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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]
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.
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.
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.
William P. Preble appointed Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People		1885	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	William P. Preble appointed Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2787 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1885 Description: William P. Preble appointed Notary Public for Hancock County February 5, 1885, by Governor Frederick Robie
William P. Preble Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic People		1892	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	William P. Preble Notary Public Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2784 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic People Date: 1892 Description: William P. Preble appointed Notary Public for County of Hanock, Maine, 13 April 1892, by Governor Edwin Burleigh.
Hilda Spurling working at the post office Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Organizations, Civic People	Ed Gray		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Hilda Spurling working at the post office Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1633 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, Civic People Creator: Ed Gray Description: Photo, "Hilda Spurling filled in for Marjorie Phippen at the Post Office" taken and developed by Ed Gray. (2 copies) (Note: Item 1633a is also Hilda Spurling from a different angle (5 copies)
Marjorie Phippen working at Post Office Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Organizations, Civic People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Marjorie Phippen working at Post Office Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1638 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, Civic People Description: Marjorie Phippen- Post Master at the Cranberry Isle Post Office
Journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family from 1870s-1890s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Businesses, Fishery Business Organizations, Civic People			Copyright Not Evaluated	Journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family from 1870s-1890s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2017.388.2163 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Organizations, Civic People Description: Collection of journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family: Items A-H. (A) Enoch B. Stanley's tan leather fold-over "The Revised and Improved Collector's Tax Book....Adapted to the Revised Statutes of 1883", by W. W. Bolster, Published Portland: W. H. Stevens & Company, No. 193 Middle Street. Entries from 1890-1892 with categories for real estate, personal property, poll tax, highway tax, a section on school district tax. With three loose handwritten pages inserted. One is list of children for Hannah Lopaus(?) who moved to Mount Desert July 12th 1799 and had 10 children and includes list of 9 children born to Hannah's daughter Nancy Lopauss Richardson Clark, one of whom was Meltiah P. Richardson (spouse of Carrie Stanley Richardson). The second loose page is a petition for a fish weir at Thrumcap for Enoch B. Stanley and W.D.(?) Stanley in January 1891. The third loose page is Permission for a fish weir with full description dated Feb. 7, 1891. (B) Maroon fold-over wallet (empty). (C) Scans from loaned Schmidt family photo albums including family and one of old hearse. (D) Maroon wallet with 14 items folded inside it: receipts: Meltiah Richardson 1871 taxes; E.B. Stanley 1862 & 1864; note to Capt Stanley 1864; 1864 receipt; 1864 receipt Hadlock; 1871 tax receipt; M. P. Richardson to E.B. Stanley 1874; one faded small photo of a person on a sailboat; registered letter receipt 1878 addressed to Thomas Leighton of Millbridge Me received of E. J? Stanley; Receipt 1882 for 7.33 payment; 1876 receipt E. B. Stanley and Perley Russell goods of Haskell 14.50. Envelope addressed to Mrs. Caroline H. Stanley Cranberry Isles ME with Boston Jan 30 1898 postmark 2 cents. Two comic poem pages (not scanned). (E) Small tan leather journal full of information listing fish catches and payments to individuals 1868-1870 in Boston, Cranberry Isles, Gloucester, Schooner Rozella mentioned on one page. Names include Gilley, Bunker, Spurling, Stanley, Ladd, Wayland, Bulger, Young; only three representational pages scanned from this journal. (F) Small narrow brown marbled ledger (undated) tallying fish and bills; two pages mention schooner Harrie [or Fannie?] Forrest; 1 page scanned. (G) Book: The Matron's Manual of Midwifery and the diseases of women during pregnancy and in child bed by Frederick Hollick, MD 1843. (H) Book: How to Hunt and Trap containing full instructions for hunting Buffalo, Elk, Moose, deer, Antelope - by J. H. Batty, 1878; inscribed "Boynton Stanley" at top of page, lower down "William G. Thumbeam[?] from Papa, Christmas 1878." (See also 2015.316.2077 and 2017.389.2164) [show more]
Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic People Places, Town		1876	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.416.2775 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic People Places, Town Date: 1876 Description: Ten Town of Cranberry Isles documents 1876-1877, with summary of each item. Includes receipts for tax assessors; Perley and Russell v. Bunker; Gilley; Schooner Wayland; Leonard Holmes; and mention of a ship attacking a vessel, among other things.
Journal with transcriptions of protestations of ships Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Businesses, Store Business Events Organizations, Civic Organizations, School Institution People		1867	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Journal with transcriptions of protestations of ships Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.116.1080 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Businesses, Store Business Events Organizations, Civic Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1867 Description: Journal with transcription. 38-page typed transcription of protestations of ships wrecked on the Cranberry Isles from an original 19th-century ledger/journal kept by William P. Preble 1867-1879. Journal transcribed by Michael Macfarlan c. 2002. One loose page partial protestation for 1893. The back of the journal also contains pages for the accounts pertaining to School district No. 2, the Post Office, and for various islanders (not transcribed). (See also 1000.0.934: selections from 1080 - sea captain's transcribed broadcasts for possible video production. (See also June 2018 Cranberry Chronicle, pages 20-13 - link below) [show more]
Poster for "Fishing with Wesley Bracy, Jr." Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Advertising, Poster	Events Organizations, Civic People		2004	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Poster for "Fishing with Wesley Bracy, Jr." Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2004.98.755 Type: Document, Advertising, Poster Subject: Events Organizations, Civic People Date: 2004 Description: Poster for Historical Museum Opener, featuring 2 videos: "Fishing with Wesley Bracy, Jr." and "Ice Harvesting", plus ice lecture by Bill Lawler, held 7 July 2004. (video of lecture on miniDV tape #2004-0004, and see 2013.265.1998 and all years>video)
Museum opening day photos Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Events Organizations, Civic People		2000	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Museum opening day photos Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.103.762 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events Organizations, Civic People Date: 2000 Description: Photos, color, of islanders at Grand Opening of GCI Historical Museum, 6 August 2000

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