| 2001.39.297 | Ledger with records of fishing Schooner Rozella | - Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
| - Businesses, Fishery Business
- Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
| Ledger, Pocket, with records of work, fishing, cleaning fish, fish shares sold from Schooner Rozella, found in Bob LaHotan's barn, and probably kept by Enoch Stanley | Description:
Ledger, Pocket, with records of work, fishing, cleaning fish, fish shares sold from Schooner Rozella, found in Bob LaHotan's barn, and probably kept by Enoch Stanley |
| 2001.39.183 | Telegram, blank, for use in the 1870s | - Document, Correspondence, Telegram
| - Businesses, Service Business
| Telegram, blank, for use in the 1870s, dated 187_ (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001) | Description:
Telegram, blank, for use in the 1870s, dated 187_ (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001) |
| 2002.44.201 | Tidal Press book offerings (Charles Wadsworth's publisher) | - Document, Advertising, Advertisement
| - Businesses, Service Business
| Brochure, 1988, advertising The Tidal Press book offerings (Charles Wadsworth's publishing business) | Description:
Brochure, 1988, advertising The Tidal Press book offerings (Charles Wadsworth's publishing business) |
| 2003.71.608 | Sale of real estate to John E. Bunker 1874 | - Document, Financial, Sales Record
| - Businesses, Service Business
| Document, 1 sheet, legal contract dated 27 Mar 1874, by Joseph Perley and John Russell, partners in "Perley & Russell", to sell "certain real estate" on Cranberry Island to John E. Bunker for $525, payable in two notes of $262.50 each, at 7.5% interest, one payable in 1 year, the other in 2 years. The land was previously sold to Perley & Russell by Bunker himself. Transcribed. | Description:
Document, 1 sheet, legal contract dated 27 Mar 1874, by Joseph Perley and John Russell, partners in "Perley & Russell", to sell "certain real estate" on Cranberry Island to John E. Bunker for $525, payable in two notes of $262.50 each, at 7.5% interest, one payable in 1 year, the other in 2 years. The land was previously sold to Perley & Russell by Bunker himself. Transcribed. |
| 1000.3.32 | Hopsital Bill 1953 | - Document, Financial, Receipt
| - Businesses, Medical Business
- People
| Hospital bill, 2 Jul 1953, Mt. Desert Island Hospital to Perley D. Stanley, 7 days, $71.95 | Description:
Hospital bill, 2 Jul 1953, Mt. Desert Island Hospital to Perley D. Stanley, 7 days, $71.95 |
| 2003.77.556 | Arno Stanley Market invoice forms | - Document, Financial, Financial Records
| - Businesses, Fishery Business
- Businesses, Store Business
| Invoices, blank, ten, "Northeast Harbor, Maine, 189_ / To Arno P. Stanley Dr. / Fresh Fish Market" "Dr." probably means "Dealer". | Description:
Invoices, blank, ten, "Northeast Harbor, Maine, 189_ / To Arno P. Stanley Dr. / Fresh Fish Market" "Dr." probably means "Dealer". |
| 1000.3.247 | Promisory note to Alfred Gilley | - Document, Financial, Financial Records
| - Businesses, Other Business
| Document, promisary note with stamps, William P. Preble, William H. Preble, Charles Guptill, and Enoch B. Stanley promise to pay Alfred H. Gilley $150 on 1 Jan 1870, signed 1869 | Description:
Document, promisary note with stamps, William P. Preble, William H. Preble, Charles Guptill, and Enoch B. Stanley promise to pay Alfred H. Gilley $150 on 1 Jan 1870, signed 1869 |
| 2001.39.300 | Receipt for fish | - Document, Financial, Receipt
| - Businesses, Fishery Business
| Receipt, tied with string, for fish | Description:
Receipt, tied with string, for fish |
| 2001.39.316 | Bill for liquor | - Document, Financial, Receipt
| - Businesses, Store Business
| Letter, from W.H. Jones & Co., Boston, 12 Apr 1895, to S.G. Stanley, dunning letter for $5.05 of liquor bought in 1894 | Description:
Letter, from W.H. Jones & Co., Boston, 12 Apr 1895, to S.G. Stanley, dunning letter for $5.05 of liquor bought in 1894 |
| 2002.85.601 | Spurling Cove Corporation documents | - Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents
| - Businesses, Store Business
| Documents relating to Spurling Cove Corporation 1983-1984: employees 1983, payroll, tax forms, stock certificate of 5 shares for George and Yvonne Hite, stock certificate of 10 shares for Lauren & Audrey Noether, etc. | Description:
Documents relating to Spurling Cove Corporation 1983-1984: employees 1983, payroll, tax forms, stock certificate of 5 shares for George and Yvonne Hite, stock certificate of 10 shares for Lauren & Audrey Noether, etc. |
