Description: Longfellow School photo ca. 1910 Cranberry Isles, on brown cardboard backing with IDs on reverse; children all dressed up, perhaps graduation day. Left to right: Front row: Leslie Stanley, Russell Bunker, John Stanley, Holsie Atkinson, Victor Erickson. Second row: Gracie Atkinson, Bernice Spurling, Laura Erickson, Margie Bulger Phippen, Hilda Bulger Spurling, Blanch White Atkinson, Alvah Bunker. Third row: Esther White Howard, Florence Bracy, Hazel Bunker Hardy, Helen Trussell Alley, Gladys Spurling, Willard Rosebrook. Fourth row: George Hadlock Superintendent, Edgar White, Bertie Stanley, Robert Stanley, Raymond Bunker, Teacher Mamie Birlem. (IDs probably by Ruth Westphal) [show more]
Description: Photo warped and faded on mounted on cardboard: Islesford Coast Guard Station lifesavers with IDs on reverse: "Consult Marian Spurling, (Captained 1887-1909) Capt. Benjamin Franklin Stanley and crew (Capt. Frank), Islesford Coast Guard Station Life Saving until 1915."
Description: A framed page from Cranberry Club members offering condolences to Mrs. Hamor on the loss of Captain Hamor signed July 9, 1913 by members of the Club: Emma L. Wesson, President; Eleanor Blodgette, VP; Juliana Wood, Secretary; Frances S. Pepper, Treasurer; Annie W. J. Low; W. Amos Doris?; Caroline M. Lewis; Elizabeth R. Arnold; Sophy Dallas Gwin; Frances Parkman; Emilio Ofsten Mulligan?. [This statement is mounted on a black matte on the reverse of a photo of an unidentified stone edifice surrounded by pine trees.] [show more]
Description: Eulogy for Mrs. Captain Bunker (A); and (B) a two-page Bunker Family genealogy (probably composed by donor Louise Marr). Remarks made at the funeral of Mrs. Captain Bunker, May 23d, 1912 by Pastor Addison W. Hayes. [Mrs. Bunker full name not known, just these clues from the text: “Grandma Bunker” was married for half a century. Mother of six children with her husband, The Captain, often away on the high seas. She was lame for the last 17 years. Converted to Methodism in Portland. Buried in Fairview Cemetery. [show more]
Description: Three piece suit which includes a black tailcoat with satin lapels, black pants with braided detail, and a cream silk vest. Belonged to Warren A. Shaw. Label says: "William H. Bellis Co. Annapolis Maryland"
Description: Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes outside dark building with covered porch and lattice work around porch. Wears dark suit with bow tie, holds derby in hand. Wears long dark coat over dark dress, with elaborate collar. Hat with large feather in top. Wears wire rim spectacles. Marked on back, “Apr. 17, 1910” Picture badly torn in center. Very brittle.
Description: Thaddeus Shepley Somes age outside dark building with covered porch and lattice work around porch. Wears dark suit with bow tie, holds derby in hand. Short hair brushed to the side, gray beard well trimmed. Marked on back, “Apr. 17, 1910” Picture badly torn in center. Very brittle.
Description: Portrait of woman’s head (fading from neck down), with curly dark hair either pulled back or cut very short, sort of teased upwards, curls over forehead. Inscription below photo reads “Beverly McL...”
Description: Snapshot of three unknown women sitting on large boulder . Woman on left wears dark suit jacket with long dark skirt, white blouse, smaller hat. Woman in middle wears dark skirt with buttons up to front, holds large hat in lap. Woman on right wears long dark, pattered skirt, buttons on bodice of dress, ears hat with lots of detailing. Inscription on back reads “2. [line] Mrs. Lamson (daughter), “ Mooney (mother).” Could also be Lawson.
Description: Bass Harbor Lighthouse in winter as seen from walking down the path from the parkinglot. Lighthouse is surronded by about 2-3 feet of snow. Dog walks down the path towards the lighthouse
Description: Black Book with red binding includes Minutes of meetings from the MDI Local Union of Christian Endeavor and Epworth League, Somesville Union Meeting House U.C.C. (Congregational Church) from 1918 -1927
Description: Black ledger with red binding includes Minutes of meetings from the Somesville Union Meeting House U.C.C. (Congregational Church) from 9/18/1914 - 1930
Description: Large ledger with soft tan leather cover and red and black binding with record of minutes of Ocean Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows. from 1915 - 1924
Description: hard cover ledger with record of members and accounts of Ocean Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows. from 1916 - 1930 and Question Book listing initiates from 1889 to 1969
Description: Photo of woman standing outside, in garden, next to pillar, holding flowers in her hands at her waist. Wears dark dress that fades into background, white lace embellishment at neckline and cuffs, also string of white beads/pearls. Dark hair pulled back. Inscription on back reads, “To my dear friends from Annie E. Rutherford.” Small 1920 annual calendar, in folder that has title: "Forget me Not", attached to photo casing. Photo copy. Ribbon tied at top of card. [show more]
Description: Portrait of woman taken from the shoulders up. Woman has dark wavy hair, twisted up into bun worn on top of head, can see hairpin just slightly. Wears beaded choker-length necklace, lacy top, light jacket with button detailing along lapels. Also wears brooch at neckline. Inscription on casing reads “Merry Christmas! 1914”
Description: Article: A Little Bit of Hell, Maine Style. (TBD 1/9/18, article not located; see also pending Backlog item 2501 for possible copy.) See reprint in Cranberry Chronicle Spring 2014 edition, page 7, from Bangor Daily News ca. 1919; Sam Spurling was aboard the Cashier during this event. Introductory paragraph: “A Little Bit of Hell—Maine Style That’s What Capt. Spurling Gave a Pirate. State Gets Tokens of His Courage. from the Bangor Daily News, ca. 1919 It was just ninety-six years ago Tuesday (Jan. 21) that an event happened in the harbor of Trinidad, Cuba, which reflected great credit on the leader of a bold enterprise, recollections of which have recently been stirred in Maine, on account of the purchase by the state of a brace of pistols and a sword from Mrs. E. Preble of Framingham, Mass…..” And see Charles Liebow notes on the Cashier: - CASHIER: Masters - Samuel Spurling & William Moore, Built in Eden in 1820, 30 Gross Tons, 49.8/17.8/5.3: Two masts with a square stern. Perhaps the vessel from which Sam Spurling gave the Caribbean pirates a "little bit of Hell, Maine style." [show more]
Description: Sidney (aka Sidney) Chadwick Hamor Bunker with daughter Julia Bunker Spurling at home ca. 1915. Donor states: "This picture of the Bloom house was taken early 1900s; date is determined by the gravestones of the two ladies on the front porch. On the left is Sydney Hamor Bunker, wife of Warren Bunker, and mother of Julia Bunker Spurling on the right. Julia was the mother of Joseph Elwood Spurling...."