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| 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." | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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] | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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] | |||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| View looking toward the Wedge and the Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  View looking toward the Wedge and the Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Photograph taken from the area of the Samuel Gilpatrick Homestead looking toward the Rock End Hotel, near Gilpatrick Cove Northeast Harbor. In the foreground is Herman Savage's cottage, "The Wedge," designed by his architect brother, Fred L. Savage, in 1885. Two children stand on the side of the road, and an unidentified structure is visible beyond the hotel. In the distance, the northern shores of Great Cranberry Island can be seen. The Rock End Hotel was originally called the Revere House and was opened by Herman L. Savage in the summer of 1884. The Wedge was built by A. Torrey, a contractor from Southwest Harbor, in the winter of 1885-1886. The Rock End Hotel burned in March, 1942. The Wedge was purchased by the Roberts family and remodeled in 1944-45, following plans by Philadelphia architect Edmund Gilchrist. It remains a private residence today. [show more] | |
| "Smarts Drug Store" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  "Smarts Drug Store" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A newspaper clipping of Smarts Drug Store in Livermore ME. This could have something to do with Wade Marr, who graduated Pharmacy School and made a profession as a druggist. | ||
| "Smarts Drug Store" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  "Smarts Drug Store" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A newspaper clipping of Smarts Drug Store in Livermore ME. This could have something to do with Wade Marr, who graduated Pharmacy School and made a profession as a druggist. | ||
| Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, September 1907. View depicts a Friendship sloop, identified as belonging to Captain Van Norden, towing two smaller boats. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Sept. 1907 No. 1 Capt. Van Norden's Boat | |
| Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1908. View shows at least four boats not far from shore fishing. To the far left is a two-masted schooner and in the center is a Friendship sloop. In front of the sloop, and to the right, are at least two smaller boats. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Aug. 1908 Capt. John Robinson seining | |
| Photographs of Main Street Northeast Harbor, circa 1935 Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Photographs of Main Street Northeast Harbor, circa 1935 Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: 6 modern reproduction photographs showing Main Street, Northeast Harbor, circa 1935. Four views show the Municipal Building/Firehouse, and three show fire engines parked in front of the building, including the 1927 American LaFrance Ladder Truck "William S. Grant." Another photograph shows buses parked to the south of the municipal building, belong to Maine Transportation (?), a subsidiary of the Maine Central Railroad Company. Another photograph shows two buses belonging to the Boston & Maine Transportation Company parked behind Manchester Bros. Garage. Another photograph shows the steamer J.T. Morse landing at the steamboat wharf in Northeast Harbor [show more] | |
| Ben & Bill's Chocolate Emporium storefront College of the Atlantic |
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|  Ben & Bill's Chocolate Emporium storefront College of the Atlantic Description: Ben & Bill's famous lobster statue with a face covering and COVID-19 signage in their store windows. |
| Hannaford employee sanitizing shopping carts College of the Atlantic |
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|  Hannaford employee sanitizing shopping carts College of the Atlantic Description: A Hannaford employee sanitizing shopping carts while wearing face covering and gloves due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Side Street Cafe signage College of the Atlantic |
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|  Side Street Cafe signage College of the Atlantic Description: Side Street Cafe's social distancing sign and a banner announcing curbside delivery due to COVID-19. |
| Window Panes signage College of the Atlantic |
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|  Window Panes signage College of the Atlantic Description: Window Panes storefront signage during the pandemic encouraging hope and strength for the MDI community. |
| Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock showing a large rock sitting on top of ledges with ocean beyond. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Nov. 1907 Lucy M. Dodge No. 2 Rock broken in two East of Boat House. Developed with Dianol. |
| Mail Boat breaking Ice Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Mail Boat breaking Ice Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A photograph labeled " Feb-12-1934. No Mail for 6 days. Boat Breaking Ice" | |
| Mountain View Inn (Right) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Mountain View Inn (Right) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A photograph of the Mountain View Inn before being moved and becoming the Historic Society. This building was originally used as a restaurant where the guest would eat upstairs and the food was prepared downstairs and brought up by a dumbwaiter. After the closing of the Inn the building was then used as a workshop. By 2004, the Mountain View Inn found a new home just up the road from its original location, and the Historical Society has been using it ever since. [show more] |