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| In the Maine Woods Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  In the Maine Woods Northeast Harbor Library Description: Illustrated guidebook to the Maine outdoors. Contains 1 map. | |
| Contract: Leonard Lawson and Rudolph F. Hodgkins Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Contract: Leonard Lawson and Rudolph F. Hodgkins Northeast Harbor Library | |
| Views of Hall Quarry Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Views of Hall Quarry Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Claim: Henry Boynton versus Norton H. Tinker, 1905 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: Henry Boynton versus Norton H. Tinker, 1905 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Agnes Boynton filing suit for father, Henry S. Boynton, deceased. | ||
| Claim: Willie Manchester versus Charles N. Small Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: Willie Manchester versus Charles N. Small Northeast Harbor Library | ||
| Claim: E. T. McCabe versus William P. Fairbrother Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: E. T. McCabe versus William P. Fairbrother Northeast Harbor Library | ||
| Claim: A. W. Curtis versus Fred Erickson, 1912 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: A. W. Curtis versus Fred Erickson, 1912 Northeast Harbor Library | ||
| Bangor and Bar Harbor Steamboat Stock Certificate Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Bangor and Bar Harbor Steamboat Stock Certificate Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Certificate for six shares of the Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Co. made out to a Miss Roberts on December 19, 1895. | |
| GXS Collection - Ephemera Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  GXS Collection - Ephemera Northeast Harbor Library Description: Folder 26 Mount Desert Island Real Estate Co., share certificate for Geo. C. Ming dated August 23, 1888 for fifteen shares in capital stock. Folder 27 Maine a Place to Live, unidentified magazine cover, color image of a church. Folder 28 Picturesque Maine, an illustrated lecture, Edward C. Sweet, December 16, 1895, pamphlet with illustrations and images. Folder 34 Stereoview Bar Harbor, photographed and published by B. Bradley. Folder 35 Wall Street Journal article by John Wilmerding on American Art. Folder 36 Cover of "Town of Winter Harbor Maine Annual Report 1988". Folder 37 Maine Times article on "Maine Summer Colonies". August 2nd, 1985. Folder 38 "Maine Chapter of the American Institute of Architects" 1991 Design award competition. Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island. Folder 42 Invitation card showing a reproduction of watercolor “Mark and Andrew’s Island from Deer Isle, Maine, 1920” by John Marin (1870-1953). The invitation is to the artist's opening on June 24th, 1998 at the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville and is sent by the President and Trustees of Colby College and the Museum’s Board of Governors. Folder 44 Several Through Bills of Landing belonging to H. G. Eaton and A. M. Carter: - Portland, Mt. Desert & Machias Steamboat Co., Dr. to Little Dear Isle (1899, 1900, 1901) - Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Co., Dr. (1990) - Islesboro, Castine & Belfast Steamboat Co., Dr. (1902). Folder 48 1 Invoice: “James A. Robinson & Son. Manufacturers, Sellers & Retail Clothiers” Bangor, Maine 5/12/1897. Items sold to E. J. Russel 1 Receipt: Bar Harbor, 8/10/1885 for Mr. Lee for the amount of $6.00, signed by Mr. Ash. Folder 60 Front page clipping of the Boston Sunday Globe of August 15, 1971 "Maine Island imports children - Imported children bring youth to craggy Maine Island" by Diane White. The island in question is Frenchboro. [show more] | ||||
| Seaside Inn Reunion Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Seaside Inn Reunion Northeast Harbor Library Description: The Seaside Inn reunion booklet prepared for the first reunion of employees and guests. Although the buildings are gone the memories remain. | ||
| Claim: Hillcrest Market versus Alexander Moore Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: Hillcrest Market versus Alexander Moore Northeast Harbor Library | |
| Gordon and White Garage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Gordon and White Garage Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Gordon and White Garage with Exxon pump. |
| Summons: Bertha E. Moore, 1913 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Summons: Bertha E. Moore, 1913 Northeast Harbor Library | |
| Trustee summons: Percy Winslow, 1910 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Trustee summons: William A. Meader, 1912 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Trustee summons: William A. Meader, 1912 Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| Claim: L. Grindle Simpson versus Lowell Hodgkins Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: L. Grindle Simpson versus Lowell Hodgkins Northeast Harbor Library | ||
| Claim: Merritt Ober versus Al Pinkham and Edwin Dodge, 1908 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: Merritt Ober versus Al Pinkham and Edwin Dodge, 1908 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Included is a note from Al Pinkham. | |
| The Redbook Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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| The Redbook Collection Northeast Harbor Library Description: BOX 1 (record carton box) The Redbooks, 1912-2020 (missing 1913, 1917, 1918, 1948). Now called The Redbook--originally called Directory and Hand Book--these social registers list residents and their contact information, cottage locations and owners, businesses, various transportation schedules, tide charts, advertisements, and important phone numbers. The first book published in 1912 by Stella L. Hill was green, all the rest are red. The Redbook celebrated its 100 anniversary in 2012 and is still produced to this day. [show more] | |||
| New Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company in Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  New Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company in Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Description: Insert in the Bar Harbor Times announcing the opening of the new Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company in Northeast Harbor. Featured articles include Julia Manchester, manager of the bank for many years. Photographs included. | ||
| Cast iron ship's bell Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Cast iron ship's bell Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Cast iron ship's bell with partial detached yoke. The bell has a large crack and is covered with rust. The bell was retrieved by Harold Walls (1913-2000), a fisherman from Otter Creek, who retrieved it around 1958 or 59. Walls went fishing after a large storm, and found many buoys and lines tangled together. Instead of dealing with them at sea, he towed the tangle to Otter Creek to deal with it. This bell was found in the tangle. It is not clear how the bell ended up in the ocean and the exact location of the tangle is not now known. Temporary image [show more] | |||
| Wooden box and six quart bottles from Mt. Desert Island Dairy Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Wooden box and six quart bottles from Mt. Desert Island Dairy Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Wooden box with lid and handle containing six glass milk bottles from Mt. Desert Island Dairy The box has a lid and lock, and is painted dark green. Writing on the outside appears to be stenciled in a pale yellow color. The interior is unpainted Writing on the lid reads: "Mt. Desert Island" and "Mt. Desert Island Dairy, Bar Harbor, Maine" is written on the front. The ends are labeled 6 QT. Six glass quart bottles are stored inside the box [show more] | ||||
| Sign for Island Lady Charters Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Sign for Island Lady Charters Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Sign advertising Island Lady Charters, a charter boat and water taxi business operated by Rhonda Lee Soucie of Seal Harbor, Maine The sign advertises suggested tours and offerings | ||
| Wooden Lobster Buoy Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Wooden Lobster Buoy Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Wooden Lobster Buoy carved by Russell Lawson. The body of the buoy is a deep orange color and the handle is white. A rope loop extends from the end. | ||
| Wooden Lobster Buoy Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Wooden Lobster Buoy Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Wooden Lobster Buoy, painted green and orange. The buoy is somewhat conical in shape, and has a hole through the center of it for a rope. The broader part (the top when floating in the water) is painted green, and the lower part is orange. Carving in the outer edge of the buoy reads: NEW 1400 | |||
| Shipping box lid Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Shipping box lid Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Lid from a wooden shipping box sent to F.E. Manchester, an electrician, in Northeast Harbor. The lid consists of four planks and two crosspieces. Written in back ink is information about the recipient: F.E. Manchester Northeast Harbor Maine Ex Paid - refers the the cost of express shipping being paid Stenciled text reads: Sunbeam - Tungsten Glass Handle-With-Care don't-Drop The crate likely contained a tungsten lamp or fixture. Affixed to the front of the crate are two paper labels. One reads is from American Express and contains the shipping cost that appears to be $.95 or $9.5 The other is from Earle and Prew's Express from Pawtucket R.I. [show more] | |||
| Sign for Pine Bough Antiques Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Sign for Pine Bough Antiques Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Wooden sign for Pine Bough Antiques, an antiques and rare book shop operated by Rick and JoAnne Fuerst from 1976-2018. The store was located at 117 Main Street, Northeast Harbor. This sign hung off the front of the building and is therefore double sided. Looking at the two sides, green painted frame on one side is more weathered than the other. The two-sided sign has green lettering and a green frame, and pine bough is painted in the upper left corner. [show more] | |||
| Sign for Wikhegan Old Books Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Sign for Wikhegan Old Books Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Wooden sign for Wikhegan Old Books, a rare book shop operated by Rick and JoAnne Fuerst from 1976-2018. The store was located at 117 Main Street, Northeast Harbor. This sign was removed from the building before the business closed, when books were sold from Pine Bough Antiques The sign is two sided and appears to have had a brown frame, which no longer survives. Brown paint appears beneath where the frame would have been. | |||
| Cast iron wrapping paper stand with twine attachment Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Cast iron wrapping paper stand with twine attachment Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Cast iron stand, with wooden rod and spool of twine. This was used by David Stanley at Stanley's Fish Market, Northeast Harbor, to wrap fish for customers. The cast iron stand has raised letters reading CUTTER BOSTON on the inside of one leg. A spool of white twine accompanied this stand when it was given to the museum, but there was no longer any paper. | ||||
