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| Documents pertaining to the Schooner Wild Rose Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Documents pertaining to the Schooner Wild Rose Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Five small, folded packets of receipts and ledger sheets, each tied with twine. Most pertain to the Schooner Wild Rose provisioning and selling fish in the 1890s at local stores. Initials of Wild Rose fishermen and amounts (or weights) of fish for each fisherman often appear on reverse of these ledger sheets. The Wild Rose was 47.5 ft. built in Boothbay. Owned in 1885 by Willis Bunker. Mentioned in the records of a 1938 hurricane (per gcihs.org/1/photos/ci_notes.html). (See also 2016.332.2095 for Willis Bunker photos; his wife's name was Rosalee.) (A) Packet one: various dates, various years 1893, 1890, 1895 receipts for Wild Rose. Receipts and purchases for provisions of ships from local stores including specific parts of cod fish like 'sounds' i.e., the air bladder of a cod. (B) Packet two: 1895 receipts and purchases. (C) Packet three: 1896 receipts for Wild Rose sales of fish to Southwest Harbor, ME, store. (D) Packet four: 1888 receipts for Wild Rose. (E) Packet five: Receipts for Wild Rose. An 1899 receipt for items purchased at Nettie Spurling Stanley's store on GCI. Her store was attached to the south side of the old Stanley house (a.k.a. 2016 as Rome house). See LB2007.1.100445 Penobscot Marine Museum collection photo, saved at GCIHS in public\2001\Penobscot. [show more] | ||
| Receipt for Schooner Lizzie Maud payment Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Schooner Lizzie Maud payment Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt. "Portland, Me Feb 10th, 1885. Received of Benj. N. Spurling Two hundred Dollars on acct of payment of Sch[ooner] Lizzie Maud. $200.00." Appears to be signed by J.P. Nordstrom. Handwriten on back in ink: "Receipt on acct vessel. I. and Y. P. Hodgdon Jr" | ||
| Model three-mast schooner by Herbert and Harold Whitney Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Model three-mast schooner by Herbert and Harold Whitney Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Model, three mast schooner model, wood. This model was constructed by Merchant Mariner and Bar Harbor storekeeper, Herbert Allen Whitney (1881-1950), and his brother Captain Harold Whitney in 1935-1937. It sailed in Hull's Cove in 1938, survived an apartment fire with only its sails singed, and then was relegated to basement storage for 60 years. In 2011, Phil and Karin Whitney, Mickey Macfarlan, and John French restored the model and christened her, The Islander. Model is loaned to GCIHS by Phil Whitney. [show more] | |
| Vessels Related to Great Cranberry Island by Ralph Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Vessels Related to Great Cranberry Island by Ralph Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ships. Copies of three manuscripts by Ralph W. Stanley. (A & B:) Two xerox copies of "Vessels Related to Great Cranberry Island: Notes Collected by Ralph Stanley Boatbuilder, S.W. Harbor, Me" as handed to Bruce Komusin by Ralph Stanley at GCIHS Annual Meeting, Weds. 28 August 1996. Lists Date; Name of vessel, Master and Owner; Length; and Tonnage for the years 1856-1860. (C) is an alphabetical listing of the same information. (D) "List of Vessels Built on Mount Desert Island, Cranberry Island, Tinker's Island, Thompson's Island and Long Island (Frenchboro), According to Year Built, compiled by Ralph W. Stanley." Sources for (D) are listed on page 40. [show more] | |
| Insurance policies for schooners and home Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Insurance policies for schooners and home Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Four insurance policies 1850-1860s.[See web link below for info on Schooners mentioned in policies.] Policy 1 = 1850 Lexington Fire, Life and Marine Insurance for William P. Preble $1500 on Schooner Zulma for six months from October 26, 1850 at noon, vessel valued at $3,000. [Zulma was the name of one of Preble's adopted daughters.] Policy 2 = 1854 Hancock Mutual Insurance Company William P. Preble $400 on Schooner Sea Flower and $700 on outfits for a fishing voyage from Tremont to the Magdalen Islands [Quebec] and back to port of discharge commencing the week May 2, 1854. Policy 3 = 1864 Penobscot Mutual Fire Insurance Company Joseph Bunker dwelling house for $250. Policy 4 = 1867 Ocean Insurance Company Perley S. Russell $1200 on charter of Schooner Transfer at and from Boston to one or more ports in the Bahama Isles and from thence to Port of discharge in the United States. [show more] | ||
