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| GXS Collection - Ephemera Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  GXS Collection - Ephemera Northeast Harbor Library Description: Folder 26 Mount Desert Island Real Estate Co., share certificate for Geo. C. Ming dated August 23, 1888 for fifteen shares in capital stock. Folder 27 Maine a Place to Live, unidentified magazine cover, color image of a church. Folder 28 Picturesque Maine, an illustrated lecture, Edward C. Sweet, December 16, 1895, pamphlet with illustrations and images. Folder 34 Stereoview Bar Harbor, photographed and published by B. Bradley. Folder 35 Wall Street Journal article by John Wilmerding on American Art. Folder 36 Cover of "Town of Winter Harbor Maine Annual Report 1988". Folder 37 Maine Times article on "Maine Summer Colonies". August 2nd, 1985. Folder 38 "Maine Chapter of the American Institute of Architects" 1991 Design award competition. Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island. Folder 42 Invitation card showing a reproduction of watercolor “Mark and Andrew’s Island from Deer Isle, Maine, 1920” by John Marin (1870-1953). The invitation is to the artist's opening on June 24th, 1998 at the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville and is sent by the President and Trustees of Colby College and the Museum’s Board of Governors. Folder 44 Several Through Bills of Landing belonging to H. G. Eaton and A. M. Carter: - Portland, Mt. Desert & Machias Steamboat Co., Dr. to Little Dear Isle (1899, 1900, 1901) - Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Co., Dr. (1990) - Islesboro, Castine & Belfast Steamboat Co., Dr. (1902). Folder 48 1 Invoice: “James A. Robinson & Son. Manufacturers, Sellers & Retail Clothiers” Bangor, Maine 5/12/1897. Items sold to E. J. Russel 1 Receipt: Bar Harbor, 8/10/1885 for Mr. Lee for the amount of $6.00, signed by Mr. Ash. Folder 60 Front page clipping of the Boston Sunday Globe of August 15, 1971 "Maine Island imports children - Imported children bring youth to craggy Maine Island" by Diane White. The island in question is Frenchboro. [show more] | ||||
| GXS Collection - Books and Souvenir Booklets Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  GXS Collection - Books and Souvenir Booklets Northeast Harbor Library Description: Folder 1 Glimpses of Camden, Maine, 1904, J. R. Prescott, 116 pages. Glimpses of Camden On the Coast of Maine, 1916, John R. Prescott, 1 volume (unpaged): all illustrations. Folder 2 A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, Maine, 190?, W. H. Sherman, 68 pages : chiefly illustrations. Folder 3 (not yet scanned) Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, 1888, William Berry Lapham, 72 pages: illustrations. Folder 4 Unidentified book about Maine homes and churches in the early days, commentary about home design, coastal living, farming, and general livelihood. 32 pages missing covers. Folder 5 The Summer State of Maine, Holman D. Waldron and Harry D. Young, ca. 1893, Tourist booklet in the shape of the state of Maine; cover illustration is map of Maine, 24 pages. Folder 30 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, by W. B. Lapham, 1887. Folder 31 Looking at Katahdin, the artists' inspiration, booklet about exhibit at L.C. Bates Museum, 1999. Folder 32 (scan from digitalmaine.com) Maine, the sesquicentennial of statehood, exhibition in the Library of Congress, 1970-1971, booklet. Folder 33 The Maine I Remember by Sidney Urquhast, article from Vogue Magazine, August 2000. Includes a photo of Walter Damrosch (Sidney's grandfather). Folder 43 Penzance in Maine: In Old Acadia, by F. W. Shumaker, 1927. Illustrations by S. Garnett Goesle and Herbet R. Roese. Folder 47 Northeast Harbor Port Directory, 1993. Folder 50 There is only one Bar Harbor - A few of its beautiful spots, by Ernest Emery, 1902. Folder 51 Mount Desert on the coast of Maine, by Mrs. Clara Barnes Martin, 1870 (very fragile) [show more] | ||||
