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Title	Type	Subject	Date	Rights
Print, "A Playful Mood - on Maine Coast" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph			Copyright Not Evaluated	Print, "A Playful Mood - on Maine Coast" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.214.1910 Type: Image, Photograph Description: Photograph. Print, "A Playful Mood - on Maine Coast", framed, color landscape of wave breaking on rocks, (c) Harris. With exhibit tag: Old tinted photos from the Hamor Tea House
Ornate metal picture frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Frame, Picture Frame	Object, Furnishings, Decoration		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Ornate metal picture frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1361 Type: Object, Furnishings, Frame, Picture Frame Subject: Object, Furnishings, Decoration Description: Frame. Ornate Metal Picture Frame for 4" to 6" pictures
Christmas card to Addie Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Greeting Card	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Christmas card to Addie Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1360 Type: Document, Correspondence, Greeting Card Subject: People Description: Christmas card in wood frame. From Annie Blake (Teacher) to Addie Stanley
Sailboat race Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Events Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	1945	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Sailboat race Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1349 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Date: 1945 Description: Photo of 8 racing I.O.D.s (International One Design sloops); approximately 5" x 8" black & white, in a wood frame. Caption taped to back of frame: "Full or Collapsed, Spinnakers Reveal Skippers' Skill and Luck in Catching Light Breeze off Mount Desert Island, Maine. One sail (third from left) droops while a rival, 100 feet directly ahead, balloons with a fortunate puff. Hand on sheet, a crew member (second yacht from right) jockeys his sail as he would a horse's reins. Compact and sturdy, these are International Class sloops all built in Norway before the war. Here the Northeast Harbor fleet nears the finish line after an eight mile race. Four years of war have not stopped such races. (Courtesy Main Development Commission)" No date. [show more]
Two partial sets of alphabet flash cards Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Instructional, Instruction Card, Flash Card	Organizations, School Institution		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Two partial sets of alphabet flash cards Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.227.1919 Type: Document, Instructional, Instruction Card, Flash Card Subject: Organizations, School Institution Description: Flash cards, two partial sets of commercially-made alphabet flash cards; each shows a letter of the alphabet or a digraph (2 letters making a sound); the back is sometimes blank, sometimes with a story explaining the use of the letter or sound
Flash cards, commercially-made alphabet flash cards. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Instructional, Instruction Card, Flash Card	Organizations, School Institution		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Flash cards, commercially-made alphabet flash cards. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.227.1918 Type: Document, Instructional, Instruction Card, Flash Card Subject: Organizations, School Institution Description: Flash cards, commercially-made alphabet flash cards; they show each letter of the alphabet with an object beginning with that letter, and on the back other words beginning with that letter; there are 17 such cards, plus one card with just the saying "Father and Mother"; 26 cards stored in Box 33 archives. two sets A has letters accompanied by pictures drawn, and words for spelling practice on the opposite side, B has only letters on both sides of each card. [show more]
Golliwog doll Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Doll			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Golliwog doll Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.214.1921 Type: Object, Doll Description: Doll, Golliwog, a miniature cloth person in blue shirt with red and white striped pants, black face, black curly hair, big red lips, whites of eyes prominent. Anti Black Caricature prominent in the early 20th century.
Male doll Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Doll	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Male doll Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2010.152.1375 Type: Object, Doll Subject: People Description: Wooden male doll dressed in South American or Spanish style
Alphabet flash cards Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Instructional, Instruction Card, Flash Card	Organizations, School Institution		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Alphabet flash cards Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.227.1920 Type: Document, Instructional, Instruction Card, Flash Card Subject: Organizations, School Institution Description: Flash cards, commercially-made alphabet flash cards in a box labeled "MANUSCRIPT CAPITALS / BEADED Tactile-Kinesthetic learning aids"; they show each letter of the alphabet printed with beaded white paint on a black background; there are 26 such cards, plus one card with the punctuation marks !?
