Description: Photo. Reprint, framed in white matte board and sealed in plastic wrap, "Sammy Sanford, Taken on Little Head, Cranberry Is. By Walter K. Shaw Sr".
Photo album, miniature, clasp closure, with metal tintype photos, Inscription on first page: "Presented to Sarah M. Bunker by her brother Thomas J. Bunker 1862", some photos labeled with names.including: George Bulger, George Bunker, Clara Richardson, Harriet Bunker, Julia Bunker. Last page, handwritten: Joanha, Joanah, Johana"
Description: Photo album, miniature, clasp closure, with metal tintype photos, Inscription on first page: "Presented to Sarah M. Bunker by her brother Thomas J. Bunker 1862", some photos labeled with names.including: George Bulger, George Bunker, Clara Richardson, Harriet Bunker, Julia Bunker. Last page, handwritten: Joanha, Joanah, Johana"
Photographs. Photo album (1), small photograph (2); and two postcards (3) and (4). Album is leather bound, with 42 portraits, mostly tintypes inserted into cardboard pages. Four white, marble-like feet on back and front covers support the album. Brass hasp closure with decorative leaf, the word ALBUM written in gold acrss spine. Page edges have impressed floral design. Half of brass hasp is missing. All photos scanned 7/23/2013 and labeled with catalogue numbers plus letters A-Z etc. Labeled photos: Matilda Young Spurling (A); Lucy Spurling Douglas (B); Josie S. Stanley_(.M.) Bunker (H); Luella Stanley (J); Ara D. Stanley (R); Dr. Spears (T); Uncle Charles Spurling (U); Lucy Spurling (Arigtan Spurling Wife (Zf); Tead_Spurling Trussice married second husband Gougins (Zn). The album most likely comes from Addie Stanley Duren, the previous owner of the Mountain house. And one small black and white photo on paper (2) shows Addie Duren's snowy property with house and barn and two trees, inscription on reverse "all plowed out untill next time". Two postcards (3) and (4). Postcard (3): the GCI church with 3/4 view of parsonage on right and two people walking on street, unused. Postcard (4): Boat landing, Islesford, ME. 162, "Genuine photographs from Studio of Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co., Belfast Maine." It is from donor's grandmother, Addie E. Duren to Mrs. Josie S. Bunker, Cranberry Isles, ME, postmarked Islesford, Aug 8 a.m. 1915. "Monday morning, Dear sister, [xxx] a got a quilt there is a party would like to share the darkest quilt you have send it soon as you can From A.S.D".
Description: Photographs. Photo album (1), small photograph (2); and two postcards (3) and (4). Album is leather bound, with 42 portraits, mostly tintypes inserted into cardboard pages. Four white, marble-like feet on back and front covers support the album. Brass hasp closure with decorative leaf, the word ALBUM written in gold acrss spine. Page edges have impressed floral design. Half of brass hasp is missing. All photos scanned 7/23/2013 and labeled with catalogue numbers plus letters A-Z etc. Labeled photos: Matilda Young Spurling (A); Lucy Spurling Douglas (B); Josie S. Stanley_(.M.) Bunker (H); Luella Stanley (J); Ara D. Stanley (R); Dr. Spears (T); Uncle Charles Spurling (U); Lucy Spurling (Arigtan Spurling Wife (Zf); Tead_Spurling Trussice married second husband Gougins (Zn). The album most likely comes from Addie Stanley Duren, the previous owner of the Mountain house. And one small black and white photo on paper (2) shows Addie Duren's snowy property with house and barn and two trees, inscription on reverse "all plowed out untill next time". Two postcards (3) and (4). Postcard (3): the GCI church with 3/4 view of parsonage on right and two people walking on street, unused. Postcard (4): Boat landing, Islesford, ME. 162, "Genuine photographs from Studio of Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co., Belfast Maine." It is from donor's grandmother, Addie E. Duren to Mrs. Josie S. Bunker, Cranberry Isles, ME, postmarked Islesford, Aug 8 a.m. 1915. "Monday morning, Dear sister, [xxx] a got a quilt there is a party would like to share the darkest quilt you have send it soon as you can From A.S.D". [show more]
