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| Interviews of Islander Gaile Colby in 2018 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Interviews of Islander Gaile Colby in 2018 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Oral history. These two interviews with lifelong GCI resident Gaile Colby were conducted by Phil Whitney and Josh Hastings in July 2018. They mostly discuss houses along The Lane, Harding Point, Heliker-Lahotan and Jimmies Point Road. Arvard helped a lot with certain houses on Harding Point Road and certain houses on The Lane in the second interview. Two sessions 7/22/18 and 7/29/18. Several segments of the July 29 interview were transcribed 2018 and include the visit of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller to the Cranberry Club on GCI; the wakes of Rena Bunker Willis' widow (1940) and Henry Bunker (1941) held in the Richman house; the 1961 fire at the Sherman house. The MP3 Sound recordings are very good. See GCIHS-NAS\video\2018. (Note: photo used here is from the 2009 Portrait Project by Becky Buyers-Basso (2013.238.1933), not these 2018 interviews.) [show more] | ||
| Richardson - Emery Willard (1873-1883) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Richardson - Emery Willard (1873-1883) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Emery Willard Richardson b. 22 Jul 1873, d. 8 Oct 1883, age 10y 2m 16days. He was the son of Meltiah P. and Mary Catherine "Carrie" Stanley Richardson; brother of Charles Emery "Peter" Richardson, and half brother to four others. | |||
| Richardson - Charles Emery (1885-1971) aka Peter Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Richardson - Charles Emery (1885-1971) aka Peter Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Charles Emery "Peter" Richardson was born 14 Jan 1885 and died 14 Jul 1971; he was the son of Meltiah P. and Carrie Stanley Richardson; brother of Emery Willard Richardson and half brother to four others. | |||
| Richardson - Mary Catherine Stanley (1848-1920) aka Carrie Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Richardson - Mary Catherine Stanley (1848-1920) aka Carrie Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: "Carrie" Richardson was the daughter of Enoch B. Sr. and Caroline H. (Guptill) Stanley. "Lew" Stanley was her brother. She attended higher education in Boston -- unusual for a woman at that time. She was the second wife of Capt. Meltiah Richardson. She was the mother of Charles Emery "Peter" Richardson and Emery Willard Richardson. She traveled with her husband on his Schooner the Carrie M. Richardson, and was an expert celestial navigator. Buried in the Stanley Cemetery. [show more] | |||
| Richardson - Capt. Meltiah Jordan (1828-1910) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Richardson - Capt. Meltiah Jordan (1828-1910) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Capt. Meltiah Jordan Richardson was born 22 Jun 1828 (Goose Cove, Mount Desert Island) and died 23 May 1901 (drowned in The Pool on GCI) He was the son of Ben Richardson. He married Sarah Spurling (b. 1835) in 1853, had 4 children by her, divorced. He married Mary Catherine Stanley in 1870. They had 2 boys: Emery Willard Richardson b. 22 Jul 1873, d. 8 Oct 1883, age 10y 2m 16d; and Charles Emery "Peter" Richardson b. 14 Jan 1885, d. 14 Jul 1971 Capt. Meltiah drowned himself off his brother-in-law Lewis Stanley's dock at Great Cranberry and is Buried in the Stanley Cemetery.He captained many vessels, most notably the Schooner Carrie M. Richardson. [show more] | |||
| Interviews of Islander Gaile Colby 2017 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Interviews of Islander Gaile Colby 2017 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Oral history. Interviews of Islander Gaile Colby conducted by Phil Whitney with audio recording by Josh Hastings; five sessions beginning Friday, January 13, 2017, and continuing through April 28, 2017. The MP3 Sound recordings are good. See NAS/Video/2017interviews. 2017.400.2176; the two partial transcripts (1A and 1B) are poor, but several interesting segments transcribed 2018 include early memories in the Little House, Winter sledding, Elisha Bunker, Santa Claus at Stratton Store; no transcripts for the other interviews. Note: The photo used here is from the 2009 Portrait Project by Becky Buyers-Basso (2013.238.1933) not these 2017 interviews. [show more] | ||
