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Aerial view of Great Cranberry with Sutton and Manset 1944 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places, Island				Copyright Not Evaluated	Aerial view of Great Cranberry with Sutton and Manset 1944 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.299.2053 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Island Description: Photograph, large, high resolution black and white 1944 print of aerial view of portion of Great Cranberry Island with Sutton Island and coast of Manset. Identifying numbers across top of photo: G8-20 ME 44.67 1030 5-26-44C 1232. Written in pencil on reverse is: McSorley; Doris "Dot" P. Marr McSorley was the sister of Louise Marr, descendants of the Preble family on GCI, inheritors of house and large properties. Details of houses and landscapes discernible. Was photo taken from a blimp? (Shortly after the date of this photograph (5/26/44), a blimp crashed (allegedly shot down) in in this region - July 3, 1944. See Hugh Dwelley article at http://archive.bangordailynews.com/2003/03/15/another-tale-from-maines-u-boat-file/). [show more]
Headstone rubbings Stanley Cemetery and Harding Point Cemetery Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Other Image	Places, Cemetery	Cheryl Moore	2015		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Headstone rubbings Stanley Cemetery and Harding Point Cemetery Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.320.2081 Type: Image, Other Image Subject: Places, Cemetery Creator: Cheryl Moore Date: 2015 Description: Headstone rubbings. Eight headstone rubbings from several GCI cemeteries made by artist Cheryl Moore and archivist Anne Grulich as follows: (A) Sarah wife of Joseph L'Grow d. 1825, "Revolutionary War Cemetery" (Spurling cemetery #1) on hill overlooking Town Dock - by Cheryl Moore and Anne Grulich 8/2/15 (Black wax); (B) Gilman J. Stanley d. 1861 drowned at 16 years, Hardings Point cemetery- by Cheryl Moore and Anne Grulich (Black wax); (C) Henrietta C. Gilley 1857, age 17 years, Preble Cemetery, By Cheryl Moore 7/29/15 (Black wax); (D) Thomas Manchester d. 1861 and wife Henrietta, Hardings Point cemetery- by Cheryl Moore 7/29/15 (Black wax). (This is Manchester's replacement stone; original, broken stone in nearby property.) (E) Dolly Bulger d. 1884, Stanley Cemetery by Cheryl Moore 7/29/15 (Red wax); (F) Thomas Stanley d. 1838, Stanley Cemetery, by Cheryl Moore and Anne Grulich 8/2/15 (Black wax); (G) Samuel S. Bunker 1899, Bunker cemetery, by Cheryl Moore 7/29/15 (Black wax); (H) Alfred H. Gilley d. 1876, Stanley Cemetery, by Cheryl Moore 7/29/15 (Black wax). [show more]
Russians and Yankees Battle Mosquitoes on Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping	Places, Island				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Russians and Yankees Battle Mosquitoes on Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.292.2047 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Places, Island Description: Document. Newspaper article, "Russians and Yankees Battle Mosquitoes on Cranberry Isles" Boston Evening Transcript, Saturday, July 28, 1928, page 3. An Expert Leads the Forces and Guarantees to Drive the Pests Out or No Pay; By Karl Schriftgiesser, Northeast Harbor, Me. Article begins: "Eighteen Russians and native Yankees are fighting a desperate battle on the Cranberry Isles that shelter the south side of Mt. Desert from fury of the seas." This sardonic article explains the project to rid the Cranberry Isles of mosquitoes. Mentions Moorfield Storey's role; and Major Edward Skinner was the engineer (founder of the United States Drainage and Irrigation Company); cost $12,000. Article states that "It is the first place anywhere in the State of Maine that mosquito eradication will have been attempted." Mentions several sites to be worked on: a crisscross of trenches will drain a "salt marsh covers between eight and nine hundred acres and is free of all drainage." As well as "The "haith," as it is known locally, is nearly a mile in length. Now a long trench stretches the long way and other transverse ditches help to drain it." And "A dozen or so other swamps and salt marsh areas dot the island." "Deep down into these beaches of rock and gravel and sand wooden outlets have been sunk. In some instances the depth has been from six to twelve feet. The outlets have been constructed of heavy timbers rather than of iron or clay pipes because wood alone can withstand the constant buffeting of heavy rocks tossed hither and yon by a sea that is often in an angry mood. Iron would break, clay would crumble, wood alone can stand the strain." "On Great Cranberry there is a point of ground known locally for years as Pond Point. In this area are (or rather, were) Birlem's pond and the so-called Salt Lakes. Scientific drainage has entirely dissipated Birlem's pond and when the huge twelve-foot drain through