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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]
Islesford Coast Guard Station lifesavers Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People	1915	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Islesford Coast Guard Station lifesavers Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2019.436.2440 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Date: 1915 Description: Photo warped and faded on mounted on cardboard: Islesford Coast Guard Station lifesavers with IDs on reverse: "Consult Marian Spurling, (Captained 1887-1909) Capt. Benjamin Franklin Stanley and crew (Capt. Frank), Islesford Coast Guard Station Life Saving until 1915."
Condolences to Mrs. Hamor on loss of Capt. Hamor Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Businesses, Restaurant Business People	1913	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Condolences to Mrs. Hamor on loss of Capt. Hamor Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2019.441.2542 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business People Date: 1913 Description: A framed page from Cranberry Club members offering condolences to Mrs. Hamor on the loss of Captain Hamor signed July 9, 1913 by members of the Club: Emma L. Wesson, President; Eleanor Blodgette, VP; Juliana Wood, Secretary; Frances S. Pepper, Treasurer; Annie W. J. Low; W. Amos Doris?; Caroline M. Lewis; Elizabeth R. Arnold; Sophy Dallas Gwin; Frances Parkman; Emilio Ofsten Mulligan?. [This statement is mounted on a black matte on the reverse of a photo of an unidentified stone edifice surrounded by pine trees.] [show more]
Receipt for store purchases Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Businesses, Store Business	1910	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Receipt for store purchases Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.158 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Businesses, Store Business Date: 1910 Description: Business receipt, dated 24 Sep 1910, E.B. Stanley bought of Nettie Stanley, pair of rubbers, ticking, pork, pepper, wire, etc., total $34.50, dated
Eulogy for Mrs. Captain Bunker, and Bunker Genealogy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Speech, Eulogy	People	1912	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Eulogy for Mrs. Captain Bunker, and Bunker Genealogy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2755 Type: Publication, Literary, Speech, Eulogy Subject: People Date: 1912 Description: Eulogy for Mrs. Captain Bunker (A); and (B) a two-page Bunker Family genealogy (probably composed by donor Louise Marr). Remarks made at the funeral of Mrs. Captain Bunker, May 23d, 1912 by Pastor Addison W. Hayes. [Mrs. Bunker full name not known, just these clues from the text: “Grandma Bunker” was married for half a century. Mother of six children with her husband, The Captain, often away on the high seas. She was lame for the last 17 years. Converted to Methodism in Portland. Buried in Fairview Cemetery. [show more]
A Little Bit of Hell, Maine Style Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping	Events People	1919	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	A Little Bit of Hell, Maine Style Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2360 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Events People Date: 1919 Description: Article: A Little Bit of Hell, Maine Style. (TBD 1/9/18, article not located; see also pending Backlog item 2501 for possible copy.) See reprint in Cranberry Chronicle Spring 2014 edition, page 7, from Bangor Daily News ca. 1919; Sam Spurling was aboard the Cashier during this event. Introductory paragraph: “A Little Bit of Hell—Maine Style That’s What Capt. Spurling Gave a Pirate. State Gets Tokens of His Courage. from the Bangor Daily News, ca. 1919 It was just ninety-six years ago Tuesday (Jan. 21) that an event happened in the harbor of Trinidad, Cuba, which reflected great credit on the leader of a bold enterprise, recollections of which have recently been stirred in Maine, on account of the purchase by the state of a brace of pistols and a sword from Mrs. E. Preble of Framingham, Mass…..” And see Charles Liebow notes on the Cashier: - CASHIER: Masters - Samuel Spurling & William Moore, Built in Eden in 1820, 30 Gross Tons, 49.8/17.8/5.3: Two masts with a square stern. Perhaps the vessel from which Sam Spurling gave the Caribbean pirates a "little bit of Hell, Maine style." [show more]
Postcard view of Stanley dock Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places, Landscape	1912	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Postcard view of Stanley dock Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.2014 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places, Landscape Date: 1912 Description: Postcard. View of Stanley dock from the land. “Stanley Dock, Cranberry Island, ME 142” in white letters across front of card. No postmark. “Aug 19, 1912. Dear Elsie - I will fix your dress but would like to see it on you before I finish it. You can send it over by Arthur and I will [take this].” Addressed to Miss Elsie Stanley, Isleford, Maine. No postmark or postage stamp.