| 2002.85.599 | Spurling Cove Corporation documents | - Document, Other Documents, Multi-Part Documents
| - Businesses, Store Business
| Documents relating to Spurling Cove Corporation 1980-1984: putting together the corporation, proposal for operation of the store, list of shareholders, financial statements, shareholder meetings, board meetings, etc. | Description:
Documents relating to Spurling Cove Corporation 1980-1984: putting together the corporation, proposal for operation of the store, list of shareholders, financial statements, shareholder meetings, board meetings, etc. |
| 1000.0.1014 | Hitty's Cafe menu 2009 | | - Businesses, Restaurant Business
| Menu from Hitty's Cafe summer season 2009, when Kasey Burgess was the manager. | Description:
Menu from Hitty's Cafe summer season 2009, when Kasey Burgess was the manager. |
| 2001.39.315 | Advertisement for baking supply and free trip | - Document, Advertising, Advertisement
| - Businesses, Store Business
| Advertisment in printed envelope, for baker's supplies made by Baker Extract Co., Portland, with coupon to win a free trip to World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893, to Enoch Stanley | Description:
Advertisment in printed envelope, for baker's supplies made by Baker Extract Co., Portland, with coupon to win a free trip to World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893, to Enoch Stanley |
| 2001.39.321 | Ad for Doan's Kidney Pills, | - Document, Advertising, Advertisement
| - Businesses, Store Business
| Advertisement for Doan's Kidney Pills, Jan 1904 | Description:
Advertisement for Doan's Kidney Pills, Jan 1904 |
| 1000.27.668 | Red House bed and breakfast advertising | - Document, Advertising, Advertisement
| - Businesses, Lodging Business
- People
| Document, 7 pages, 7 color photos, and 1 envelope, description of the Red House and its Barn (the Towns family house), and photos of same, for posting on web site with intent to rent, 12 Jan 2000 | Description:
Document, 7 pages, 7 color photos, and 1 envelope, description of the Red House and its Barn (the Towns family house), and photos of same, for posting on web site with intent to rent, 12 Jan 2000 |
| 1000.7.12 | Advertising cards turn of 20th century | - Document, Advertising, Advertisement
| - Businesses, Store Business
| Collection, misc. advertising cards: Philip Douglas, ship smith & machine forger; Wm. Prior, Jr. & Co., fresh & pickled fish, clams & oysters; Walker & Rich, fresh and smoked fish, lobsters, clams, cod liver oil, &c; "Gloucester" Copper Paint; The First National Bank of Ellsworth, Maine; Bethel Church, Portland; Hood's Sarsaparilla; "Untold Secrets", a booklet of jokes published by Pabst Brewing Co.; J.H. Connors & Co., liquor dealers; John Linscott, boots, shoes, & rubbers; J. Burns & Co., fresh, salt, and pickled fish; C.F. Eaton, dealer in flour, west india goods, ship stores, wines, liquors, &c.; H & G.W. Lord, nets, seines, and twine; F.W. Morrill, butter, cheese, & eggs; "The Acme Club" a booklet advertising the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. of Newark, New Jersey; F.H. Johnson, fresh, smoked, and pickled fish; "Between Ourselves" July 1926, a flyer by the New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.; "3 Pounds of Tea" a label from a tea package made by Baird & Peters, "THE tea people." |  Description:
Collection, misc. advertising cards: Philip Douglas, ship smith & machine forger; Wm. Prior, Jr. & Co., fresh & pickled fish, clams & oysters; Walker & Rich, fresh and smoked fish, lobsters, clams, cod liver oil, &c; "Gloucester" Copper Paint; The First National Bank of Ellsworth, Maine; Bethel Church, Portland; Hood's Sarsaparilla; "Untold Secrets", a booklet of jokes published by Pabst Brewing Co.; J.H. Connors & Co., liquor dealers; John Linscott, boots, shoes, & rubbers; J. Burns & Co., fresh, salt, and pickled fish; C.F. Eaton, dealer in flour, west india goods, ship stores, wines, liquors, &c.; H & G.W. Lord, nets, seines, and twine; F.W. Morrill, butter, cheese, & eggs; "The Acme Club" a booklet advertising the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. of Newark, New Jersey; F.H. Johnson, fresh, smoked, and pickled fish; "Between Ourselves" July 1926, a flyer by the New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.; "3 Pounds of Tea" a label from a tea package made by Baird & Peters, "THE tea people." [show more] |
| 2003.81.578 | French fashion poster | - Document, Advertising, Poster
| - Businesses, Other Business
