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Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
The Maypole
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
The Maypole
Islesford Historical Society
Description:
Back of postcard says "THE MAYPOLE, Islesford, Maine, on Little Cranberry Island - This Island Paradise, with its splendid panoramic view of the Mount Desert Hills, may be reached by the Islesford Ferry from Seal Harbor, Northeast and Southwest Harbors." Aeriel photo by A.D. Phillips
View from the air, Boats at Islesford Resturant
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
Description:
Mid 1970's
The Waterfront, Islesford
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
The Waterfront, Islesford
Islesford Historical Society
Description:
Back of postcard says "THE WATER-FRONT, Islesford, Maine, on Little Cranberry Island - Included in its many attractions is a Historic Museum, founded in 1919 by Professor William O. Sawtell.Passage to the Island may be obtained, during the summer, from Seal Harbor, Northeast and Southwest Harbors on the Islesford Ferry." Aeriel photo by A.D. Phillips
The Eastern Way
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
The Eastern Way
Islesford Historical Society
Views of Islesford
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Nature, Plants
  • Places, Island
Views of Islesford
Islesford Historical Society
Description:
taken by Sarah Corson
Islesford from the air
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
Islesford from the air
Islesford Historical Society
View towards Cranberry Isles from the top of Mt Cadillac
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
Description:
Back view from the air Islesford mid 1970's,
Winter Islesford
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
Winter Islesford
Islesford Historical Society
Description:
1996
View from Islesford
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
View from Islesford
Islesford Historical Society
View twards Baker's Island
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse
View twards Baker's Island
Islesford Historical Society
Main St Islesford Me
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Main St Islesford Me
Islesford Historical Society
Islesford ME, Islesford Boat landing
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Islesford ME, Islesford Boat landing
Islesford Historical Society
Gilley farm 1960s
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
Gilley farm 1960s
Islesford Historical Society
Dancing Rocks, Bakers Island
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
Dancing Rocks, Bakers Island
Islesford Historical Society
Main road on Islesford
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Island
Main road on Islesford
Islesford Historical Society
Description:
Acquisition 0009. Photograph accompanyed by sketch of buildings. Back of photograph says "app 1858-1902, EPS Stanley, about 1860, ACQ #009, 8/31/91, Donor: John Moran"
The Future of Mount Desert Island Report, 1928
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
  • Document, Report
  • Other
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Recreation
  • Eliot, Charles W.
  • 1928
  • Acadia National Park
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
The Future of Mount Desert Island Report, 1928
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association
Description:
A report by landscape architect Charles W. Eliot on the conservation of nature and the character of Mount Desert Island. The report features maps and photographs. People Mentioned: Gist Blair, Parker Corning, George B. Dorr, Charles S. Frost, William Lawrence, Fred C. Lunam, Vance McCormick, David Hennen Morris, Charles P. Pike, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Hubert Work
Winter scene
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Winter scene
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Cranberry Island (Picture from vehicle of unknown house in winter)
Map of Great Cranberry by Dot and Andy McSorley
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • Places, Island
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Map of Great Cranberry by Dot and Andy McSorley
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Map, 2 maps, one hand-drawn and one mimeographed, made by Dot & Andy McSorley, indicating the old time property holders and the McSorley land colored in red. The McSorleys loved to make maps of their land, the lots they intended to divide it into.
Interviews of Islander Gaile Colby in 2018
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Oral History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • 2018
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Interviews of Islander Gaile Colby in 2018
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Oral history. These two interviews with lifelong GCI resident Gaile Colby were conducted by Phil Whitney and Josh Hastings in July 2018. They mostly discuss houses along The Lane, Harding Point, Heliker-Lahotan and Jimmies Point Road. Arvard helped a lot with certain houses on Harding Point Road and certain houses on The Lane in the second interview. Two sessions 7/22/18 and 7/29/18. Several segments of the July 29 interview were transcribed 2018 and include the visit of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller to the Cranberry Club on GCI; the wakes of Rena Bunker Willis' widow (1940) and Henry Bunker (1941) held in the Richman house; the 1961 fire at the Sherman house. The MP3 Sound recordings are very good. See GCIHS-NAS\video\2018. (Note: photo used here is from the 2009 Portrait Project by Becky Buyers-Basso (2013.238.1933), not these 2018 interviews.) [show more]
Mural seascape with mountains and schooners
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Island
  • Winifred Smart Quackenbush
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Mural seascape with mountains and schooners
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Painting. Mural, acrylic on canvas of view from Preble Cove, Great Cranberry Island - seascape with mountains and schooners by Wini Smart. Artist painted the view from Sammy Sanford's cabin for a play by Hugh Dwelley about Sanford that was produced by GCIHS in 2000 - "An Evening with Rachel Field & Sammy Sanford." Artist says the mural was rained on and had to be rescued at one point. Four snapshot photos of mural in use at the GCI church. (See also video of play 1000.0.505; and p. 77 in "A Long, Long Way, An Artist's Life" 2008 by Wini Smart.) [show more]
Ice Breaker in 1918
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Ice Breaker in 1918
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Photo, Ice Breaker S.C. 262 in 1918 to save Cranberry Isle Fleet- the words hand-written around margin of photo, "Through miles of solid ice to save the Cranberry Isles fleet in Feb. 1918.
Spurling Cove frozen over
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
  • 1922
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Spurling Cove frozen over
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Post Card, 1922 post card-"Spurling Cove,Cranberry Isles, Me."- Harbor Frozen Over
Photos of winter of 1965
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • 1965
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Photos of winter of 1965
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Photos. Collection of four photos from winter of 1965, showing snow on the main road: A-woman pulling child on sleigh away from camera (toward town dock), and in background, man plowing snow toward camera with small green bulldozer; B-same scene but camera is closer to womand and child, and plower is also closer; C-man with bulldozer goes off to the side (quite close to the camera) to let a dark Buick pass; D-the house of Elton "Buster" and Doris Rice, porch covered in snow, with a two-story water tower next to it. [show more]
Sunset over the Western Way
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Sunset over the Western Way
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Photo. Slide looking across Preble Cove and Wharf Head, over Western Way, at sunset.
Great Cranberry and Suttons Map
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • Places, Island
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Great Cranberry and Suttons Map
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Map. Copy of an old Great Cranberry and Suttons Map (date not specified)