| Scans of slides from Charles 'Chip' Sheppard 1940s-1950s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Scans of slides from Charles 'Chip' Sheppard 1940s-1950s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photographs. Digital copies of 41 color slides made in April 2015. They were loaned to Phil Whitney by Charles 'Chip' Sheppard following Phil Whitney's interview of him in Pennsylvania December 2014. Some slides are undated and some noted in ballpoint pen as years: 1947, 1948, 1950 and 1952. An e-mail from Melen Boothby identified Slide 296, taken in August of 1950, as "shot from my grandparents' house near Thrumcap and shows the wreck of a Canadian lumber schooner that ran aground during a storm in the '30s. Apparently people on the island were told to help themselves to the lumber as the ship wasn't going anywhere!" (Not sure if this means 1830s or 1930s?) Slides were scanned and returned to donor. Scenery, family and friends: Carl and Winston Sheppard's boat Kiri III, a B class Boat (slide 379); Emerson Ham (slide 38); fishing weir (slide 386); fishing, picnic, old cars, docks, and a blue lobster. [show more] | |||
| Ledger with records of fishing Schooner Rozella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Ledger with records of fishing Schooner Rozella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger, Pocket, with records of work, fishing, cleaning fish, fish shares sold from Schooner Rozella, found in Bob LaHotan's barn, and probably kept by Enoch Stanley | ||
| Acadia Maritime Cultural Resources Inventory Final Report Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Acadia Maritime Cultural Resources Inventory Final Report Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Report. Acadia Maritime Cultural Resources Inventory Final Report, funded by an LL Bean Acadia Research Fellowship, Submitted January 2009, by Franklin H. Price, Joshua Daniel, Kristen Chasse, and John Stallings. Emailed to GCIHS September 2014. A brief overview and assessment project reviewing maritime disaster and vessel abandonment near Acadia National Park. Provides a synopsis of known ship wrecks, a GIS database with geospatial information, and a model of where maritime cultural resources might be found. Field interviews, archaeologically corroborated known ship wrecks, photographs of wreck remains, references, bibliography. Field interviews include Charlene Allen, Sheldon Goldthwaite, Ralph Stanley, Mike Pinkham, and Phil Whitney among others. Report was sent via -email as part of an e-mail exchange between Price and GCIHS September 4, 2014. [show more] | ||
| Collection of scans of photos from Spurling or Phippen houses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Collection of scans of photos from Spurling or Phippen houses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 house next 3 photos were clipped together by phil whitney pw07 - unknown man in unknown boat pw08 - skyline of New York City? pw09 - pulled from an album; unknown kids on sled next 4 photos were clipped together by phil pw10 - unknown shipwreck pw11 - 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 & numerous pw13 - 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 vessel pw22 - 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 porch pw26 - seems to be same kids and same houses as pw14 pw27 - luxury yacht passing by GCI [show more] | |||
| Envelope accompanying Lewis Stanley License to Navigate Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Envelope accompanying Lewis Stanley License to Navigate Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Envelope, accompanying Special License to Navigate (items 1000.0.19 and 1000.0.25 for license and letter) | |||
| License to Navigate Vessel Lewis G. Stanley 1918 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  License to Navigate Vessel Lewis G. Stanley 1918 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Special License to Navigate, Vessel "B499", to Lewis G. Stanley, 12 Dec 1918. (See item 1000.0.25 and 1000.0.26 for letter and envelope that accompanied license.) | |||
| Receipt from Samuel S. Newman for 1/16 share in Schooner Carrie M. Richardson to Capt. E.B. (Enoch) Stanley 1874 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt from Samuel S. Newman for 1/16 share in Schooner Carrie M. Richardson to Capt. E.B. (Enoch) Stanley 1874 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Receipt from builder Samuel S. Newman, for a 1/16 share in the Schooner Carrie M. Richardson, to Capt. E.B. (Enoch) Stanley, for $945.66 and 3/8 cents, Dec 17th, 1874. This half-page, handwritten ledger entry was found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001. Barn was on the property Enoch B. Stanley owned in the 19th century. Transcribed: "Rec from Capt E B Stanley 945.66 3/8 Nine Hundred forty-five 66/100 Dollars in full for 1/16 of Schr Carrie M Richardson. [Illegible: For? Fox?] Bills not included. Tremont- Dec 17th/74 [1874]. Samuel S. Newman. Paid up to Dec 950:00/945.66, amt of 1/16 over paid 4:34. 10,00-8,68= 1:32" [show more] | |||