| Hand painted SEA FOOD sign Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Hand painted SEA FOOD sign Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Hand painted sign reading SEA FOOD. Sign is painted on Masonite (or a similar product) and has a white background and black letters. The front of the sign is scratched and shows signs of age. The sign came from Stanley's Fish Market, Northeast Harbor, operated by David L. Stanley. To see a photograph showing this sign or one like it, go to https://nehl.digitalarchive.us/items/show/5993 | |||
| Hand painted sign, "LOBSTERS LIVE OR BOILED" Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Hand painted sign, "LOBSTERS LIVE OR BOILED" Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Hand painted sign reading "LOBSTERS LIVE OR BOILED" Sign was used in the window of Stanley's Fish Market, Main Street, Northeast Harbor, operated by David L. Stanley. The sign consists of painted wood, with black letters on a white background. It is heavily abraded but still legible. There are visible screw holes on the front, with two vertical braces on the back. To see a photograph of this sign in the fish market go to: https://nehl.digitalarchive.us/items/show/6266 [show more] | |||
| Claim: Henrietta Soulis versus Mrs. Charles C. Perry Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: Henrietta Soulis versus Mrs. Charles C. Perry Northeast Harbor Library Description: Correspondence regarding mortgage payments. | ||
| Letters: J. E. Russell and Belle Smallidge, 1901 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Letters: J. E. Russell and Belle Smallidge, 1901 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Letters regarding summer rental opportunities. | ||
| Letters: Charles K. Amidon to Belle Smallidge Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Letters: Charles K. Amidon to Belle Smallidge Northeast Harbor Library | ||
| Roc Caivano: Clippings featuring his work Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Roc Caivano: Clippings featuring his work Northeast Harbor Library Description: Several magazine articles featuring architect Roc R. Caivano's work. Cover: House & Garden Building, Summer 1978 (excerpt) 1. At Home in the Sun: An Open-House tour of solar homes in the United States (Norah Deakin Davis and Linda Lindsey), 1979 2. L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, Juin 1980 3. Process: Architecture No. 21 - "Solar and Underground Houses" - 1981 4. Down East Magazine, October 1988 (article by Norah Deakin Davis about the Wendell Gilley Museum) 5. Down East Magazine, July 2001 (article by Paul Doiron) 6. Maine Boats & Harbors, Autumn 2002 (article by Edgar Allen Beem) 7. Custom Home, November/December 2002 8. Fine Homebuilding, Houses Annual Issue, Summer 2003 (article by Roc Caivano) 9. Down East Magazine, March 2004 (article by James Schwartz) 10. Down East Magazine, September 2007 (article by Kim Ridley) 11. Fine Homebuilding, Houses Annual Issue, Summer 2008 (article by Roc Caivano) 12. Down East Magazine, Home & Garden Issue, April 2011 (article by Edgar Allen Beem) 13. The Somesville Bridge (Roc Caivano), 2017. Published in Chebacco, The Magazine of the Mount Desert Historical Society, Volume XVIII, 2017 [show more] | |||
| Claim: D. J. Manchester versus N. S. Bunker, 1905 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: D. J. Manchester versus N. S. Bunker, 1905 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Ssheriff's sale Letter, A. H. Lynam to D. J. Manchester Letters: J. A Peters to Knowles, Knowles to Peters | ||
| Claims against Elwell: J. Blackington, Clark Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claims against Elwell: J. Blackington, Clark Northeast Harbor Library Description: Letters, Payson to Knowles | ||
| Shipyard and Mill at Somesville Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Shipyard and Mill at Somesville Northeast Harbor Library Description: B/W stereoview of a saw mill and shipyard (with schooner being built) in Somesville Harbor. Parker Farm is left center behind schooner. | |
| Northeast Harbor Livery Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Northeast Harbor Livery Northeast Harbor Library Description: Photos of the Town Livery on 22 Harborside Rd. This barn was built around 1820 and had rooms for employees and horses. Courtesy of Mr. Paul Kalenian. Only digital files. | |||
| Harpoon or "Lilly Iron" with swivel piece on the barb Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Harpoon or "Lilly Iron" with swivel piece on the barb Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, "Lilly Iron" (harpoon) from Wesley Bracy, Jr. with swiveling piece on the barb that folds flat for easy penetration, but opens crosswise for increased grip, thus preventing loss of the fish; Bruce Komusin inserted a wooden boomstick handle and secured it with rope for display purposes. | |||
| Letter to Captain Lew Stanley from Barbara Donald. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Letter to Captain Lew Stanley from Barbara Donald. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A letter to Lew Stanley from Barbara Donald. This letter basically says that Barbara is going to Europe for the summer and won't be going to Cranberry. She also mentions some oars, and owing Lew money. | |
| Agricultural heritage of the Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Agricultural heritage of the Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Research, Jessica Duma, 2014-2016 while an Island Institute Fellow at GCIHS which produced an exhibition, presentations, video, and oral history recordings. Historical and modern day materials pertaining to Duma's Agricultural Heritage of the Cranberry Isles fellowship focusing on farming, agriculture, apples, the Island Ecology project, farm stand, and more in the Town of Cranberry Isles from 19th century to present. Duma worked with mentor Todd Little-Siebold (College of the Atlantic) and used GCIHS and other local historical collections to produce an exhibition, gather oral histories, and record videos of her experiences and research while residing on Great Cranberry Island as a two-year fellow and then served as part-time manager of GCIHS and part-time manager for the CIRT (affordable housing) program for the last year. Documents in box. Digital materials located at NAS/ Catalogue/2017.399.2175_Duma. A. Exhibit materials (museum) and: NAS\Exhibits\Exhibits2015\Farming_JessiAndJillPiekutExhibitWork. B. Interviews: NAS\video\Jessi Duma Interviews 2014-20: Video by Duma and Jenny Matthews of "Chuddy" Alley in his home on April 2015. Audio of Colleen Bunker interview December 10, 2015, via telephone. Video of interview with Eva Bracy Galyean on November 22, 2015 in her GCI home with transcript. Audio of Gaile Colby interview January 15, 2015, by Duma and Sarah McCracken, partial transcript. Audio of music and singing with Arvard Savage 2015 or 2016. Video (with separate audio) of Phil Whitney in his GCI home January and February 2016. Video of Duma and Anne Gruhlich on a walkabout with Michael Macfarlan on his property discussing evidence of past farming and other occupations still visible on his historic Preble Cove property. Use of these interviews requires permission of the interviewee or their descendants. Questions: contact jessiduma@gmail.com. C. Video “A Taste of Great Cranberry Island: Agriculture Past and Present” - Duma explores agriculture on Great Cranberry Island through interviews with past and current residents. Directed, filmed, and edited by Jessica Duma. Featuring: Gaile Colby, Ben Sumner, Hallie Sumner, Kariah Sumner, Phil Whitney, Kayla Gagnon, Genny Mathews, Sarah McCracken, Colleen Bunker, Page Hill, Wendy Rackliff. Music by Jason Shaw: Serenity, Mountain Sun, Hoedown, Acoustic Meditation, Solo Acoustic Guitar. Special thanks to: GCIHS, Anne Grulich, Island Institute, Scott Sell, College of the Atlantic, Todd Little-Siebold. On YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKbktzbCqlw [Presently awaiting permissions to use the background music per Jessi 9/2017. Jessi will provide DVD copy after permissions granted.] [show more] | ||
| Richard 'Chuddy' Alley Interview Transcript Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Richard 'Chuddy' Alley Interview Transcript Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Interview Transcript from an interview with Richard 'Chuddy' Alley. The interview was recorded in the 2000's (exact year unknown) by Jessi Duma and Jenny Matthews, who both lived on the island for a number of years. Chuddy came to GCI as a young boy, and recounts many memories of Great Cranberry in the early to mid 20th century. He talks about agriculture and fishing extensively with Jessi. He moved over to Islesford and his son Ricky Alley speaks about fishing with a fish trap, and Pursing. Jessi was a Cranberry Island Fellow and became the general manager for GCIHS for a few years. Interview with transcribed by Hannah Gower-Fox. She was the Archivist and Museum Curator for GCIHS in 2023. [show more] | ||
| GXS Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  GXS Collection Northeast Harbor Library Description: This collection is an assortment of ephemera relating to coastal Maine, Maine history, and inns, motels, hotels and homes on Mount Desert Island and in Hancock County. The collection is divided into 7 series: Books and Souvenir Booklets, Maps and Blueprints, Acadia National Park, Hotels/Inns/Schools/Homes/Buildings, Ephemera, Photos and Postcards. | ||||
| Wild Island Farm seed collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Wild Island Farm seed collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Seeds. Collection of Polly Storey's Wild Island Farm seeds including three green wooden display boxes (A, B, and C) (with lids attached by brass chains) containing white and green paper seed packets ready for sale, and two shoebox-size cardboard boxes (D and E) with seed packets. There is also a folder of materials (F) relating to Wild Island Farm, the seed business, and a newspaper article “Polly Forbes Johnson Storey: A Spirit of Independence” (Bar Harbor Times, October 21, 1976). (See also GCIHS 1000.0.965 for another undated article about seeds business.) Seed packets indicate crop years were 1972 and 1992; but many packets have no crop years identified. Most of the seeds originated in Maine, but some are from Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Yugoslavia. Polly Storey’s daughter, Elizabeth Selim, recalls her mother germinating wildflower seeds on the property and remembers her mother’s seed business. Two of the green seed display boxes (A and B) contain packets of tree seeds. On the interior lids of these two boxes is a printed pamphlet: Tree Seeds from Maine* (and other exotic parts of the world), with text on why and how to plant tree seeds. Seed packets inside these two boxes include balsam fir, mountain ash, white pine, sugar maple, paper birch, and white spruce - all "Packed by Wild Island Farm, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625." Balsam fir (Abies balsama): Purity 93%, Germination 50% March 1994; Crop year 1992, Origin Maine. Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana): Purity 80%, Germination 30% March 1994, Crop year 1992, Origin Tennessee. White Pine (Pinus strobus): Purity 98%, Germination 90% March 1994, Crop year 1991, Origin Maine. Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum): Purity 97%, Germination 55% March 1994, Crop Year 1992, Origin Pennsylvania. Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera): Purity 85%, Germination 95% March 1994, Crop year 1992, Origin Wisconsin. White Spruce: (Picea abies): Purity 98%, Germination 47.5% March 1992, Crop year 1990, Origin Yugoslavia. Several types of tree seed packets have bar-coded labels on reverse: “Acadia Shops, (seed name), $2.00”. The third green display box (C) contains mostly flower packets, but there are also four packets of White Cedar seeds in it. The interior lid of this box has hand drawn text and lovely small watercolor sketches of the types of flower seed packets it contains. White Cedar (Thuja occidentales): Text, printing and ‘packed by’ are slightly different: Purity 95%, Germ. 60% March 1973, Crop Year 1972, Origin Maine: Packed by Wild Island Seeds, The Farm House, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625. Flower packets: Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum): No date packed etc. Blue Flag (Iris versicolor): No date packed etc, but an Acadia Shops sticker (no bar code) $1.50 on reverse. Evening Primrose (Onothera biennis): No date packed etc. Beach Pea (Lathyrus japponics): Empty envelope, no crop year etc. Lupine (Lupinus perennis): No crop year etc. Cattail (Typha latifolia): No crop year etc., sealed but seems empty. Blueberry (Vaccinium augustifolium): No date crop year etc., envelope stained. There are 5 small manila envelopes with handwritten labels: Beach Pea, Wild Rose, Blue Flag, Seaside Goldenrod, and Bunchberry. Inside a sixth, larger manila envelope (labelled in red ink: ‘Begonia seeds’) are 5 folded, white paper packets, only two of which are labelled: "Pink and white from Christmas cactus pot", and "Deep Red". Cardboard boxes: First box (D) labeled “M.D. Apothecary” contains 59 green and white paper packets of Rhubarb (Rhabarbarum) seeds, “Packed by Wild Island Farm, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625”, no crop year etc., but Acadia Shops sticker (no bar code) $1.50 on reverse. Second box (E) contains 99 green and white paper packets of Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana) seeds: Purity 80%, Germination 30% March 1994, Crop year 1992, Origin Tennessee, Packed by Wild Island Farm, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625, no sticker on reverse. Documents (F): 1970 to 1995, including 1992 correspondence with Aroostook Testing and Consulting Laboratory in Presque Isle, Maine, shows Polly submitted several varieties of tree seeds from Cranberry Island for testing and received germination rates for each. Information on how and when to gather seeds. Statements and business registration information. Newspaper article “Polly Forbes Johnson Storey: A Spirit of Independence” (Bar Harbor Times, October 21, 1976). Several letters from visitors who purchased the seeds at local hotels and wanted advice. Two loose 2"x2" square water color sketches of cranberry and fireweed. One 6"x8" color photograph of Polly Storey by Dick Berggren. [show more] | ||
| George and Sam Gilley haying Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  George and Sam Gilley haying Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: George and Sam Gilley haying on Little Cranberry Island. [THIS MAY BE an NPS ACADIA PHOTOGRAPH.] Notes on reverse: "Janice Murch 7/000 Cat. No. 548, Acadia Ex. 705 George & Sam Gilley haying." | |||
| Condolences to Mrs. Hamor on loss of Capt. Hamor Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Condolences to Mrs. Hamor on loss of Capt. Hamor Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A framed page from Cranberry Club members offering condolences to Mrs. Hamor on the loss of Captain Hamor signed July 9, 1913 by members of the Club: Emma L. Wesson, President; Eleanor Blodgette, VP; Juliana Wood, Secretary; Frances S. Pepper, Treasurer; Annie W. J. Low; W. Amos Doris?; Caroline M. Lewis; Elizabeth R. Arnold; Sophy Dallas Gwin; Frances Parkman; Emilio Ofsten Mulligan?. [This statement is mounted on a black matte on the reverse of a photo of an unidentified stone edifice surrounded by pine trees.] [show more] | ||
| Wooden needles for mending nets Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Wooden needles for mending nets Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear. Collection of twelve wooden tools: (A) Eight wooden needles for mending nets, making and repairing bait bag netting: snowshoe-shaped implements with U-shaped end, closed tangs, and pointed ends. (B) Net needle: wood with large rectangular eye hole. (C) Wood rectangle with hole in the middle and a loop of rope through two other holes: lobster fishing assemby that keeps the line from getting tangled. (D and E) Two wood implements that come to a smooth point. [show more] | |||
| Roc Caivano's Maine License Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Roc Caivano's Maine License Northeast Harbor Library Description: Architect Roc R. Caivano's Maine License, dated October 19, 1988. | ||
| Wilfred Bunker Interview Transcript 5th Dec, 2011 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Wilfred Bunker Interview Transcript 5th Dec, 2011 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: This is a transcript of an interview Phil Whitney and Bruce Komusin conducted with Wilfred Bunker, the cofounder of Beal and Bunker, on the 5th December, 2011. |
| Drawing of lobster pot by C. Gilley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Drawing of lobster pot by C. Gilley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Art, pen and ink drawing titled "LOBSTER TRAP ON BOTTOM" by C. Gilley, showing an old fashioned round top wooden lobster trap on the sea bed, with a rope going up to an intermediate float (a glass bottle), the rope continuing further up to a bullet shaped float on the surface; also a lobster boat approching it on the surface | |||
| Islesford Ferry Shirt belonging to Warren Rice Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Islesford Ferry Shirt belonging to Warren Rice Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A shirt warn by Warren Rice. The shirt was a work shirt for Islesford Ferry service. The back of the shirt says "Old Man Of The Sea". | ||
| "A New Super Highway", Bluenose Ferry, Bar Harbor to Nova Scotia Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  "A New Super Highway", Bluenose Ferry, Bar Harbor to Nova Scotia Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper clipping, "A new Superhighway" about new Bluenose ferry terminal and service from Bar Harbor to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia | |||
| Knowles Company Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Knowles Company Northeast Harbor Library Description: The Knowles Company of Northeast Harbor celebrates 100 Years in Real Estate business. 100 years ago Belle Smallidge worked at the library. She gave this up to form The Knowles Co. Same as Item 2216 | |
| Fish Market receipts Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Fish Market receipts Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger, appears to be accounts from Edgar White and Victor White's fish market, fish and lobsters caught & sold, 1947-1948 | ||
| Edgar White accounts ledger Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Edgar White accounts ledger Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger, Edgar White accounts of bait, gas and oil, boat expenses, gear for fishing, fish and lobsters caught & sold, 1946-1947 | ||
| Harpoon head from Victor White's old garage Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Harpoon head from Victor White's old garage Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear. Harpoon head: wood handle with threaded metal collar and 5-pronged metal barbed harpoon head. Wood handle is a sawed-off tree limb; metal collar possibly an old pipe fitting; harpoon head is inserted into handle; collar turns freely. One tine missing its barb. From Victor White's old garage summer 2013. | |||
| Iron scythe with wood handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Iron scythe with wood handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool. Scythe, iron with wood handle. | |||
| Iron ladle for pouring lead, from Lou Ladd's workshop Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Iron ladle for pouring lead, from Lou Ladd's workshop Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool. Ladle, iron used for pouring lead. Probably from Lou Ladd's workshop. Lou Ladd was a blacksmith, shoemaker, and handiman who lived in the barn that is now part of Ruth "Robin" Freeman's property (2013). | |||
| Soldering iron with copper head from Lou Ladd's workshop Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Soldering iron with copper head from Lou Ladd's workshop Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool. Soldering iron. Bullet-shaped copper head with a bit of solder on it; wood handle. From Lou Ladd's workshop. Lou Ladd was a blacksmith, shoemaker, and handiman who lived in the barn that is part of Ruth "Robin" Freeman's property now (2013). | |||
| Head of a branding iron: W.E. BUNKER Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Head of a branding iron: W.E. BUNKER Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear. Head of a branding iron: W.E. BUNKER. Iron head, no handle. | |||
| Trawl line on wood frame with lead sinker and large hook Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Trawl line on wood frame with lead sinker and large hook Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear. Trawl line wound around wooden frame with heavy lead sinker and large metal hook. | |||
| Trawl line with wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Trawl line with wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear. Trawl line wound around wooden frame. Wooden handle is nailed to frame (unusual). | |||
| Iron cranberry or blueberry rake Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Iron cranberry or blueberry rake Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool. Cranberry or blueberry rake, iron with solder repairs at tines and bottom. | |||
| Round metal fishing buoy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Round metal fishing buoy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear. Metal Fishing Buoy, round. It is stamped on one side PHILLIPS PATENT GUARANTEED LIGHTWEIGHT MODEL. and on the other, PATENT No 331163 NOTICE OF INFRINGEMENT REWARDED. The patent number is from Great Britain. | |||
| Receipt for store purchases Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for store purchases Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business receipt, dated 24 Sep 1910, E.B. Stanley bought of Nettie Stanley, pair of rubbers, ticking, pork, pepper, wire, etc., total $34.50, dated | ||
| Maine State Fish Inspector Certificate 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Maine State Fish Inspector Certificate 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Certificate, Appointment as State of Maine Fish Inspector, of William P. Preble, 26 June 1854 with transcription | ||
| Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Collection of three scanned ledger account books originally from the Lewis Stanley boatyard. Ledgers were inherited by donor from his great uncle Lewis Stanley. (See scans on gcihs-nas\photo\Museum Photos\2015.316.2077_SchmidtLedgers and on DVD; ledgers were originally returned to donor August 2015; then all were donated to museum June 2017). Ledger A1: Measures 8.25H x 7: W x .5” thick. First page: George N. Spurling, Cranberry Isles; and [unreadable name below Spurling] Machias Port. Entries run from 1855-1870, with the last four pages dated 1855 pertaining to WatterWitch (Water Witch, Waterwitch, spelling and capitalization varies) stocks and specifics. Account entries recorded for the WatterWitch, Schooner Rozella, and Schooner Caressa. Names mentioned: Walton, Guptill, Haynes, Stanley, Spurling, Ferrin, Wentworth, Young, Saddler, Ladd. Commodities: fish and oil mostly; stocks and figuring notations in pen and pencil by different hands. First page states Schooner Hannah & Abigail bought in Boston May 6th, 1849. First entry is “E.B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles Oct. 9th, 1858 for $21 dollars on account of my share of fish bought on board Sch. WatterWitch this season. Asa [D?] Stanley.” Ledger B2: Measures 8”H x 6.75” W x .5” thick. Inside front cover is written: “Jonas Blood born April 15th, 1774.” First page begins with January 1st 1859 listing sale of butter, pork, and eggs. Ledger records expenses and sales of produce and other items through April 1862 and appears to be written by all the same hand. [For some info on Jonas Blood: probably born New Hampshire. http://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I16094&ged=plagge.ged Jonas Blood:b..c1774 d.5/21/1870, age 96 By genealogy.com.] Ledger C3: 14" H x 3.75" W x 1" thick. Label on front cover: Sanborn & Carter, Publishers, Booksellers and Blank Book Manufacturers, No. 55 Exchange Street, Portland, Maine. Small envelope and letter addressed to Mrs. E. B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles, Maine, postmarked Waltham MA, Nov 17/12M/1908 (03?) with 2 cent stamp. Reverse postmark is Cranberry Isles 1908(3)? Begins "North East Harbor, Lindsay,” ends: "Hastily, Carol(?)" Many pages have been cut out from the beginning of this ledger. First entry, is on page 85 and starts: “Boston Dec. 6th 1879 Sch. S.L. Foster. Page 93 is “Boston Dec 14, 1885.” Page 98 deals with the estate of Enoch B. Stanley and Lewis B. Stanley 1903 and continues with various documents and deeds to 1908 (to page 151). Then returns to accounts for the S. L. Foster 1889. Page 176 begins accounts for the Schooner Rozella 1882, then to 1881, and goes back to deeds and correspondence p. 196 for 1908. P. 198 goes back to the Sch. Foster and alternates between accounts re: Foster and Rozella. Two small loose account papers between p. 212 and 213. The ledger goes back and forth between years and schooners and deeds throughout the book. Last pages of ledger date Jan 18, 1913 and begin with “I expressly forbade Lewis to connect the new building with the original fish house of the heirs of E. B. Stanley…..” (See also 2017.389.2164 and 2017.388.2163) See also notes from Charles Liebow email 2019 re: boat builders with this ledger. [show more] | ||
| Negative and print of Lewis Stanley boatyard in winter Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Negative and print of Lewis Stanley boatyard in winter Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo. Negative and 11"x14" photo of Lewis (Lew) Stanley's boatyard located on the pool during the wintertime with the pool frozen. The boatyard was later sold to Heliker and LaHotan and they tore it down because it was a hazard and in rough shape. Mickey Macfarlan who said that towards the end of his life Lew Stanley was hard up for money and could no longer repair the boatyard. Mickey said Lew was always complaining that people were stealing from the boatyard - the second floor of it was chock full of all sorts of things. Mickey mentioned that the boatyard itself was "tremendously large" [show more] | |||
| Maine Coast Fisherman, Feb 1956 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Maine Coast Fisherman, Feb 1956 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper sheet, Maine Coast Fisherman, Feb 1956, with interesting stories (lobster 8 cents each, etc.) | |||
| "Cranberry Tales" by LaRue Spiker 1971 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  "Cranberry Tales" by LaRue Spiker 1971 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper complete page, Ellsworth American 1 Jul 1971, "Cranberry Tales" by LaRue Spiker. About the Hadlock family, Capt. Sam Hadlock, Jr., with photos of Arthur Spurling, the old Ben Spurling house, Islesford Museum, Old Wm. Preble House, Church. | |||
| List of barrels of oil from Schooner S. L. Foster and others Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  List of barrels of oil from Schooner S. L. Foster and others Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: List, handwritten, 18 Nov 1882, "Gauger's Returns" listing barrels of oil from ships, SLF (probably S.L. Foster) and R (probably Rozella), Capt. E. Stanley, S.L. Foster, signed by J.G. McKerson, Gauger | ||
| Working Waterfront 2001: GCIHS new museum Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Working Waterfront 2001: GCIHS new museum Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newpaper, "The Working Waterfront" Aug 2001, see page 10, article "Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Builds a New Museum from Scratch" | |||
| Store Ledger 1853-1857 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Store Ledger 1853-1857 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger, handwritten, probably by William Preble, mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various people, 1853-1857 | ||
| Store Ledger 1838-1845 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Store Ledger 1838-1845 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger, handwritten, inscribed "William P. Preble, Property, Cranberry Isles 1839" inside front cover, records 1838-1845 are mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various accounts: Esaias Preble, Horace Duryan, Thomas Bunker, Harriet Rosebrook, John Pung, Michael Green, Winchester Whitney, Abigail Spurling, South (school) District Cranberry Isles, Thomas Manchester, Nathaniel Gott, Edwin Hadlock, Enoch Lurvy (or Lurvey), John Dow, Capt. L.W. Gilley, B. Bunker, Edward Burroughs, Rev. Micah Strickland, Miss Mary Preble, Justis W. Gilley, John Brown, Messrs. Symms Eaton & Co., David Thompson, Haskell Lancaster, Benjamin Moor, Thomas Newman, Josiah Young, Henry Fernald, Town of Cranberry Isles To William Preble, William Pung, expenses of Estate of Benjamin Spurling, Richard Higgins, George N. Spurling, Eunice Keef, Ivory Joy, Esther Eaton, North (school) District, Thomas Marks, Schooner Brainerd (or Brainard), Elisha Young, Bills against the Brigantine Factor for repairs, Michael Bulger, Samuel Farnham, Sans Stanley, Briant Hodgkins, James Mayo, Schooner Harriet, Estate of Robert Spurling, David Winsey, William Richardson, Charles Bunker, Andrew Frisbee, William Rice, Estate of Samuel Spurling, Schooner Eastern Star. Several scraps of note paper with writing and figures also in ledger. [show more] | |
| Store Ledger 1845-1849 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Store Ledger 1845-1849 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger, William Preble, 1845-1849, mostly store accounts listing customers and items and services they bought, apparently at Preble's store. Items referred to both food and nautical hardware with prices listed. Purchases listed by day and date, interspersed with records and values for Preble's business and personal services as executor, town agent, etc. Names include: John Pung, Edward Spurling, Michael Bulger, the schooner Harriet, Elisha Young, Henry Neuman, Freeman Gubtil, Estate of Nicholas Tucker [show more] | ||
| Ice Harvesting on Cranberry Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Ice Harvesting on Cranberry Island Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Exhibit. Previously used museum display about Ice Harvesting on Cranberry Island. Included in the publication "A Day on an Ice-Field" by Alvaro Adsitt. | |||
| Cranberry Island General Store bags Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Cranberry Island General Store bags Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Artifact, 1031a-b. (a) and (b) are two types of paper trash bags bought at the old Cranberry Island General Store | |||
| "Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles 'Chuck' Liebow Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  "Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles 'Chuck' Liebow Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Boats. Looseleaf Binder, "Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles Liebow. Contains maps 1607-1881, "List of Vessels From Notes made by Chuck Liebow (Typed & some notes added by Hugh Dwelley 11/1994" (also on cranberryisles.com website), 1912 petition to establish boundaries of roads, census data 1839-1860, the cranberry register 1909-1910, boat building, Liebow's notes on books and articles, miscellaneous, photos, houses showing owners then and now, families, deeds. [show more] | |||
| Store Ledger 1849-1850 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Store Ledger 1849-1850 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger, handwritten, probably by William Preble, mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various people, 1849-1851 | ||
| Store Ledger 1857-1862 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Store Ledger 1857-1862 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger, handwritten, inscribed "Property of William P. Preble", mostly running expenses and payments, apparently at a store, for various people, 1857-1862 | ||
| Maine Greets Opening of Yarmouth-Bar Harbor Ferry 1956 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Maine Greets Opening of Yarmouth-Bar Harbor Ferry 1956 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newpaper clipping, Bangor Daily News, 6 June 1956, pp. 17-18 & 21-22, "Maine Greets Opening of Yarmouth-Bar Harbor Ferry," about the new ferry terminal in Bar Harbor, and the Bluenose ferry. | |||
| Wilfred S. Trussell 1906 motorized vessel license Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Wilfred S. Trussell 1906 motorized vessel license Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document, License, framed under glass, to operate or navigate motorized vessels of 15 gross tons or less and to carry passengers, issued to Wilfred S. Trussell, 21 Sept 1906, signed by Charles O. Cousinly and Walter L. Blaisdell | ||
| Bayview Farm photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Bayview Farm photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Four small black and white photos and one tintype framed in a wood/glass frame. Bayview Farm owned and operated by Jim Crosby in modern times "The Red House" owned by Judi Towns Lim and Chong Lim, a.k.a. the Towns house. James C. Crosby and Cora Almeda (Pressey) Crosby are the couple in the tintype. Their son, Clarence, is shown in the photo with the barn. The houses seen in the background of the geese photo are "Haydy's house & Arno Stanley's" per donor. (See scans in 2000\photos\dorothy towns and note explaining images.) [show more] | |||
| Hamor House sketch Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Hamor House sketch Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Drawing by S.G. Easter or Caster? pencil sketch of the Hamor Tea House; some water staining on the edges. Painting removed from original frame (a glass pane with metal rosettes securing it to a wood board back). Original sketch stored separately; scanned print of the drawing is in frame. | |||
