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1000.140.1083Postcard, glasses, tintype, mittens, purse
  • Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents
  • People
Collection of miscellaneous items in a box sent by Louise Marr from Boca Grande, Florida. Box contains a note addressed to Wini Smart. Box includes. 1 Postcard not filled out announcing the birth of a baby. 2 Glasses cases, one containing two pairs of glasses from Richard B Frohork, Optometrist, room 301, old YMCA bldg, Portland, Maine and one containing one pair of glasses. 1 golden picture frame case with no picture. 1 Tintype photo album containing five pictures. One pair of intricately knit mittens, probably knit by a member of Louise Marr's family. 1 Black sequined purse (clutch). 1 hand beaded glass purse. 1 book titled "The Little Folks"
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Collection of miscellaneous items in a box sent by Louise Marr from Boca Grande, Florida. Box contains a note addressed to Wini Smart. Box includes. 1 Postcard not filled out announcing the birth of a baby. 2 Glasses cases, one containing two pairs of glasses from Richard B Frohork, Optometrist, room 301, old YMCA bldg, Portland, Maine and one containing one pair of glasses. 1 golden picture frame case with no picture. 1 Tintype photo album containing five pictures. One pair of intricately knit mittens, probably knit by a member of Louise Marr's family. 1 Black sequined purse (clutch). 1 hand beaded glass purse. 1 book titled "The Little Folks" [show more]
2011.145.1102Books from the Longfellow School
  • Publication, Book
Books, 5, found in the Longfellow School House. A - "The Children's Primer" copyright 1891. B - "Eclectic Readings Child Literature" Inscription on inside page "Property of Cranberry Isles No. 4" signed out to "Madeline Bracy Spring 1913, Edith Bracy, Eleanor Bracy, Jean R. Stanley" C - "Champion Spelling Book Part Two by Warren E. Hicks. D - "Rose Leaves" inscription on front cover "To Madeline from Grandma Blake" E - "Primary Arithmetic by Milne"
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Books, 5, found in the Longfellow School House. A - "The Children's Primer" copyright 1891. B - "Eclectic Readings Child Literature" Inscription on inside page "Property of Cranberry Isles No. 4" signed out to "Madeline Bracy Spring 1913, Edith Bracy, Eleanor Bracy, Jean R. Stanley" C - "Champion Spelling Book Part Two by Warren E. Hicks. D - "Rose Leaves" inscription on front cover "To Madeline from Grandma Blake" E - "Primary Arithmetic by Milne" [show more]
2016.370.2133Metal tea strainer
  • Object, Food Separating Tool, Kitchen Strainer
  • Other, Culinary
Kitchenware. Tea strainer. Small, metal sieve basket suspended above attached metal bowl with black wooden handle. Stamped with: "Superior, Pat. Dec 22, 08, ALLCO"
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Kitchenware. Tea strainer. Small, metal sieve basket suspended above attached metal bowl with black wooden handle. Stamped with: "Superior, Pat. Dec 22, 08, ALLCO"
1000.0.1063Ballot Box with ballots
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Ballot Box, large wooden, from June 16,1952 for Natalie H. Beal clerk of Cranberry Isles. Box includes numerous unused nominating ballots
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Ballot Box, large wooden, from June 16,1952 for Natalie H. Beal clerk of Cranberry Isles. Box includes numerous unused nominating ballots
1000.0.1064Lobster Logo for Crantini Party
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
Logo for the Cranberry House Crantini Party held on 8/4/2004. Logo created by Suzanne Shoemaker long time summer visitor
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Logo for the Cranberry House Crantini Party held on 8/4/2004. Logo created by Suzanne Shoemaker long time summer visitor
2007.139.1081Mrs. Jean Howard Wadsworth's Workshirt
  • Object, Clothing, Shirt
  • Object, Other Object
  • People
Clothing. Shirt, work, worn by Jean Howard (Mrs. Wadsworth) during the building of the Charles & Jean Wadsworth home
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Clothing. Shirt, work, worn by Jean Howard (Mrs. Wadsworth) during the building of the Charles & Jean Wadsworth home
1000.137.1073Coastal View from Murch house
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
Photo, framed, picture taken from the Murch's looking toward Northeast Harbor. Fish Point on the right.