Diary about boat repairs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business	1914	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Diary about boat repairs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.7.210 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Date: 1914 Description: Diary, printed date 1914, with ads for paint and varnish, filled in with entries of expenses, most all seem to be for boat repair. Work done for Frank Stanley, Walter Eversman, C. Rice, A. Alley, D. Hodgkins.
Lewis Stanley fishing license Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Permission, License	Recreation	1918	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Lewis Stanley fishing license Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.333 Type: Document, Permission, License Subject: Recreation Date: 1918 Description: License, Special, Lewis G. Stanley for 29 foot sloop "no name" gas motor, for fishing, port of Southwest Harbor, 6 Dec 1918
Hunting license for Addie Duren Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Permission, License	Recreation, Hunting	1919	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Hunting license for Addie Duren Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.7.135 Type: Document, Permission, License Subject: Recreation, Hunting Date: 1919 Description: License, State of Maine Hunting License, for Addie Duren, 25 cents, 1919
Navigation License - Lewis Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Permission, License	Vessels, Boat	1918	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Navigation License - Lewis Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.25 Type: Document, Permission, License Subject: Vessels, Boat Date: 1918 Description: Letter accompanying Special License to Navigate
U.S. Army certificate for Alfred Emery Ladd Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Government, Military Record	Organizations, Civic	1918	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	U.S. Army certificate for Alfred Emery Ladd Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.332.2097 Type: Document, Government, Military Record Subject: Organizations, Civic Date: 1918 Description: Documents. U.S. Army certificate for Alfred Emery Ladd, Private 1st Class, Medical Detachment, 125th Infantry died with honor in the service of his country on the sixth day of August 1918. Signed and dated 19 October 1918. With War Department envelope addressed to Mr. Lewis E. Ladd, Cranberry Isles, Maine, postmark illegible. And a card from the War Department imprinted with info that it's from the President who wishes to express his deep and sincere sympathy. Online genealogy lists Alfred Emery Ladd, born November 17, 1889 who died August 06, 1918 in Action in France. He was the son of Clara E. Gilley and Lewis Ladd. Ladd lived in the present (2016) Freeman house on GCI. [show more]
Advertising cards turn of 20th century Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Advertising, Advertisement	Businesses, Store Business	1910	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Advertising cards turn of 20th century Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.7.12 Type: Document, Advertising, Advertisement Subject: Businesses, Store Business Date: 1910 Description: Collection, misc. advertising cards: Philip Douglas, ship smith & machine forger; Wm. Prior, Jr. & Co., fresh & pickled fish, clams & oysters; Walker & Rich, fresh and smoked fish, lobsters, clams, cod liver oil, &c; "Gloucester" Copper Paint; The First National Bank of Ellsworth, Maine; Bethel Church, Portland; Hood's Sarsaparilla; "Untold Secrets", a booklet of jokes published by Pabst Brewing Co.; J.H. Connors & Co., liquor dealers; John Linscott, boots, shoes, & rubbers; J. Burns & Co., fresh, salt, and pickled fish; C.F. Eaton, dealer in flour, west india goods, ship stores, wines, liquors, &c.; H & G.W. Lord, nets, seines, and twine; F.W. Morrill, butter, cheese, & eggs; "The Acme Club" a booklet advertising the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. of Newark, New Jersey; F.H. Johnson, fresh, smoked, and pickled fish; "Between Ourselves" July 1926, a flyer by the New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.; "3 Pounds of Tea" a label from a tea package made by Baird & Peters, "THE tea people." [show more]
Sidney Hamor Bunker and Julia Bunker Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Structures, Dwellings, House	1915	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Sidney Hamor Bunker and Julia Bunker Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2020.450.2830 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Structures, Dwellings, House Date: 1915 Description: Sidney (aka Sidney) Chadwick Hamor Bunker with daughter Julia Bunker Spurling at home ca. 1915. Donor states: "This picture of the Bloom house was taken early 1900s; date is determined by the gravestones of the two ladies on the front porch. On the left is Sydney Hamor Bunker, wife of Warren Bunker, and mother of Julia Bunker Spurling on the right. Julia was the mother of Joseph Elwood Spurling...."
