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Seascape by Scott White Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Art, Painting	People Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Seascape by Scott White Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2010.126.1018 Type: Image, Art, Painting Subject: People Places Description: Art, original watercolor seascape painting by Scott White (one of the "Three Islesford Painters" or TIPs.) Scott White used to spend summers at the Hamor House. Inscription on the back of the painting: "This painting was done by an artist who spent summers on Cranberry Island at the Hamor House. This was given to Mabel by Mr. White on her birthday."
Photographs: Cranberry Road houses and Preble Cove 1974 Kodak Prints Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places			Copyright Not Evaluated	Photographs: Cranberry Road houses and Preble Cove 1974 Kodak Prints Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.297.2051 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places Description: Photographs, two framed, color kodak prints. Photo A: "Cranberry Isles June 1974" is a view from Preble Cove -houses from left to right: Carl Brooks, Old Rome store, Rome House, partially hidden is Gertmainian, Vance, little one by shore was Bunker now it's Encarnation and has been expanded. Photo B: "Cranberry Isles June 1974": view with Cranberry Road running north/south - buildings from bottom of photo on right side of road: church, parsonage, Dowling/Meyers house with brown patch (perhaps garden). [show more]
Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Art, Painting	People Places, Island		1925	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2010.126.1911 Type: Image, Art, Painting Subject: People Places, Island Date: 1925 Description: Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead, oil, framed, of a marsh or field with still water in the foreground, trees in the background, and the mountains of Acadia National Park in the far distance; perhaps The Pool on Great Cranberry Island; or the Bass Harbor marshes per artist Carl Little who has painted there. Written on the back: "Mr Kinkead painted this picture / Presented it to Sadie Hamor 1925"; the painting, on canvas, is cut from its original stretcher and glued to a cardboard backing. (Note: the artist's name is a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid.) [show more]
Iselin - Sarah Lambert Bloom Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Places	Sarah Lambert Bloom	2023-07-10	Copyright Not Evaluated	Iselin - Sarah Lambert Bloom Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2023.626.3116 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Places Creator: Sarah Lambert Bloom Publisher: Self Published Date: 2023-07-10 Description: 'The Rich History of a Western Pennsylvania Coal Town in Appalachia; The Inspiring Story of unrelenting Citizen Advocates for Social Justice. Book written by notable member of the community.
Deed Rosebrook to Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Legal, Deed	Places, Address		1866	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Deed Rosebrook to Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.7.49 Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Places, Address Date: 1866 Description: Deed, From Eben C. Rosebrook to Joseph S. Spurling, 16 Apr 1866: land
The Town of Cranberry Isles by Ted Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Booklet	People Places		1979	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	The Town of Cranberry Isles by Ted Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2004.93.739 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: People Places Date: 1979 Description: Brochure, "The Town of Cranberry Isles" by Ted Spurling, includes 12 black and white pages with illustrations by Rose Russo Crooker, copyright 1979 by Theodore and Cara Spurling. First printing 1979, second 1986.
Slides ca. 1940, 1960-70s from Towns family Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Places		1960	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Slides ca. 1940, 1960-70s from Towns family Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.269.2005 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places Date: 1960 Description: Photos. Collection of 48 slides from ca. 1960-70s (one slide from 1940s) including aerial photographs of Great Cranberry Island and events concerning the Towns family. Aerial photographs ca. 1968 probably taken by Bob Hylander. Events and people include: Preble Cove, GCI houses, Beal and Bunker dock, Hamor House and restaurant, Polly Bunker and gift shop, George Savage and Ruth Haydock on motor scooter, Bloom concert, school house, Doc Haydock and George Savage with the Lollipop skiff, Norma Bunker with turkeys, Dorothy Dot Towns, Red Macallister with VW Bug, Leona Macallister, Cranberry Cove Restaurant, John Lawrence. This collection is in addition to the 223 Towns family slides catalogued as: 2013.243.1941. (All slides have been scanned and identified. See c:....2014>photos>etc.) [show more]
Maine postcard scenes Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Maine postcard scenes Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.261.1993 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places Description: Postcards. Thirty-three postcards in plastic album: local and Maine scenes and wildlife; one color photo card "Leslie Butler and her woodland friend"; black and white and color; modern postcards and six older printed wildlife postcards.