Photo album covered in red velvet with mostly cabinet card photographs; some tintypes .Elaborate red velvet cover with brass floral and wilderness scene. Brass hasp. Album includes photos of William Pitt Preble's extended family, many with no relation to Cranberry Isles. Some names: One loose portrait photo: T.E. Welles; Uncle Gen. Andrew Spurling (General Andrew Barclay Spurling was Civil War Medal of Honor) (1066G); William Pitt Preble, Esq., Matilda Sanford Preble; Uncle William Preble; Elmenia Spurling Preble; William Pitt Preble II; Lizzie Preble; Capt. Horace G. Bunker; Wilhemenia Bunker; Minnie E. Bunker; Lena Bunker Webb; Chester Raymond Bunker; Abbie Maude Spurling Ware; Abbie Maude and Harold Benjamin Spurling; Uncle Harold; Frances Marion Spurling; Auntie Maude; Uncle Harold; Mother age 7-8; Horace Edgar Bunker; Mrs. H. E. Bunker 1895; Myra Bunker; Mr. Jones; Carrie Celeste Richardson Jones; Addie Neville; Carrie Rice; Agnes Hadlock Spurling; Alfretta Brewer; Mrs. George Bunker; Lizzie Preble; Josephine Thorndike; Minnie Spurling; Judge William Pitt Preble; Abigail Preble; Grampie Spurling; Auntie Maude; Evie Preble; Uncle Willl; Aunt Min; Horace Bunker; Aunt Meanie; Willie; Aunt Lucinda G. Fernald; Preble Richardson. (See 1066A digital scan in museum photos folder, picture of William Pitt Preble. 1066B digital scan in museum photos folder photo of Matilda Sanford Preble.) There is also a tintype of "Judge Preble: William Pitt," and a tintype of elderly woman "Prebles 1st Wife Abigail." (See 1000.0.1066E and 1000.0.1066F in museum photos.)
Description: Photo album covered in red velvet with mostly cabinet card photographs; some tintypes .Elaborate red velvet cover with brass floral and wilderness scene. Brass hasp. Album includes photos of William Pitt Preble's extended family, many with no relation to Cranberry Isles. Some names: One loose portrait photo: T.E. Welles; Uncle Gen. Andrew Spurling (General Andrew Barclay Spurling was Civil War Medal of Honor) (1066G); William Pitt Preble, Esq., Matilda Sanford Preble; Uncle William Preble; Elmenia Spurling Preble; William Pitt Preble II; Lizzie Preble; Capt. Horace G. Bunker; Wilhemenia Bunker; Minnie E. Bunker; Lena Bunker Webb; Chester Raymond Bunker; Abbie Maude Spurling Ware; Abbie Maude and Harold Benjamin Spurling; Uncle Harold; Frances Marion Spurling; Auntie Maude; Uncle Harold; Mother age 7-8; Horace Edgar Bunker; Mrs. H. E. Bunker 1895; Myra Bunker; Mr. Jones; Carrie Celeste Richardson Jones; Addie Neville; Carrie Rice; Agnes Hadlock Spurling; Alfretta Brewer; Mrs. George Bunker; Lizzie Preble; Josephine Thorndike; Minnie Spurling; Judge William Pitt Preble; Abigail Preble; Grampie Spurling; Auntie Maude; Evie Preble; Uncle Willl; Aunt Min; Horace Bunker; Aunt Meanie; Willie; Aunt Lucinda G. Fernald; Preble Richardson. (See 1066A digital scan in museum photos folder, picture of William Pitt Preble. 1066B digital scan in museum photos folder photo of Matilda Sanford Preble.) There is also a tintype of "Judge Preble: William Pitt," and a tintype of elderly woman "Prebles 1st Wife Abigail." (See 1000.0.1066E and 1000.0.1066F in museum photos.) [show more]
Prints and photographs for The Great Cranberry Island Portrait Project 2009. Project combined art and oral history. 17 original, matted, unframed, black & white and color prints, numbered, signed, and copyrighted by the artist Janet Best Badger, a Bangor, Maine, artist and printmaker. (Three prints linoleum/color; 14 copper/b&W.) 20 color photos with text profiles by Bar Harbor photojournalist Rebecca Buyers-Basso. Individuals: Ruth Fostervold Westphal, Malcolm Donald, Annie Rice Alley, Gaile Frederika Bunker Colby, Sofie Lillian Nathan Dowling, Michael Richman, Louise Oldbrook Littleton Millar, Eva Mariae Bracy Galyean, Wesley "Junior" Bracy, Patricia Bailey, Charlene Louise Allen, Phil Allen Whitney, Clara Frances Pervear Wedge. Also miscellaneous photos including a rock, lupines, and the Macfarlan (Preble) house. Project was accomplished with a grant fom Maine Arts Commision, with support of The Heliker-LaHotan Foundation, GCIHS, and local residents.