| William P. Preble receipts Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  William P. Preble receipts Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Two receipts: (A) Tremont March 10th, 1852, Received of William P. Preble seventy three dollars 80/100 in full payment for ballance doo me for wooden materials to build new Brig Abigail Maria of, furnished by me the last season as per agreement dated at Tremont December 5th, 1850. Signed by Henry W. [xxxx?]. And (B): William P. Preble's taxes 1878 = $1.10. | ||
| Booklet, Facts and Fancies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Booklet, Facts and Fancies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Booklet, Facts and Fancies, Fleischman & Co with illustrations, sayings and advice. | |||
| Photographs of dory, schooner, and steamer boats Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Photographs of dory, schooner, and steamer boats Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Four photographs of boats (A-D) with unidentified men and boys aboard. (A) unidentified dory. (B) and (D) may be the same vessel, probably one of the mackerel schooners owned by Benjamin Harley Spurling whose wife was Frances Almira Preble (donor Louise Marr's grandparents.) C: The steamer may have been one owned by Hanson B. Joyce of Swan's Island engaged in the mackerel fishery. Joyce owned significant shares in several Cranberry Island vessels, possibly shares in Benjamin Spurling's vessels. (D): information from Ralph Stanley and Bar Harbor Record. [show more] | |||
| Loading the mail boat ferry Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Loading the mail boat ferry Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Wilfred Bunker (about age 43) receives cargo on stern of the Island Queen. "Mail Route - Men at Southwest Harbor load mail for delivery at Cranberry Island and Islesford." Photo shows the mail boat at the Lower Town Dock in Southwest Harbor. Photo for newspaper by L. Spiker. The Island Queen was built in 1963. Beal & Bunker moved operations to Northeast Harbor in 1972. | ||
| Repairs to the Brig Factor March 13, 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Repairs to the Brig Factor March 13, 1854 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Certificate for repairs to the Factor (three pages), a ship built on GCI 1832, in for repairs in South Carolina in 1854, with cargo of molasses and other items, with transcription by donor. | ||
| Early Hadlock papers group 5 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Early Hadlock papers group 5 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Collection of documents pertaining to Samuel and George Hadlock, their stores, schooners Hadlock and Minerva, and other topics. In 2018, Rosie Silvers discoverd this collection of early Hadlock papers at Wikhegan Books in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Several generous islanders from Great Cranberry and Little Cranberry (Islesford) purchased this collection which now resides at GCIHS, catalogued as 2018.419.2285 through 2289. All documents except the advertisements and bill heads referred to in 2018.419.2288 have been scanned. (Descriptions for this collection were provided by Joanne Fuerst, Wikhegan Books. GCIHS welcomes your transcriptions or comments on individual documents: info@gcihs.org.) [show more] | |||
| Early Hadlock papers group 4 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Early Hadlock papers group 4 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Collection of documents pertaining to Samuel and George Hadlock, their stores, schooners Hadlock and Minerva, and other topics. In 2018, Rosie Silvers discoverd this collection of early Hadlock papers at Wikhegan Books in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Several generous islanders from Great Cranberry and Little Cranberry (Islesford) purchased this collection which now resides at GCIHS, catalogued as 2018.419.2285 through 2289. All documents except the advertisements and bill heads referred to in 2018.419.2288 have been scanned. (Descriptions for this collection were provided by Joanne Fuerst, Wikhegan Books. GCIHS welcomes your transcriptions or comments on individual documents: info@gcihs.org.) [show more] | |||
| Early Hadlock papers group 3 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Early Hadlock papers group 3 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Collection of documents pertaining to Samuel and George Hadlock, their stores, schooners Hadlock and Minerva, and other topics. In 2018, Rosie Silvers discoverd this collection of early Hadlock papers at Wikhegan Books in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Several generous islanders from Great Cranberry and Little Cranberry (Islesford) purchased this collection which now resides at GCIHS, catalogued as 2018.419.2285 through 2289. All documents except the advertisements and bill heads referred to in 2018.419.2288 have been scanned. (Descriptions for this collection were provided by Joanne Fuerst, Wikhegan Books. GCIHS welcomes your transcriptions or comments on individual documents: info@gcihs.org.) [show more] | |||
| Early Hadlock papers group 2 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Early Hadlock papers group 2 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Collection of documents pertaining to Samuel and George Hadlock, their stores, schooners Hadlock and Minerva, and other topics. In 2018, Rosie Silvers discoverd this collection of early Hadlock papers at Wikhegan Books in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Several generous islanders from Great Cranberry and Little Cranberry (Islesford) purchased this collection which now resides at GCIHS, catalogued as 2018.419.2285 through 2289. All documents except the advertisements and bill heads referred to in 2018.419.2288 have been scanned. (Descriptions for this collection were provided by Joanne Fuerst, Wikhegan Books. GCIHS welcomes your transcriptions or comments on individual documents: info@gcihs.org.) [show more] | |||
| Early Hadlock papers group 1 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Early Hadlock papers group 1 of 5 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Collection of documents pertaining to Samuel and George Hadlock, their stores, schooners Hadlock and Minerva, and other topics. In 2018, Rosie Silvers discoverd this collection of early Hadlock papers at Wikhegan Books in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Several generous islanders from Great Cranberry and Little Cranberry (Islesford) purchased this collection which now resides at GCIHS, catalogued as 2018.419.2285 through 2289. All documents except the advertisements and bill heads referred to in 2018.419.2288 have been scanned. (Descriptions for this collection were provided by Joanne Fuerst, Wikhegan Books. GCIHS welcomes your transcriptions or comments on individual documents: info@gcihs.org.) [show more] | |||
| Mount Desert Island Visitor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Mount Desert Island Visitor Northeast Harbor Library Description: Newspaper supplement published by the Bar Harbor Times covering sightseeing and activities on and around Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. Volume 3, No. 3. Published on July 17, 1970. | |
| Goose Cove Sardine Cannery and Steamboat Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Goose Cove Sardine Cannery and Steamboat Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| West Tremont Brick Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| West Tremont Brick Company Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Loss of Jordan Pond House Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Loss of Jordan Pond House Northeast Harbor Library Description: Extensive article published in The Bar Harbor Times on June 28, 1979 about the loss of Jordan Pond House to fire. | ||
| 1898 - 1998 "The Knowles Co. of Northeast Harbor" Northeast Harbor Library |
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| 1898 - 1998 "The Knowles Co. of Northeast Harbor" Northeast Harbor Library Description: Building Partnerships for a century, the Knowles Company celebrates 100 Years in the Real Estate business. This insert describes the beginning of the Co. until 1998. See Item 2177 | ||
| A.B. Leland Company Thermometer Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  A.B. Leland Company Thermometer Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Black company thermometer which reads: "A.B. Leland sewer and Drain Pipe Land Tile and Five Lining Catch Basnins Man Hole Covers. Office with the Clark Coal Co. Call 202 Bar Harbor, Me" on front and on back: "The Stan Wood Special Inside Thermometer - Keep in upright position - manufactured by Stan Wood MFG. Co. 8 Tremonl Row Boston." | |
| L.P. Carter Company Thermometer Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  L.P. Carter Company Thermometer Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Company thermometer with painted in an orange checkered pattern and written on it "L.P. Carter Electric Oil Burners Plumbing and Heating Tel. 5 46 Cottage St. Bar Harbor, Maine" | ||
| Battery Service Company Thermometer Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Battery Service Company Thermometer Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Wooden company thermometer which reads: "Battery Service Company - Automotives, Electric starting, Lighting and Ignition - Sales and Service. 97-99 Cottage Street Bar Harbor." | ||
| Various documents relating to the history of Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Various documents relating to the history of Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Articles, newspapers, and various other material mostly relating to Southwest Harbor. | |||
| Dutton Maple Lot College of the Atlantic |
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| Southwest Boat Corporation vessel photographs Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Boat Corporation vessel photographs Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Photos from Searls' 5 & 10 store and 1962 Gay Nineties Ball Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Photos from Searls' 5 & 10 store and 1962 Gay Nineties Ball Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Architectural Drawings & Early Sketches of Fred L. Savage Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Architectural Drawings & Early Sketches of Fred L. Savage Northeast Harbor Library Description: Catalog of Fred Savage exhibit held at the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. | |
| Southwest Boat Company Photos Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Boat Company Photos Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Bee family photographs and postcards Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Bee family photographs and postcards Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Kimball Notebook Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Kimball Store Business Ledger Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Kimball Store Business Ledger Northeast Harbor Library Description: Handwritten ledger in buff suede (13" x 8.5" x 1.75") belonging to the Great Harbor Maritime Museum and given to the Northeast Harbor Library for safekeeping. | |