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Photo, framed, picture taken from the Murch's looking toward Northeast Harbor. Fish Point on the right.
1000.0.1065Boat Drawings by young Alton Bunker
  • Image, Art, Drawing
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
Two pictures printed on large paper for display purposes of boats by young Alton Bunker, brother of Tud Bunker. Alton had the mailboat contract for a few years around 1939, he ran the contract with his boat a Novia
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Two pictures printed on large paper for display purposes of boats by young Alton Bunker, brother of Tud Bunker. Alton had the mailboat contract for a few years around 1939, he ran the contract with his boat a Novia
2002.78.1075Cherub Wall hanging
  • Object, Furnishings, Wall Hanging
  • People
Wall Hanging gifted to Jan Moss from Gaile Colby in 1992 to celebrate Jan's first Grandchild.
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Wall Hanging gifted to Jan Moss from Gaile Colby in 1992 to celebrate Jan's first Grandchild.
1000.0.1077Island people and games
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Photos, 1077a-c, all 3 printed on cardboard for display purposes. (a) horseshoe game held in front of Gaile's trailer, people from left to right: Victor White, Sawtelle Teel, Hillard Hardy, Lucille Hardy, Elisha Bunker, and Edgar Bunker throwing the horseshoe. (b) Edgar Bunker, Edgar before the war worked at the boatyard down on the pool that is now know as Cranberry Island Boat Yard as well as the boatyard that is now Ed Gray's. (c) all people are labeled, the question mark is Lewis Alley.
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Photos, 1077a-c, all 3 printed on cardboard for display purposes. (a) horseshoe game held in front of Gaile's trailer, people from left to right: Victor White, Sawtelle Teel, Hillard Hardy, Lucille Hardy, Elisha Bunker, and Edgar Bunker throwing the horseshoe. (b) Edgar Bunker, Edgar before the war worked at the boatyard down on the pool that is now know as Cranberry Island Boat Yard as well as the boatyard that is now Ed Gray's. (c) all people are labeled, the question mark is Lewis Alley. [show more]
1000.0.1071Edna Andrade photograph
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Photo of Edna Andrade printed on a board by Smart Studio in Northeast Harbor. Photo shows Edna Andrade painting a picture of rocks in what is now the Encarnation home.
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Photo of Edna Andrade printed on a board by Smart Studio in Northeast Harbor. Photo shows Edna Andrade painting a picture of rocks in what is now the Encarnation home.
2005.52.1072Bayview Farm photographs
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
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.)
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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]
1000.0.1070School Accounts Town of Cranberry Isles 1937-1938
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Organizations, School Institution
Ledger of School Accounts for the Town of Cranberry Isles from 1937-1938
Description:
Ledger of School Accounts for the Town of Cranberry Isles from 1937-1938
2004.101.748Island of Mount Desert Register with Cranberry Isles 1909-10
  • Publication, Book
Book, hardbound, "The Island of Mount Desert Register with The Cranberry Isles 1909-10" compiled by Lawton, Jordon, & Maddox, 1910, 334 pages. Includes advertising in first segment, church and island history, and 1909 Census of Eden, Mt. Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont, Cranberry Isles, with people and their occupations.
Description:
Book, hardbound, "The Island of Mount Desert Register with The Cranberry Isles 1909-10" compiled by Lawton, Jordon, & Maddox, 1910, 334 pages. Includes advertising in first segment, church and island history, and 1909 Census of Eden, Mt. Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont, Cranberry Isles, with people and their occupations.
