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| Rememberance card of Otto C. Nutting Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Rememberance card of Otto C. Nutting Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Card from Doris Bailey Smith thanking Donald Smith for the extension of his sympathy for the death of O.C. Nutting. Thank you card, funeral card, and envelope | ||||
| Ocean Lodge 140 Cemetery List Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Ocean Lodge 140 Cemetery List Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Small black notebook listing deceased members by cemetery: 58 in Northeast Harbor, 3 in Kimball Cemetery, 18 Seal Harbor, 7 Somes Sound, 6 Somesville, 2 Oak Point, 4 Pretty Marsh, 1 Bartlett’s Island, 3 Southwest Harbor, 2 Town Hill, 1 Stonington,2 Surry, 3 Islesford, 2 Otter Creek, 1 East Sullivan, 2 Franklin, 1 North Ellsworth, Sedgwick, Ellsworth, Prospect Harbor, Brewer, Steuben, Farmington. Deceased members of the Ocean Lodge #140. | ||||
| Name card with “Mary E. Gilley.” printed on it. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Name card with “Mary E. Gilley.” printed on it. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Name card with “Mary E. Gilley.” printed on it. Previously archived as object id 016.FIC.011.6.h | ||||
| Name card with “Albba M. Billings” printed on it. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Name card with “Albba M. Billings” printed on it. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Name card with “Albba M. Billings” printed on it. Previously archived as 016.FIC.001.6.a | ||||
| Name card with “Mr. & Mrs. Alonzo Higgins” printed on it Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Name card with “Mr. & Mrs. Alonzo Higgins” printed on it Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Name card with “Mr. & Mrs. Alonzo Higgins” printed on it in the center of the card. Nettie B. Richards underneath to the left. Previously archived as object id 016.FIC.001.6.g | ||||
| Envelope for a small name card with “Mr. & Mrs. A.C. Fernald” Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Envelope for a small name card with “Mr. & Mrs. A.C. Fernald” Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Envelope for a small name card with “Mr. & Mrs. A.C. Fernald” printed on it. Previously archived as object Id 016.FIC.001.6.F | ||||
| Name Cards. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Name Cards. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business cards for Mrs. Wade H. Marr, Fannie Spurling, and Miss Catherine Gladden Briggs. Catherine Briggs could be a distant relative of the Bunker family, but this cannot be confirmed. As for the other two name cards, Fannie Spurling is the maiden name of Frances Marr who married Wade Marr. | ||
| Handwritten note about all marriages births and deaths in the Preble family. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Handwritten note about all marriages births and deaths in the Preble family. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A handwritten note about the marriages births and deaths that happened in the Preble family. It starts with the initial marriage of Esaias Preble of York Maine marrying Mary Bell of N. Castle N.H in 1807. These two had children, Lydia Preble 1807, William 1811, Mary 1812, Lucia ( NO DATE), Harriet 1817, Nancy 182?, George Bell 1822, Charles 1826, Andrew 1828, Eber 1829. Charles, Andrew and Eber were the only ones born on Cranberry Island after their family moved from York Maine. In the death section it only mentions a couple of the children and only one of the parents. [show more] | ||
| Marr - Louise Marr. Name Badge For A Young Louise Marr. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Marr - Louise Marr. Name Badge For A Young Louise Marr. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A name badge for a young Louise Marr. Although there is no first name on the badge, the photo on the front confirms that it is Louise. The front of the badge has Raytheon MFG Co. and a photo of Louise, and the back has a name, clock no, and dept. number. | ||
| Stanley - Ruth Stanley's Purple Velvet Hat Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Stanley - Ruth Stanley's Purple Velvet Hat Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ruth Stanley's purple velvet hat with netting. On the tag of the hat it says " Union Made." The hat is labeled a size large. Ruth Stanley was the mother of Gail Colby, who was the donor of this object. Ruth Stanley passed away in 1998. | ||
| Spurling - Julia Spurling's utensils from house. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Spurling - Julia Spurling's utensils from house. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Four forks and two knives. These utensils are likely saved from a house fire in 1928. The first knife is a wood handled steak knife, this knife has "Steak Knife" engraved into the side of it, but is no longer sharp enough to be used to cut anything. The second knife is a yellow plastic handled steak knife with no engravings on it. The first fork is a long wood handled three-pronged with the words "Chadwick stainless Taiwan." The second for is a wood handled, dark stained three pronged fork, this fork has no engravings. The third fork is a wood handled three pronged fork, this fork has no engravings on it. The last fork is a cast iron fork with the brand logo JR&CO on it. JR&CO brand made utensils back in the 1800's, which is probably when this fork was made. *Three Pronged forks were often used to pick the meats out of seafood. [show more] | |
