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Postage-stamp quilt made for Cara (Carrie) Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt	Other	Ladies Aid GCI	1903	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Postage-stamp quilt made for Cara (Carrie) Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2004.94.743 Type: Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt Subject: Other Creator: Ladies Aid GCI Date: 1903 Description: Quilt, postage stamp style of various colors including double pinks and brown madders with solid brown backing brought around to front with mitered corners creating a brown binding. Quilt is 97" x 75" with 1 3/8" squares. Handwritten note attached: "Quilt top pieced by Ladies from our 'Aid' in 1903 as a welcome home gift to Cara (Carrie) Richardson who had been her own captain and navigator on her second trip to the Orient in Peter's boat which she inherited on his death. Her house is near Carolyn Liebow's." [Note here that "Orient" may just mean away from Maine, per Ralph Stanley.] Mary Katherine "Carrie" Stanley Richardson (1848-1920) was the daughter of Enoch B. Sr. and Caroline H. (Guptill) Stanley. Capt. Lewis G. Stanley was her brother. She was the second wife of Capt. Meltiah Richardson (1828-1901) and mother of Emery Willard Richardson (1873-1883) and Charles Emery “Peter” Richardson (1885-1971). She attended higher education in Boston. She traveled with her husband on his vessel the Carrie M. Richardson and was an expert celestial navigator. Carrie is buried in the Stanley Cemetery. In 2001, the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society wrote and produced the original play, Carrie Richardson of Big Cranberry. [show more]
Metal tea strainer Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Food Separating Tool, Kitchen Strainer	Other		1908	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Metal tea strainer Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.370.2133 Type: Object, Food Separating Tool, Kitchen Strainer Subject: Other Date: 1908 Description: Kitchenware. Tea strainer. Small, metal sieve basket suspended above attached metal bowl with black wooden handle. Stamped with: "Superior, Pat. Dec 22, 08, ALLCO"
Times Past Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Newspaper	Other Other, Churches People		5/16/1900		Times Past Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-17446 Type: Publication, Newspaper Subject: Other Other, Churches People Date: 5/16/1900 Description: Republication of Bar Harbor Record news items in Bar Harbor Times, . Compiled by Deborah Dyer of the Bar Harbor Historical Society, 5/18/2000. Announcement of the caling station for the North Atlantic Squadron. Comment on the desirablitiy of the harbor in Bar H. for the Squadron. Suggestion that the newly aquired parkland in B.H. be named for Eben Hamor. Announcement of the gift of a bell for the Trenton Baptist church by Richmond Kittredge
Rug making and Maine Seacoast Mission Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Religious Other People		1901	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Rug making and Maine Seacoast Mission Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2005.138.1078 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Religious Other People Date: 1901 Description: Documents pertaining to rug making. (A) Report of the Maine Seacoast Missionary Society for the year ending 1927. (B): Nine items of correspondence pertaining to the Cranberry Island Hooked Rugs program started by the Seacoast Mission, letters date from 1901-1902. The hooked rug program was one of the first cottage industries, the Seacoast Mission took completed rugs to New York for sale
Biddy, You May Serve the Tomatoes Undressed Stereograph, 1900 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other People	Singley, B. L.	1900	Copyright Not Evaluated	Biddy, You May Serve the Tomatoes Undressed Stereograph, 1900 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-1034 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other People Creator: Singley, B. L. Date: 1900 Description: Two men and two women eat at a dining table around 1900. One of the women is speaking to a servant. A caption below the photograph reads "Biddy, you may serve the tomatoes undressed." Black and white
I'll Not Take Off Another Stitch Stereograph, 1900 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other People	Singley, B. L.	1900	Copyright Not Evaluated	I'll Not Take Off Another Stitch Stereograph, 1900 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-1035 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other People Creator: Singley, B. L. Date: 1900 Description: Three men sit and laugh at a dining table around 1900. They are being served by a women dressed in underclothes. A caption below the photograph reads, "I'll not take off another stitch if I lose my place." Black and white
Biddy and the Mouse Stereograph, 1900 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other People	Singley, B. L.	1900	Copyright Not Evaluated	Biddy and the Mouse Stereograph, 1900 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-1036 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other People Creator: Singley, B. L. Date: 1900 Description: Two women stand on chairs while two others look under a table and in the corner of a dining room around 1900. A man sits at the table and laughs. A caption below the photograph reads, "Biddy and the mouse." Black and white

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