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Addie Ethel Duren WWII ID card Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Identification Card	Organizations, Civic People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Addie Ethel Duren WWII ID card Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2019.434.2444 Type: Object, Identification Card Subject: Organizations, Civic People Description: Addie Ethel Duren WWII ID card issued by U.S. Coast Guard. Islanders were required to carry ID cards during WW II when transiting from islands to MDI, to prove they weren't spies.
Fire Department Helmets Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Hat	Organizations, Civic People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Fire Department Helmets Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.278.2019 Type: Object, Clothing, Hat Subject: Organizations, Civic People Description: Used by Herman Savage and Wilfred Bunker. Two oval metal helmets painted red; adjustable webbed fabric supports with metal rivets inside; raised staples on interior of brim with fabric chin strips in place. Helmets used by GCI volunteer fire department ca. 1948 when the fire department was formed. Helmet (A): Red outside, white inside; "C.I.V.D." painted in white on exterior; handwritten inside the rim "H. Savage" (Herman Savage). Savage was a teenage volunteer fire department member. Helmet (B):Red outside, red inside; "W.A.B." painted in yellow on exterior; no initials inside. Wilfred Allison Bunker would have been in his late 20s in 1948. These may have been WWII helmets adapted for use by the fire department. Badly rusted and paint flaking and peeling. (See also 2014.278.2020 CIVD documents from 1950-1960s.) (See also photo of firefighters taken ca. January 1951-1953 with identifications, printed copy stored with item 2021 - box 49.) [show more]
Longfellow School photo ca. 1910 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Organizations, School Institution People	1910		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Longfellow School photo ca. 1910 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2019.428.2454 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1910 Description: Longfellow School photo ca. 1910 Cranberry Isles, on brown cardboard backing with IDs on reverse; children all dressed up, perhaps graduation day. Left to right: Front row: Leslie Stanley, Russell Bunker, John Stanley, Holsie Atkinson, Victor Erickson. Second row: Gracie Atkinson, Bernice Spurling, Laura Erickson, Margie Bulger Phippen, Hilda Bulger Spurling, Blanch White Atkinson, Alvah Bunker. Third row: Esther White Howard, Florence Bracy, Hazel Bunker Hardy, Helen Trussell Alley, Gladys Spurling, Willard Rosebrook. Fourth row: George Hadlock Superintendent, Edgar White, Bertie Stanley, Robert Stanley, Raymond Bunker, Teacher Mamie Birlem. (IDs probably by Ruth Westphal) [show more]
Rachel Field research materials for 1985 SWHPL exhibit Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic, Public Library People	1985		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Rachel Field research materials for 1985 SWHPL exhibit Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2019.443.2818 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library People Date: 1985 Description: Five folders of Rachel Field research, primarily from the late Phoebe White Wentworth of Southwest Harbor who gave it to Carl Little years ago while he was working on the foreword to a new 1999 edition of Field's "God’s Pocket" published by the Northeast Harbor Library . These research materials relate to a 1985 exhibit and quilt raffle held at the Southwest Harbor Public Library.
Cap and tee shirt, Rooster Club Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Hat	Organizations, Civic People			Copyright Not Evaluated	Cap and tee shirt, Rooster Club Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.353.2118 Type: Object, Clothing, Hat Subject: Organizations, Civic People Description: Clothing. Blue and gold Rooster Club ball cap and green Rooster Club tee shirt. The Rooster Club was the men's answer to the elite women's Cranberry Club. Members included Arvard Savage, Doc Haydock, Charlie Rice, and Victor [White]?. Club house was behind Haydock's house.
Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People	1866		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Templar's Lodge Charter for Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2789 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1866 Description: Charter document: Grand Lodge of North America (State of Maine) Independent Order of Good Templars, organized May 16, 1855, grant unto G. H. Pressey, C. H. Bulger, L. H. Bracy, A. M. Spurling, G. H. Spurling, Wm. P. Preble, H. A. Preble, L. G. Stanley, C. G. Kimball, A. Bunker, J. M. Bunker, S. A. Bunker and their associates this Charter for a Lodge to be known as Ocean Echo Lodge No. 157 located at Cranberry Isles… signed July 4, 1866. Wikipedia: "The IOGT originated as one of a number of fraternal organizations for temperance or total abstinence founded in the 19th century and with a structure modeled on Freemasonry, using similar ritual and regalia. Unlike many, however, it admitted men and women equally, and also made no distinction by race." According to a local 1888 newspaper article they met Tuesday evenings each week at Norwood's Cove School House. [show more]
Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People	1862		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.70 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1862 Description: Certificate, Appointment of Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, 29 Apr 1862
Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People	1860		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Certificate for William Preble as Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.1944 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1860 Description: Document. Certificate: Augusta, Maine, 14 March 1860, William P. Preble of Cranberry Isle, State of Maine, as Notary Public for Hancock County for seven years. Signed by Scott M. Morrill, Governor. Certificate has an ivory and pink impressed and raised seal the State of Maine with the signature of the Governor below it and the notation: Commission Recorded Vol. 4, Page 173. Signed at bottom by Noah Smith, Secretary of State.
School and property tax info Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Government Records	Organizations, School Institution People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	School and property tax info Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.77.555 Type: Document, Government, Government Records Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Description: Ledger page, loose, school and property tax info, no date, typical names listed: William Preble, Lew Ladd, Thomas Bunker, Gilbert Family, John Steele, etc.
Doris Preble Marr Bachelor's degree Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Student Record	Organizations, School Institution People	1934		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Doris Preble Marr Bachelor's degree Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2010.152.1198 Type: Document, Student Record Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1934 Description: Bachelor of Science degree for Doris Preble Marr, from the State Teachers College. Awarded for having completed a four year course in "High School Teaching and Administration". Dated June 11th, 1934
School photo ca. 1892 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Organizations, School Institution People	1892		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	School photo ca. 1892 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.123.994 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1892 Description: A. Photo, black and white, wood and glass frame. School children standing outside the old school house on schoolhouse hill ca. 1892 or 1893. (This old school house is now Malcolm Donald's house on Cranberry Road across from the GCIHS.) Donor related, "This picture was found behind the eaves of an upstairs closet where it had no doubt accidentally fallen many decades ago. Our house was formerly owned by Eber Spurling. The names of the people are written (in good handwriting!) by pencil, as follows, on the back of the picture frame. It would be interesting if those with local knowledge could calculate the approximate year of this photograph, and recall the married names of the girls and young women in the picture." . Stored with a booklet of the scanned photographs printed with names of individuals overlaid. B. Inscription on back of frame reads - "Back row left to right: 1. Lena Ladd, 2. Miss Rich - teacher, 3. Millicent Harding - Frank Bunker, 4. Sadie Harding, 5. Brother Spurling, 6. Sadie Bunker, 7. Lena Spurling, 8. Annie Bunker, 9. Millard Spurling, 10. Perly Stanley, 11. Elma (or Elna?) Stanley, 12. Maurice Stanley. Second Row: Ida Stover, Alfred Ladd, Addie Stanley, Vida Stanley. Third Row: Roy Bulger, Charles Richardson, Johnnie Steele, Philmore Steele, and Harvey Bulger." C. (A second print of this photograph in poor condition was discovered in March 2014 and is stored with a framed copy as (C).) (Compare with 2014.272.2018.) [show more]
Longfellow School photos Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Organizations, School Institution People	1996		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Longfellow School photos Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.584 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1996 Description: Photos, 6 color snapshots and 35mm negatives of students at Longfellow School sleepover, developed 6 Jan 1996
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]
Pew 21 in Union Meeting House Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations, Religious People	1898		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Pew 21 in Union Meeting House Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2756 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations, Religious People Date: 1898 Description: Pew 21 in the Union Meeting House, formerly owned by Wm. P. Preble and given to C. E. Harwood for use of the people in 1896; with the death of Harwood 1897, the Pew reverted back to Preble, and Preble, at the request of A. C. Wheelwright, did verbally allow him right to claim said Pew [thus apparently causing legal inaccuracies]. Preble now conveys the pew to Mrs. Frances A. Spurling. Signed by Wm. P. Preble December A.D. 1898, witnessed by Carrie M. Richardson and Lucinda Fernald [show more]
Loading the mail boat ferry Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping	Businesses, Ferry Service Organizations, Civic People Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry	1963		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Loading the mail boat ferry Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2352 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Businesses, Ferry Service Organizations, Civic People Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry Date: 1963 Description: Wilfred Bunker (about age 43) receives cargo on stern of the Island Queen. "Mail Route - Men at Southwest Harbor load mail for delivery at Cranberry Island and Islesford." Photo shows the mail boat at the Lower Town Dock in Southwest Harbor. Photo for newspaper by L. Spiker. The Island Queen was built in 1963. Beal & Bunker moved operations to Northeast Harbor in 1972.