Description: Prints and photographs for The Great Cranberry Island Portrait Project 2009. Project combined art and oral history. 17 original, matted, unframed, black & white and color prints, numbered, signed, and copyrighted by the artist Janet Best Badger, a Bangor, Maine, artist and printmaker. (Three prints linoleum/color; 14 copper/b&W.) 20 color photos with text profiles by Bar Harbor photojournalist Rebecca Buyers-Basso. Individuals: Ruth Fostervold Westphal, Malcolm Donald, Annie Rice Alley, Gaile Frederika Bunker Colby, Sofie Lillian Nathan Dowling, Michael Richman, Louise Oldbrook Littleton Millar, Eva Mariae Bracy Galyean, Wesley "Junior" Bracy, Patricia Bailey, Charlene Louise Allen, Phil Allen Whitney, Clara Frances Pervear Wedge. Also miscellaneous photos including a rock, lupines, and the Macfarlan (Preble) house. Project was accomplished with a grant fom Maine Arts Commision, with support of The Heliker-LaHotan Foundation, GCIHS, and local residents. [show more]
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"
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]
Photos. Collection of 48 slides from ca. 1960-70s (one slide from 1940s) including aerial photographs of Great Cranberry Island and events concerning the Towns family. Aerial photographs ca. 1968 probably taken by Bob Hylander. Events and people include: Preble Cove, GCI houses, Beal and Bunker dock, Hamor House and restaurant, Polly Bunker and gift shop, George Savage and Ruth Haydock on motor scooter, Bloom concert, school house, Doc Haydock and George Savage with the Lollipop skiff, Norma Bunker with turkeys, Dorothy Dot Towns, Red Macallister with VW Bug, Leona Macallister, Cranberry Cove Restaurant, John Lawrence. This collection is in addition to the 223 Towns family slides catalogued as: 2013.243.1941. (All slides have been scanned and identified. See c:....2014>photos>etc.)
Description: Photos. Collection of 48 slides from ca. 1960-70s (one slide from 1940s) including aerial photographs of Great Cranberry Island and events concerning the Towns family. Aerial photographs ca. 1968 probably taken by Bob Hylander. Events and people include: Preble Cove, GCI houses, Beal and Bunker dock, Hamor House and restaurant, Polly Bunker and gift shop, George Savage and Ruth Haydock on motor scooter, Bloom concert, school house, Doc Haydock and George Savage with the Lollipop skiff, Norma Bunker with turkeys, Dorothy Dot Towns, Red Macallister with VW Bug, Leona Macallister, Cranberry Cove Restaurant, John Lawrence. This collection is in addition to the 223 Towns family slides catalogued as: 2013.243.1941. (All slides have been scanned and identified. See c:....2014>photos>etc.) [show more]
Postcards. Thirty-three postcards in plastic album: local and Maine scenes and wildlife; one color photo card "Leslie Butler and her woodland friend"; black and white and color; modern postcards and six older printed wildlife postcards.
Description: Postcards. Thirty-three postcards in plastic album: local and Maine scenes and wildlife; one color photo card "Leslie Butler and her woodland friend"; black and white and color; modern postcards and six older printed wildlife postcards.
Photograph. Black and white. Mary Teel Pratt in white dress with pearls. Mary Teel was born about 1912, daughter of Velma and Sawtelle Teel. Mary grew up in what is now (2013) David Bunker's house where Velma and Sawtelle once lived. She died in her sleep in November 1998. Phil Whitney has videos of Mary Teel reminiscing and walking with his mother on GCI.
Description: Photograph. Black and white. Mary Teel Pratt in white dress with pearls. Mary Teel was born about 1912, daughter of Velma and Sawtelle Teel. Mary grew up in what is now (2013) David Bunker's house where Velma and Sawtelle once lived. She died in her sleep in November 1998. Phil Whitney has videos of Mary Teel reminiscing and walking with his mother on GCI.