1000.34.1079Sailor's Comb Hanger
  • Object, Hair Ornament
  • Object, Other Object
Comb Hanger; tag inscription reads "From the Cranberry Isles. A Sailor's Comb Hanger. Using the "Hackamore" Knot And an Irish Pennant.".
Description:
Comb Hanger; tag inscription reads "From the Cranberry Isles. A Sailor's Comb Hanger. Using the "Hackamore" Knot And an Irish Pennant.".
2007.139.1082MT Desert in 1873 - Book
  • Publication, Book
Book, "MT Desert in 1873" Published by J.R. Osgood & Co, Portrayed in Crayon and Quill. Inscriptions on first pages read "Mrs .... H. Howard with the compliments of Mr. Lawerence Sprague 1874" second inscription reads "Given Sept. 1950 by John K Howard Mrs Howard's youngest son to his daughter Jean Gaston Howard Wadsworth."
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Book, "MT Desert in 1873" Published by J.R. Osgood & Co, Portrayed in Crayon and Quill. Inscriptions on first pages read "Mrs .... H. Howard with the compliments of Mr. Lawerence Sprague 1874" second inscription reads "Given Sept. 1950 by John K Howard Mrs Howard's youngest son to his daughter Jean Gaston Howard Wadsworth."
2014.288.2043Straw whisk broom
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
Straw whisk broom with metal and string binding, tag reads "Gift from Ladies Aid Society, ca. early 1900.
Description:
Straw whisk broom with metal and string binding, tag reads "Gift from Ladies Aid Society, ca. early 1900.
2016.371.2134Curved Steel Chopper
  • Object, Knife
  • Other, Culinary
Kitchenware. Curved steel chopper with riveted steel handle. "U. S. Stainless". For use in cutting dough or other foods.
Description:
Kitchenware. Curved steel chopper with riveted steel handle. "U. S. Stainless". For use in cutting dough or other foods.
2016.369.2132Plate warmer
  • Object, Plate Warmer
  • Other, Culinary
Kitchenware. Plate warmer. White ceramic plate with blue rim permanently affixed to a metal bowl with two metal handles and a metal spout with screwable mouthpiece that has a tiny hole in it to allow steam to escape. Likely unscrewed the spout, filled it with hot water, or heated the whole assemblage.
Description:
Kitchenware. Plate warmer. White ceramic plate with blue rim permanently affixed to a metal bowl with two metal handles and a metal spout with screwable mouthpiece that has a tiny hole in it to allow steam to escape. Likely unscrewed the spout, filled it with hot water, or heated the whole assemblage.
2010.126.1912Hamor House sketch
  • Image, Art, Drawing
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
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.
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.
2013.213.1842Photo album: late 19th-early 20th c photographs and cards
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Photo album. Eighteen gilt-edged cardboard pages with 70 photos and three memorial cards. Cover is worn gold velvet with ornate metal hasp and decorative metal binding with clover-shaped mirror in center of cover. Album has a metal foot attached to the back to support it when opened and can be attached to a worn gold velvet covered wood and metal bookstand. Most pages hold four paper cabinet card photographs inserted in to a woodgrained paper sleeve. There are also seven tintype photos inserted in sleeves. Stamped in gold on first page is: "Patented January 23, 1894". Several of the photo cards slide in and out of their sleeves and the names of various photo studios from Maine and elsewhere are evident. (For example: C.E. Harvey, 3115 Indiana Avenue, Chicago" and "Osgood, 22 Main St., Ellsworth, ME.") Photo portraits include several GCI families of the late 19th to early 20th century. Many photographs were labeled on looseleaf in modern times by an unknown hand including: Aunt Asinith Spurling; Rev. Charles Howard; Capt. George Bunker; Mrs. George Bunker; George E. Bunker, July '9;, Mrs. Frederick Lord; Samuel Bulger; John Bulger; Mr. Seth Rice; Mrs. Ida Rice; William Preble; Mrs. William Preble; Percy Bunker; Alfred Bulger; Ralph Bulger; Capt. William Bulger and wife; Florence Mildred Bunker; George Edward; Gil Hamor; Frances Spurling; Elton Bunker; Leslie Bunker; Mrs. Harriet Bunker; Mrs. Grace Bunker; Alice Bulger; Johnny and Filmore Steele; Mr. and Mrs. Will Young; Rose Ladd; Edna and Alfred Ladd; Lina and Alfred Ladd; Polly Bulger; Ralph Bulger; John H. Pressey; George and Harriet Bunker; Ida/Clara/Leslie Bunker; John Hamor; Nettie Stanley; Mrs. Lydia Bunker; and Thomas Bunker. (Digital images of individual album pages were made.)
