
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Ledger with records of fishing Schooner Rozella
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ledger, Pocket, with records of work, fishing, cleaning fish, fish shares sold from Schooner Rozella, found in Bob LaHotan's barn, and probably kept by Enoch Stanley
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1908-08
  • Mount Desert Rock
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Captain Van Norden's Friendship sloop with four men aboard passes by the light station at Mount Desert Rock.
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1907-08
  • Mount Desert Rock
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Two sailing vessels and a rowboat seining shad off Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. To the left, the two masted schooner is Capt. Robinson, while the Friendship sloop to the right is Capt. Van Norden, who appears with his boat in other photographs. The smaller boat in front of Capt. Van Norden is identified as Willard K. Osier This negative is damaged across the center. Written on the negative envelope is "Capt. Robinson and Capt. Van Norden Seining Shad. Small boat Willard K. Osier. [show more]
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1908-08
  • Mount Desert Rock
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Photograph taken at Mount Desert Rock Light Station of Capt. Van Norden's friendship sloop sailing near the shore. On the sloop four men are visible, and a dory appears to be on the deck of the boat as well. Written on the negative envelope is "No. 1. Capt. Van Norden's Boat"
Deep Sea Fishing Boat Negative, 1961 (2)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Other
  • Recreation
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1961
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Deep Sea Fishing Boat Negative, 1961 (2)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Deep sea fishing boat from Frenchman Bay Boating Company in Bar Harbor, ME out on the water. Black and white
Deep Sea Fishing Boat Negative, 1961 (3)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Other
  • Recreation
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1961
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Deep Sea Fishing Boat Negative, 1961 (3)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Deep sea fishing boat from Frenchman Bay Boating Company in Bar Harbor, ME out on the water. Black and white
Deep Sea Fishing Boat Negative, 1961 (4)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Other
  • Recreation
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1961
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Deep Sea Fishing Boat Negative, 1961 (4)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Deep sea fishing boat from Frenchman Bay Boating Company in Bar Harbor, ME out on the water. Black and white
Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (1)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (1)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fishermen fish for herring with seine nets in Southwest Harbor, ME in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white
Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (2)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (2)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fishermen fish for herring with seine nets in Southwest Harbor, ME in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white
Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (3)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (3)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fishermen fish for herring with seine nets in Southwest Harbor, ME in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white
Deep Sea Fishing Boat "Osprey" Negative, 1961
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Other
  • Recreation
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1961
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Deep Sea Fishing Boat "Osprey" Negative, 1961
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Deep sea fishing boat "Osprey" from Frenchman Bay Boating Company in Bar Harbor, ME out on the water. Black and white
Sardine Carrier Boats Negative, 1953
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Other
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1953
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Sardine Carrier Boats Negative, 1953
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The sardine carrier boats "Alice," "America," and "Maine Queen" are reflected in the water in Southwest Harbor, ME. Black and white
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
Description:
An elderly fisherman lifts a lobster trap. Black and white
Cranberry Isles: Glimpses of Island Life, 1976
Islesford Historical Society
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Events
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Noether, Gerry
  • 1976
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
A booklet about daily life and activities on Cranberry Island with some illustrations. Property of Hugh L. Dwelley, Islesford, Maine. Acw. #0316 Date 03/06 People Mentioned: Hugh L. Dwelley, Lura Bodwell, Tinker Colby, Charles Rice, Steve Spurling, Lynn Colby, Winslow Bunker, Maggie Denver, Gary Allen, Norma Bunker, Kenneth Lemoine, David Lemoine, Joyce Forsyte, Edith Cunningham, Dick McFalls, Gail Colby, Sonja Colby, David Westphal, Louise Sorenson, Beverly Sanborn, Wendy Sundstrom, Carl Nelson, Barbara Brooks, Charles E. Harwood, Charles N. Davie, Alexander P. MacDonald, J. W. Tingley, A. D. Knight, Daniel E. Fox, James B. Ford, Melvin Hutchins, Charles Gordon Cumming, Howard N. Bacon, Sarah Fraley, Wilfred Bunker, Amaziah Alley, Margie Phippin, Donald Allen, Julius Luck, Lyndon Colby, Robert Alley, Tud Bunker, Lil Samenfeld, Mark Samenfeld, Jack Helliker, Mickey MacFarlan, Gretna Finkelstein, Chuck Liebow, Don Hagberg, Helena Hagberg, Keith Wedge, Carl Fernald, Ada Rice, Marilyn Peterson, Irene Bartlett, Carl Brooks, Frances Bartlett, Cathy Poulin, Karen Bunker, Polly Storey, Betty Sprague, Elmer Hadlock, Polly Bunker, Ruth Stanley, Timmy Savage, Blair Colby, Ginna Murray, Lionel Sundstrom, Norman Sanborn, Ed Gray, Willie Wellman, Herman Savage, William Preble, George V. Spurling, George W. Colby, Abraham C. Fernald, W. M. Richardson [show more]
Unloading Fish from a Dory Negative (2)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • Other
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Unloading Fish from a Dory Negative (2)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Five men unload fish from a dory in Southwest Harbor, ME. Black and white
Unloading Fish from a Dory Negative (1)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • Other
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Unloading Fish from a Dory Negative (1)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Three men unload fish from a dory in Southwest Harbor, ME. Black and white
Receipt for Schooner Rozella fish
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1876
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Receipt for Schooner Rozella fish
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Business receipt, account of mackerel packed for schooner Rozella, 26 Jul 1876, $782.40
Receipt for Schooner Rozella fish
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1876
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Receipt for Schooner Rozella fish
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Business receipt, account of mackerel sold, Eli Willard, for schooner Rozella, 26 Jul 1876, $708.22, also on the same sheet, account of mackerel sold Thomas Charles for the schooner Rozella, 26 Jul 1876, $90.26
Receipt for fish caught on Schooner Rozella
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Receipt for fish caught on Schooner Rozella
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Note, Howard Norwood's share of fish caught on board Schooner Rozella is $15.55, signed by E.B.S. (presumably Enoch B. Stanley)