| Beal & Bunker The "Mail Boat", Sea Queen, Cap'N B, and the Double B ferry schedule Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Beal & Bunker The "Mail Boat", Sea Queen, Cap'N B, and the Double B ferry schedule Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tri-fold paper schedule for the mail boat ferry from Northeast Harbor to Cranberry Islands and Sutton Island. Adult $16. Undated. |
| Select Southwest Harbor Annual Reports Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Select Southwest Harbor Annual Reports Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Annual reports for the years 1964 and 1972 as well as a Warrant report for 1965, all for the town of Southwest Harbor | ||
| Assorted Deeds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Assorted Deeds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Six deeds associated with the family of LaRue Spiker: 1) Deed of a lot in Bushnell, Illinois, from William and Alta Hays to Walter Dodge; 2) Deed of a lot in Bushnell, Illinois, from Richmond Wheeler to J. Fred Spiker; 3) Deed of a cemetery lot in Bushnell, Illinois, to J. F. Spiker; 4) Deed of a lot in Bushnell, Illinois, from William Holchousen to Peter Hersey; 5) Deed of a lot in Bushnell, Illinois, from Walter Dodge to J.E. Spiker; 6) Deed of a lot in Bushnell, Illinois from several people to William Hays. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.067.6 [show more] | |||
| Real Estate Sale Agreement between Spiker and Hobbs Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Real Estate Sale Agreement between Spiker and Hobbs Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Real Estate sales agreement between J. Fred and Grace Spiker and second party Clayton and Beulah Hobbs for property in the town of Walnut Grove, Illinois. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as Object id 012.FIC.067.8 | ||
| Real Estate Deeds, Insurance Policies and Insurance Bills Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Real Estate Deeds, Insurance Policies and Insurance Bills Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Brown envelope containing real estate deeds documenting the sale of property to J.F. Spiker, sale of property by Grace Spiker and insurance policies and bills for real estate. Envelope also contains a letter to LaRue Spiker subrogation agreements required of Grace Spiker. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.067.15 | ||||
| Aerial photos of the Hinckley Company boatyard in Manset Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Aerial photos of the Hinckley Company boatyard in Manset Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The aerial photograph above appears to have been taken in the mid 1970s, but no earlier than 1974 because of the presence of a 1974 Pontiac Trans Am and what looks like a 1974 VW Super Beetle in the parking areas. The other photo is older, possibly late 1950s, as is evidenced by the cars and the absence of some of the newer building in the first photograph. In the older image, The Moorings is clearly visible in the upper right portion of the photo. [show more] | |||
| Photographs and a brochure from Ralph Stanley Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Photographs and a brochure from Ralph Stanley Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: See index file for a description of each item | |||
| Town Hill Hannaford Proposal-Digital fly-through model College of the Atlantic |
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|  Town Hill Hannaford Proposal-Digital fly-through model College of the Atlantic Description: During May 2008, students taking a class in Land Use Planning taught by Isabel Mancinelli and Gordon Longsworth at College of the Atlantic identified some major planning issues for Town Hill. |
| Land Use Analysis for New COA Properties: Peggy Rockefeller Farm and Cox Protectorate College of the Atlantic |
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|  Land Use Analysis for New COA Properties: Peggy Rockefeller Farm and Cox Protectorate College of the Atlantic Description: A study by the COA Landuse Planning Class |
| E.A. Lawler Paint Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  E.A. Lawler Paint Company Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Henry R. Hinckley's Boatyard Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Henry R. Hinckley's Boatyard Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| View of Main Street featuring Carroll's Drug Store Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  View of Main Street featuring Carroll's Drug Store Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: View of Main Street with Carroll's Drug Store, the A&P Food Store, and Willey's store all visible. | |
| View of Clark Point Road Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  View of Clark Point Road Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: View of Clark Point Road with Southwest Motor and Gilley Plumbing visible | |
| Central Filing Station Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Central Filing Station Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Photograph of the Central Filing Station and school house | |
| Addison Packing Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Addison Packing Company Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: View from up the road of the Addison Packing Company | |
| View of Carroll Drug Store Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  View of Carroll Drug Store Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: View of Carroll Drugstore taken from Harbor Light Inn | |
| View of the Odd Fellow's Hall, Vines Electric, and Some's Store from Main Street Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  View of the Odd Fellow's Hall, Vines Electric, and Some's Store from Main Street Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Hinckley US MTLs - Motor Towing Launches (MTLs) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Hinckley US MTLs - Motor Towing Launches (MTLs) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: A collection of yet to be curated photographs of boats built by Hinckley for the military during WWII. 36 foot motor towing launches, powered with 125 horse-power engines, and draw five and one-half feet of water. Cummins 3370 AEL in a diamond YR00. | |
| Benjamin Barret Hinckley, Jr. photographs and documents Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Benjamin Barret Hinckley, Jr. photographs and documents Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: This item contains a number of photographs and documents that came from Benjamin Barret Hinckley, Jr. that were given to the Library by his family. Many of the materials are related to his book "The Hinckley Story". See the index files for details about the images in the contact sheets. | |||
| Elmwood Cafe Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Elmwood Cafe Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Elmwood Cafe Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Elmwood Cafe Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Elmwood Cafe Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Lettering on a truck parked on Main Street says "E & M Ice Cream". The building across the street with striped awning is the present-day (2022) Davis Agency realty office. |
| John Williams and Lyford Stanley Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  John Williams and Lyford Stanley Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Photos of John “Jock” Williams and his partner Lyford Stanley. Also includes photos of lobster boats they built and an aerial view of the boatyard. | |||
| Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace, Southwest Harbor Records and Index Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace, Southwest Harbor Records and Index Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: This index was kept by Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace. Included are records of marriages, weddings, and other town records from Southwest Harbor, Maine from approximately 1878 to 1907. | |
| Morris Boat Yard Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Morris Boat Yard Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Ellis Boat photographs Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Ellis Boat photographs Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Addison Packing Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Addison Packing Company Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Beech Hill Farm, brochure College of the Atlantic |
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|  Beech Hill Farm, brochure College of the Atlantic Description: Beech Hill Farm is an 84-acre organic farm owned and operated by College of the Atlantic. | |
| Sawyer's Market Window Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Sawyer's Market Window Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: View into Sawyer's Market form the front window. | |
| Charlotte's Legendary Lobster Pound Sawyer's Lobster Pound Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: Charlotte Gill (posing in the photo above) grew up in Southwest Harbor. In 2011, she took over a dilapidated ice cream stand (known by some as Frosty Bob's) located between Southwest Harbor and Acadia National Park’s Seawall Campground. She opened Sawyer’s Lobster Pound, named after a former beau. When the relationship broke up, Gill renamed the place after herself. |
| Isaac Stanley's Wonderland Lobster Pound at Seawall and Abel's Pound at Richville Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Isaac Stanley's Wonderland Lobster Pound at Seawall and Abel's Pound at Richville Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Bar Harbor Times, Wednesday, June 6, 1928 LOBSTER POUNDS ARE POPULAR PICNIC RESORTS Wonderland at Seawall and Abel's Pound at Richville Opened for 1928 Season The picnic lobster pound is a new and very popular form of beach resort. Lobster pounds, dammed-up pools or coves similar to salt water swimming pools, have been used for many years for the purpose of keeping large quantities of live lobsters for long periods. Within the last few years it has been found that a lobster pound that happens to be situated on a picturesque piece of rocky shore backed up by spruce groves, and is supplied with an open fire and iron kettle makes an ideal picnic place. The two places on Mt. Desert that are primarily pleasure resort pounds are both new, and are both so busy that their boiling kettles work at capacity during the summer. One is ''Wonderland", Isaac Stanley's pound at Seawall. Mr. Stanley's property consists of 147 acres of high wooded land with a shore front a mile and three quarters in length, including Bennett's Cove, Mullin's Cove, and Bennett's Cove Head between them. That point is the extreme southeastern tip of Mount Desert Island and is thrust out into the open ocean where Long Ledge runs off into the section of Atlantic Ocean between Great Gott's Island and Great Cranberry Island. The pound is made by a dam across one corner of Bennett's Cove. Instead of putting lobsters into it, they are kept in a car floating in the pound, and the pound is stocked with cod and haddock, so that guests can get their own dinner with hook and line if they prefer that kind to lobster. There is a large log cabin dining-room, sealed inside with fragrant cedar boards, for use on days when it is too cool or too damp to picnic on the beach or in the spruce