Mementos from Preble family school years Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Student Record	Organizations, School Institution People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Mementos from Preble family school years Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2351 Type: Document, Student Record Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Description: Mementos from the Preble family school years: (A) Card with 18 U.S. Presidents depicted (ends with Grant 1869); (B) Reward of Merit presented by W. H. Preble, Teacher; (C) Reward of Merit to Fannie A. Preble, presented by J. C. Chilcott.
A Christmas Card for Lewis Stanley '49. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Greeting Card	Organizations, Religious People	1949	Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island	No Copyright - United States	A Christmas Card for Lewis Stanley '49. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2021.456.2919 Type: Document, Correspondence, Greeting Card Subject: Organizations, Religious People Date: 1949 Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island Description: A Christmas card for Lewis Stanley. The front of the card features a drawing of people going to church on a snowy day. The inside of the card says "Wishing you health and happiness for Christmas and the New Year" and it is signed Phil and Paul.
Rooster Club photos Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Organizations, Civic People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Rooster Club photos Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.5.166 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, Civic People Description: Collection of Photos, building the Rooster Club clubhouse and various people
Addie Duren's Ration Book Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Coupon, Ration Coupon, Ration Book	Organizations, Civic People	1943		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Addie Duren's Ration Book Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2000.65.508 Type: Object, Coupon, Ration Coupon, Ration Book Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1943 Description: Card & Envelope, Card lists Addie Duren's Identification Number for Ration Book use, postmarked 4 Oct 1943
Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, Esq. appointed Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People	1862		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Postmaster Joseph S. Spurling, Esq. appointed Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.165 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1862 Description: Certificate, Post Office Appointment as postmaster of Joseph S. Spurling, Esq., 29 Apr 1862
Arthur Bunker Air Force photo Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Organizations, Civic People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Arthur Bunker Air Force photo Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.69.571 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, Civic People Description: Photo, 8x10 b&w, Air force crew holding sign "U-TAPAO'S 50,000th B-52 Sortie". Arthur Bunker is second from right.
Pension for Cynthia Bracy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People	1891		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Pension for Cynthia Bracy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.87.623 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1891 Description: Certificate from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, to Cynthia W. Bracy, 11 Sep 1891, telling her that she will be getting a pension
Receipt for Preble's taxes paid in full Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Organizations, Civic People	1873		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Receipt for Preble's taxes paid in full Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.111.822 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1873 Description: Receipt: William P. Preble paid in full $31.22 for state, county, town, and highway taxes for 1873; William H. Preble paid $3.76 for same. Dated 5 Jan 1874; signed William P. Bunker, Collector. Transcribed.
Payments made for service to Town of Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic Organizations, School Institution People	1876		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Payments made for service to Town of Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2776 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1876 Description: Nine documents. Eight Town of Cranberry Isles payment receipts (1876-1877), one 1885 Town of CI Schools ledger page, and one 1887 Town of Tremont receipt. Payments involve individuals including: Hadlock, Gilley, Preble, Stanley, Wayland, Hamor, Fernald, schools. See description of each document.
William P. Preble appointed Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	William P. Preble appointed Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2786 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Description: William P. Preble appointed Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum of Hancock County, Maine, August 12, 1873, by Governor Sidney Perham.

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