Photograph. Dagurreotype of man believed to be William Pitt Preble ca.1850-1855, in hinged, gilt-edged, leatherbound, wood case. Plush green velvet with impressed scroll design lines the interior of the cover; thin brass/metal mat has green corrosion spots. From the Louise Marr collection of items recovered from the Preble House. William Pitt Preble (1811-1905) was the second owner of GCI's historic Preble house. He exemplified the industrious ingenuity needed to succeed in homesteading and developing a community on this rugged island in the early 19th century. Preble was the son of the Mount Desert Rock lighthouse keeper, a descendant of an influential Portland family. He came to Great Cranberry as a teacher, and became a church elder, selectman, justice of the peace, tax appraiser, postmaster, storekeeper, shipbuilder, and shipwreck appraiser. He outlived both his wives and raised nine children.
case (open) 6.5" W x 3.75" L x 0.5" H (closed); photo 2.5" W x 3" L
Description: Photograph. Dagurreotype of man believed to be William Pitt Preble ca.1850-1855, in hinged, gilt-edged, leatherbound, wood case. Plush green velvet with impressed scroll design lines the interior of the cover; thin brass/metal mat has green corrosion spots. From the Louise Marr collection of items recovered from the Preble House. William Pitt Preble (1811-1905) was the second owner of GCI's historic Preble house. He exemplified the industrious ingenuity needed to succeed in homesteading and developing a community on this rugged island in the early 19th century. Preble was the son of the Mount Desert Rock lighthouse keeper, a descendant of an influential Portland family. He came to Great Cranberry as a teacher, and became a church elder, selectman, justice of the peace, tax appraiser, postmaster, storekeeper, shipbuilder, and shipwreck appraiser. He outlived both his wives and raised nine children. [show more]
Photo. Ambrotype in folding wood frame with metal hasp; dark red velvet lining with impressed scroll pattern; brass mat with oval window, showing a young woman, perhaps William Pitt Preble's second wife, Jane Matilda Hadlock Sanford Preble. She was the mother of Samuel Sanford, daughter of Capt. Samuel Hadlock, Jr. and Hanna Caroline Dorothea Russ (1803-1889) a.k.a. "the Prussian Woman." From the Louise Marr collection of items recovered from the Preble House. (Photo ca. 1855-1860) See also 1000.0.1066G photo. She wears unusual fingerless gloves.
case (opened) 4.75" W x 2.75" L x 0.5" H; photo 2" W x 2.5" L
Description: Photo. Ambrotype in folding wood frame with metal hasp; dark red velvet lining with impressed scroll pattern; brass mat with oval window, showing a young woman, perhaps William Pitt Preble's second wife, Jane Matilda Hadlock Sanford Preble. She was the mother of Samuel Sanford, daughter of Capt. Samuel Hadlock, Jr. and Hanna Caroline Dorothea Russ (1803-1889) a.k.a. "the Prussian Woman." From the Louise Marr collection of items recovered from the Preble House. (Photo ca. 1855-1860) See also 1000.0.1066G photo. She wears unusual fingerless gloves. [show more]
Photo. Ambrotype in folding wooden case with two metal hasps showing a woman in dark dress, probably Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling Preble ca. 1855-1860. She was William Pitt Preble's first wife. He was her second husband; her first husband was Samuel Spurling. Inside: plush, burgundy, velvet lining with with floral design, photo in brass matte with fairly intricate preserver. From Louise Marr collection of artifacts recovered from the Preble House. (See also Maine Memory Network online exhibit and General Andrew Barclay Spurling, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, research at GCIHS. Abigail Hadlock and Samuel Spurling were his parents.
case (open) 6.5" W x 3.75" L x 0.5" H (closed); photo 2.5" W x 3" L
Description: Photo. Ambrotype in folding wooden case with two metal hasps showing a woman in dark dress, probably Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling Preble ca. 1855-1860. She was William Pitt Preble's first wife. He was her second husband; her first husband was Samuel Spurling. Inside: plush, burgundy, velvet lining with with floral design, photo in brass matte with fairly intricate preserver. From Louise Marr collection of artifacts recovered from the Preble House. (See also Maine Memory Network online exhibit and General Andrew Barclay Spurling, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, research at GCIHS. Abigail Hadlock and Samuel Spurling were his parents. [show more]
Photos. Slides, 223 total including 35 glass slides. Images donated by the Towns family of GCI: family, friends, homes, landscapes, and seascapes taken over decades. Five slides imprinted 1958; four possibly SEP1974; one 1991. Several handwritten lists of people and places were included with donation but can no longer be tied to individual slides. All slides have been digitally scanned in high resolution (see 2000\photos\dorothy towns). The Towns family are summer residents on GCI. The Towns property is also known historically as the Bayview Farm, the Red House, and the Crosby farm. (The slides are stored in a binder, grouped by brand names and numbers imprinted on individual slides: Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Ansco Color, Pavelle, and Mercury, in hopes slide technology might date these slides. Glass slide projectors in use ca. 1930s-1950s. (See also collection of Towns slides ca. 1960s-70s in 2014.269.2005; and other Towns photos in collection.)