| Brochures - Woman's Literary Club Collection Box 7 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Brochures - Woman's Literary Club Collection Box 7 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Several brochures: - "School improvement League of Maine - Library and Art Exchange" (1898) - "The Kalends of the Williams & Wilkins Company", Volume XII, Number 10 (1933) - "The Origin of the Names of the City and Towns in Hancock County Maine", by Ava H. Chadbourne (reprinted from the Ellsworth American) (1951) - Christmas Carols (1967) (2 copies) - "State of Maine Song" - Words and Music by Roger Vinton Snow - "The Colby Alumnus, Summer 1972" These items belong to the Woman's Literary Club Collection, Box 7 (Item 7332). [show more] | ||||
| View from Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  View from Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: View looking northeast, possibly from Sargent or Penobscot, the northern end of Somes Sound is just visible. | ||
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|  View from Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: View looking northeast from Sargent or Penobscot across the top of Somes Sound towards Somesville. Sargent Cove and Bar Island are visible. | ||
| Willie Granston Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Willie Granston Collection Northeast Harbor Library Description: Item List: WGC 1. Incinerating Plant Bar Harbor Maine, Decarie Incinerator Corp, NYC (5 pages) – 2 sets Elevation, Plot Plan (Central Aye), Operating Floor Plan, Charging Floor Plan 5 pages each set 2 pages from Decarie (1929) about their recent work - Blueprints Proposal and Spec Book from Decarie 1929 WGC 2. Refuse Incinerator, Bar Harbor, April 1957, Metcalf Eddy Engineers, Boston, (2 pages) 4 sets Plans and Elevations, Sections and details 2 pages each set, 4 sets - Blueprints WGC 3. First Naval District US Navy Section Base – Soundings Plan Bar Harbor Maine 8/19/1942 Area off pier leased by US Navy - shows areas under construction 1 sheet - Blueprint WGC 4. Municipal Storm Sewer Plan Bar Harbor KS Cleaves CE. June 1947 Showing area from Kenarden Gate House, Athletic Field, Ash Street, Ledgelawn 3 sheets blueprint WGC 5. Plot of Portion of Eden Street Showing Road as Now Constructed and Proposed Changes of Location No date Shows electric poles houses, driveways, stables- names: Phillips, Pinchot Cottage, Burnouth, the Willows, Miss Baker, Service, Mrs. U. G. Crocker, A. J. Cassatt, H. L. Eno Stable Lot Very long linen roll 1 sheet Ink on Linen - tear toward end WGC 6. Proposed Extension Wayman Lane E. W. Hill, CE, Feb. 10, 1912 Names; Evelyn Walsh McLean, shows houses and driveways Long Linen roll - 1 sheet Ink on linen WGC 7. Bar Harbor Airport - General Plan and Profiles References 7 sheets, only shown, February 1941 Shows existing runways, buildings to be removed, new landing strip, etc. 1 sheet WGC 8. Proposed Bridle Path from Bowler Lot to Breakneck Bar Harbor 1920 E. W. Hill, CE Shows Lafayette National Park I sheet- ink on linen WGC 9. Proposed Road Improvement of section of Road leading from Salisbury Cove to Norway Drive 1925- E. W. Hill, CE Shows straightening out road, Shows driveway of R. H. Kittredge ink on linen 1 sheet WGC 10. Harbor Airport Property Plan, Trenton March 21, 1934, H. N. Skofield Names include: Charles Corson, Rodney Copp, Woodbury Leland, Heirs of Charles Copp, Arthur Stover, Daniel Healy, Marden Dunbar, Frank Dunbar, Jordan River 248 Acres 1 sheet – blueprint WGC 11. Ellsworth Bar Harbor Road - Buried Cable - 11/24/42 Corrected 1 sheet blueprint WGC 12. Plot Plan of DeGregoire Park - Filed May 14, 1925 - Plan Book 3, Page 91 Signed E. W. Hill CE Includes handwritten description of lot 2 sheets, 1 blueprint, 1 paper with pencil writing WGC 13. Bay View Drive - Salisbury Cove, Offered to Town as Public Way 1940 Names: A. Atwater Kent, Thirlstane Ranch, Mrs. Hamilton, State Highway 1 sheet - ink on linen WGC 14. Plot Showing Laying out of