| Letter from Mrs. C. M. Richardson to Mary Wheelwright 1916 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Letter from Mrs. C. M. Richardson to Mary Wheelwright 1916 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Letter. Six pages (3 sheets double sided). Return address is Mrs. C. M. Richardson (Carrie), Cranberry Isles, Maine, stamp and postmark are cut away but a handwritten note says PostMarked Nov. 1916. Letter is dated Cranberry Isles, Nov. 3d, 1915(?). Addressed to Miss Mary C. Wheelwright, Lincoln, Mass, with a handwritten note: "Given to me (Hilda Spurling), Summer 1958 at time of Miss Wheelwright's death." Scanned. "Dear Miss Wheelwright: I have not a printed copy left of "In memorium," and thus far have failed to obtain one, and therefore, I have copied from my scrapbook, the original poem on the enclosed paper. Also I have copied the poem with my own additions and alterations as recited at a Concert after the Bell had been given to the church. Personally, I am too prosaic to compose poetry, and thinking that I might not only honor the one for whom it was composed but also our deceased pastor C. E. Harwood, and also the generous donors who helped him financially, I conceived the idea of using the original poem as I did as a memorial to the living for the Bell, as well as for the deceased who had done so much in years gone by, and especially as the proposed Memorial Chandelier had to be given up, on account of the great changes that had resulted by the sudden death of Rev. C. E. Harwood, and the funds that I had collected from the children and grandchildren of Abagail C. (?) Preble. for the pupose were recalled by them and otherwise disposed of, and only the poem remained with me. It was printed in several Hancock County papers, but probably none exist now. Very gratefullly yours, Carrie M. Richardson." [Long poem handwritten and attached.] [show more] | ||||
| Collection of miscellaneous documents Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Collection of miscellaneous documents Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Collection of miscellaneous materials from donor. School materials - show attendance pre-consolidation in 1904 when there was a school where today's gravel pit is on GCI, and at Malcolm Donald's house on GCI, as well as Baker's island. 3 State of Maine Teacher's School Registers for Cranberry Isles (lists of students and statistics) :(1) No. 5, First Winter Term 1888 signed by Ima Robbins, Teacher District No. 5 (2) No. 4, Spring Term, May 29, 1890, signed by Flossy H. Colby, Teacher District No. 4 (3) No. 1, Spring Term, 1887, signed by Laura Freeman, Teacher District No. 1. Summer term 1887 – Copies of time period general information - Teachers of Yesteryear Copy of list of groceries bought by Mr. Benj. H. Spurling 1905 from Nettie A Stanley Groceries and Dry Goods store. Map, large 1972: Maine Coastal Inventory, Land Cover Types, source: 1972 aerial photography, Trenton, Lamoine -1966 aerial photography, by Maine State Planning Office. Articles various: Ted Spurling making coiled mats, in a rowboat, etc. "Islands build a lifeline" CI parking and dock, Ed Gray and Phil Whitney mentioned. Article on 1990 school funding. Miscellaneous: (A) Postcard to B. H. Spurling; Receipt for the Power Boat Pilgrim purchasing 100 gal. gasoline for $9.00 from E. L. Taylor, Norfolk, VA Dec. 8, 1911; (B) Receipt for Str. Carrie & Mildred & Fitters, Nov. 15, 1910 purchase of groceries from W. S. Jordan & Co., 102 Commercial Street, Portland Maine for $17.64. (C) Copy of article "Cranberry Club is for Brahmins Only" front page of Wall Street Journal, Nov. 4, 1975. (D) Copy of bill for Wm. P. Preble, Esq. tax is $3.90 for May 27, 1897. (E) Copy of statement Chicago Rawhide Mfg. Co, Rawhide Belting, Lace Leather and Rope, Lariats and other Rawhide Goods of all kinds, 75 and 77 East Ohio Street, Chicago, February 13, 1896 stating that the undersigned sell their rights, title and interest in church on Great Cranberry Island - family pew No. 18 to William P. Preble. Witnesses: Lucie Weil, Lizzie A. Preble, Wm. N. Preble, Elmenia Preble. On reverse is statement "Received at Town Clerk's office May 4, 1896 and recorded in Volume 2, Page 82, signed George W. Bulger, Clerk." (F) Tax bill for Benjamin H. Spurling, April 21, 1933 Real estate valuation $1,400. Taxes 44.80, rate of taxation 32 mills. Received payment in full Sept. 1937, Andrew E. Stanley, Collector. (G) Envelope, empty, addressed to Mrs. B. H. Spurling, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, with Gray's Portland Business College logo on it. Written under flap is "Auntie Maude" (H) Old book plate print: The School at Play, engraved expressly for Peterson's Magazine. Children and teacher smoking in classroom. (I) Two pages from a ledger with note: Division