Primer Cards from Longfellow School Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Instructional, Instruction Card, Flash Card	Organizations, School Institution		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Primer Cards from Longfellow School Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1057 Type: Document, Instructional, Instruction Card, Flash Card Subject: Organizations, School Institution Description: Primer Cards, box of Basic Primer Cards from the old Longfellow School after it closed for lack of students in 2000
German pocket dictionary from 1823 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book			Copyright Not Evaluated	German pocket dictionary from 1823 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2010.135.1058 Type: Publication, Book Description: Book, German pocket dictionary from 1823. Inscribed on first page "Mrs. Caroline Hadlock her book" According to the deed of gift this dictionary originally belonged to "The Prussian Lady", wife of Samuel Hadlock Jr. The book was given by Sammy Sanford to Barbara Shaw Weickent (sp?) (W.K. Shaw, Jr.'s daughter) and Gordon H. Shaw. The book was purchased along with the land and Sammy Sanford's cabin by Walter and Mary Shaw, grandparents of Gordon Shaw. See entry 357 for further letters between Sammy Sanford and Walter K. Shaw [show more]
Bible (1873) belonging to Carrie Richardson with genealogy. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Organizations, Religious People	1873	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Bible (1873) belonging to Carrie Richardson with genealogy. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1037 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Organizations, Religious People Date: 1873 Description: Book, The Holy Bible from 1873 in poor condition. Belonged to Carrie Richardson. The GCIHS wrote and directed a play about Carrie Richardson which can be found on DVD in the museum. Carrie Richardson was able to navigate a boat by celestial navigation, she lived down in what is now the Heliker LaHotan foundation. Her husband Meltiah Richardson committed suicide, he tied cod weights around himself and jumped off the dock. Geneaological records that seem to have little relevance can be found tucked into the Bible. [show more]
Guest book from the GCIHS museum 2000-2005 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book			Copyright Not Evaluated	Guest book from the GCIHS museum 2000-2005 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1059 Type: Publication, Book Description: Book, Guest book from the GCIHS museum from 9/26/2000-8/9/2005
Great Cranberry Island people and places lot of 33 black & white photos Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Great Cranberry Island people and places lot of 33 black & white photos Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1038 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Description: Photos (33) found in an old cigar box. Many unidentified. Identified photos are as follows 1038A: the old Alley house now the Horvath house for sale on the Lane. 1038B: Lulu Steele Alley seated on rock on front lawn of the Union Church in Northeast Harbor. Lulu lived in the Horvath house and was related to the Wellmans. 1038C: from left to right Lulu Steel Alley, Mother Sadie Steele, Unknown boy. 1038D: Willie (Age 7) and Margaret Wellman (Age 9) in their first communion clothes outside the GCI church. 1038E: photo of Lulu Steele Alley with boyfriend on the Horvath porch. 1038F: photo of Donnie (age 14) and Mary Wellman (age 12) outside the GCI Church. All 33 photos are located in folder 1038. At 2nd archive meeting Gaile Colby identified the following pictures. 1038: G-I Chris Swenson, Sadie Bunker Steele's second husband. Chris was from Sweden and had a very thick accent. 1038J Photo of Sadie Bunker Steele around 1912. 1038K photo group photo of people on a boat, Sadie Bunker Steele is the first woman on the right side of the boat wearing a hat. 1038 Francis Wellman on her wedding day. 1038M-Family photo Sadie Steele in the middle and Lulu Steele Alley on the left other two people are unknown. [show more]
American Coast Pilot book 1854 purchased by Meltiah Richardson 1866 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Places	1854	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	American Coast Pilot book 1854 purchased by Meltiah Richardson 1866 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.349.2114 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Places Date: 1854 Description: Book. The American Coast Pilot containing directions for the Principal Harbors, Capes and Headlands on the Coasts of North and South America, etc. by Edmund M. Blunt, Seventeenth Edition by E. & G. W. Blunt, New York, May 1854. 678 pages including fold-out charts. Size: 6" x 9.75" x 3.5". Book is covered with loose tan canvas cloth hand stitched to keep it on the front and back covers. Inside the front cover, under the cloth cover flap is written: "Capt Nathan King 1854 bought book of East Trenton Maine." With several other pencil notations on first four pages. First one states: "Purchased this book from the Lewis Stanley Estate (Less White S. West Harbor) and paid $1.00 for same - Mrs. Mary Alice White, Cranberry Isles, ME June 18th, 1957." Second states: "Purchased of Capt. Nathan King Dec 20th 1866, M. J. Richardson." Third states: "This book belonged to Carrie (Stanley) Richardson daughter of Enoch B. Stanley and her son was Charles (Peter) Richardson Cranberry Isles, Maine." (This third note seems to be in the same handwriting as the first note by Mary Alice White.) There are several other notations, calculations, and also newspaper clippings pertaining to new lighthouses on the first several pages and the last two pages. Other notations:" Feb 23 1867 6 days out from NY bound for [Goanives?] St. Demingo Latt 27.45." "26th Jan 1867, 4 days out from Boston made Bermuda." "Wreck bears from Light Boat on [Cifs?] Rip WNW dist 3 or 4 miles." "May 5th 1872: Passed Hole in the Wall Fourteen days out from Portland. Made Moro Light Havana Sixteen days out from Portland." "Jan 25th [18]77, five days out from NY Latt 31:20 71:47 bound to [Havana?] made [Abeo?] light [five?] days out from NY." One newspaper clipping with header "Exports" includes mention of the schooner C. F. Young -449 box shooks. (GCIHS has a receipt for Meltiah carrying sugar aboard the Young.) Scans of notations made. [show more]
"The Wonderful Works of Jesus" 1870 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book			Copyright Not Evaluated	"The Wonderful Works of Jesus" 1870 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.70.534 Type: Publication, Book Description: Book, hardcover, miniature, "The Wonderful Works of Jesus - A Question-Book for the Young" by Mary Latham Clark, published by D. Lothrop & Co., Boston, 1870. "S.S. Union Library, Cranberry Isle No. 3" handwritten on inside front cover.
