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| The Courier-Journal Magazine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  The Courier-Journal Magazine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: An article titled "The Vanishing Herb Gatherer" by LaRue Spiker, and also a small piece about LaRue herself. Her article is about the work of Sim Brackett, one of the few remaining people in 1957 who still gathered herbs in the local area, to sell. 3 copies of the newspaper. | |||
| Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from C. G. Wellington Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from C. G. Wellington Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Letter typed on Kansas City Star letterhead from Executive Editor Clarence G. Wellington thanking Wendell Gilley for carved birds sent on behalf of Frank S. Land. | ||
| Cleveland Plain Dealer article, September 20, 1956 Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Cleveland Plain Dealer article, September 20, 1956 Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Columnist Wes Lawrence, visiting Southwest Harbor, writes about Wendell Gilley. Gilley's last name is misspelled "Gillie". | |
| Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Goodwin J. Knight Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Goodwin J. Knight Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Thank you letter from the Governor of California thanking Wendell Gilley for a carving of a quail, which he placed on his desk in the Governor's Mansion. | ||
| Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from J. Edgar Hoover Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from J. Edgar Hoover Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Letter typed on FBI letterhead and signed by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in gold ink thanking Wendell Gilley for the gift of carved bobwhites sent on behalf of Frank S. Land. | ||
| Letter from Frank S. Land to Wendell H. Gilley. Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Letter from Frank S. Land to Wendell H. Gilley. Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Letter from the founder of the Order of Demolay, Frank S. Land, instructing Wendell Gilley to choose and send carvings to Harry S. Truman, Dr. Frank Stanton, president of CBS, Leon Leonidoff, producer of Radio City Music Hall shows, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and White House aide Bernard Shanley. The cost of the five carvings was $250. | ||
| Beal and Kelley Children Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Beal and Kelley Children Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Back Row (left to right): Suzanne Beal, Samuel Beal, Carl Kelley Front Row (left to right): David Mitchell, Sal the dog, Karen Kelley | ||
| Suzanne Beal, Samuel Beal, and Carl Kelley Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Suzanne Beal, Samuel Beal, and Carl Kelley Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| LaRita Tapley with Bobtail Kittens Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  LaRita Tapley with Bobtail Kittens Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Maryann and John Herrin Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Maryann and John Herrin Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Charlotte "Si" Rhoades at Christmas Time Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Charlotte "Si" Rhoades at Christmas Time Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| In Memory of Samuel Atkins Eliot 1862-1950 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  In Memory of Samuel Atkins Eliot 1862-1950 Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| Laura Damon Cross Collection - Folder 3 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Laura Damon Cross Collection - Folder 3 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Folder 3: Photograph, Lewellyn and Dot Damon, ca. 1950 Photograph, Laura Damon Cross, Bruce Damon, Carol Damon Dana, ca. 1950 | ||
| Carl Nelson with white beard 1956 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Carl Nelson with white beard 1956 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, Carl Nelson with white beard, unidentified man-Cranberry Isles, Maine picture - circa 1956 | ||