of a fish catch with the crew (Schooner Lizzie Maud) Acct. Sales Mackerel Schr Lizzie Maude, July 14, 1896. Lists crew and fish beside column dated June 27, and states Received of B. H. Spurling in full for all [?] on Schr Lizzie Maud to date. Portland Oct. 2, 1896. Acct. Sales Mackerel Schr Lizzie Maud, received of B. H. Spurling the above share in full. Original newspaper article and one copy from The Word and The Work, Bangor Maine, February 1897 about the Cranberry Island church, with subtitle - Rev. Charles E. Harwood. (J) Copy of article on General Andrew B. Spurling's portrait in the state house, "Reminder of a Gallant Soldier" apparently the portrait is an enlargement from a photograph. [show more] | |||
| Preble family materials Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Preble family materials Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Collection of materials from Louise Marr. 1. Note of introduction for Fannie A. Preble 1872 from O.A. Richardson of Cranberry Isles. 2. Receipt. H.H. Hay & Son druggist 1892 for various concoctions with prices and paid by Fernald. (Scanned both sides1/2/17) 3. Booklet. Graduation 1903 of Frances Marion Spurling (Louise Marr's mother) among others. 4. Copy of article re: the vessel “Georgie”. 5. Newspaper clippings: Two poems by E.T. Preble. 6. Four pages of handwritten genealogy and misc notes for Preble/Marr/Spurlings. Annotation says "Preble was my Great Grandfather" Page one also explains the [Preble] house history:"The old "house" lot was Samuel Spurlings and sold to him by Benjamin Spurling (not grampy) in Sept 4, 1832. This was Preble's wife's (Abigail Hadlock) first husband. He died and she marries William Preble. The house was built by Samuel Spurling. She has four children by Sam Spurling before he dies. Preble helps bring them up…." 7. Newspaper obituary for "Wm. P. Preble Former Portland Is Citizen Dead" with pencil corrections indicating it should be Wm. H. Preble, and indicates "Chicago". 8. Receipt for Benj H. Spurling Oct 2, 1905 for grocery items purchased at Nettie A. Stanley's store on GCI. [show more] | |||
| Collection of documents: Receipts for church pews 1866; 1876 store receipt; Preble family ephemera and genealogy; Benjamin Spurling ephemera; memorial card for George N. Spurling 1901; Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Collection of documents: Receipts for church pews 1866; 1876 store receipt; Preble family ephemera and genealogy; Benjamin Spurling ephemera; memorial card for George N. Spurling 1901; Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Collection of items from Louise Marr. 1. Documents. Ten original receipts for pews sold to finance construction of the Great Cranberry Island meeting house [the GCI church] 1866. Each signed on August 25, 1866 by William P. Preble, Thomas Bunker, and Wm. H. Preble Building Committee. John Stanley $70=Pew 6. William H. Preble $100=Pew 18. Asa D. Stanley $90=Pew 2. Albert Gilley $70=Pew 39. S. G(?). Young and E.C. Rosebrook $60=Pew 30. John G. Bunker $70=Pew 37. William P. Preble $100=Pew 21. John N. Bulger $70=Pew 7. Samuel S. Fernald $80=Pew 29. Enoch Spurling $70=Pew 38. 2. Receipt. Items bought by Mr. William P. Preble on April 14, 1876 from Perley, Russell & Co, 94 Commercial Street, Portland, ME, and paid $51.50 (includes $1.23 interest) on Dec 26, 1876. 3. Several newspaper articles about Rachel Field. 4. Modern reprint of what many believe to be Samuel Hadlock Jr's wife, “The Prussian Lady”, so labelled on reverse. 5. Letter from Knowles Company, Insurance and Real Estate, Northeast Harbor, ME, January 9, 1935, to Capt. Benjamin H. Spurling, Boothbay Harbor, ME, re: problems collecting rent from tenant. 6. Family history re: Capt. Benjamin Spurling born 1849 on GCI "Capt. Benjamin Spurling was b. July 22, 1849, at Great Cranberry Isles, son of George N. and Abigail Spurling. He m. Frances A. dau of William P and Abigail C. Preble, who was born and reared on the same island. He commenced going to sea at the age of ten; took his first command at 21, sch. Maggie W. Willard.. In 1871 he moved to Portland and in 1888 to B.H. [Is this Boothbay Harbor?]. He holds a first-class pilot's license for the Atlantic Coast for steamers not exceeding 700 tons. He has built five vessels for E. Sanders & Col, Pensacola, Fla, and purchased and sold them several others. His principal sea-going has been in the mackerel fishery, and he has one high-line year to his credit. Their children are: Maud A., m. Forest Ware, Whitefield; Harold B. and Frances M. 7. Postcards. Two postcards for Preble taxes 1896 ($4.28) and 1895 ($3.61). 8. Receipt. William P. Preble is proprietor of One share of the capital stock of Ellsworth & Tremont Telegraph Company., July 5, 1869. 9. Card. Memorial card for George N. Spurling, died Jan. 16, 1901 at 82 years. He's buried in Spurling Cemetery. 10. Genealogy of the Preble Family in America, large chart, folded. 11. Genealogy, Family Record, large, ornate, folded, for William P. Preble family [show more] | |||
