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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.
"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.
"Great Cranberry Island (Marr Property.)" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Places, Island		Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island	No Copyright - United States	"Great Cranberry Island (Marr Property.)" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.583.3076 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Places, Island Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island Description: A map of the Marr Property on Great Cranberry Island. This shows Cranberry Cove, Spruce Haven, Rockledge, Pebble Cove, Western Way, Roberts/Long Point. This also shows Seal Harbor, Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Manset, Seawall, and Bass Harbor. Lastly, there is a drawing of GCI and LCI, marking the Marr Property on GCI.
Quitclaim deed to Charles E. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Legal, Deed	Places, Island			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Quitclaim deed to Charles E. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.268 Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Places, Island Description: Document, undated, typewritten copy of quitclaim deed from Spurlings, Stanleys, and Richardsons to Charles E. Spurling of 11 lots of land all previously belonging to Joseph S. Spurling. (Location of lots in county record books are listed (1847-1854) properties of Joseph S. Spurling.)
Information about properties along the GCI road Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Places, Island			Copyright Not Evaluated	Information about properties along the GCI road Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.381.2150 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Places, Island Description: Documents. Information about properties along the GCI road "I-95". Handwritten loose leaf pages. Descriptions of lots for I-95 (local name), written copies of deeds. According to Bruce Komusin, they had to arrange rights-of-way for the road along each property. Uncertain author(s) – probably Louise Marr or Dot McSorley (sisters).Three groups of handwritten notes, and one typewritten letter from Malcolm S. Stevenson, Blaisdell & Blaisdell, Counsellors at Law, Ellsworth, ME, October 23, 1973 to Mrs. Mary Chamberlin, 31 Red Coat Road, Westport, Conn, two typewritten pages re: Blanche Atkinson Cranberry Isles property. [show more]
Real Estate Listing for Great Cranberry Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Advertising, Advertisement	Places, Island			Copyright Not Evaluated	Real Estate Listing for Great Cranberry Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.201.1591 Type: Document, Advertising, Advertisement Subject: Places, Island Description: Document, Real Estate Listing for Great Cranberry Island lying just off Mt. Desert Island that Bruce Komusin bought in 1989. Photo shows Preble Cove and consists of 275 feet of cove frontage and includes 19.1 acres of woodland, running back up over 1000 feet to the town road (Cranberry Road) with 335 feet on the road itself. Listing price - $135,000. Realtor was Joseph Simmons Realty, Main Street, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679. Mount Desert Island 207-244-3298. There are 4 copies of the same document (note: one of the copies has the Listing price of $135,000 scratch out and $145,000 is handwritten in with ink is Item # 1591b). Item 1591a is the reverse side of same document Item #1590. [show more]
GCIHS's Home and Garden Tour miscellanea Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Places, Island			Copyright Not Evaluated	GCIHS's Home and Garden Tour miscellanea Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1099 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Places, Island Description: Collection of GCIHS's Home and Garden Tour, 1099a-f. (a) Brochure handed out to Home, Art, and Garden Tour visitors. (b) Photo of Ticket selling station set up in Southwest Harbor. (c) Newspress release announcing the HAGT. (d) Thank you note posted by Phil Whitney after the event. (e) Laminated Poster of HAGT. (f) Save the date.
Whistler Cove Trail signs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Advertising, Poster	Places, Island			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Whistler Cove Trail signs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1577 Type: Document, Advertising, Poster Subject: Places, Island Description: Poster, Welcome to Whistler Cove Public Trail. Signs placed on trees to mark route of trail
Memories of 1841 visit to Duck and Baker Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People Places, Island	Rufus George Frederick Candage		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Memories of 1841 visit to Duck and Baker Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.34.954 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Places, Island Creator: Rufus George Frederick Candage Description: Memories of Duck and Bakers Island circa 1891. Gifted by Hugh Dwelley in Summer 2007. The bulk of the document is a copy of a letter to the Ellsworth American written by Rufus George Frederick Candage. The letter was written in 1891, but in the letter he is reminiscing about a two-week vacation to the Duck and Bakers Island in 1841. He writes about a barn, cattle, vegetables, hay, butter, cheese, eggs, fowls on Great Duck, and sheep on Little Duck. At that time the family of John Bartlett was living on Duck Island, although the Duck Islands were claimed by Mr. Gilley. Candage also remembers a trip to see the Bakers Island lighthouse. The letter is preceded by an excerpt from the book "The Descendants of James Candage/Cavendish of Blue Hill, Maine" and some notes on the Bartlett family and the letter made by Ralph W. Stanley. The document also includes a letter from Hugh Dwelley as President of the Islesford Historical Society to Mr. Gil Bunker in reference to a visit that the Bunker Family Association of America planned to make to the Cranberry Islands. [show more]

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