Description: Book, hardbound, "John Gilley: Maine Farmer and Fisherman" by Charles W. Eliot, 72 pages, copyright 1899, reprinted 1947, describes a life on the Cranberry Isles
Description: Book and photo album. (A) Home Folks - A Geography for Beginners by J. Russell Smith, John C. Winston Company, 1927. This book is designed for teachers to present beginners "a new way to begin the study of geography" not as political divisions but instead "it tells how some boys and girls live in the country and then how some boys and girls live in the city." One color plate, several black and white illustrations; 252 pages with index; (Size: 10" x 7.25" x .75"). (B) Photograph album: green with gold script "PHOTOGRAPHS" on cover; 19 small, faded, black and white photographs on black construction paper pages. Unidentified children - perhaps Annie Alley (donor) family members; (Size: 5.75" x 4.75" x .75") [show more]
Description: Book, "Primary Arithmetic" by Samuel Hamilton. Copyright 1909. Inscription on front cover "Property of Town of Cranberry Isles Hazel Bunker"
Description: Book, hardcover, "The Original Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, The Dickerman Reprint - An American Dictionary of the English Language" by Noah Webster, published by H.A. Dickerman & Son, Boston, ca. 1847. "August 1847" handwritten on inside cover.
Description: Book, hardcover, "Hymns for the Living Age" presented by the Sunshine Sisters to the Cranberry Isles Church Sept 1927, published by The Century Company, New York, 1923, initials "E.R.B." on the front cover.
Description: Book, hardcover, "The Cherry Stones" a novel partly from the manuscripts of the Rev. William Adams, published by the General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union, New York, 1851. Belonged to Carrie M. Richardson, handwritten inside: "25 Sep 1901, number 16"
Description: Book, hardcover, "Arbell - A Tale for Young People" by Jane Winnard Hooper, with 4 illustrations, published by C.S. Francis & Co., New York. Belonged to Carrie M. Richardson, handwritten inside: "25 Sep 1901, number 10" Back of book includes ads for other books by same publisher, with 6 sample engravings.
Description: Book, paperback, "Livestock in the East" by Philip R. Park, published by the Park and Pollard Co., Buffalo NY, 1924. With photos of cows and bulls.
Description: Book, miniature, "The Polite Letter Writer - Business, Etiquette, and Courtship" published by G.W. Cottrell, Boston, ca. 1859, owned by William J. Spurling
Description: Book, miniature, "The Silent Comforter - Companion for the Sick Room" by Louisa Payson Hopkins, published by Gould Kendall and Lincoln, Boston, 1848.
Description: Book, hardcover, "Uplifting Songs - For Praise, Revival Meetings, and Sabbath School", edited by C.C. Case and J.R. Murray, published by The John Church Co., New York, 1896. Belonged to Carrie M. Richardson. Seven newspaper clippings pasted inside the covers, mostly poetry, one dated 11 Apr 1900.
Description: Book, paperback, "Griswold's Life of Henry Ward Beecher", with selections of his sermons, published by Griswold, 1887. With 2 engravings, Plymouth Church and Beecher's Brooklyn Residence. Owned by Alice White, Lucille Sayre's mother.
Description: Book, hardbound, "Bunker Banner, The First Twenty Five Years, 1971-1995" by Ruth Bunker Christiansen, Edward F. Cooper, Gil Bunker, and Carole R. Bunker; published by The Bunker Family Association of America. See item 776 for newer issues.
Description: Books, 5, found in the Longfellow School House. A - "The Children's Primer" copyright 1891. B - "Eclectic Readings Child Literature" Inscription on inside page "Property of Cranberry Isles No. 4" signed out to "Madeline Bracy Spring 1913, Edith Bracy, Eleanor Bracy, Jean R. Stanley" C - "Champion Spelling Book Part Two by Warren E. Hicks. D - "Rose Leaves" inscription on front cover "To Madeline from Grandma Blake" E - "Primary Arithmetic by Milne" [show more]
Description: Book, hardbound, "The Island of Mount Desert Register with The Cranberry Isles 1909-10" compiled by Lawton, Jordon, & Maddox, 1910, 334 pages. Includes advertising in first segment, church and island history, and 1909 Census of Eden, Mt. Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont, Cranberry Isles, with people and their occupations.
Description: Book, "MT Desert in 1873" Published by J.R. Osgood & Co, Portrayed in Crayon and Quill. Inscriptions on first pages read "Mrs .... H. Howard with the compliments of Mr. Lawerence Sprague 1874" second inscription reads "Given Sept. 1950 by John K Howard Mrs Howard's youngest son to his daughter Jean Gaston Howard Wadsworth."
Description: Book, Guests book inscribed inside front cover "Alice / from / Sadie & John / Oct. 25 / [19]39", given presumably by John & Sadie Hamor, owners of the Hamor Tea House, to "Alice"; guest entries seem to all be written in the same hand - probably Alice's; entries begin 1 June [19]45 with Seth Rice, and end 18 Oct [19]45 with Louise Spurling; most entries are local island folks; most days have only 1 to 3 entries - this seems quite a low number for a restaurant to stay in business; this could be a guest book for Alice's private home [show more]