| Hooked rug with clamshell design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Hooked rug with clamshell design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Rug. Hooked rug, with clamshell design. Description for clamshell from donor's 1987 appraisal at Thomaston Galleries: HOOKED RUG: woolens on burlap with 1/2”-wide braided border. Dark band enclosing tight rows of dark polychrome “Clam Shells”. Good overall condition. 20th c. American Dim: 28” x 47”. Donor doesn't know if it was made on GCI, but recalls it being in her mother's GCI home when she was a child. | |||
| Hooked rug with floral design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Hooked rug with floral design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Rug. Hooked rug, with floral design. Donor doesn't know if it was made on GCI, but recalls it being in her mother's GCI home when she was a child. Rug is hooked with stockings and fabric on burlap. | |||
| Braided rugs and pot holder by Addie Duren Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Braided rugs and pot holder by Addie Duren Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Rugs: two braided multi-colored rugs; and one cloth pot holder. These three items were all made by GCI resident Addie Duren. Rug (A) is oval shaped, brightly colored reds, blues, purples, greys 46" long by 32.5" wide. Rug (B) is oval shaped, black and tan overall 56" long x 39" wide. There is a story that when the Duren house caught fire (19xx?), it was Addie's rags and rug-making materials stored in the attic that kept the fire from spreading rapidly through whole house. Pot holder (C) has crocheted edges with dancing girl and pink backing. [show more] | |||
| Video interview of Winston Sheppard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Video interview of Winston Sheppard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Interview. Video (DVD) interview of Winston Sheppard by Phil Whitney (GCIHS President) on December 10, 2014, at Folkways Retirement Home in Gwyneth, PA. Sheppard is 99 years old; his wife is present and is 94. Sheppard reminisces about his visits to GCI with parents Charles and Rita Shepard in the 1930s; parents first visited Northeast Harbor in 1910. He discusses various individuals he recalls including Eber Spurling, Pink Stanley, Carl Hardy, and others. Sheppard's parents built their summer home on GCI, a Hodgson Camp House constructed near Fish Point (see documents pertaining to GCI cottage 2015.313.2074 and 2015.313.2073 family slides).Sheppard also had a home in Southwest Harbor, ME. [show more] | |
| Leslie Victor Stanley's genealogical research Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Leslie Victor Stanley's genealogical research Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Thirteen archival boxes of Leslie Victor Stanley's genealogical research into the extended Stanley family, and other valuable information on Cranberry Isles people, houses, vessels, boats, events, receipts, ledger entries, marriages, cemeteries, probates, will, births, and deaths that he compiled over decades, with research contributions by Ralph Stanley and William Otis Sawtelle. One folder of Box 8 pertaining to GCI houses has been scanned and saved as jpg and pdf. Box 19 folder 8 has information on 28 Sutton Island houses 1806-1906. Each box has a list of folders and contents. Families mentioned in this collection include: Bunker, Spurling, Hadlock, Stanley, Standley, Gilley, Bulger, Guptill, Hamor, Richardson, and Workman. (Note: This accession of 13 boxes presently catalogued under this number may eventually be combined with a prior accession of Ralph Stanley papers (2014.291.2046) as topics and materials may be related or duplicated.) [show more] | |||
| Digital copies of Wesley Bracy, Jr. scuba diving slides 1970s-1980s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Digital copies of Wesley Bracy, Jr. scuba diving slides 1970s-1980s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photographs. Digital copies of three trays of color film slides loaned by donor - about 225 total. Wesley Bracy, Jr. scuba diving expeditions in local area in 1970s-1980s - close-up photos of aquatic flora and fauna, mastodon bone, underwater scenery, a storm, brass ship fittings from local wrecks, and more. Digital files are on NAS Museum Photos. (See also GCIHS 1000.212.1260A-D recovered brass shipwreck artifacts loaned by Bracy in 2000. And Bracy's 2015 presentation at GCIHS located on NAS /video/Events Videos/BracyLecture2015. [show more] | ||