Proposed Public Way at Bar Harbor, 1920, E. W. Hill CE Names: Cassino (sic), Evelina Walsh, Seth Hopkins, High School, C. B. Pine, W. Hayward, Chas, Cousins, Elmer Dorr, Est. Chester Hodgkins WGC 15. Proposed Bridle Path from Break Neck Road to New Mill Meadow, Bar Harbor, Maine 1920, E. W. Hill, 1920 Written in Pencil: Discontinued, Names C. C. Morrison, Willard Cunningham, Brewer Realty Co., Rodick Realty Co., New Eagle Lake Road WGC 16. Proposed Bridle Path from New Mill Meadow to Corkscrew Hill, Bar Harbor, 1920, E. W. Hill, CE Names: New Eagle Lake Road, Rodick Realty, Duck Brook, Henderson, Ash, Joy, et al., Corkscrew Hill Road 2 sheets total - ink on linen WGC 17. Survey Made May 4, 1925 showing original lay out of Stanwood Place AD 1905, also plot of lots as surveyed AD 1910 and line of improvement of lots on south side of said Stanwood Place, E. W. Hill, CE Names include Main Street, Hayward, Bar Harbor Med. and Surgical Hospital 1 sheet, ink on linen WGC 18. Plot showing Resurvey of Kebo Street, Bar Harbor Maine Aug. 1907 - E. W. Hill CE On outside of role in pencil written filed Feb. 19, ‘08, Accepted Mar 3, ‘08. 1 sheet ink on linen WGC 19. Corner of intersection with Main St. and Cromwell Harbor Road 1 sheet pencil on paper WGC 20. Plan of land on Eden Street, Bar Harbor, Edgar I. Lord, CE. Surveyed 1908, Subdivision Made 1912 Laying out of Michigan Ave. - 21 lots Names Include Livingston et al., Morse, West, Hamor, Bowles, Cheny 1 sheet blueprint, 4 sheets attached ink on paper with writing WGC 21. Sketch Showing Location of Kennebec Place also proposed new roads for Entrance and exit to Engine House, Bar Harbor Maine 1912 E. W. Hill C.E. Names Include: R. H. Kittredge, Village Green, Rodick Realty Go, Stable, 0. Wescott, B. S. Higgins 1 sheet ink on linen WGC 22. Property Owned by Town of Bar Harbor, Traced by C.A.A. 2/4/41 Shows existing runways, runway under construction, Future runway, proposed runway, future marine railway, house, barn, 1 sheet copied on shiny paper WGC 23. Section of State Aid Highway No. 8 - Bar Harbor 1925 elevation and layout graph paper and ink 1 sheet WGC 24. Proposed Improvement of Brook - Eagle Lake Road and Forest Street, Bar Harbor. Cleaves & Hill, December 1948 Shows elevations, layout Mentions: Parsons Residence, Sprague Residence Second Sheet shows Cross Sections pencil on graph papers - 2 sheets WGC 25. Survey and Plat of road known as “Ocean Drive” Eastern Side- Town of Eden 1915- E. W. Hill GE. Shows layout, long/lat, splits road in two when it gets too long Mentions: Otter Creek Road, Mt. Desert Nurseries, Geo. B. Dorr, Mrs. John Markoe, N. S. Newbold, Public Reservation, J. C. Livingston, J. Pulitzer (Main Drive, Lodge Drive, Garage Drive), R. P. Bowler, L. N. Kettle, Bingham Est., R. E. Brunno, Anna E. Bliss, Derby Est., C. D. Homans Est., H. L. Satterlee 1 sheet ink on linen WGC 26. Proposed Spring Road Shows Park Road, Spring Road, Ash Street, Ledgelawn Ave., School Street, Cromwell Harbor Road No Date, no name 1 sheet, ink on linen WGC 27. Plat Showing Re-Survey of Road Leading from “Beaver Dam” to Ellsworth and Somesville Road, Eden Main, 1909, E. W. Hill GE. Mentions: Heath, Gilbert’s, Roads (2) to Town Hill, Shea Bros., Geo. E. Soper, Road to Salisbury Cove, Road to Ellsworth, Road to Somesville 1 Sheet ink on linen WGC 28. Proposed Change of Line of State Aid Road No. 7 at Bar Harbor, Survey 1919, E. W. Hill G.E. Mentions: A. M. McDonald, Watson 2 sheets - 1 ink on linen, 1 ink on paper, rolled together WGC 29. Layout of Strawberry Hill Road - Plotted Feb. 6, 1934 from notes and plan recorded Aug. 15, 1910 W. G. Hill, C. H. Richardson Development of Strawberry Hill, Shows Strawberry Hill Road connecting Cromwell Harbor with Pine Ave (which seems to connect near dump). Shows Ledgelawn Avenue Extension, New Road to Incinerator, School Street 1 sheet Ink on linen WGC 30. Plan of Eagle Lake showing Foliage Rights of the Bar Harbor Water Company, September 1899 Edgar I Lord Surveyor