a dishearteningly rocky beach has been completely cut the Salt Lakes will have been drained slowly into the sea." Mentions the 70-foot whale that beached itself there during WWII. "Near Green Spot and Long Point other treacherous bogs have been drained. Islesford, as Little Cranberry rather vainly calls itself, is fast being dried up. Sutton, the aristocrat of the small archipelago, is quickly becoming a pestless place." "Some of the native population is skeptical of results. Others, led by such whole-hearted citizens as Mr. and Mrs. John Hamor and Millard Spurling, have done fine work to help Mr. Storey in the war of which he is the prime mover. Summer residents of the islands and nearby harbors, the Cranberry Club, and other organizations have helped considerably." See complete transcript by Bruce Komusin. Article was in a wood and glass frame with cardboard backing, badly deteriorated. Removed from frame 9/18/14. [show more]
Scrapbook for Ralph Preston Bulger from mother 1893 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places, Cemetery				Copyright Not Evaluated	Scrapbook for Ralph Preston Bulger from mother 1893 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.272.2050 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Cemetery Description: Album, scrapbook: red and gold cardboard with elaborate impressed and raised decor. Handwritten inscription reads: "Presented to Ralph Preston Bulger by his mother, December 25th, 1893. Cranberry Isles, Maine, January 1st, 1893." Carefully placed and affixed items in the scrapbook include: high quality printed greeting cards, advertisements, postcards, floral prints, and other small lovely prints. Ralph Preston "Benny" Bulger lived in the house directly across from the Bunker Cemetery. Per Charlotte Harlan, he was a cousin of her mother's "who lived in the small part of the house behind the Commiskys' house." He would have been a youngster when this book was given to him. [show more]
Seascape by Scott White Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Art, Painting	People Places				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Seascape by Scott White Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2010.126.1018 Type: Image, Art, Painting Subject: People Places Description: Art, original watercolor seascape painting by Scott White (one of the "Three Islesford Painters" or TIPs.) Scott White used to spend summers at the Hamor House. Inscription on the back of the painting: "This painting was done by an artist who spent summers on Cranberry Island at the Hamor House. This was given to Mabel by Mr. White on her birthday."
Photographs: Cranberry Road houses and Preble Cove 1974 Kodak Prints Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places				Copyright Not Evaluated	Photographs: Cranberry Road houses and Preble Cove 1974 Kodak Prints Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.297.2051 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places Description: Photographs, two framed, color kodak prints. Photo A: "Cranberry Isles June 1974" is a view from Preble Cove -houses from left to right: Carl Brooks, Old Rome store, Rome House, partially hidden is Gertmainian, Vance, little one by shore was Bunker now it's Encarnation and has been expanded. Photo B: "Cranberry Isles June 1974": view with Cranberry Road running north/south - buildings from bottom of photo on right side of road: church, parsonage, Dowling/Meyers house with brown patch (perhaps garden). [show more]
Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Art, Painting	People Places, Island		1925		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2010.126.1911 Type: Image, Art, Painting Subject: People Places, Island Date: 1925 Description: Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead, oil, framed, of a marsh or field with still water in the foreground, trees in the background, and the mountains of Acadia National Park in the far distance; perhaps The Pool on Great Cranberry Island; or the Bass Harbor marshes per artist Carl Little who has painted there. Written on the back: "Mr Kinkead painted this picture / Presented it to Sadie Hamor 1925"; the painting, on canvas, is cut from its original stretcher and glued to a cardboard backing. (Note: the artist's name is a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid.) [show more]
Iselin - Sarah Lambert Bloom Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Places	Sarah Lambert Bloom	2023-07-10		Copyright Not Evaluated	Iselin - Sarah Lambert Bloom Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2023.626.3116 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Places Creator: Sarah Lambert Bloom Publisher: Self Published Date: 2023-07-10 Description: 'The Rich History of a Western Pennsylvania Coal Town in Appalachia; The Inspiring Story of unrelenting Citizen Advocates for Social Justice. Book written by notable member of the community.