Description: Photos. Slides, 223 total including 35 glass slides. Images donated by the Towns family of GCI: family, friends, homes, landscapes, and seascapes taken over decades. Five slides imprinted 1958; four possibly SEP1974; one 1991. Several handwritten lists of people and places were included with donation but can no longer be tied to individual slides. All slides have been digitally scanned in high resolution (see 2000\photos\dorothy towns). The Towns family are summer residents on GCI. The Towns property is also known historically as the Bayview Farm, the Red House, and the Crosby farm. (The slides are stored in a binder, grouped by brand names and numbers imprinted on individual slides: Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Ansco Color, Pavelle, and Mercury, in hopes slide technology might date these slides. Glass slide projectors in use ca. 1930s-1950s. (See also collection of Towns slides ca. 1960s-70s in 2014.269.2005; and other Towns photos in collection.) [show more]
Photograph. Black and white image on slightly waxy, beige paper. Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling Preble as an elderly woman, dressed in black with white collar, neck broach, black hat tied beneath her chin, and hands folded. Photograph is in a brown envelope with an eagle logo on upper left corner that reads: "Letrich Studio 2571 Boardwalk Atlantic City". (This is a paper print of the tintype image in album 1000.0.1066, second to last page.)
Description: Photograph. Black and white image on slightly waxy, beige paper. Abigail Cobb Hadlock Spurling Preble as an elderly woman, dressed in black with white collar, neck broach, black hat tied beneath her chin, and hands folded. Photograph is in a brown envelope with an eagle logo on upper left corner that reads: "Letrich Studio 2571 Boardwalk Atlantic City". (This is a paper print of the tintype image in album 1000.0.1066, second to last page.) [show more]
Photograph. Ambrotype (ca. 1855-1865): two panes of glass with brass mat and ornate preserver frame securing the ambrotyp components. Portrait of two unidentified young women in black dresses with white lace collars. Back pane of glass is coated with a black emulsion that is flaking and peeling. Front pane is the ghostly, white image of the two women's faces, fingers, lace collars, and the white wall background. Cheeks and lips on both women are pale pink. (Compare with 2013.246.1947 and 2013.246.1945.)
Description: Photograph. Ambrotype (ca. 1855-1865): two panes of glass with brass mat and ornate preserver frame securing the ambrotyp components. Portrait of two unidentified young women in black dresses with white lace collars. Back pane of glass is coated with a black emulsion that is flaking and peeling. Front pane is the ghostly, white image of the two women's faces, fingers, lace collars, and the white wall background. Cheeks and lips on both women are pale pink. (Compare with 2013.246.1947 and 2013.246.1945.) [show more]
Photograph. Tintype with ornate frame. Young woman in plaid dress with broach bearing a picture of a dark-haired, balding man. (Compare with 2013.246.1946 and 2013.246.1947.)
Description: Photograph. Tintype with ornate frame. Young woman in plaid dress with broach bearing a picture of a dark-haired, balding man. (Compare with 2013.246.1946 and 2013.246.1947.)
Copy of photo, framed, from Hilda Bulger Spurling's house before it was torn down in the early 1990s. Hazel "Brooks" Peterson said this is Mrs. Del Harding with her children. The girl on the right is Millie "Pink" Harding who later married Oscar Bulger, and was the mother of Hilda Spurling and Marjorie Phippen. The other two children could be Sadie Harding Bulger and a son who was killed in WWI. (The image in the frame is a scan of a photo, not the actual photo 2016). Note on back reads: 'Picture found in Hilda Bulger Spurling's house before it was torn down in the early 1990s. Hazel 'Brooke' Peterson (unknown) this is Mrs. Del Harding with her children , Millie Pink Harding (right), who became Mrs. Oscar Bulger and she was the mother of Hilda Spurlingand Margery Phippen. One of the Harding sons was killed in WWI'.
