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2014.299.2053Aerial view of Great Cranberry with Sutton and Manset 1944
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
Photograph, large, high resolution black and white 1944 print of aerial view of portion of Great Cranberry Island with Sutton Island and coast of Manset. Identifying numbers across top of photo: G8-20 ME 44.67 1030 5-26-44C 1232. Written in pencil on reverse is: McSorley; Doris "Dot" P. Marr McSorley was the sister of Louise Marr, descendants of the Preble family on GCI, inheritors of house and large properties. Details of houses and landscapes discernible. Was photo taken from a blimp? (Shortly after the date of this photograph (5/26/44), a blimp crashed (allegedly shot down) in in this region - July 3, 1944. See Hugh Dwelley article at http://archive.bangordailynews.com/2003/03/15/another-tale-from-maines-u-boat-file/).
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Photograph, large, high resolution black and white 1944 print of aerial view of portion of Great Cranberry Island with Sutton Island and coast of Manset. Identifying numbers across top of photo: G8-20 ME 44.67 1030 5-26-44C 1232. Written in pencil on reverse is: McSorley; Doris "Dot" P. Marr McSorley was the sister of Louise Marr, descendants of the Preble family on GCI, inheritors of house and large properties. Details of houses and landscapes discernible. Was photo taken from a blimp? (Shortly after the date of this photograph (5/26/44), a blimp crashed (allegedly shot down) in in this region - July 3, 1944. See Hugh Dwelley article at http://archive.bangordailynews.com/2003/03/15/another-tale-from-maines-u-boat-file/). [show more]
2010.126.1911Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • People
  • Places, Island
Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead, oil, framed, of a marsh or field with still water in the foreground, trees in the background, and the mountains of Acadia National Park in the far distance; perhaps The Pool on Great Cranberry Island; or the Bass Harbor marshes per artist Carl Little who has painted there. Written on the back: "Mr Kinkead painted this picture / Presented it to Sadie Hamor 1925"; the painting, on canvas, is cut from its original stretcher and glued to a cardboard backing. (Note: the artist's name is a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid.)
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Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead, oil, framed, of a marsh or field with still water in the foreground, trees in the background, and the mountains of Acadia National Park in the far distance; perhaps The Pool on Great Cranberry Island; or the Bass Harbor marshes per artist Carl Little who has painted there. Written on the back: "Mr Kinkead painted this picture / Presented it to Sadie Hamor 1925"; the painting, on canvas, is cut from its original stretcher and glued to a cardboard backing. (Note: the artist's name is a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid.) [show more]
2021.456.2862Street Scene and Church - Cranberry Isles, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
A postcard of Cranberry Isles, Maine. This postcard shows the street and the church on the Maine road of Great Cranberry Island.
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A postcard of Cranberry Isles, Maine. This postcard shows the street and the church on the Maine road of Great Cranberry Island.
2011.197.1567Winter scene
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
Cranberry Island (Picture from vehicle of unknown house in winter)
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Cranberry Island (Picture from vehicle of unknown house in winter)
2014.289.2044Mural seascape with mountains and schooners
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Island
Painting. Mural, acrylic on canvas of view from Preble Cove, Great Cranberry Island - seascape with mountains and schooners by Wini Smart. Artist painted the view from Sammy Sanford's cabin for a play by Hugh Dwelley about Sanford that was produced by GCIHS in 2000 - "An Evening with Rachel Field & Sammy Sanford." Artist says the mural was rained on and had to be rescued at one point. Four snapshot photos of mural in use at the GCI church. (See also video of play 1000.0.505; and p. 77 in "A Long, Long Way, An Artist's Life" 2008 by Wini Smart.)
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Painting. Mural, acrylic on canvas of view from Preble Cove, Great Cranberry Island - seascape with mountains and schooners by Wini Smart. Artist painted the view from Sammy Sanford's cabin for a play by Hugh Dwelley about Sanford that was produced by GCIHS in 2000 - "An Evening with Rachel Field & Sammy Sanford." Artist says the mural was rained on and had to be rescued at one point. Four snapshot photos of mural in use at the GCI church. (See also video of play 1000.0.505; and p. 77 in "A Long, Long Way, An Artist's Life" 2008 by Wini Smart.) [show more]
2012.204.1679Ice Breaker in 1918
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
Photo, Ice Breaker S.C. 262 in 1918 to save Cranberry Isle Fleet- the words hand-written around margin of photo, "Through miles of solid ice to save the Cranberry Isles fleet in Feb. 1918.
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Photo, Ice Breaker S.C. 262 in 1918 to save Cranberry Isle Fleet- the words hand-written around margin of photo, "Through miles of solid ice to save the Cranberry Isles fleet in Feb. 1918.
2012.204.1677Spurling Cove frozen over
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
Post Card, 1922 post card-"Spurling Cove,Cranberry Isles, Me."- Harbor Frozen Over
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Post Card, 1922 post card-"Spurling Cove,Cranberry Isles, Me."- Harbor Frozen Over
2011.151.1145Photos of winter of 1965
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
Photos. Collection of four photos from winter of 1965, showing snow on the main road: A-woman pulling child on sleigh away from camera (toward town dock), and in background, man plowing snow toward camera with small green bulldozer; B-same scene but camera is closer to womand and child, and plower is also closer; C-man with bulldozer goes off to the side (quite close to the camera) to let a dark Buick pass; D-the house of Elton "Buster" and Doris Rice, porch covered in snow, with a two-story water tower next to it.
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Photos. Collection of four photos from winter of 1965, showing snow on the main road: A-woman pulling child on sleigh away from camera (toward town dock), and in background, man plowing snow toward camera with small green bulldozer; B-same scene but camera is closer to womand and child, and plower is also closer; C-man with bulldozer goes off to the side (quite close to the camera) to let a dark Buick pass; D-the house of Elton "Buster" and Doris Rice, porch covered in snow, with a two-story water tower next to it. [show more]
2011.149.1110Sunset over the Western Way
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
Photo. Slide looking across Preble Cove and Wharf Head, over Western Way, at sunset.
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Photo. Slide looking across Preble Cove and Wharf Head, over Western Way, at sunset.
2007.109.769GCI Playground Construction 1985
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
Photos, fifteen, color, "Cranberry Island Playground 1985", showing construction of playground by schoolhouse, with Charlene Allen, Don Wells, Jeremy Wells, Jim Gertmenian, Harold Wedge, Jennifer Westphal, Colleen Allen, Patrick Allen, Paul Allen, Mike Westphal
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Photos, fifteen, color, "Cranberry Island Playground 1985", showing construction of playground by schoolhouse, with Charlene Allen, Don Wells, Jeremy Wells, Jim Gertmenian, Harold Wedge, Jennifer Westphal, Colleen Allen, Patrick Allen, Paul Allen, Mike Westphal