Deed Rosebrook to Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Legal, Deed	Places, Address		1866		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Deed Rosebrook to Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.7.49 Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Places, Address Date: 1866 Description: Deed, From Eben C. Rosebrook to Joseph S. Spurling, 16 Apr 1866: land
The Town of Cranberry Isles by Ted Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Booklet	People Places		1979		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	The Town of Cranberry Isles by Ted Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2004.93.739 Type: Publication, Booklet Subject: People Places Date: 1979 Description: Brochure, "The Town of Cranberry Isles" by Ted Spurling, includes 12 black and white pages with illustrations by Rose Russo Crooker, copyright 1979 by Theodore and Cara Spurling. First printing 1979, second 1986.
Slides ca. 1940, 1960-70s from Towns family Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Places		1960		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Slides ca. 1940, 1960-70s from Towns family Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.269.2005 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places Date: 1960 Description: Photos. Collection of 48 slides from ca. 1960-70s (one slide from 1940s) including aerial photographs of Great Cranberry Island and events concerning the Towns family. Aerial photographs ca. 1968 probably taken by Bob Hylander. Events and people include: Preble Cove, GCI houses, Beal and Bunker dock, Hamor House and restaurant, Polly Bunker and gift shop, George Savage and Ruth Haydock on motor scooter, Bloom concert, school house, Doc Haydock and George Savage with the Lollipop skiff, Norma Bunker with turkeys, Dorothy Dot Towns, Red Macallister with VW Bug, Leona Macallister, Cranberry Cove Restaurant, John Lawrence. This collection is in addition to the 223 Towns family slides catalogued as: 2013.243.1941. (All slides have been scanned and identified. See c:....2014>photos>etc.) [show more]
Maine postcard scenes Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Maine postcard scenes Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.261.1993 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places Description: Postcards. Thirty-three postcards in plastic album: local and Maine scenes and wildlife; one color photo card "Leslie Butler and her woodland friend"; black and white and color; modern postcards and six older printed wildlife postcards.
Towns Family Slides Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Places				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Towns Family Slides Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.243.1941 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places Description: Photos. Slides, 223 total including 35 glass slides. Images donated by the Towns family of GCI: family, friends, homes, landscapes, and seascapes taken over decades. Five slides imprinted 1958; four possibly SEP1974; one 1991. Several handwritten lists of people and places were included with donation but can no longer be tied to individual slides. All slides have been digitally scanned in high resolution (see 2000\photos\dorothy towns). The Towns family are summer residents on GCI. The Towns property is also known historically as the Bayview Farm, the Red House, and the Crosby farm. (The slides are stored in a binder, grouped by brand names and numbers imprinted on individual slides: Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Ansco Color, Pavelle, and Mercury, in hopes slide technology might date these slides. Glass slide projectors in use ca. 1930s-1950s. (See also collection of Towns slides ca. 1960s-70s in 2014.269.2005; and other Towns photos in collection.) [show more]
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.
Friends of Hitty Newsletters 1995-2002 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Newsletter	People Places, Island				Copyright Not Evaluated	Friends of Hitty Newsletters 1995-2002 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.22.1000 Type: Publication, Newsletter Subject: People Places, Island Description: Collection of "Friends of Hitty Newsletters" Published quarterly by Virginia Ann Heyerdahl. Collection contains each issue from January 1995 - Fall 2002
Photos of Florida Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Photos of Florida Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.69.515 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places Description: Collection of photos, Florida
Photos of boats and shore Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places Vessels, Boat				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Photos of boats and shore Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.69.514 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places Vessels, Boat Description: Collection of photos, Boats and Shore Scenes
DVD of Photos by Pablo Ocampo Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Places	Pablo Ocampo	2008	Cranberry Isles	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	DVD of Photos by Pablo Ocampo Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.979 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places Creator: Pablo Ocampo Date: 2008 Place: Cranberry Isles Description: Photos on a DVD from Pablo Ocampo from 2008. One of the pictures is of Polly Bunker's shed, this shed used to belong to Sadie Bulger and was located between the Cox house and Eva Gallean's house. Sadie Bulger used to sell small things like pastries, soda, and snacks here. The narrow part of the building used to face towards the road. In order to get her to come out to buy something you had to knock on her door, this always made Mickey feel like he had to buy more than a nickel's worth! Phil thinks the shop closed sometime around 1950, and Mickey believes it closed sometimes around WWII. All the photos are artistic and would make a good slideshow. [show more]
Place Names of Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Islands, Maine Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, List, Inventory	Places	Henry A. Raup		Mount Desert Island	Copyright Not Evaluated	Place Names of Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Islands, Maine Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2023.625.3115 Type: Document, List, Inventory Subject: Places Creator: Henry A. Raup Publisher: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Place: Mount Desert Island Description: A first edition copy 'Place Names of Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Islands, Maine' written by Henry A. Raup. Published by Mount Desert Island's Historical Society.