Description:
Photo album. Eighteen gilt-edged cardboard pages with 70 photos and three memorial cards. Cover is worn gold velvet with ornate metal hasp and decorative metal binding with clover-shaped mirror in center of cover. Album has a metal foot attached to the back to support it when opened and can be attached to a worn gold velvet covered wood and metal bookstand. Most pages hold four paper cabinet card photographs inserted in to a woodgrained paper sleeve. There are also seven tintype photos inserted in sleeves. Stamped in gold on first page is: "Patented January 23, 1894". Several of the photo cards slide in and out of their sleeves and the names of various photo studios from Maine and elsewhere are evident. (For example: C.E. Harvey, 3115 Indiana Avenue, Chicago" and "Osgood, 22 Main St., Ellsworth, ME.") Photo portraits include several GCI families of the late 19th to early 20th century. Many photographs were labeled on looseleaf in modern times by an unknown hand including: Aunt Asinith Spurling; Rev. Charles Howard; Capt. George Bunker; Mrs. George Bunker; George E. Bunker, July '9;, Mrs. Frederick Lord; Samuel Bulger; John Bulger; Mr. Seth Rice; Mrs. Ida Rice; William Preble; Mrs. William Preble; Percy Bunker; Alfred Bulger; Ralph Bulger; Capt. William Bulger and wife; Florence Mildred Bunker; George Edward; Gil Hamor; Frances Spurling; Elton Bunker; Leslie Bunker; Mrs. Harriet Bunker; Mrs. Grace Bunker; Alice Bulger; Johnny and Filmore Steele; Mr. and Mrs. Will Young; Rose Ladd; Edna and Alfred Ladd; Lina and Alfred Ladd; Polly Bulger; Ralph Bulger; John H. Pressey; George and Harriet Bunker; Ida/Clara/Leslie Bunker; John Hamor; Nettie Stanley; Mrs. Lydia Bunker; and Thomas Bunker. (Digital images of individual album pages were made.) [show more]
2010.190.1399Feather fan, 19th century
  • Object, Clothing, Clothing Accessories
  • Object, Clothing, Clothing Accessories
Clothing. Ladies Feather Fan-19th Century-Macfarlan Family. (Duplicate of 2009.11.1181?)
Description:
Clothing. Ladies Feather Fan-19th Century-Macfarlan Family. (Duplicate of 2009.11.1181?)