Shows section of dam with pump house Shows all of Eagle Lake and pump house/outlet location Says filed at Clerk’s Office, Eden Maine, September 26, 1899 at 4h20 pm. Attest W. H. Sherman, Town Clerk, Eden WGC 31. Ledgelawn Cemetery - Survey and Registration War Veterans Graves W. P. A. Project number 665-11-3-77 Shows survey of cemetery and marks locations of veterans of various wars 2 Sheets - blueprints WGC 32. Laying out of Waldron Road from Spring Street to Ledgelawn Traced from Map in Office of Mears and Rodick, Title Estate of Mary Shannon, Dated 1902 W. G. Hill Aug. 1927 1 sheet, pencil on trace paper WGC 33. Fire House - Rough Floor plans Hand drawn plans of firehouse Pencil on thick paper, 2 sheets WGC 34. Bar Harbor Municipal Garage, Ambrose Stevens Higgins, 3-2-47 Full set of drawings, 6 sheets, Maybe for estimating Blueprints 6 sheets WGC 35. Plan of Land on West Street, Bar Harbor, As laid out by Edgar I. Lord, September 1907 Development of Billings Ave into 12 lots 3 sheets - 2 blueprints (formerly one sheet, now torn into 2) 1 sheet pencil on paper description WGC 36. Hand drawn map showing land of Dolliver (35 acres) and Russell (14 acres) Clearly used as a dump/waste area, references cost per year, cost per car taken from owner’s property, costs of buying vs. renting land. “Take care of fire, truck + pump to hook,” Meadow, Cars burned here, Outside of roll says “Auto Dump” 1 sheet, pencil on paper WGC 37. Sketch showing exchange of land between Dorr (George) and Town 1931, near incinerator 1 sheet, ink and pencil on paper WGC 38. Bar Harbor Profile, 1931 Cummings Engs., Profile drawing dated 10-9-31 1 sheet - Really long - pencil on graph paper WGC 39. Unidentified Garage Building North elevation, West elevation, frame section Maybe Arthur McFarland? 1 sheet blueprint WGC 40. Municipal Storm Sewer Bar Harbor Cromwell Harbor Road - June 1949 K. S. Cleaves, CE. 1 sheet blueprint WGC 41. Section of State Aid Highway No. 7 East side, Bar Harbor 1922, some dated 1919 Split drawings, top half plan, bottom half profile Mentions: H. L. Satterlee, High Head, Homans, etc. Schooner Head Road 9 sheets, blueprint WGC 42. Proposed Town Pier, Working Plan 1 P.D.S. 9-18-40 Existing structures in broken lines 1 sheet blueprint, 2 copies WGC 43. Proposed Town Pier, Working Plan 2 P.D.S. 9-20.40 Construction details, and sections 1 sheet, blueprint, 2 copies WGC 44. Municipal Float, Town of Bar Harbor, Construction Details, 3-9-50, Ambrose S. Higgins 3 copies 1 sheet each WGC 45. Plan of Wharf Privilege for Frank Spratt, Bar Harbor, Edgar I Lord, Civil Engineer Shows Clark Coal Wharf, Pilings, Original Mean High Tide, Old Dump Wharf, Rodick Realty Co., Nickerson Sprall and Greeley, Laundry Outside dated 1914 Pencil on Paper - 1 sheet, 2 sheets type on paper notes about meeting, rolled inside WGC 46. Plan of A Part of West Street Water Front Showing Granted and Proposed Wharf Privileges, Bar Harbor, Edgar I Lord 1914 Shows many wharves/floating stages, corresponded by name and date of reference in record books 1 sheet, ink on linen WGC 47. Contour Plan -Park at Municipal Wharf - Kenneth S. Cleaves, 12-22-42 Shows park, buildings on shore, and drive ways 1 sheet, blueprint WGC 48. Reconstruction and Repair, Municipal Pier, Town of Bar Harbor Robert W. Patterson, April 12, 1951 1 sheet, blueprint WGC 49. Bar Harbor, Examination (soundings of harbor) Nov. 9, 1948 1 sheet, blueprint Description, Resurvey, Kebo Street 1 sheets, ink on paper, written description WGC 50. Written estimate for work to improve road leading southerly from Salisbury Cove Signed E. W. Hill 1 sheet WGC 51. Unknown property description 1 sheet WGC 52. Letter from Decarie Incinerator to Board of Selectmen, 1929 2 sheets, ink typed on paper WGC 53. Piece of paper referencing Warranty Deed in Bar Harbor, 1921 1 sheet, pencil on paper WGC 54. Letter to Seth Libby from J. B. Stuart, New England Telephone and Telegraph accompanying plan 1 sheet, ink on paper WGC 55. Aerial