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Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Date	Rights
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]
Cars along roadway overlooking lake Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Automobiles People Places, Landscape	H.L. Bradley	1920c.		Cars along roadway overlooking lake Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9386 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Automobiles People Places, Landscape Creator: H.L. Bradley Date: 1920c. Description: Two cars parked along road side over looking lake and mountain beyound. Man stands with foot on running board of 1920s convertible. Woman near back, wears white shoes, print skirt, white sweater, and hat. Second car, man stands with foot on runningboard. Another man stands near front wheel. Third talks to woman in white sweater. Marked, “H.L. Bradley, Bar Harbor, Me.” H.L. Bradley was the son of photographer Bryant Bradley. 11/20/13: No marking HL Bradley on back; rather it is stamped LaRue Spiker (ABenson) [show more]
The Future of Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Pamphlet	Other, Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Other, History - Bar Harbor Other, History - Mount Desert Island Places, Landscape		1928		The Future of Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12768 Type: Document, Pamphlet Subject: Other, Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Other, History - Bar Harbor Other, History - Mount Desert Island Places, Landscape Date: 1928 Description: A Cream colored booklet: A report to the Plan Committee Bar Harbor Improvement Association from Architect, Charles W. Eliot, the 2nd. 1928. Includes color maps and black and white photographs
Pest House & Half Moon Pond Lot Correspondence Jesup Memorial Library	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Places		1927		Pest House & Half Moon Pond Lot Correspondence Jesup Memorial Library Identifier: jml-2076 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places Date: 1927
Property map of Moorfield Storey's GCI properties Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Map	Places, Cemetery		1928	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Property map of Moorfield Storey's GCI properties Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.326.2088 Type: Map Subject: Places, Cemetery Date: 1928 Description: Map. Digital photograph of a property map of Moorfield Storey's GCI properties ca. 1928. Legend on lower corner reads: "Map showing land on Great Cranberry Island, Maine, belonging to Moorfield Storey [at xx/xx maybe 8/31?], surveyed and made by [Alruly or Alruh?] L. Reed, surveyor, Northeast Harbor, Maine." This very large plan map shows parcels on the south west portion of GCI along the town road surrounding Bulger Hill. It shows property boundaries with owners names (often including deed references from about 1886-1928), placement of houses, water tank, woods etc. Names include: Donald; Stanley Heirs-Storey; Frank Nelson; Duran to Storey; Stanley to Storey; Emma E. Birlem to Moorfield Storey; Wyatt to Storey; George O. Johnson to Moorfield Storey; Moorfield Storey to Charles M. Storey; Ralph Bulger to Chas M. Storey; Clarence Crosby to Chas. M. Storey; Margaret H. Pierce; the Cranberry Club; and John H. Pressey to Moorfield Storey, among others. This map shows the extent of changes wrought by rusticators. It also captures the location of the "old house" before it was moved in 1945, and the location of the Stanley Cemetery: 2015.326.2088B shows this detail. [Due to poor quality of the photograph, some writing is illegible. Donor has original which we'll eventually scan.] [show more]
Spurling Cove frozen over Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places, Island		1922	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Spurling Cove frozen over Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.204.1677 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places, Island Date: 1922 Description: Post Card, 1922 post card-"Spurling Cove,Cranberry Isles, Me."- Harbor Frozen Over
Letters to Walter K. Shaw Sr. family by Samuel C. Sanford and Chris Swenson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Places		1928	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Letters to Walter K. Shaw Sr. family by Samuel C. Sanford and Chris Swenson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.50.357 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places Date: 1928 Description: Collection of letters to Walter K. Shaw Sr. family by Samuel C. Sanford and Chris Swenson, 1928-1933. Transcribed.
Film by David Westphal - aka Lloyd Hayes-Bob Browning Home movies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Recording, Video Recording	Places, Island		1929	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Film by David Westphal - aka Lloyd Hayes-Bob Browning Home movies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.28.145 Type: Document, Recording, Video Recording Subject: Places, Island Date: 1929 Description: Video. Two DVDs made by Northeast Historic Films in Bucksport, ME, of a 16MM film and three documents. A letter from David Wesphal, Acadia Film/Video, GCI, ME, 17Feb1989 to Robertina (Bobby) Gray, Cranberry Island Library President; and a newspaper clipping dated Feb. 16, 1989 (newspaper unidentified) discussing the Northeast Historic Film archive in Blue Hill; and a film log for each of the seven reels. Westphal's letter speaks about the sugar tin can that Gray brought to him containing seven 400-ft reels of film which Wesphal titled Sugar 1, 2, 3 etc. Westphal suggests the film go to the Blue Hill Film depository for long term storage. He says the whole film runs about 1 and a half hours, was shot at slow speed (silent speed). Reel 1: Lobster-Herring (some on CI). Reel 2: Duck Island, A Few Yachts, Robinson Mtn. Reel 3: Bob in Punt, Al and Rene, Yojo, Bathing Group, Lorae, Isl and Pine Isl, Bob in Lorae. Reel 4: Morse, Panorama, Reception, Picnic Bakers, Anna Arm. Reel 5: Valley Cove, Teacup Inn, Mt Road, Jordan Pond, Grand Pre, Lena at Bakers. Reel 6: Bemesa and Yacht Races. Reel 7: Bathing, Sammy Sanford, Natives on Wharf, Eber at P.O., Enoch, Capt Rice, Kelly and Boy Radts. The leader on the digital copy of the film reads: The David Westphal Collection, Acc 0702, Browning Home movies, transferred from 16mm master by Northeast Historic Film 12 June 1996. At GCIHS this film is called the Lloyd Hayes-Bob Browning video and is believed to have been taken ca. 1929-1931; www.gcihs.org/1/photos/lloyd_hayes.html: Bob Browning donated home movies made by Lloyd Benjamin Hayes (1880-1943), and that Lloyd and Rachel Hayes bought and refurbished the old Spurling home, ran a boarding house 1934-1937, and made these home movies. [show more]

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