grove. Besides the log cabin there are several other smaller cabins, and a house-boat which is hauled up on the beach inside the pound, which are let to guests as overnight camps or as cottages for the week or season. One of the cabins, just being completed, is built completely of cedar which was growing in trees a few weeks ago. "Wonderland" is unique in several ways, with its remarkably cool location, its moss-carpeted woodland of big spruce, and its peculiar beach formation of huge sea-smoothe granite rocks, and it attracts many visitors by sea and land. On one Sunday last summer Mr. Stanley counted nearly three hundred cars at his place during the day. Not all of the people who visit the Seawall pound go there to buy lobsters; many of them merely wish to enjoy an hour on a bit of Mount Desert's rugged shore. They are just as welcome in any case, and customers and guests meet with the same real "down east" hospitality. Mr. Stanley's place is already opened for the season, and on the last two Sundays entertained quite a number of visitors. Henry Abel's park is situated farther around on the western side of Mt. Desert, at Richville, a little cove between Bass Harbor and Goose Cove. Mr. Abel has one of the fine little headlands of the Island, which for purposes such as his, are rapidly decreasing in number as the shoreline is sold for summer estates. In some ways this spot is like Wonderland. It has a bluff granite promontory with a little harbor on one side, and a seawall beach on the other, and a growth of big evergreens with little grass and moss glades among the trees comes down to the landward edge of the ledges; but whereas Mr. Stanley's pound is on the open ocean, this one is on the shore of Bluehill Bay which is a deep and wide, but generally smooth, expanse of water. It has a beautiful panorama of the string of islands which some five miles out form the western and southern breakwater that shelters the bay. Back of the beach at the east of the point is Gundlow Pond a curious little precisely skow-shaped salt pool that rises and falls with the tide, although it is separated from the ocean by a hundred and fifty feet of high-heaped seawall. Abel's Pound has a houseboat hauled up among the trees, and several cabins, which are used to serve lobster dinners in inclement weather, or for overnight or weekly parties. Then it has an outfit of rustic seats and tables along the shore and through the grove. The park furnishes boats and tackle to its guests so that they can enjoy the very good deep-water fishing to be had just off the shore. Mr. Abel makes a specialty of taking care of his quests in any weather, or at any time of the day or evening, as he has found that people who are on the Island for a week-end of for a limited vacation period must utilize their time fully without waiting for ideal days and nights. [show more] | |
| Wendell Gilley's Maine Master Plumber License Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Wendell Gilley's Maine Master Plumber License Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Original master plumber license issued by the State of Maine to Wendell Gilley, owner of Gilley Plumbing Company, in 1944 | |||
| American Red Cross Scrapbook Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  American Red Cross Scrapbook Northeast Harbor Library Description: Scrapbook of press clippings containing local and national news regarding the Red Cross. | ||||
| "The Granite Napkin" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  "The Granite Napkin" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: An old flyer for "The Granite Napkin." It says "Join us in our traditional cape on Great Cranberry Island for special lunches and afternoon teas + treats, or for dinner Thursday and Sunday nights (you must reserve). Were located 1/2 mile from the town dock opposite of the rusty anchor. Call Liza for information or the day's menu (it changes with our whims ], the weather, and the gardens best.) Open 12-3 daily except Tues. and Weds. Dinner Thurs. and Sun. at 6:00 and 8:00. Call to inquire about private parties. Tel. 244-7758. [show more] | |||
| Comprehensive Plan Update for Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Comprehensive Plan Update for Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A letter sent to the people of Cranberry Isles informing them of what happens to their trash, and encouraging the townspeople to cut down on trash. | |||
| Hancock County's Fragmented Farmland College of the Atlantic |
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|  Hancock County's Fragmented Farmland College of the Atlantic Description: An exploration of current and possible agricultural land on this coastal county in Maine. |
| Claim: V. E. Higgins versus Charles Wood, 1903 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: V. E. Higgins versus Charles Wood, 1903 Northeast Harbor Library | ||
| Moore's Garage Southwest Harbor Motor Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: In 1940 Southwest Harbor Motor Co. was the only AAA filling station in Southwest Harbor. Their phone number was 51-2. The brick building was converted to offices to rent in 1986-1987. The U.S. Post Office opened in the building on June 2, 1987. Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) attended school in the elementary school on the present ellipse (behind the Gilley Plumbing building on the left of this photograph) before it was moved across the street to become a fire station and now [2011] the police station/town office. When the bank was housed at the Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Ralph would take his penny bank there to be unlocked and have the money deposited in his bank account. The lady in the bank would show him the big safe where is money would be kept. – Ralph Warren Stanley 01/17/11 Marion E. Newman (1890-1976), Mrs. Frederick Walter Wescott at the time, owned a yellow Stutz Bearcat that was destroyed in the fire. Marion was known for having invested in Coca Cola stock and holding on to it when others thought it worthless and sold their stock. – Ralph Warren Stanley, 03/31/14 [show more] | ||
| Jackson Market T.W. Jackson & Son Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: The store, on Clark Point Road, was T.W. Jackson & Son, an IGA store. “R.B. Jackson [Richard Benson Jackson (1893-1959)] is having a building erected on his lot lately purchased from P.L. Sargent. A filling station and other conveniences will be established there, and the extensive grounds opened as a parking place. This will be a great convenience to the customers of the Jackson market.” – The Ellsworth American, Wednesday, April 15, 1936. "In the 1930s and 40s, Jackson's Market of Southwest Harbor sent a boat and operated a weekly market on the old steamboat wharf [on Little Cranberry Island] during the summer. In addition to meat and vegetables, a youthful stamp collector could find a small envelope of stamps inside each package of Brookfield butter." - “A History of Little Cranberry Island, Maine” by Hugh L. Dwelley, published by Isleford Historical Society, 1990, p. 114. In 2017, Christina's Gallery & Past Treasures, was located in the building once occupied by the Jackson Market. [show more] | ||
| Sim Mayo's Garage Southwest Harbor Motor Company Garage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Franklin Ward Machine Shop Dockside Motel XYZ Restaurant Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Shipbuilding on Mount Desert Island Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Shipbuilding on Mount Desert Island Northeast Harbor Library Description: Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902. Several photographs of the boats were added by R. Pyle at the Northeast Harbor library. | |
| Simeon Holden Mayo's Blacksmith and Bicycle Shop William Lloyd Carroll's Cash Market Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Simeon Holden Mayo's Blacksmith and Bicycle Shop William Lloyd Carroll's Cash Market Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Higgins Blacksmith Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Higgins Blacksmith Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Freeman Store Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Freeman Store Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Gordon & White Garage Howard E. Robinson Garage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: Howard Ernest Robinson (1896-1972) purchased site for the garage from Isaac F. Stanley in 1924. Howard built a garage there in 1928. He sold the garage and property to Earl Gordon (1893-1964) and Leslie Frank White (1891-1967) in 1929. They established the Gordon & White Garage. The Gordon & White garage, on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, was an Esso station and sold Fords, Mercurys and Kiekhaefer Mercury outboard motors. The gas pumps were removed in 1985 by the new owner, Tom Landers, who renamed the business Landers Ford. [show more] | ||
| Richardson House on Beech Hill Road with houses and outbuildings Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Richardson House on Beech Hill Road with houses and outbuildings Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Matted photograph. View to the north on Beech Hill Road. Richardson house is on left (west) side. Richardson barn and ells are visible. On east side of road is another house with outbuildings. Open field in foreground. Date unknown. "Beech Hill Mt. Desert" written in script on lower left edge of photo. | ||
| The Journal of a Gentleman Farmer, 1829-1832. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Journal of a Gentleman Farmer, 1829-1832. Mount Desert Island Historical Society | ||
| Old Farmer's Almanac Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Old Farmer's Almanac Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 1795, 1809,1813,1818-1822,1827,1829,1830,1837,1838,1841,1845 (3 copies),1847,1848, 1850-53 Object Id Number is on the first page of each almanac since the covers are falling off All were "adopted by David Reiber" per 1999 catalog records which this new single record replaced. | ||||
| Ralph Stanley Inc. Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Ralph Stanley Inc. Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: After earning an associate's degree from a college in northern Maine, Stanley returned to Southwest Harbor. Not sure what occupation he wanted to pursue, he decided to try to build a boat. So he earned the money he needed to buy wood and other construction materials and, during the winter of 1951-1952, he built a 28-foot lobster boat. The boat turned out well and a local person bought it. This led to orders for other boats. "I've been building (boats) ever since," he said. Stanley learned how to build boats not by apprenticing himself to another boatbuilder but mainly by keenly observing and using boats and by observing the activities of several professional boatbuilders who specialized in the Mt. Desert Island version of the Maine lobster boat. [show more] | ||