Towns Family Slides Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Towns Family Slides Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.243.1941 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places Description: Photos. Slides, 223 total including 35 glass slides. Images donated by the Towns family of GCI: family, friends, homes, landscapes, and seascapes taken over decades. Five slides imprinted 1958; four possibly SEP1974; one 1991. Several handwritten lists of people and places were included with donation but can no longer be tied to individual slides. All slides have been digitally scanned in high resolution (see 2000\photos\dorothy towns). The Towns family are summer residents on GCI. The Towns property is also known historically as the Bayview Farm, the Red House, and the Crosby farm. (The slides are stored in a binder, grouped by brand names and numbers imprinted on individual slides: Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Ansco Color, Pavelle, and Mercury, in hopes slide technology might date these slides. Glass slide projectors in use ca. 1930s-1950s. (See also collection of Towns slides ca. 1960s-70s in 2014.269.2005; and other Towns photos in collection.) [show more]
Lifesaving Service collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic Places, Island			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Lifesaving Service collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.124.1001 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic Places, Island Description: Collection of items from Alice White from 1955, included are postcards from Gott's Island from 1912 and several receipts. One book: Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Lifesaving Service for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1879. Book stamped with "Custom House Portland ME Sep. 27, 1880" and has inscription on the first page "Alice White 1955". Includes services rendered by various crews 1879.
Friends of Hitty Newsletters 1995-2002 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Newsletter	People Places, Island			Copyright Not Evaluated	Friends of Hitty Newsletters 1995-2002 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.22.1000 Type: Publication, Newsletter Subject: People Places, Island Description: Collection of "Friends of Hitty Newsletters" Published quarterly by Virginia Ann Heyerdahl. Collection contains each issue from January 1995 - Fall 2002
Photos of Florida Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Photos of Florida Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.69.515 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places Description: Collection of photos, Florida
Photos of boats and shore Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places Vessels, Boat			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Photos of boats and shore Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.69.514 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places Vessels, Boat Description: Collection of photos, Boats and Shore Scenes
Who Owned Baker's Island? by Hugh Dwelley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Article	Places, Island			Copyright Not Evaluated	Who Owned Baker's Island? by Hugh Dwelley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2008.141.1084 Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: Places, Island Description: Publication. "Who Owned Baker's Island?" Written and compiled by Hugh Dwelley of the Islesford Historical Society
Coastal View from Murch house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places, Shore			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Coastal View from Murch house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.137.1073 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Shore Description: Photo, framed, picture taken from the Murch's looking toward Northeast Harbor. Fish Point on the right.
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]
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).
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.
Record of American and Foreign for shipping Lizzie Maud 1890 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic Places, Landscape		1890	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Record of American and Foreign for shipping Lizzie Maud 1890 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2368 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic Places, Landscape Date: 1890 Description: Record of American and Foreign Shipping (New York ) for Schooner Lizzie Maud #8446: A: pale blue envelope; B: Certificate to Master on Delivery of Ship's Register and Papers pertaining to Benjamin H. Spurling and the Lizzie Maude of Portland, ME, Consulate of the United States of America has delivered to him the Register and Papers for the schooner 24 July 1890; C: statement of fees paid $3.79.
Preble cove and surf photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Places, Shore			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Preble cove and surf photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2364 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Places, Shore Description: (A) Preble Cove photograph, date unknown. Shows cabin, two small boats in water, and some activity near the building. (B) View of Surf at Cranberry by Lizzie
Stereoview photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph	Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Stereoview photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2000.63.491 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph Subject: Places Description: Photos. 28 stereoview images on thick cardboard for use with the stereoscope viewer (a.k.a stereopticon) 2000.63.490. Viewed through the stereoscope, the photos take on a three-dimensional quality. Regional, local and other scenes, including one of Mount Desert Island.
Copies two of 1787 Gregoire to W. Margaret Standley deeds Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Legal, Deed	Places, Island	Bartholomew De Gregoire	1787	No Copyright - United States	Copies two of 1787 Gregoire to W. Margaret Standley deeds Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2022.602.2721 Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Places, Island Creator: Bartholomew De Gregoire Date: 1787 Description: Xerox copies of two of 1787 Gregoire to W. Margaret Standley (GCI). From Elizabeth Selim. Very hard to read, but it goes over the who owns what land on Great Cranberry Island.
Xerox copy of a deed of land rights. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Legal, Deed	Places, Island	Bartholomew De Gregoire	1792	No Copyright - United States	Xerox copy of a deed of land rights. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2022.603.3095 Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Places, Island Creator: Bartholomew De Gregoire Date: 1792 Description: Land deed. Involves Aaron Bunker and his Heirs, but is rather hard to read.
"A Capsule History of Mt. Desert Island." Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Oral History	Places, Island			No Copyright - United States	"A Capsule History of Mt. Desert Island." Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2022.600.3093 Type: Document, Oral History Subject: Places, Island Description: A written down history of Mt. Desert and all of the surrounding harbors. This history mentions the Native Americans who used to travel out to the islands in the summer. IT also mentions Jackson lab and Acadia National Park.
Ceremonial Ribbon Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Memorabilia, Souvenir	Events Places, Harbor		2003	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Ceremonial Ribbon Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.662 Type: Document, Memorabilia, Souvenir Subject: Events Places, Harbor Date: 2003 Description: Artifact, ribbon from ribbon cutting ceremony 15 May 2003 at Manset.

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