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Aerial view of Great Cranberry with Sutton and Manset 1944 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places, Island			Copyright Not Evaluated	Aerial view of Great Cranberry with Sutton and Manset 1944 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.299.2053 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Island Description: 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]
Russians and Yankees Battle Mosquitoes on Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping	Places, Island			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Russians and Yankees Battle Mosquitoes on Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.292.2047 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Places, Island Description: Document. Newspaper article, "Russians and Yankees Battle Mosquitoes on Cranberry Isles" Boston Evening Transcript, Saturday, July 28, 1928, page 3. An Expert Leads the Forces and Guarantees to Drive the Pests Out or No Pay; By Karl Schriftgiesser, Northeast Harbor, Me. Article begins: "Eighteen Russians and native Yankees are fighting a desperate battle on the Cranberry Isles that shelter the south side of Mt. Desert from fury of the seas." This sardonic article explains the project to rid the Cranberry Isles of mosquitoes. Mentions Moorfield Storey's role; and Major Edward Skinner was the engineer (founder of the United States Drainage and Irrigation Company); cost $12,000. Article states that "It is the first place anywhere in the State of Maine that mosquito eradication will have been attempted." Mentions several sites to be worked on: a crisscross of trenches will drain a "salt marsh covers between eight and nine hundred acres and is free of all drainage." As well as "The "haith," as it is known locally, is nearly a mile in length. Now a long trench stretches the long way and other transverse ditches help to drain it." And "A dozen or so other swamps and salt marsh areas dot the island." "Deep down into these beaches of rock and gravel and sand wooden outlets have been sunk. In some instances the depth has been from six to twelve feet. The outlets have been constructed of heavy timbers rather than of iron or clay pipes because wood alone can withstand the constant buffeting of heavy rocks tossed hither and yon by a sea that is often in an angry mood. Iron would break, clay would crumble, wood alone can stand the strain." "On Great Cranberry there is a point of ground known locally for years as Pond Point. In this area are (or rather, were) Birlem's pond and the so-called Salt Lakes. Scientific drainage has entirely dissipated Birlem's pond and when the huge twelve-foot drain through a dishearteningly rocky beach has been completely cut the Salt Lakes will have been drained slowly into the sea." Mentions the 70-foot whale that beached itself there during WWII. "Near Green Spot and Long Point other treacherous bogs have been drained. Islesford, as Little Cranberry rather vainly calls itself, is fast being dried up. Sutton, the aristocrat of the small archipelago, is quickly becoming a pestless place." "Some of the native population is skeptical of results. Others, led by such whole-hearted citizens as Mr. and Mrs. John Hamor and Millard Spurling, have done fine work to help Mr. Storey in the war of which he is the prime mover. Summer residents of the islands and nearby harbors, the Cranberry Club, and other organizations have helped considerably." See complete transcript by Bruce Komusin. Article was in a wood and glass frame with cardboard backing, badly deteriorated. Removed from frame 9/18/14. [show more]
Scrapbook for Ralph Preston Bulger from mother 1893 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places, Cemetery			Copyright Not Evaluated	Scrapbook for Ralph Preston Bulger from mother 1893 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.272.2050 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Cemetery Description: Album, scrapbook: red and gold cardboard with elaborate impressed and raised decor. Handwritten inscription reads: "Presented to Ralph Preston Bulger by his mother, December 25th, 1893. Cranberry Isles, Maine, January 1st, 1893." Carefully placed and affixed items in the scrapbook include: high quality printed greeting cards, advertisements, postcards, floral prints, and other small lovely prints. Ralph Preston "Benny" Bulger lived in the house directly across from the Bunker Cemetery. Per Charlotte Harlan, he was a cousin of her mother's "who lived in the small part of the house behind the Commiskys' house." He would have been a youngster when this book was given to him. [show more]
Seascape by Scott White Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Art, Painting	People Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Seascape by Scott White Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2010.126.1018 Type: Image, Art, Painting Subject: People Places Description: Art, original watercolor seascape painting by Scott White (one of the "Three Islesford Painters" or TIPs.) Scott White used to spend summers at the Hamor House. Inscription on the back of the painting: "This painting was done by an artist who spent summers on Cranberry Island at the Hamor House. This was given to Mabel by Mr. White on her birthday."
Photographs: Cranberry Road houses and Preble Cove 1974 Kodak Prints Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places			Copyright Not Evaluated	Photographs: Cranberry Road houses and Preble Cove 1974 Kodak Prints Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.297.2051 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places Description: Photographs, two framed, color kodak prints. Photo A: "Cranberry Isles June 1974" is a view from Preble Cove -houses from left to right: Carl Brooks, Old Rome store, Rome House, partially hidden is Gertmainian, Vance, little one by shore was Bunker now it's Encarnation and has been expanded. Photo B: "Cranberry Isles June 1974": view with Cranberry Road running north/south - buildings from bottom of photo on right side of road: church, parsonage, Dowling/Meyers house with brown patch (perhaps garden). [show more]
South Shore Road looking East from Rock End Hotel Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Road Places, Town	Isaac T. Moore	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		South Shore Road looking East from Rock End Hotel Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-4028 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Road Places, Town Creator: Isaac T. Moore Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: View from Rock End Hotel to the Kimball House. Shows Melcher cottage, Kimball House, Saint Mary's.
Maine postcard scenes Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Maine postcard scenes Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.261.1993 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places 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.
