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Negative and print of Lewis Stanley boatyard in winter Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Negative and print of Lewis Stanley boatyard in winter Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo. Negative and 11"x14" photo of Lewis (Lew) Stanley's boatyard located on the pool during the wintertime with the pool frozen. The boatyard was later sold to Heliker and LaHotan and they tore it down because it was a hazard and in rough shape. Mickey Macfarlan who said that towards the end of his life Lew Stanley was hard up for money and could no longer repair the boatyard. Mickey said Lew was always complaining that people were stealing from the boatyard - the second floor of it was chock full of all sorts of things. Mickey mentioned that the boatyard itself was "tremendously large" [show more] | |||
"Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles 'Chuck' Liebow Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| "Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles 'Chuck' Liebow Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Boats. Looseleaf Binder, "Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles Liebow. Contains maps 1607-1881, "List of Vessels From Notes made by Chuck Liebow (Typed & some notes added by Hugh Dwelley 11/1994" (also on cranberryisles.com website), 1912 petition to establish boundaries of roads, census data 1839-1860, the cranberry register 1909-1910, boat building, Liebow's notes on books and articles, miscellaneous, photos, houses showing owners then and now, families, deeds. [show more] | |||
Tax form for vessel Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() Tax form for vessel Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tax form, blank, for vessels | |||
"Newman and Gray steers a steady course" article 2008 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| "Newman and Gray steers a steady course" article 2008 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper clipping, "Newman and Gray steers a steady course" article in the Mount Desert Islander, dated Monday, December 25th, 2008 located on page 6, section 2. "Cranberry Isles: "The current economic downturn is on the radar of many boatbuilders in Maine. On the island of Great Cranberry, venerable boatbuilders, Newman and Gray, however, have yet to see the effects of the falling tide, due to a consistent current of customer service work. (note: item # 1622a & #1622b are the bottom portions of the newspaper page) [show more] | |||
Edgar White's branding iron Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Edgar White's branding iron Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Branding iron, long handle with heavy head: "E.N. White 1442". 1442 was Edgar Nelson White's number, and black and white were his colors. Edgar was Victor White's brother. With reminiscences of the family in the 1960s by Charles Liebow including Edgar and Alice White, their Dog Point Road house and outbuilding "Duffys", their grandsons Chuck and Larry Pipes, and working as sternman for Edgar. | |||
The Wind & the Wood, Ralph W. Stanley Inc., Boat Building Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| The Wind & the Wood, Ralph W. Stanley Inc., Boat Building Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Brochure, "The Wind & the Wood," promoting Ralph W. Stanley Inc., Boat Building business in Southwest Harbor. With his thoughts about wooden boat building, and photos of him, his shop, and his boats. Brochure probably from the mid 1980s. | ||
Boat Building during World War II Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Boat Building during World War II Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document, "Boatbuilding During World War II, M.D.I., Ellsworth, Stonington, and Bluehill" by Ralph W. Stanley, 12 pages. Ralph was 12 years old on 7 Dec 1941, and gives his personal reminiscences of that period and the war effort. He mentions the Manset Boatyard, Henry Hinckley Co., Southwest Boat, and the Mount Desert Yacht Yard, all on MDI, the Webber's Cove Boat Yard in Bluehill, and the Stonington Deer Isle Yacht Yard. He lists many vessels built at those places, and throws in a few humorous anecdotes too. Ralph lists his sources at the end. (Document transcribed as .txt and saved as html.) [show more] | ||
Tinker Colby at the boatyard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Tinker Colby at the boatyard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, Tinker Colby at the Cranberry Island boatyard | |||
Charles Rice at Cranberry Isle Boatyard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Charles Rice at Cranberry Isle Boatyard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Charles Rice at Cranberry Isle Boatyard which he owned. He sold to Ed and Ed sold to the Staintons (2 copies of picture) | |||
Bunker Boatyard check Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Bunker Boatyard check Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Check, blank, from Bunker Boatyard, Charles E. Rice, Eugene R. MacAllister, Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co. | |||
Boatbuilding tool on wood base similar to nut cracker Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Boatbuilding tool on wood base similar to nut cracker Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool, metal boatbuilding tool on wood base, similar to a nut cracker; molded into the metal "SARGENT & CO" and "10" | |||
Boat building tool? Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Boat building tool? Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool, boat building tool (?) | |||
Gouge tool used in boatbuilding Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Gouge tool used in boatbuilding Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool, gouge used in boatbuilding; makers mark: BUCK BROS (head of buck deer) CAST STEEL |