| Photo of school children with teacher ca. 1904 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Photo of school children with teacher ca. 1904 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photograph. Discolored black and white photo mounted on cardboard with red blue and white paint drips on it. School children with teacher standing outside by log fence. Handwritten on reverse "School at Cranberry isles, me. School house on School House Hill. 1904?" Compare with school children in 1000.27.736 and 1000.123.994. | ||
| Photographs of island scenes and people from Towns family 1940s, 1950s, and 1960-70s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Photographs of island scenes and people from Towns family 1940s, 1950s, and 1960-70s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photos. Collection of 24 color and black and white photgraphs: several from 1940s, most 1960-70s including a wedding and other events concerning the Towns family. Subjects include Beal and Bunker dock; Great Cranberry Island town dock granite block ca. 1940s; Winslow Bunker's dock. Individuals in pictures include Sawtelle Teel with Mary Elizabeth Pratt 1949 (scanned); Mary Elizabeth Pratt with Judy Towns [Lim] 1949; Carl and Clara Wedge in their vintage 1932 Ford (?) car; Carl Nelson, Chris Johnston, Judy Towns Lim at the wedding of Rhonda and Douglas King (Gaile Colby's daughter) ca. 1970. There is a group photo of Harry and Annie Alley, David Bunker, Carl Wedge, Sonja Colby, Chuck Liebow, Leigh Liebow, Clara Wedge, and Paul Liebow possibly celebrating the launching of the "Double B" boat. Group photo of Carl Nelson, Dorothy "Dot" Towns, Debby Wedge, Keither Wedge with Freddy and Allison Hawes at a picnic. Others in photos include: "Doc" Haydock with George Savage under the Cranberry Rooster Club sign (scanned); Debby Bunker, Katie Moss Keogh; Blair Colby and Chris White in a Jeep; and Charles "Pink" Stanley at the helm late 1940s (scanned). Large photos: Harry Alley with son Robert Alley at the helm in 1959; Andrew Alley in 1959 (scanned); and Fred Start with his mother Jean Start (daughter and grandson of Charles "Pink" Stanley) at a Boy Scout event in 1954.(See 2013.243.1941 and other Towns photos in collection.) [show more] | |||
| Photograph of unknown man with lobsters Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Photograph of unknown man with lobsters Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photograph. Unknown man seated with basket of lobsters outside house. | ||||
| Hazel Peterson with Dog Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Hazel Peterson with Dog Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, Hazel Peterson with Dog -from the Hazel Stanley Collection (Item # 1744a is the reverse side of the picture) | ||||
| Philmore Peterson at Northeast Harbor Dock Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Philmore Peterson at Northeast Harbor Dock Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Philmore Peterson at Northeast Harbor Dock | |||
| Hazel "Brooke" "Snooks" (Stanley) Peterson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Hazel "Brooke" "Snooks" (Stanley) Peterson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, Hazel "Brooke" "Snooks" (Stanley) Peterson at Ladies Aid (?) -from the Hazel Stanley Collection | ||||
| Hazel "Brooke" "Snooks" (Stanley) Peterson (?) 1943 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Hazel "Brooke" "Snooks" (Stanley) Peterson (?) 1943 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, 1738a-b. (a) Hazel "Brooke" "Snooks" (Stanley) Peterson (?) 1943. (b) back side of same. From the Hazel Stanley Collection | ||||
| Hazel "Brooke" "Snooks" (Stanley) Peterson and Kitty Peterson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Hazel "Brooke" "Snooks" (Stanley) Peterson and Kitty Peterson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, Hazel "Brooke" "Snooks" (Stanley) Peterson and Kitty Peterson from the Hazel Stanley Collection | ||||
| William, Wilder, Philmore Peterson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  William, Wilder, Philmore Peterson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photograph of William, Wilder, Philmore Peterson-1941 . (Duplicate of GCIHS 1000.0.1701) |