Photograph of Wingwood House, Bar Harbor 1 sheet, photo WGC 56. Concrete Bridge on Great Meadow Road, Edgar I. Lord, Civil Engineer No date 1 sheet, blueprint WGC 57. Proposed Regrading and Realignment of the Gorge Road & Underpass for the Park Motor Road Acadia National Park, Robert W. Patterson, 1940 1 sheet blueprint WGC 58. Eagle Pond Road Bridge, Welles Bosworth, Architect, 9/10/26 Section, elevation, half plan 1 sheet, blueprint WGC 59. Plan of Property of Maine Central Railroad Company at Bar Harbor, January 1915 1 sheet, blueprint WGC 60. Municipal Pier, Bar Harbor, 1941 Shows parking Plan Signed A. Lawford, 1941 1 sheet, tracing paper, very bad condition WGC 61. Northeast Harbor, Maine. Drawings of Northeast Harbor icons. 1 sheet (in 2 pieces), black ink on mylar WGC 62. Caricature of a basketball player, Chopper #40 Bowdoin, Carl 1960 1 sheet, pencil on paper WGC 63. South Shore Rd., Northeast Harbor. Lot map by C. P. Simpson C.E. 1914. 1 sheet, black ink on mylar. Shows the following lots: Church, Sarah K. Doane, Stephen Smallidge, Mary H. Lewis WGC 64. Harborside Rd, Northeast Harbor. Lot map by C.P. Simpson C.E, early 1900's. 1 sheet, black ink on mylar. Shows the following lots: O.M. Ober, Moore, Dr. Ober, Elliot, Frazier, Kimball, Ginn, Reed Location: Rolled and placed in large shallow box: 6, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36 37, 38, 41, 45, 46, 47, 57, 61, 62 Shelf 5E TOP Rolled: 5, 23, 25 Shelf 5F5: 3, 7, 49, 58 FF E-26 9, 12, 14, 39, 55, 56, 59 FF E-27: 2, 10, 31, 48 FF E-28: 1, 11, 42, 43, 44 FF E-29: 4, 20, 34, 40, 63, 64 Shelf 4B2: Box 1: 1, 12, 20, 45, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 60 [show more] | ||||
| GXS Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  GXS Collection Northeast Harbor Library Description: This collection is an assortment of ephemera relating to coastal Maine, Maine history, and inns, motels, hotels and homes on Mount Desert Island and in Hancock County. The collection is divided into 7 series: Books and Souvenir Booklets, Maps and Blueprints, Acadia National Park, Hotels/Inns/Schools/Homes/Buildings, Ephemera, Photos and Postcards. | ||||
| GXS Collection - Maps and Blueprints Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  GXS Collection - Maps and Blueprints Northeast Harbor Library Description: Folder 6 A Map of Mount Desert Island, issued by the Mt. Desert Chamber of Commerce, 1938. Illustrations and descriptive text on verso. Folder 6a A Map of Mount Desert Island, issued by the Chamber of Commerce of Bar Harbor, Mount Desert and Southwest Harbor, 1950. Illustrations and descriptive text on verso. Folder 7 The Maine Art Museum Trail, map and brochure listing museums around Maine, 2015. Folder 8 Blueprint with first and second floor plans for George S. Talcott house at Seal Harbor, ME, Clayton B. Roath, undated. Folder 40 Map of Seal Harbor. Folder 45 (no image) Architectural Drawing: blueprints of “Cedar Cliff”, house of G. L. Stebbins, Seal Harbor, Maine (very fragile). [show more] | ||||
| Houses on GCI Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Houses on GCI Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A= Postcard photo of Old Stanley home (now Rome/Glazer house) with note: "Nettie Stanley Residents" (sic) Shows the old store to the left, rear of house. B= Birlem fish house on the Pool. C= Town dock and Birlem fish house and little bait house. D= Postcard photo of GCI Post Office (orig photo was by J.G. Towns, Holbrook, MA). E= Bunker dock in the Pool with workers. F= Evergreen trees at dawn with caption "Just a dawn." G= Photo of interior of a home. H= Christmas card photo of Nativity scene an sleigh with reindeer with note that ceramics were made for Florence and Herbert Towns. [show more] | |||