2013.214.1923Guest book from Hamor Tea House 1945
  • Publication, Book
Book, Guests book inscribed inside front cover "Alice / from / Sadie & John / Oct. 25 / [19]39", given presumably by John & Sadie Hamor, owners of the Hamor Tea House, to "Alice"; guest entries seem to all be written in the same hand - probably Alice's; entries begin 1 June [19]45 with Seth Rice, and end 18 Oct [19]45 with Louise Spurling; most entries are local island folks; most days have only 1 to 3 entries - this seems quite a low number for a restaurant to stay in business; this could be a guest book for Alice's private home
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Book, Guests book inscribed inside front cover "Alice / from / Sadie & John / Oct. 25 / [19]39", given presumably by John & Sadie Hamor, owners of the Hamor Tea House, to "Alice"; guest entries seem to all be written in the same hand - probably Alice's; entries begin 1 June [19]45 with Seth Rice, and end 18 Oct [19]45 with Louise Spurling; most entries are local island folks; most days have only 1 to 3 entries - this seems quite a low number for a restaurant to stay in business; this could be a guest book for Alice's private home [show more]
2007.229.1374Hitty Willow Thompson doll
  • Object, Doll
  • Object, Doll
  • Other, Literature
Doll, Hitty Willow Thompson, wood, carved by Pat Thompson in 2005, in green dress with white smock; donated by HittyforEveryone Yahoo group in memory of Diane Barrow-Clark. Diane was caretaker of the imaginary "Lake Thonotosassa Boarding School" in Florida (LTBS, as she referred to it) where Hitty Willow Thompson was Head Mistress. Accessories with doll: yellow-walled apartment box, hanging on its wall is a picture of Diane, a picture of the students that were at LTBS, and also a picture of Jacques, the last doll purchased by Diane and donated to the HittyforEveyrone group to use as their travel doll. Further accessories: red cotton dress, doll quilt white squares and green squares with brown star, light yellow knitted doll afghan, blue wool cape, knitted white shawl, knitted mustard-color shawl, knitted mustard-color handbag, ceramic cup and saucer white with orange-colored decorative decal, coffee pot with spout and orange colored decorative decal, orange carrots in a green bowl (all one piece plastic), green plastic caricature turtle, teddy bear with red ribbon neck kerchief, tiny "Hitty, Her First Hundred Years" book, clothes chest with one (inoperable) drawer, round coffee table, and wooden round-top treasure chest with leather straps and buckles (made in China). All these items were donated by HittyforEveryone group members: Kathie Baxter, Linda Bennett and the Yabba Dabba Doo Hittys, Elise Buhn, Sharon Horswill, Linda Knott, Judy Millman and the Sherman Oaks Hittys,and Sue Parker. (See GCIHS web page for Hitty doll information.)
Description:
Doll, Hitty Willow Thompson, wood, carved by Pat Thompson in 2005, in green dress with white smock; donated by HittyforEveryone Yahoo group in memory of Diane Barrow-Clark. Diane was caretaker of the imaginary "Lake Thonotosassa Boarding School" in Florida (LTBS, as she referred to it) where Hitty Willow Thompson was Head Mistress. Accessories with doll: yellow-walled apartment box, hanging on its wall is a picture of Diane, a picture of the students that were at LTBS, and also a picture of Jacques, the last doll purchased by Diane and donated to the HittyforEveyrone group to use as their travel doll. Further accessories: red cotton dress, doll quilt white squares and green squares with brown star, light yellow knitted doll afghan, blue wool cape, knitted white shawl, knitted mustard-color shawl, knitted mustard-color handbag, ceramic cup and saucer white with orange-colored decorative decal, coffee pot with spout and orange colored decorative decal, orange carrots in a green bowl (all one piece plastic), green plastic caricature turtle, teddy bear with red ribbon neck kerchief, tiny "Hitty, Her First Hundred Years" book, clothes chest with one (inoperable) drawer, round coffee table, and wooden round-top treasure chest with leather straps and buckles (made in China). All these items were donated by HittyforEveryone group members: Kathie Baxter, Linda Bennett and the Yabba Dabba Doo Hittys, Elise Buhn, Sharon Horswill, Linda Knott, Judy Millman and the Sherman Oaks Hittys,and Sue Parker. (See GCIHS web page for Hitty doll information.) [show more]
2010.190.1398Ladies 19th century shoes
  • Object, Clothing, Shoe
Shoes. Ladies Shoes- 19th Century-Macfarlan Family. (See also 2009.11.1942 for possible shoes.)
Description:
Shoes. Ladies Shoes- 19th Century-Macfarlan Family. (See also 2009.11.1942 for possible shoes.)