| Print, French fashions, dog with woman wearing bustle and fancy hat, hand-colored blue and gold in spots | Description:
Print, French fashions, dog with woman wearing bustle and fancy hat, hand-colored blue and gold in spots |
| 2003.81.579 | French fashions poster | - Document, Advertising, Poster
| - Businesses, Store Business
| Print, French fashions, woman with walking stick and fan, tall hairdo, hand-colored blue and gold in spots | Description:
Print, French fashions, woman with walking stick and fan, tall hairdo, hand-colored blue and gold in spots |
| 2001.111.819 | Ledger re: islanders accounts | - Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
| - Businesses, Store Business
| Ledger. Part of a ledger probably kept by William P. Preble, of the accounts of G.N. Spurling (1888-1899), Mrs. L.G. Fernald and the Estate of E.S. Fernald (1896-1905), William H. Preble (1899), William P. Preble (1898-1905, and much the longest), and a list of various deeds,1835-1902, some naming William P. Preble as buyer or seller, and the rest probably passing through his hands, as a trusted local advisor | Description:
Ledger. Part of a ledger probably kept by William P. Preble, of the accounts of G.N. Spurling (1888-1899), Mrs. L.G. Fernald and the Estate of E.S. Fernald (1896-1905), William H. Preble (1899), William P. Preble (1898-1905, and much the longest), and a list of various deeds,1835-1902, some naming William P. Preble as buyer or seller, and the rest probably passing through his hands, as a trusted local advisor |
| 1000.27.724 | Seawich Cafe in the Cranberry General store | | - Businesses, Store Business
| Brochure, 1 sheet, 2 sides, tri-fold, for the Seawich Cafe" in the Cranberry General store, sandwiches, sweets, and salads, with prices, for 1996 | Description:
Brochure, 1 sheet, 2 sides, tri-fold, for the Seawich Cafe" in the Cranberry General store, sandwiches, sweets, and salads, with prices, for 1996 |
| 1000.7.110 | Burial expenses for Ellen Maria Stanley | - Document, Financial, Receipt
| - Businesses, Other Business
- People
| Bill, to Addie Duren, $107.50 for casket, plate, and funeral for Ellen Maria Stanley (Addie's mother), 14 Nov 1929. (See also 1000.7.111, likely for Ellen Maria Stanley burial, too). Per GCIHS.org, Ellen Maria Stanley is buried in Spurling Cemetery #3, 1929. | Description:
Bill, to Addie Duren, $107.50 for casket, plate, and funeral for Ellen Maria Stanley (Addie's mother), 14 Nov 1929. (See also 1000.7.111, likely for Ellen Maria Stanley burial, too). Per GCIHS.org, Ellen Maria Stanley is buried in Spurling Cemetery #3, 1929. |
| 1000.18.337 | Bill for kerosene | - Document, Financial, Receipt
| - Businesses, Store Business
| Bill, from Beal & Bunker, 4 Apr 1973, to D. Westphal (David Westphal), for 100 gallons of K (kerosene) $24.50 | Description:
Bill, from Beal & Bunker, 4 Apr 1973, to D. Westphal (David Westphal), for 100 gallons of K (kerosene) $24.50 |
| 2012.195.1559 | Cranberry House Cafe poster | - Document, Advertising, Poster
| - Businesses, Restaurant Business
| Poster, Cranberry House Cafe (before it became Hitty's Karin Whitney ran it). | Description:
Poster, Cranberry House Cafe (before it became Hitty's Karin Whitney ran it). |
| 2018.416.2769 | Letter from William H. Preble to William P. Preble | - Document, Correspondence, Letter
| - Businesses, Other Business
- Organizations, Religious
- People
| Letter is from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble in 1891. He explains there have been many fatal cases of the grippe (flu); suggestions for how to handle repairs and sale of the GCI meeting house (church); and that his brother Andrew is disposing of his interests in the company (presumably Chicago Rawhide Mfg); Transcribed. | Description:
Letter is from William H. Preble to his father William P. Preble in 1891. He explains there have been many fatal cases of the grippe (flu); suggestions for how to handle repairs and sale of the GCI meeting house (church); and that his brother Andrew is disposing of his interests in the company (presumably Chicago Rawhide Mfg); Transcribed. |
| 1000.27.721 | Red House Bed & Breakfast brochure | - Document, Advertising, Brochure
| - Businesses, Lodging Business
- People
| Brochure for The Red House Bed & Breakfast, Great Cranberry Island, Maine run by Dot & John Towns until 2001 and then the Towns family | Description:
Brochure for The Red House Bed & Breakfast, Great Cranberry Island, Maine run by Dot & John Towns until 2001 and then the Towns family |