Doll house made by Al Gray 1915 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Toy	People	1915	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Doll house made by Al Gray 1915 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.286.2037 Type: Object, Toy Subject: People Date: 1915 Description: Doll house. Wood painted red, yellow and white with black roof and green base. Per donor, house was made about 1915 by Al Gray for his grandchildren, Molly, Hannah, and their sister and two brothers. Donor bought the doll house at Jane and Eddi Gray's hard sale ca. 2000 for her own grandchildren. (See eclectic doll furniture 2014.286.2037.)
Cranberry Club House circa 1910 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Places, Club	1910	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Cranberry Club House circa 1910 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1488 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Club Date: 1910 Description: Photo, Cranberry Club House circa 1910 -man in the middle of photo with cap on is Elwood Spurling, one of the ladies is Mrs. Caroline Stanley (her name is on back of actual photograph) and the rest of people are not identified. See 2011.145.1101(O) photo for ids.
Letter from Sara Mayo to Catherine Pye Mayo Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Organizations, School Institution People	1914	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letter from Sara Mayo to Catherine Pye Mayo Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.943 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1914 Description: March 29, 1914 Letter from Sara Mayo, Baker Island school teacher to her Mother Catherine Pye Mayo
Articles describing the 1916 Firebug Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping	Events, Fire	1916	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Articles describing the 1916 Firebug Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.948 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Events, Fire Date: 1916 Description: Two copies of articles describing the 1916 Firebug on the Cranberry Isles with a summary provided by Bruce Komusin
Postcard to Sammy Sanford Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	People	1918	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Postcard to Sammy Sanford Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.967 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: People Date: 1918 Description: Post Card addressed to Sammy Sanford sent by Henry P. Wright about planting flower seeds. Postmark 1918(?)
German postcard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places	1917	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	German postcard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.87.631 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places Date: 1917 Description: Postcard, used, with German writing, religious theme, dated 1917 on front
Postcard from Germany Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places	1912	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Postcard from Germany Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.87.633 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places Date: 1912 Description: Postcard, used, photo of a young woman, postmarked Berlin Germany 1912
German postcard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	People Places	1915	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	German postcard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.87.634 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: People Places Date: 1915 Description: Postcard, used, cut in half, photo of young woman, postmarked Berlin Germany 1915
German postcard 1915 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places	1915	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	German postcard 1915 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.87.636 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places Date: 1915 Description: Postcard, used, cut in half, with German writing, photo of young woman with hat, postmarked Berlin Germany 1915
Cranberry Isles School Photo ca. 1910 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Organizations, School Institution	1910	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Cranberry Isles School Photo ca. 1910 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.69.570 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, School Institution Date: 1910 Description: Photo, 8x10 b&w, "Cranberry Isles 191_" (probably 1910 or 1913), showing teacher George Hadlock and students at side of Longfellow School. Georgie Ware says people are: 1st row, from left, 1) unknown boy. 2) Elmer Spurling - son of Ben Spurling - who lived in the Cumming house. 2nd row, 1) Elva Spurling (married name Beal) Elmer Spurling's sister. 2) Elva Bunker (uncle Ben's daughter. Ben built the Keinbusch house out of hemlock boards), 3) Lena Wedge (married name Stanley) Harold Stanley's wife, they lived in house that Days own now. 4) Esther Stanley (married name Spurling) Francis Spurling's wife. Lived in Ginny's house. 5) Hazel Bunker (married name Hardy) Andy Bunker's dau. Lived in Keinbush house. 6) Vincie Bunker (married Hurlbert) Tud Bunker's sister. In 1991 she was 92. 3rd row, 1) unknown boy. 2) Inie Bunker, married Harold Stanley's brother. 3) ???, Gib Stanley's dau. (Gilbert Stanley's dau.) Finkelstein house. 4) Jan Stanley, Arno Stanley's son. 5) unknown boy. 4th row, 1) teacher George Hadlock. 2) Cliff Stanley, Harold's Brother. 3) Arno N ??? Birdie Stanley??? [show more]
Religious booklet for Gramie Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Booklet	Organizations, Religious	1914	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Religious booklet for Gramie Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.7.209 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: Organizations, Religious Date: 1914 Description: Booklet, religious, from Eleanore Mildred Joy to Gramie, 25 Dec 1914

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