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You searched for: Year start: 1900Year end: 1910Date: [blank]Subject: PlacesType: Image
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Houses on GCI
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
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
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Places
  • Recreation, Hunting
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
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
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Camp
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Hamor brothers photo
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Photo of two young men (probably Hillard and Shirley Hamor brothers) in silver embossed frame.
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
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]
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
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
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
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
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
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
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
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]
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
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
Description:
Collection of photos, Boats and Shore Scenes
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
Description:
Photo, framed, picture taken from the Murch's looking toward Northeast Harbor. Fish Point on the right.
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
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.
Preble cove and surf photographs
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Shore
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Preble cove and surf photographs
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
(A) Preble Cove photograph, date unknown. Shows cabin, two small boats in water, and some activity near the building. (B) View of Surf at Cranberry by Lizzie
Stereoview photographs
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
  • Places
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Stereoview photographs
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Photos. 28 stereoview images on thick cardboard for use with the stereoscope viewer (a.k.a stereopticon) 2000.63.490. Viewed through the stereoscope, the photos take on a three-dimensional quality. Regional, local and other scenes, including one of Mount Desert Island.
Downtown Bar Harbor Proposed Beautification - West End Drug
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Beatrix Farrand
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
Description:
Celebrated landscape architect, Beatrix Farrand commissioned a watercolor artist (unknown) to produce scenes of downtown Bar Harbor with her recommendations to the Village Improvement Association for beautifying the downtown with trellises, window boxes, plants, and flowers. Farrand's recommendations were never carried out. West End Drug building & delivery wagon on Main Street
Seawall Home of Edith Hamilton
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, buildings
  • Places, Landscape
  • George Daniell
  • Seawall, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Seawall Home of Edith Hamilton
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Seawall Home of writer Edith Hamilton, famous Greek Scholar. Her dog in foreground. Traditional cape with modern addition. White clapboard two story addition with stone pillars supporting covered porch. Gift of George Daniell.
Madeira House, Manset
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • George Daniell
  • Manset, Maine
Madeira House, Manset
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The Madeira’s House on the Manset Shore road taken from floats at Manset Dock. Asian style architecture. Man working on lawn at the left side of house. Stone pier in front of house. Ramp extending from pier. In foreground, lobster boat at float. Small punt overturned on float. Ramp to the left. Gift of George Daniell. Originally built by Carroll Tyson of Philadelphia (per Roc Caivano, 2013/ AB)
Lobster boat
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Boats
  • Places, Landscape
  • George Daniell
  • Bass Harbor, Maine
Lobster boat
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Lobster boat returning to wharf near Bass Harbor. Lobster traps piled on wharf. Logs in pile in back of traps in grass. Gift of George Daniell
Brookside Cemetery
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Cemetery
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Brookside Cemetery
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Brookside Cemetery. Path through tall grass surrounding monuments. Lilacs and other shrubs throughout photo.
Seawall Picnic area
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, transportation - Land
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Southwest Harbor, Maine
Seawall Picnic area
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Seawall picnic area. Car parked near picnic tables. Woman walking near the shore.
Boats moored in harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Boats moored in harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Boats moored in the Harbor taken from the town pier. Lobster trap on the pier.
Boats moored in harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, transportation - Maritime
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Bar Harbor, Maine
Boats moored in harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Boats moored in the Harbor taken from the town pier.
Woman standing looking at ocean
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
Woman standing looking at ocean
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Woman standing on path or road looking at at the ocean. Two people seated on rocks behind her. Placque on granite to the left.
Dam and fish ladder
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • LaRue Spiker
  • Somesville, Maine
Dam and fish ladder
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Dam and fish ladder in Somesville Mill Pond.