| Spurling - Julia Marie Spurling's hand-laced handkerchiefs and needlepoint pillow. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Spurling - Julia Marie Spurling's hand-laced handkerchiefs and needlepoint pillow. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Eight hand-laced handkerchiefs: two with purple, stamped name "Mrs. J. M. Spurling" Julia (Marie) Spurling. Two hand-made crocheted, lace pieces (one long strip, one square). One needlepoint pillow. One needlepoint sampler. From Whitney's grandmother's room in his present house, likely rescued from the house across the street when it burned 1928. Donor requests they be kept in the old pink chocolate box as that's where they've been stored in for years. [show more] | ||
| Addie Duren's Ration Book Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Addie Duren's Ration Book Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Card & Envelope, Card lists Addie Duren's Identification Number for Ration Book use, postmarked 4 Oct 1943 | ||
| Funeral card for E.S. Fernald Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Funeral card for E.S. Fernald Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Funeral card, E.S. Fernald d. 4 Jan 1894 age 53, with envelope indicating Jean gave this item to Ruth Westphal to give to Historical Society | ||
| Memorial card for infant Cora E. Stanley (sister of Carrie M. Richardson) 1892 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Memorial card for infant Cora E. Stanley (sister of Carrie M. Richardson) 1892 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Card, memorial, for Cora E. Stanley (sister of Carrie M. Richardson) d. 4 Nov 1892 age 7 mo. 15 dy. | |||
| 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 | |||
| Headstone for William Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Headstone for William Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Headstone fragment discovered July 2016 during Spurling Revolutionary War Cemetery preservation project. White marble. Well worn and difficult to discern, the inscription reads: "William/Son of Thomas & Hannah/Spurling. William Spurling, 2nd, was born 9Dec1812 and died 23May1839. This is the only piece of William's headstone discovered to date; it was lying in the grass near the Robert Spurling footstone. One corner piece is broken off. One other small white marble fragment was collected and stored with this artifact. [show more] | ||
| Croquet set Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Croquet set Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Games. Wooden Croquet set with case, from Bruce Komusin's parents' summer home on Long Island NY | |||
| Walking stick Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Walking stick Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Cane. Wood, walking stick with knotted handle, smooth, sanded natural finish; small dark knots along its length. Made by Mickey Macfarlan (ca. 2010) from a sapling located on Mickey's property that had been tied into a knot by Sam Chapman at least 30 years ago. (Sam Chapman, GCI craftsman, died in 1971 at the age of 102.) | |||
| Carved walking stick Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Carved walking stick Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Artifact, carved walking stick made by Sam Chapman | ||
| Silk fan Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Silk fan Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Woman's hand fan, silk with ivory spreaders, apparently worn with "going away" skirt and jacket outfit (see 2009.11.1180 and 2009.11.1942). One of the accessories said to have been worn with the "going away" outfit of Hannah (nee Dick) Macfarlan for her honeymoon trip. Married 21 April 1869 in Philadelphia. | ||
| Beige umbrella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Beige umbrella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Umbrella. Beige Parasol (silk?); probably a gift of Mrs. Dunbar from the attic of the Dunbar house on Bear Island | |||
| Green umbrella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Green umbrella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Umbrella. Green Parasol (silk?); probably a gift of Mrs Dunbar from the attic of the Dunbar house on Bear Island | |||
| Ribbon: Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pemetic Lodge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Ribbon: Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pemetic Lodge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ribbon, pin-on, double sided, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pemetic Lodge #135, Southwest Harbor | |||
| Modified rocking chair with swivel tray Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Modified rocking chair with swivel tray Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Furniture. Rocking chair with swivel tray. Wood. Original black rocker with gold scroll work on seat and back has been modified with addition of a swiveling, wooden tray affixed to the chair arms. Rocker blades may have been shortened. Rocker may have had a signature, Stanley, visible on it at one time. Phil Whitney recollects in 2015 that this rocker was rescued from his family's house (across the street from his present home) during their house fire. It may have been his mother's rocker (d.o.b. 1911), or perhaps his great great grandmother Sidney Hamor Bunker who died in 1918, or his great grandmother, Julia Bunker Spurling. (From Ladies Aid 2000) [show more] |