Towns Family Slides Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Towns Family Slides Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.243.1941 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places 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]
Lifesaving Service collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Organizations, Civic Places, Island			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Lifesaving Service collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.124.1001 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Organizations, Civic Places, Island Description: Collection of items from Alice White from 1955, included are postcards from Gott's Island from 1912 and several receipts. One book: Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Lifesaving Service for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1879. Book stamped with "Custom House Portland ME Sep. 27, 1880" and has inscription on the first page "Alice White 1955". Includes services rendered by various crews 1879.
Friends of Hitty Newsletters 1995-2002 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Newsletter	People Places, Island			Copyright Not Evaluated	Friends of Hitty Newsletters 1995-2002 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.22.1000 Type: Publication, Newsletter Subject: People Places, Island Description: Collection of "Friends of Hitty Newsletters" Published quarterly by Virginia Ann Heyerdahl. Collection contains each issue from January 1995 - Fall 2002
Photos of Florida Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Photos of Florida Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.69.515 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places Description: Collection of photos, Florida
Photos of boats and shore Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places Vessels, Boat			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Photos of boats and shore Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.69.514 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places Vessels, Boat Description: Collection of photos, Boats and Shore Scenes
Place Names of Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Islands, Maine Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, List, Inventory	Places	Henry A. Raup	Mount Desert Island	Copyright Not Evaluated	Place Names of Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Islands, Maine Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2023.625.3115 Type: Document, List, Inventory Subject: Places Creator: Henry A. Raup Publisher: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Place: Mount Desert Island Description: A first edition copy 'Place Names of Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Islands, Maine' written by Henry A. Raup. Published by Mount Desert Island's Historical Society.
Who Owned Baker's Island? by Hugh Dwelley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Article	Places, Island			Copyright Not Evaluated	Who Owned Baker's Island? by Hugh Dwelley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2008.141.1084 Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: Places, Island Description: Publication. "Who Owned Baker's Island?" Written and compiled by Hugh Dwelley of the Islesford Historical Society
Coastal View from Murch house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places, Shore			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Coastal View from Murch house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.137.1073 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Shore Description: Photo, framed, picture taken from the Murch's looking toward Northeast Harbor. Fish Point on the right.
Postcard to Mrs. Benjamin Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Postcard to Mrs. Benjamin Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2762 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places Description: Postcard of house with two people by road, with message for Mrs. Benjamin H. Spurling, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, postmarked Nov. 10, 191X, one cent stamp.
Preble cove and surf photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Places, Shore			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Preble cove and surf photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2364 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Places, Shore Description: (A) Preble Cove photograph, date unknown. Shows cabin, two small boats in water, and some activity near the building. (B) View of Surf at Cranberry by Lizzie
Stereoview photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph	Places			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Stereoview photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2000.63.491 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph Subject: Places Description: Photos. 28 stereoview images on thick cardboard for use with the stereoscope viewer (a.k.a stereopticon) 2000.63.490. Viewed through the stereoscope, the photos take on a three-dimensional quality. Regional, local and other scenes, including one of Mount Desert Island.
Painted Map of the Coast of Maine Northeast Harbor Fleet	Map	Places, Ocean Places, Shore	Bridgman- M.C. Bridgman	Maine	Copyright Not Evaluated	Painted Map of the Coast of Maine Northeast Harbor Fleet Identifier: nehflt-13 Type: Map Subject: Places, Ocean Places, Shore Creator: Bridgman- M.C. Bridgman Place: Maine Description: Painted Map showing the coast of Maine from Schoodic to Boothbay, in a black frame. Signed in the lower left "M.C. Bridgman"
Wooden plaque, Arms of Bermuda Northeast Harbor Fleet	Object, Art, Decorative Plaque	Places, Island			Copyright Undetermined	Wooden plaque, Arms of Bermuda Northeast Harbor Fleet Identifier: nehflt-5 Type: Object, Art, Decorative Plaque Subject: Places, Island Description: Mahogany plaque with applied elements, one of which displays the coat of arms of the island of Bermuda, and the other mimics a gold ribbon upon which "Arms Bermuda" is painted. The arms of Bermuda shows a red lion holding a shield upon which is a depiction of a wrecked ship.
Assorted Maps and Pamphlets related to Mount Desert Island Southwest Harbor Public Library	Uncurated Accession	Places, Island			Copyright Not Evaluated	Assorted Maps and Pamphlets related to Mount Desert Island Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16733 Type: Uncurated Accession Subject: Places, Island
From the top of Flying Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Places, Harbor			Copyright Undetermined	From the top of Flying Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16730 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Places, Harbor Description: View from the top of Flying Mountain looking west with Great Cranberry Island in the background, the Jesuit Field on Fernald Point in the middle ground, and a dog, two women, and a man seated in the foreground. Sailboats are visible on the water. The photographer and date are unknown, but none of the tall trees that obscure the view today in 2023 are present in the photo.
View from Manset to Clark Point - Tinted Photograph Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Places, Harbor Places, Landscape	Fitch	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	View from Manset to Clark Point - Tinted Photograph Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-10941 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Landscape Creator: Fitch Place: Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library Garden Tours Southwest Harbor Public Library	Uncurated Accession	Places, Garden		Mount Desert Island	Copyright Not Evaluated	Southwest Harbor Public Library Garden Tours Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16702 Type: Uncurated Accession Subject: Places, Garden Place: Mount Desert Island Description: Assorted pamphlets and photographs related to the Garden Tours hosted by the Southwest Harbor Public Library between 1991 and 2011.
Mills family photos Southwest Harbor Public Library	Uncurated Accession	People Places, Island			Copyright Not Evaluated	Mills family photos Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16681 Type: Uncurated Accession Subject: People Places, Island Description: Includes many images taken on Mount Desert Island and the outer islands, antique automobiles, and Nettie Mills' autograph book. An index of the images will be added to this item in the future.

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