Description: Copy of photo, framed, from Hilda Bulger Spurling's house before it was torn down in the early 1990s. Hazel "Brooks" Peterson said this is Mrs. Del Harding with her children. The girl on the right is Millie "Pink" Harding who later married Oscar Bulger, and was the mother of Hilda Spurling and Marjorie Phippen. The other two children could be Sadie Harding Bulger and a son who was killed in WWI. (The image in the frame is a scan of a photo, not the actual photo 2016). Note on back reads: 'Picture found in Hilda Bulger Spurling's house before it was torn down in the early 1990s. Hazel 'Brooke' Peterson (unknown) this is Mrs. Del Harding with her children , Millie Pink Harding (right), who became Mrs. Oscar Bulger and she was the mother of Hilda Spurlingand Margery Phippen. One of the Harding sons was killed in WWI'. [show more]
Photo, framed, of Emmy Bulger standing in front of the CIRT Rice home. She lived in Clara and Karl Wedge's home next door. Was the mother of Alice Bulger Stanley, Roy Bulger, Oscar Bulger and Harvey Bulger
Description: Photo, framed, of Emmy Bulger standing in front of the CIRT Rice home. She lived in Clara and Karl Wedge's home next door. Was the mother of Alice Bulger Stanley, Roy Bulger, Oscar Bulger and Harvey Bulger
Photo of Tud Bunker wearing a hunting outfit and suspenders holding up his breaches. Photo was taken around 1938 near Patton, Maine. Photo printed on hard cardboard for display purposes.
Description: Photo of Tud Bunker wearing a hunting outfit and suspenders holding up his breaches. Photo was taken around 1938 near Patton, Maine. Photo printed on hard cardboard for display purposes.
Description: Photo, framed, of Carl Hardy Jr. and Betty Hardy with their dog taken in the 1970s. They lived in the house that is now the Donald trust house.
A. Photo, black and white, wood and glass frame. School children standing outside the old school house on schoolhouse hill ca. 1892 or 1893. (This old school house is now Malcolm Donald's house on Cranberry Road across from the GCIHS.) Donor related, "This picture was found behind the eaves of an upstairs closet where it had no doubt accidentally fallen many decades ago. Our house was formerly owned by Eber Spurling. The names of the people are written (in good handwriting!) by pencil, as follows, on the back of the picture frame. It would be interesting if those with local knowledge could calculate the approximate year of this photograph, and recall the married names of the girls and young women in the picture." . Stored with a booklet of the scanned photographs printed with names of individuals overlaid. B. Inscription on back of frame reads - "Back row left to right: 1. Lena Ladd, 2. Miss Rich - teacher, 3. Millicent Harding - Frank Bunker, 4. Sadie Harding, 5. Brother Spurling, 6. Sadie Bunker, 7. Lena Spurling, 8. Annie Bunker, 9. Millard Spurling, 10. Perly Stanley, 11. Elma (or Elna?) Stanley, 12. Maurice Stanley. Second Row: Ida Stover, Alfred Ladd, Addie Stanley, Vida Stanley. Third Row: Roy Bulger, Charles Richardson, Johnnie Steele, Philmore Steele, and Harvey Bulger." C. (A second print of this photograph in poor condition was discovered in March 2014 and is stored with a framed copy as (C).) (Compare with 2014.272.2018.)
Description: A. Photo, black and white, wood and glass frame. School children standing outside the old school house on schoolhouse hill ca. 1892 or 1893. (This old school house is now Malcolm Donald's house on Cranberry Road across from the GCIHS.) Donor related, "This picture was found behind the eaves of an upstairs closet where it had no doubt accidentally fallen many decades ago. Our house was formerly owned by Eber Spurling. The names of the people are written (in good handwriting!) by pencil, as follows, on the back of the picture frame. It would be interesting if those with local knowledge could calculate the approximate year of this photograph, and recall the married names of the girls and young women in the picture." . Stored with a booklet of the scanned photographs printed with names of individuals overlaid. B. Inscription on back of frame reads - "Back row left to right: 1. Lena Ladd, 2. Miss Rich - teacher, 3. Millicent Harding - Frank Bunker, 4. Sadie Harding, 5. Brother Spurling, 6. Sadie Bunker, 7. Lena Spurling, 8. Annie Bunker, 9. Millard Spurling, 10. Perly Stanley, 11. Elma (or Elna?) Stanley, 12. Maurice Stanley. Second Row: Ida Stover, Alfred Ladd, Addie Stanley, Vida Stanley. Third Row: Roy Bulger, Charles Richardson, Johnnie Steele, Philmore Steele, and Harvey Bulger." C. (A second print of this photograph in poor condition was discovered in March 2014 and is stored with a framed copy as (C).) (Compare with 2014.272.2018.) [show more]