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| Receipts and notes Preble and Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipts and notes Preble and Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Four documnts 1880-1892. 1. 1880 (Dec. 13) Receipt on store ledger page. Samuel Sanford paid $1.65 to Sargent, Lord & Skillin, Ship Chandlery, Groceries, Fishermen’s outfits and Fishing Supplies, Nos. 8 & 12 Commercial Wharf, Portland, for an illegible item. 2. [undated] Handwritten description of area near Stanley weir, paper was torn and mended at some point. “54 running yards between [Mayos?] and [J. G.?] Stanleys weir. Commencing at J. G. Stanley’s [Bxxxx Pxxx?] or weir and run E. by North 175 yards leaving a boat way between the Thumb and suitable for boats passage in towards the shore and not to extend over 1/3 of the width of passage between the Thrumb Cap & May Pole Point.” Reverse side shows calculations. 3. 1881 (August 16- September 24) handwritten list of quantities [barrels?] of mackerel, herring, and other fish. Reverse shows Graham Co received payment from William Preble Nov. 18, 1881. 4. 1889 (Sept 1889-Oct1890). Handwritten notebook page with header: Estate of Thomas Stanley to William Preble. Lists expenses incurred managing Stanley estate, totaling $906.44. On the reverse side are two seemingly unrelated handwritten notes, written in different directions on the paper. One is a statement signed by William P. Preble July 6, 1892 that someone has been trespassing and taking berries without permission; and that after this date, nothing should be removed from his lands or property without consent. The second is a statement listing the value of personal property and homestead for the estate of Thomas Stanley 2nd. [show more] | ||
| Receipts for fishing and vessel expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipts for fishing and vessel expenses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Three recipts: 1. 1866 (Dec. to July) ledger page with header “W.P. and W. H. Preble” to Lyman Son & Tobey, itemized expenses for oil, paints, rope, lead, etc. “Please remit and much oblige LS&T” 2. 1867 (Sept 13) statement. Schooner Intreped (sic Intrepid?) & Owners bought of Richards, Adams & Co. Boston, pounds of manila [rope], wormline, rattine, springyarn, marlin spike, etc. With a 2-cent stamp date/stamped affixed. 3. 1867 (Dec. 6): Receipt for Schooner Transfer and owners to A T Hayden for half pilotage out. [show more] | ||
| Port Hole Restaurant 1960 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Port Hole Restaurant 1960 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, Port Hole Restaurant, Beal & Bunker Dock, June 1960- Leona McAllister | ||
| Tinker Colby at the boatyard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Tinker Colby at the boatyard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo, Tinker Colby at the Cranberry Island boatyard | |||
| Charles Rice at Cranberry Isle Boatyard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Charles Rice at Cranberry Isle Boatyard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Charles Rice at Cranberry Isle Boatyard which he owned. He sold to Ed and Ed sold to the Staintons (2 copies of picture) | |||
| Business cards and railroad ticket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Business cards and railroad ticket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Miscellaneous documents (late 1800s-early 1900s) from Preble House. A. Business card: George Shaw Grocer Portland Maine. B. Business card: S.T. Mugridge Sailmaker Rockland Maine. C. Second class railroad ticket Pullman’s Palace Car Co. from Bangor to [xxx], punched, October 2, [no year], Line 151, Conductor name illegible. Reverse shows rules and disclaimer (a statement from General Ticket Agent Chicago). D. Business card. Cranberry Isles Mutual Fish Company listing officers: Wm. P. Preble, A.C. Fernald, and directors: A. C. Savage, O.A. Richardson, A. L. Manchester: Curers, Packers and Shippers, Cranberry Isles etc. Reverse side lists kinds of fish they deal in. E. Undated (18xx) Collector’s Bond form. Partially filled in, listing Charles E. Spurling, Samuel N. Bulger and John Gilley as sureties of the Town of Cranberry Isles for $500. F. Blank shipping order form (two pages). C.K. Darling, Stationer, 15 Exchange St., Boston. [show more] | ||
| Downeast Windjammer Cruise information Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Downeast Windjammer Cruise information Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document, Downeast Windjammer Cruises dated 3/21/2011 from Captain Steven F. Pagels. Subject: Great Cranberry Island Historical Society. Article mentions the newsletter, Cranberry Chronicles). Capt. Steven F. Pagels owned the ferry, Moleska, for a period of time. Capt. Pagels "purchased Moleska from Chuck Liebow where she was lying in his boat house on Great Cranberry. We needed a vessel for a pilot launch as we were then running pilots out to cruise ships entering and leaving Bar Harbor back in the 1990's. I believe the Moleska had been built at Southwest Boat right after WWII. We later sold Moleska and I believe she went down to Belfast." See also 2018.416.2824C. [show more] | ||
| William P. Preble ledgers (1873-1890s) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  William P. Preble ledgers (1873-1890s) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Two ledgers (A-B) 1873-1890s of a collection of 18 small, 19th-century ledgers or account journals belonging to William P. Preble; very difficult to decipher, many entries not in chronological order, often several years of entries not made in sequential order. (Only exterior and one page of each ledger scanned. ) A= 1873-1893 long narrow store ledger with a general mish-mash of stuff…some in chronological order some not. 1873 list of cash and credit, purchases, school items. 1872 herring shipped, 1890, 1893. Small folded note inserted in middle of this ledger signed by William P. Preble, dated Jan 23rd 1891 that “parties having friends buried in the Burying Yard [cemetery] that they are requested to contribute towards the bill for labor and materials for fencing and painting the same”. Charges for services to the Town of CI [no year]. 1876 Town of CI charges, 1877 Charges for handling the estate of G. H. Gilley, 1878 and 1880 Meeting House expenses [church?], various 1881 records, 1881-1886 various entries. B= Small tan notebook “Pierce’s memorandum and Account Book designed for Farmers, Mechanics and all people”. 1893 January expenses for various jobs including “hauling weir stuff”. List of payments to S.C. Sanford (“Sammy” Samuel Sanford, Preble’s step son), and others. [show more] | ||