| Magazine articles about Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Magazine articles about Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Three articles from unknown magazine, unknown year: A= "The Bunkers of Cranberry Isle" by Gunnar Hansen with photos by David Westphal (see also 1000.0.1027). B="Salvaging Cargo from the Wreck of the Emily F. Northam" text and photos by Farnham W. Smith. C="Rachel Field of the Cranberry Isles" by Herbert Edwards | |||
| Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Two sailing vessels and a rowboat seining shad off Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. To the left, the two masted schooner is Capt. Robinson, while the Friendship sloop to the right is Capt. Van Norden, who appears with his boat in other photographs. The smaller boat in front of Capt. Van Norden is identified as Willard K. Osier This negative is damaged across the center. Written on the negative envelope is "Capt. Robinson and Capt. Van Norden Seining Shad. Small boat Willard K. Osier. [show more] | |
| Photo-Essay of Last (1942) Voyage of Coal Schooner "Rebecca R. Douglas" Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Photo-Essay of Last (1942) Voyage of Coal Schooner "Rebecca R. Douglas" Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Photo-Essay by Bronson W. Chanler detailing a trip aboard the coal schooner "Rebecca R. Douglas" between Northeast Harbor and New York City. Note: As originally displayed in the museum, copies of the photographs taken by Chanler were mounted alongside excerpts and quotes. Around 2015 the photographs were removed from the 1984 posters so they could be scanned and better protected. They are uploaded here, as is the complete text by Bronson W. Chanler. [show more] | ||
| Araho at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1956 (1) Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Araho at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1956 (1) Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: The Araho is lifted out of the water in Southwest Harbor, ME. Black and white |
| Araho at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1956 (2) Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Araho at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1956 (2) Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: The Araho is lifted out of the water in Southwest Harbor, ME. Black and white |
| 3 masted Schooner, Steamship Dock Islesford Historical Society |
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|  3 masted Schooner, Steamship Dock Islesford Historical Society | ||||
| Arthur Spurling, Steamer Iroquois, Bunkers Cove, Islesford Docks Islesford Historical Society |
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|  Arthur Spurling, Steamer Iroquois, Bunkers Cove, Islesford Docks Islesford Historical Society | ||||
| Schooner Anna Sophia Unloading Coal Islesford Historical Society |
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| One of Elmer Hadlock's vessels Islesford Historical Society |
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|  One of Elmer Hadlock's vessels Islesford Historical Society | ||||
| The Mary S. Hontvet Islesford Historical Society |
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|  The Mary S. Hontvet Islesford Historical Society | ||||
| Letter with details of voyage on the Schooner Willow Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Letter with details of voyage on the Schooner Willow Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Scan of a two-page 1860 letter from Warren Bunker to his brother-in-law Daniel Hamor with details of Bunker's voyage on the Schooner Willow from 'home' to Baltimore, Savannah, Jacksonville, Nassau, mentioning his cargo of 'old sailors' and yellow pine, the money he has made and hopes to make, and plans for future voyages mentioning Mauricetown NJ and Machiasport possibilities. (See transcription of letter.) We believe 'old sailors' means experienced sailors or sailors who had hired out on another voyage and were trying to get home. Warren Bunker (born 1824, died 1870 at Cranberry Isles) was great-great-grandfather of Great Cranberry Island resident Phil Whitney. Daniel Hamor (born 1822, died 1894) is distantly