Description: Photographs. Ten color snapshots of the home of Robert C. Lea and gatherings at the house. 2013.257.1987: Front view of 'Leaway' (a.k.a. 'The Ways') 1978, home of Robert C. Lea 1963-xx (The Lea house was built by Vaux.) (B) Lea house; (C) Lea house 1985; (D) Eleanor and Net Watson, Aug. 1, 1994, Traditional Small Craft Assoc. Wooden Boat Show, with Frank & Susan Durham, on left are Nancy (Kellogg) Lea and Robert Lea. (E) Left to right: Richard Cox, Ruth Westphal, Wren Richmond, Gretchen Westphal (back to camera); (F) Bill Goldberg and woman; (G) Mary Curley (in red), Carl Curley, Buzzy Day (flowers), Bruce Komusin on far left, Ken Norton (Noether's spouse); (H) Hans Noether (white shirt holding sweater), Gregory Noether (young man), Rev.Arthur Forrester, and a friend; (I) Rev. Arthur Forrester, Gerry Noether, Wini Smart, Hans Noether (back to camera); (J) Robert Lea and Gretchen Westphal. (See also 2013.257.1995 for documents about The Ways.) [show more]
Description: Photographs. Collection of scans of photos 2013.344.2110 (A-Y) made in 2004 from photos recovered by donor in either Hilda Spurling or Marjorie Phippen's GCI house. Unclear whether we have original photos at GCIHS. (Note: Original photo names were pw01 thru pw027, museum photos now identified as A-Y.)pw01 - pulled from an album; post-it note on back: "Moss House" (Image of Moss House with haystacks 1927)pw02 - on back: "1947"; post-it note on back: "Hilda Spurling 1947"pw03 - on back, in ink: "this is Harvard Beals Boat we are hauling on the ice" in pencil: "March 1923"pw04 - pulled from an album; on back, ballpoint ink: "Little Elener (now Buzzie)"; on post-it note: "Seimer House"pw05 - postcard; pw06 - unknown housenext 3 photos were clipped together by phil whitneypw07 - unknown man in unknown boatpw08 - skyline of New York City?pw09 - pulled from an album; unknown kids on slednext 4 photos were clipped together by philpw10 - unknown shipwreckpw11 - post-it note on back: "Spurling Cove 1923"pw12 - pulled from album; post-it note on back: "Field across from Wesley Bracy's house" but i think this is wrong as the houses across the way seem too close & numerouspw13 - post-it note on back: "Murch dock"pw14 - on back: "Sherley Louise & cat 'Jiminey'"pw15 - on back: "Margie & Hilda"; post-it note on back: "Margie Phippen & Hilda Spurling"pw16 - pulled from album; on back: "Bertie's cat 'Goody'"pw17 - on back: "Hilda & Ethel B."pw18 - pulled from album; on front: "Harriet's room, one of my rooms, my bedroom" on back: "Where we let...etc."pw19 - pulled from album, double exposure; post-it note on back: "Morrie Newell House"pw20 - on back: "Margie & Mother"pw21 - unknown vesselpw22 - unknown vessel; on back: "ship wreck on back of cranberry island" (same vessel as pw10)pw23 - on back: "The cove froxen over" post-it note on back: "Spurling Cove 1923"pw24 - on back: "Bagley's Barber shop with a little snow on the side Ha! Where I have my hair dressing done Marcel Wasco and so on Ha!"pw25 - unknown house, seems same as pw06 but has additional dormer and latticework under porchpw26 - seems to be same kids and same houses as pw14pw27 - luxury yacht passing by GCI [show more]
Description: Post card, Interior of Great Hall at Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia. (Post marked October 1937) Item # 1602a is the other side of the post card. Author-unknown
Description: Sidney (aka Sidney) Chadwick Hamor Bunker with daughter Julia Bunker Spurling at home ca. 1915. Donor states: "This picture of the Bloom house was taken early 1900s; date is determined by the gravestones of the two ladies on the front porch. On the left is Sydney Hamor Bunker, wife of Warren Bunker, and mother of Julia Bunker Spurling on the right. Julia was the mother of Joseph Elwood Spurling...."
Description: Real Estate ad with Photograph of "Edgecliff" on Somes Sound opposite North East (sic) Harbor. Noted as 1st house rented on MDI by Talbott.
Description: B/W Photograph, 6.5x4", viewed from top of Kimball House, of the original wood St. Mary's Church and "Magnum Donum" residence of Rev. William Doane.
Description: B/W photograph of the original Smallidge Homestead on Smallidge Point. Note the power & phone lines into home. Torn down to build "Mainstay" owned by M. Mellon.
Description: House built in 1887 for Ansel Manchester (by Fred Savage?), later owned by Sage, Lloyd and Lash. Two photocopies of photographs of original and remodeled house. Six photographs of remodeled house and view of the Sound. Postcard of entrance to Somes Sound.