| Miscellaneous deeds and receipts 1800s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Miscellaneous deeds and receipts 1800s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Two deeds 1833 and 1821, receipt 1868, and 1898, and scrap of deed no date. A= 1833 deed Aaron Wasgatt of MDI, blacksmith, to Sans Stanley regarding Lots 40, 41, and 42 on Mount Desert, signed by David Wasgatt and Aaron Wasgaat 1833, Recorded 1837 Book 64/Page 213. B= Deed Joshua Mayo, blacksmith, to Sans Stanley, Jr. 75 acres, signed 1818 and recorded 1821 in Book 41/Page 367, C= Fragment of a deed transferring something to Lydia Baker, recorded by John Brooks, 19th century. D= Receipt: For labor received, promise to pay Charles Harding signed by William P. and William H. Preble 1868; on reverse "paid in full all claims on the Ship [Picayne?]" including $1.65 interest. E= Receipt for payment to Millard Spurling for hauling in hay for W.P. Preble July 22, 1898. [show more] | ||
| Hopsital Bill 1953 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Hopsital Bill 1953 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Hospital bill, 2 Jul 1953, Mt. Desert Island Hospital to Perley D. Stanley, 7 days, $71.95 | ||
| Red House bed and breakfast advertising Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Red House bed and breakfast advertising Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Document, 7 pages, 7 color photos, and 1 envelope, description of the Red House and its Barn (the Towns family house), and photos of same, for posting on web site with intent to rent, 12 Jan 2000 | ||
| Whale's Rib business card Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Whale's Rib business card Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business card, The Whale's Rib Gifts of Maine - Art Gallery, run by Polly Bunker | |||
| Burial expenses for Ellen Maria Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Burial expenses for Ellen Maria Stanley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bill, to Addie Duren, $107.50 for casket, plate, and funeral for Ellen Maria Stanley (Addie's mother), 14 Nov 1929. (See also 1000.7.111, likely for Ellen Maria Stanley burial, too). Per GCIHS.org, Ellen Maria Stanley is buried in Spurling Cemetery #3, 1929. | ||
| Haynes Express Truck with Man Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Haynes Express Truck with Man Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Copy of original. Original returned to owner. | |||
| Photograph Haynes Express Truck with 4 men and luggage Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Photograph Haynes Express Truck with 4 men and luggage Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Photograph copied and original returned | |||
| Salting Herring Net Negative, 1944 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Salting Herring Net Negative, 1944 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Men salt a herring net, or seine, in 1944. Black and white | |
| Hauling Seine Negative, 1949 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Hauling Seine Negative, 1949 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Fishermen haul in a seine, a type of fishing net, in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white |
| Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (1) Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (1) Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Fishermen fish for herring with seine nets in Southwest Harbor, ME in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white |
| Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (2) Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (2) Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Fishermen fish for herring with seine nets in Southwest Harbor, ME in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white |
| Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (3) Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (3) Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Fishermen fish for herring with seine nets in Southwest Harbor, ME in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white |
| Construction of Friendship Sloop Negative, 1962 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Construction of Friendship Sloop Negative, 1962 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Two men construct a friendship sloop at the Ralph Stanley Boat Shop in Southwest Harbor, ME. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley Black and white |
| Men Working on "Connecticut" Negative, 1946 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Men Working on "Connecticut" Negative, 1946 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Men working on the deck of the boat "Connecticut" in 1946. Black and white | |
| Men Working on "C.R. & M." Negative, 1946 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Men Working on "C.R. & M." Negative, 1946 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Men working on the dragger "C.R. & M." at the Davis Boat Yard. Black and white |
| Fish on the Wharf at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1945 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Fish on the Wharf at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1945 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Men handle a load of fish at the wharf in Southwest Harbor, ME. Black and white |
| Three Lobstermen at Hampton Harbor Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Three Lobstermen at Hampton Harbor Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Three lobstermen just in from the ocean at Hampton Harbor, NH. On back is a stamp from the State of New Hampshire Planning and Development Comm with a handwritten title for the photograph as "Lobster Fishermen in from the ocean at Hampton Harbor, New Hampshire." Black and white |