| The Henry R. Hinckley Company - as Manset Boat Yard - Coast Guard Boats on the Old Shore Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Henry R. Hinckley Company - as Manset Boat Yard - Coast Guard Boats on the Old Shore Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: This photograph was taken before the Manset shore was filled in. – According to Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021), the White boat hauled up on shore in front of the William Spurling Newman house at 102 Shore Road, Map 17 – Lot 100 – was probably built by Leslie “Les” M. Rice (1883-1966) on Great Cranberry Island for William “Uncle Jimmy” Doane Stanley (1855-1950). She was built as a double ender. Someone bought her and put a square stern on her. Work was slow at Hinckleys for awhile so Bill Dunham (Wilfred Manson Dunham (1918-2001) and Lewis Tapley (Lewis Merton Tapley (1916-1985) bought her and went fishing, though not for long. Work picked up at the Hinckley yard soon afterward. The vessel was then bought by Abner W. Lunt (1908-1975), then she was bought by Luther C. Faulkingham (1901-1993) of Prospect Harbor, where she was the last time Ralph saw her. The wharf building with the false front was the building that Francis “Frank” Thompson Chalmers Sr. (1893-1985), F. Dwight Perkins (1902-1981) and Merton S. Alley (1904-1985) had a car dealership in. Almon Frank Ramsdell Sr’s (1873-1946) garage was there later. Hinckley may have owned the building when this picture was taken. James “Jim” M. Willis (1919-2006) later ran “The Boathouse” there. See SWHPL 9363 [show more] |
| Launching Friendship Sloop Freedom Built for Richard Beebe Dudman Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Launching Friendship Sloop Freedom Built for Richard Beebe Dudman Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Left to Right: Dudman - Richard Beebe Dudman (1918-) Sloane - Helen R. (Sloane) Dudman (1918-) Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Two unknown workmen | |
| Maggie and Lucien Smith College of the Atlantic |
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|  Maggie and Lucien Smith College of the Atlantic Description: Maggie and Lucien Smith, Beech Hill Farm managers from about 2001-2006. | |||
| Maggie Smith, Martha Stewart, and Lucien Smith College of the Atlantic |
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|  Maggie Smith, Martha Stewart, and Lucien Smith College of the Atlantic Description: Maggie Smith, Martha Stewart, and Lucien Smith filming with Martha Stewart Television at Beech Hill Farm. | ||
| Frozen harbor at Spurling Cove, Great Cranberry Island. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Frozen harbor at Spurling Cove, Great Cranberry Island. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society | |
| Building in the winter. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Building in the winter. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Constructing the first floor of the three-story addition to Cranberry House. First floor will be the environmentally controlled archive addition. |
| "Cap'n B" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  "Cap'n B" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: The Cap'n B moored during a winter storm at Spurling Cove, Great Cranberry Island. | ||
| Hall Quarry Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Hall Quarry Northeast Harbor Library Description: The settlement of Hall Quarry in located in the town of Mount Desert on Mount Desert Island and was home to a granite quarry. The quarry's location alongside of Somes Sound proved very beneficial, as it allowed the schooners to land very close to the quarry to load the granite and transport it to various ports. | |||
| Mount Desert Granite Co., Hall Quarry Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Mount Desert Granite Co., Hall Quarry Northeast Harbor Library Description: Mt. Desert Granite Company Quarry Showing work houses and drilling equipment. James Grant Photographs | ||
| Hall Quarry Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Hall Quarry Northeast Harbor Library Description: B/W photographs (with descriptions) of Hall Quarry. Part of Stella L. Hill's Hall Quarry Paper (see item 7327 -8). | ||
| Postcard with stamp sent from the First National Bank in Bar Harbor to H. Clark in Southwest Harbor. Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Postcard with stamp sent from the First National Bank in Bar Harbor to H. Clark in Southwest Harbor. Tremont Historical Society Description: Postcard with stamp sent from the First National Bank in Bar Harbor to H. Clark in Southwest Harbor. | |||
| A E Lawrence Property Seal Harbor Jesup Memorial Library |
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| A E Lawrence Property Seal Harbor Jesup Memorial Library Description: Blueprint of A E Lawrence property in Seal Harbor. 1 page, 30 x 14 inches | |||
| Clements Smallidge Sprague Griswold Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Clements Smallidge Sprague Griswold Lot Jesup Memorial Library Description: Map of Griswold Lot. 1 page, 35 x 34 inches. | ||||
| Ox Hill Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Edsel Ford Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Tower Lot on Ox Hill Road Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Tower Lot on Ox Hill Road Jesup Memorial Library Description: Map of Tower Lot on Ox Hill Road. 1 page, 20 x 12.5 inches | ||||
| Plan of Seal Harbor Original Lots, Showing Land Bought by Edsel B Ford 1922-1923 Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Plan of Seal Harbor Original Lots, Showing Land Bought by Edsel B Ford 1922-1923 Jesup Memorial Library Description: Map of lots in Seal Harbor bought by Edsel B Ford. 1 page, 17.5x19 inches. | |||
| Abstract of Title: Lawrence Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Lawrence Lot Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of Lawrence Lot, from William G Thompson and Joseph W Courtney to Edsel B Ford. 66 pages. | |||
| Abstract of Title: Veltin Sprague Smith Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Veltin Sprague Smith Lot Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of lots from Louise Veltin to Edsel B Ford, and from Isabelle Dwight Sprague Smith to Edsel B Ford. 55 pages. | |||
| Abstract of Title: Hoe-Dakin Lot to Edsel B Ford Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Hoe-Dakin Lot to Edsel B Ford Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of lot from Richard M Hoe and Susan Dows Herter Dakin to Edsel B Ford. Two files, 71 pages. | |||
| Abstract of Title: Griswold Lot to Edsel B Ford Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Griswold Lot to Edsel B Ford Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of Griswold lot, estate of Anne Merill Griswold. Includes sale of lot from Griswold, Locke, and Fletcher to Edsel B Ford. Map on page three. 73 pages | ||
| Abstract of Title: Tower Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Tower Lot Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of Tower Lot. Includes sale of lot from Seal Harbor Realty Company to Edsel B Ford in 1922. 66 pages. | ||
| Abstract of Title: Seal Harbor Realty Company Half Acre Lot to Edsel B Ford Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Seal Harbor Realty Company Half Acre Lot to Edsel B Ford Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of lot from Seal Harbor Realty Company to Edsel B Ford. 35 pages. | ||
| Abstract of Title: Cooksey Realty Company to Henrietta N Tower Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Cooksey Realty Company to Henrietta N Tower Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of lot from Cooksey Realty Company to Henrietta N Tower. 14 pages. | ||
| Supplementary Abstract of Title: Clement to Veltin Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Supplementary Abstract of Title: Clement to Veltin Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of lot in Seal Harbor owned by Louise Veltin and Isabelle Dwight Sprague Smith. 19 pages | |||
| Abstract of Title: Clement to Henrietta N Tower, Cooksey Realty Company to Henrietta N Tower Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Clement to Henrietta N Tower, Cooksey Realty Company to Henrietta N Tower Jesup Memorial Library Description: Abstract of lot, from James & Amos Clement to Henrietta N Tower. Includes handwritten notes and financial information. 17 pages. | ||
| Creation of Bingham Trust Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Creation of Bingham Trust Jesup Memorial Library Description: Creation and history of Bingham Trust. 13 pages. | |||
| Index Running of Tower Lot, West of Lot 81 Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Index Running of Tower Lot, West of Lot 81 Jesup Memorial Library Description: Handwritten index of Tower Lot. 11 pages | ||
| Index Running of Seal Harbor Realty Company Half Acre Lot, also Hoe-Dakin Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Index Running of Seal Harbor Realty Company Half Acre Lot, also Hoe-Dakin Lot Jesup Memorial Library Description: Handwritten index of Seal Harbor Realty Company Half Acre Lot, includes notes on Hoe- Dakin Lot. 8 pages. | ||
| Index Running of Lawrence Lot and C H Clement Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Index Running of Lawrence Lot and C H Clement Lot Jesup Memorial Library Description: Handwritten index of Lawrence Lot, Ox Hill Lot, and C H Clement Lot. 6 pages. | |||
| Index Running of Ox Hill Lot, Smallidge Lot, and Tower Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Index Running of Ox Hill Lot, Smallidge Lot, and Tower Lot Jesup Memorial Library Description: Handwritten index of Ox Hill Lot and Smallidge Lot, additional notes for Tower lot. 22 pages. | |||
| Memorandum Ford Property Lawrence Lot Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Memorandum Ford Property Lawrence Lot Jesup Memorial Library Description: Description of different lots including Lawrence Lot, Seal Harbor Realty Company Half Acre Lot, Tower Lot, Smith-Veltin Lot. Includes handwritten notes. 2 pages. | ||
| Henrietta N Tower Lot Seal Harbor Blueprint Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Henrietta N Tower Lot Seal Harbor Blueprint Jesup Memorial Library Description: Blueprint of Tower lot. 1 page, 10x8 inches. | |||
| Warranty Deed Brewer to Gilmore Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Warranty Deed Brewer to Gilmore Jesup Memorial Library Description: Deed showing sale of lot from Edward Brewer to John D Gilmore. 23 pages. | |||
| Seal Harbor Realty Company Board of Directors Meeting Minutes Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Seal Harbor Realty Company Board of Directors Meeting Minutes Jesup Memorial Library Description: Meeting minutes of the Seal Harbor Realty Company Board of Directors meeting. 4 pages. | ||
| Warranty Deed Cooksey Realty Company to Seal Harbor Realty Company Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Warranty Deed Cooksey Realty Company to Seal Harbor Realty Company Jesup Memorial Library Description: Deed showing sale of lot from Cooksey Realty Company to Seal Harbor Realty Company. 22 pages. | ||
| Warranty Deed Seal Harbor Realty Company to Edsel B Ford Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Warranty Deed Seal Harbor Realty Company to Edsel B Ford Jesup Memorial Library Description: Deed showing sale of lot from Seal Harbor Realty Company to Edsel B Ford. 4 pages. | ||
| Abstract of Title: Gideon P Dodge to James Clement Jr Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Gideon P Dodge to James Clement Jr Jesup Memorial Library Description: Deed showing sale of lot from Gideon P Dodge to James Clement Jr. 21 pages | |||
| Abstract of Title: Smallidge Lot, Seal Harbor Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Abstract of Title: Smallidge Lot, Seal Harbor Jesup Memorial Library Description: Deeds from Winfield S Smallidge to Edsel B Ford. 38 pages |