Who Owned Baker's Island? by Hugh Dwelley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Article	Places, Island				Copyright Not Evaluated	Who Owned Baker's Island? by Hugh Dwelley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2008.141.1084 Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: Places, Island Description: Publication. "Who Owned Baker's Island?" Written and compiled by Hugh Dwelley of the Islesford Historical Society
Coastal View from Murch house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places, Shore				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Coastal View from Murch house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.137.1073 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Shore Description: Photo, framed, picture taken from the Murch's looking toward Northeast Harbor. Fish Point on the right.
American Coast Pilot book 1854 purchased by Meltiah Richardson 1866 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Places		1854		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	American Coast Pilot book 1854 purchased by Meltiah Richardson 1866 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.349.2114 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Places Date: 1854 Description: Book. The American Coast Pilot containing directions for the Principal Harbors, Capes and Headlands on the Coasts of North and South America, etc. by Edmund M. Blunt, Seventeenth Edition by E. & G. W. Blunt, New York, May 1854. 678 pages including fold-out charts. Size: 6" x 9.75" x 3.5". Book is covered with loose tan canvas cloth hand stitched to keep it on the front and back covers. Inside the front cover, under the cloth cover flap is written: "Capt Nathan King 1854 bought book of East Trenton Maine." With several other pencil notations on first four pages. First one states: "Purchased this book from the Lewis Stanley Estate (Less White S. West Harbor) and paid $1.00 for same - Mrs. Mary Alice White, Cranberry Isles, ME June 18th, 1957." Second states: "Purchased of Capt. Nathan King Dec 20th 1866, M. J. Richardson." Third states: "This book belonged to Carrie (Stanley) Richardson daughter of Enoch B. Stanley and her son was Charles (Peter) Richardson Cranberry Isles, Maine." (This third note seems to be in the same handwriting as the first note by Mary Alice White.) There are several other notations, calculations, and also newspaper clippings pertaining to new lighthouses on the first several pages and the last two pages. Other notations:" Feb 23 1867 6 days out from NY bound for [Goanives?] St. Demingo Latt 27.45." "26th Jan 1867, 4 days out from Boston made Bermuda." "Wreck bears from Light Boat on [Cifs?] Rip WNW dist 3 or 4 miles." "May 5th 1872: Passed Hole in the Wall Fourteen days out from Portland. Made Moro Light Havana Sixteen days out from Portland." "Jan 25th [18]77, five days out from NY Latt 31:20 71:47 bound to [Havana?] made [Abeo?] light [five?] days out from NY." One newspaper clipping with header "Exports" includes mention of the schooner C. F. Young -449 box shooks. (GCIHS has a receipt for Meltiah carrying sugar aboard the Young.) Scans of notations made. [show more]
Western Way properties for sale Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping	Places, Island		1993		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Western Way properties for sale Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2765 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Places, Island Date: 1993 Description: (A) Six oceanfront lots for sale by Marr family along the Western Way (southwest coast) on Great Cranberry, July 2, 1970 Bar Harbor Times. (B) Map of lots for sale listing the lots as Cranberry Cove, Spruce Haven, Rockledge, Preble Cove, Western Way, and Roberts (on Long Point).
Postcard to Mrs. Benjamin Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Postcard to Mrs. Benjamin Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2762 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places Description: Postcard of house with two people by road, with message for Mrs. Benjamin H. Spurling, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, postmarked Nov. 10, 191X, one cent stamp.
Record of American and Foreign for shipping Lizzie Maud 1890 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Certificate	Organizations, Civic Places, Landscape		1890		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Record of American and Foreign for shipping Lizzie Maud 1890 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2368 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, Civic Places, Landscape Date: 1890 Description: Record of American and Foreign Shipping (New York ) for Schooner Lizzie Maud #8446: A: pale blue envelope; B: Certificate to Master on Delivery of Ship's Register and Papers pertaining to Benjamin H. Spurling and the Lizzie Maude of Portland, ME, Consulate of the United States of America has delivered to him the Register and Papers for the schooner 24 July 1890; C: statement of fees paid $3.79.

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