| Captain Charles "Pink" Stanley teaching knot tying to the Williams brothers Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Captain Charles "Pink" Stanley teaching knot tying to the Williams brothers Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Captain Charles "Pink" Stanley ties a Fireman's Chair Knot for Larry, Tommy, and Jimmy Williams, August 1958. On reverse of photo: "Captain Pink Stanley showing how to tie knots to Larry Williams (beside Pink), Tommy Williams (next), Jimmy Williams (standing), August 1958". Downeast Magazine January 2020 edition included this photo on page 62 of their section on "The Way Life Was." Tom Williams' recollection of the photo in 2019: "My mom was a good amateur photographer and her boys gave her plenty of opportunities for photos like this one. Pink lived about 4 houses up the road from our summer home on Great Cranberry. All three of us visited him frequently and we have fond memories. Pink would share a mug-up with my youngest brother, Larry. Jim would get his help repairing his bike, and I would mow his lawn. We owned a 35 ft Chris Craft that we would hire Pink to Captain for us. He knew all the shoals, currents, and best vantage points for enjoyable sightseeing. I was about 10 years old then and am over 70 now. I can only hope that I've lived a life sharing and teaching that would make Pink Stanley proud." Tom Williams thinks his cousin John Townes (local professional photographer) or his mother took this photograph. Phil Whitney recalls: "Captain Charles “Pink” Stanley was a lobsterman and captain for summer people. Pink was around the waterfront much of the time....It was not uncommon for the older waterfront "rats" to mentor younger kids." See also 2019.440.2805E. [show more] | ||
| Letter from Harvard to Saltonstall re: shark Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Letter from Harvard to Saltonstall re: shark Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Letter, from Henry B. Bigelow, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, Cambridge MA, 6 Sep 1955, to John L. Saltonstall, identifying man-eating shark that attacked boat | ||
| John Saltonstall, 77, kills attacking shark Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| John Saltonstall, 77, kills attacking shark Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper clipping, Boston Globe, 5 Aug 1955, "John Saltonstall, 77, kills attacking shark", with photo of John Saltonstall, also with envelope that held the clippings | ||
| Deer Hunting License for Mary Alice White Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Deer Hunting License for Mary Alice White Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: State of Maine deer hunting license for Mary Alice White 1954 | ||
| Hopsital Bill 1953 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Hopsital Bill 1953 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Hospital bill, 2 Jul 1953, Mt. Desert Island Hospital to Perley D. Stanley, 7 days, $71.95 | ||
| Pink Stanley and Larry Williams Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Pink Stanley and Larry Williams Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Oil-on-canvas painting by Laurie D. Williams titled Pink Stanley and Larry Williams. Shows Capt. Charles “Pink” Stanley and Laurence Williams with lobster pot and skiff ca. 1958. Painting is by Larry's mother and was inspired by a photo by the artist or by cousin John Towns. | |
| Remarks on the Occasion of the Retirement of Mrs. Belmont Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Remarks on the Occasion of the Retirement of Mrs. Belmont Northeast Harbor Library Description: Agnes Milliken's notes for a speech at library trustee's meeting on the retirement of Mrs. Belmont and succession of Mrs. Fay as Trustee Chairman. | ||
| Tribute Paid to Miss Mary Wheelwright Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Tribute Paid to Miss Mary Wheelwright Northeast Harbor Library Description: August 10, 1958 Collection of articles about Mary Wheelwright. | |||
| Gilman High School JV Men's Basketball Team Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Gilman High School JV Men's Basketball Team Northeast Harbor Library Description: Seated: William Von Demmel, Burnham Wallace, Rodney Smith, Peter Smallidge, Barry Wood Standing: Dwight Carter, William Kimball, David Hyde, Langill, Stanley, Coach Coates | ||
| Receipt Book of Ocean Lodge Independent Order of Oddfellows Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Receipt Book of Ocean Lodge Independent Order of Oddfellows Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Soft Covered Cream Ledger Receipt Book Treasurer to Financial Secretary Ocean Lodge No. 140, I.O.O.F. Located at Northeast Harbor, Maine 1941-1954 | |||
| Iola Klaas and LaRue Spiker on Their Position in Regard to the Stockholm Resolution of Peace Statement, c. 1950 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Iola Klaas and LaRue Spiker on Their Position in Regard to the Stockholm Resolution of Peace Statement, c. 1950 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Iola Klaas and LaRue Spiker explain the background and importance of the Stockholm Resolution of Peace, which was passed at the World Committee in Defense of Peace. They emphasize the dangers of atomic warfare, particularly for children, and advocate for the outlawing of the atomic bomb. People Mentioned: O. John Rogge, Rockwell Kent, Albert Kahn, Johannes Steel, W. E. B. DuBois |