Photographs of unidentified people Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Photographs of unidentified people Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2766 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph Subject: People Description: Collection of dozens of cabinet card and photographic prints of late 19th-early 20th century unidentified individuals from Louise Marr collection; includestTwo photographic postcards, and one envelope with two-cent stamp addressed to Miss F. M. Spurling, Boothbay Harbor, Box 356, from Higgins Studio in Bath. Probably photos of Louise Marr's extended family including Preble and Spurling kin. (Only one group scanned as a sample.)
The Old Homestead, poem Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping	Other Structures, Dwellings, House		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	The Old Homestead, poem Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2350 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Other Structures, Dwellings, House Description: The Old Homestead, a poem by E.T. Preble., reminisces about the Preble house on GCI and all the lives now past. The author of the poem is most likely Elmenia Thompson Spurling, b. 19 Aug 1840, who married first Ezra Carroll, then William Henry Preble. Elmenia had four children by Preble, one being Abby Lizzie Preble, b. 25 Sep 1865, d. 24 Dec 1901 in Chicago. (Statement at bottom of poem connects author to GCI Preble house.)
Western Way properties for sale Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping	Places, Island	1993	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Western Way properties for sale Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2765 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Places, Island Date: 1993 Description: (A) Six oceanfront lots for sale by Marr family along the Western Way (southwest coast) on Great Cranberry, July 2, 1970 Bar Harbor Times. (B) Map of lots for sale listing the lots as Cranberry Cove, Spruce Haven, Rockledge, Preble Cove, Western Way, and Roberts (on Long Point).
Tintype photographs of unidentified people Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Tintype photographs of unidentified people Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2764 Type: Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype Subject: People Description: Collection of three groups of tintypes of unknown individuals from Louise Marr collection.
Spurling family obituaries and wedding announcement Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping	Events People	1994	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Spurling family obituaries and wedding announcement Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2763 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Events People Date: 1994 Description: (A) Deane Spurling Whitney 10/2/1994 obituary; (B) Ida M. Spurling obituary 4/5/1994; and (C) wedding announcement for Harold Spurling & mabel Ingersol of Lynn.
Postcard to Mrs. Benjamin Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Postcard to Mrs. Benjamin Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2762 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places Description: Postcard of house with two people by road, with message for Mrs. Benjamin H. Spurling, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, postmarked Nov. 10, 191X, one cent stamp.
Letter from Horace Bunker to his Uncle Ben Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People	1945	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter from Horace Bunker to his Uncle Ben Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2760 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Date: 1945 Description: Letter from Edgar Bunker to his Uncle Ben in 1945; he sends a copy of God’s Pocket, Rachel Field’s novel about Samuel Hadlock’s tour of Europe, and he describes his recent 50th wedding anniversary celebration, transcribed.
Letter from Horace Bunker to Frances [Spurling?] Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People	1960	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter from Horace Bunker to Frances [Spurling?] Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2759 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Date: 1960 Description: Letter from Horace Edgar Bunker (age 94) to his cousin Frances (Spurling?) written in 1960, transcribed; their grandmother was Abigail Cobb Hadlock Preble. He relates Spurling/Bunker/Preble family genealogy
Letter from young girl undtd Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter from young girl undtd Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2761 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Description: One page of a letter (transcribed) from a young girl just starting high school near Biddeford, Maine, to a friend or a relative. (This fragment of letter was in with several Bunker family letters in donor Louise Marr’s items, but author and recipient are unknown at this point.)

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