| Photos of places , duck hunt, and whale on GCI Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Photos of places , duck hunt, and whale on GCI Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photos of places, duck hunt, and whale on GCI. A= Bunker Boatyard 1965-1970s, B= Ice in the Creek Feb 12, 1934. C= Ice in the Pool Feb 6, 1934. D= town dock 1940s or 1960?. E= Cranberry Road from Dolly Hill. Duck and geese hunt on the El Pescado. G= Whale washed up on the back of the island (1919?), see report of Dr. Bowditch on Islesford.. H= Raymond Bunker's car on ice in the pool Feb. 12, 1934. I= Unknown car. | |||
| Hamor brothers photo Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Hamor brothers photo Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo of two young men (probably Hillard and Shirley Hamor brothers) in silver embossed frame. | |||
| Norwegian Navigation Chart 1807 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Norwegian Navigation Chart 1807 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Navigation Chart of Norway probably belonging to Sam Hadlock, Jr., with a faint, barely legible handwritten annotation in center. [Best guess at written note: "Fren Cape, Nsor 8am, point 21+ NorW, from Stan point, to Cape Jack(?) 21+, N(illegible symbols), Way-and give Sun, Point 1/2 mile -, From Cape Jack(?), to Cape George or, Cape Laieu(?) NW (and then some illegible letters)". A note attributed to "The Maine Islands in Story and Legend" by Dorothy Simpson says: "Capt. Samuel Hadlock in 1807, during Napoleonic wars, took load of fish to Spain, with good profit and returned with load of salt and lemons. He built a store on Little Cranberry. He built ships too, captained by his five sons. His third son was Samuel who lived on Great Cranberry....". Samuel Hadlock, Jr., built the 1826 house that became the Preble House. Samuel Hadlock, Jr.'s adventures were subject of Rachel Field's book, "God's Pocket" [show more] | |||
| Glass souvenir basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Glass souvenir basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bowl, souvenir, white glass miniature Clam Broth Basket with red letters "SOUVENIR OF Cranberry Isles Maine"; impressed into glass on inside bottom: PAT'D; gold colored handle and rim; with receipt from Pine Bough "Select Antiques, Northeast Harbor" 13 July '04, and note from them "Prob. orig. sold NEH ca. 1920s" | |||
| Aerial view of Great Cranberry with Sutton and Manset 1944 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Aerial view of Great Cranberry with Sutton and Manset 1944 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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] | |||
| Russians and Yankees Battle Mosquitoes on Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Russians and Yankees Battle Mosquitoes on Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Scrapbook for Ralph Preston Bulger from mother 1893 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Seascape by Scott White Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Photographs: Cranberry Road houses and Preble Cove 1974 Kodak Prints Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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] | |||
| Maine postcard scenes Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Maine postcard scenes Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Towns Family Slides Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Lifesaving Service collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Friends of Hitty Newsletters 1995-2002 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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| Photos of boats and shore Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Photos of boats and shore Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Collection of photos, Boats and Shore Scenes | |||
| Who Owned Baker's Island? by Hugh Dwelley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Who Owned Baker's Island? by Hugh Dwelley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Publication. "Who Owned Baker's Island?" Written and compiled by Hugh Dwelley of the Islesford Historical Society |