connected to the donor's family. Background information from donor: Warren Bunker wrote the letter to his brother-in-law Daniel Hamor, Warren's wife's (Sidney Hamor Bunker's) brother, who was then living in Eden (now Bar Harbor), Maine. Daniel Hamor built a fairly large house that still stands (in 2015 painted yellow, with a barn in back), next to the Pot & Kettle Club entrance on what is now Route 3 between Salisbury Cove and Hulls Cove. When Daniel Hamor and his wife Polly died, in 1894, their house was left to their children, Ella, Edward and Mariah, none of whom ever married or had children as far as we know. Ella and Edward died (on the same night in 1928, probably of influenza), leaving the house to Mariah. When Mariah grew old, she invited her cousin Georgia Hamor to come and take care of her on condition that when she (Mariah) died, the house would become Georgia's. Mariah died in 1936. At that time Georgia Hamor inherited the Hamor home, and presumably the Warren Bunker letter. Georgia and her brother, Ansel, lived in the house until they died (Georgia in 1971 and Ansel in 1978). At some point, Georgia, who had inherited various Hamor mementos with the house, gave the letter to her niece, Alice Smith Cowles. She, in turn, gave the letter to me (Alan Cowles). "We almost lost the letter in the great fire of 1947. A note from the Boston Sunday Post, published in October 1947, stated that "Miss Georgia Hamor, a native spinster, and her brother, Ansel, were the last to leave their home in the Hulls Cove section before the inrush of the flames today, and left only because town officials insisted on the evacuation." Fortunately, the fire stopped about one mile from their home." See transcript. [show more] | |
| Ledger sheets Capt. Charles E. Bunker, Schooner Como, 1879 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Ledger sheets Capt. Charles E. Bunker, Schooner Como, 1879 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: This group of five ledger sheets tally Charles E. Bunker’s debits and credits for voyage on Schooner “Como” with cargo "cocoanuts, mahogany, and cedars in account with Odio & Perozo of New York". Loose ledger pages are dated February 6-21, 1879. There are 34,505 cocoanuts; 4 logs mahogany; 4 logs cedar; and 8 logs cedar. No ports or destinations discernible. Documents are signed in New York. (Only Page A transcribed.) The Schooner Como was built in Cherryfield 1873; No.125172; 133 tons. Charles E Bunker was master 1877. These ledgers are part of collection of Clara Rice items (Clara Adeline Richardson Bunker Rice (1847-1923). (Charles Bunker was Clara's second husband of three. Clara Rice was postmistress on Sutton Island in the Cranberry Isles. She may have married a Fernald, then Charles Edward Bunker, and then wed Wilbert Augustus Rice in 1893. ) [show more] | ||
| Description and scans of images of 1850s wet-plate postive photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Description and scans of images of 1850s wet-plate postive photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Documents. Two documents: (A) The first is an undated note entitled "Early pictures made at 'The Ways' " (home of the Lea family 1960s) written by George Vaux in which he describes two ca. 1850 "wet-plate positives, backed by metal plates." Two digital images in GCIHS collection, the first (D) of the ship "Express, Cranberry Isles," and the second, a wide landscape view of the Thomas Bunker wharves (C), both taken from The Ways property, may be the photos described in Vaux's note. The scans were made from photos provided by Nancy Lea ca. 2000. (2013 correspondence re: unsuccessful investigation into the whereabouts of the two original wet-plate positives was saved.) Vaux also explains that they called the house The Ways "because timbers for ships' ways were found when excavating for the basement." 2014 email from Chuck Liebow explain the photos: "Zooming in you can see another vessel "Harriett", a pinky or near double ender which Victor claimed was built by Thomas Bunker (Harriet was Thomas Bunker's wife). A 2000 email from Liebow indicates he thinks the photo shows the Thomas Bunker wharves on the site where Mrs. Lea's house is, with the Richman house with the roof half covered in snow. Liebow adds: George Vaux dated the photo to about 1852 based on the ship "Express" at the same wharf. Islesford looks funny but the Fish Point house is right where it ought to be." The second document (B) is an undated copy of a plat map (with ball point pen marks) showing the George Vaux and Robert Lea properties, Lots #30 and 31 respectively. (See also 2013.257.1987 re: modern photos of The Ways.) [show more] |
