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| Addie Ethel Duren WWII ID card Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Addie Ethel Duren WWII ID card Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Addie Ethel Duren WWII ID card issued by U.S. Coast Guard. Islanders were required to carry ID cards during WW II when transiting from islands to MDI, to prove they weren't spies. | |||
| Fire Department Helmets Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Fire Department Helmets Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Used by Herman Savage and Wilfred Bunker. Two oval metal helmets painted red; adjustable webbed fabric supports with metal rivets inside; raised staples on interior of brim with fabric chin strips in place. Helmets used by GCI volunteer fire department ca. 1948 when the fire department was formed. Helmet (A): Red outside, white inside; "C.I.V.D." painted in white on exterior; handwritten inside the rim "H. Savage" (Herman Savage). Savage was a teenage volunteer fire department member. Helmet (B):Red outside, red inside; "W.A.B." painted in yellow on exterior; no initials inside. Wilfred Allison Bunker would have been in his late 20s in 1948. These may have been WWII helmets adapted for use by the fire department. Badly rusted and paint flaking and peeling. (See also 2014.278.2020 CIVD documents from 1950-1960s.) (See also photo of firefighters taken ca. January 1951-1953 with identifications, printed copy stored with item 2021 - box 49.) [show more] | |||
| Beano game cage with balls Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Beano game cage with balls Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Game. Metal “Beano” cage. Round wire-mesh ball containing many lightweight wooden balls (.5" diam) each stamped with a letter (B,I,N,G,O) and a number (from 1 to at least 70), on a wire stand with wire crank that spins the balls, a latch for an opening where balls can be taken in and out, and a little metal cup stamped "LOWE" where a single ball would tumble into. This game was played at the firehouse 1950s and beyond. | |||
| Cap and tee shirt, Rooster Club Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Cap and tee shirt, Rooster Club Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Clothing. Blue and gold Rooster Club ball cap and green Rooster Club tee shirt. The Rooster Club was the men's answer to the elite women's Cranberry Club. Members included Arvard Savage, Doc Haydock, Charlie Rice, and Victor [White]?. Club house was behind Haydock's house. | |||
| GCI School quilt Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  GCI School quilt Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Quilt. Probably a GCI school quilt ca. 1995. Cotton, solid pink and floral borders and stripes; beige 11" x 10.5" squares with children's magic-marker drawings; many squares have names indicated: Starting left to right top left square: peace sign, Stoney may have been a dog, moon with guitar no name; sunflower with initials M.G. (Molly Gray); Heath Wedge with boat; Hillary Savage, Keith Wedge, Seth Gray, Brendon Westphal, sunrise over hills and motor bike (no name); baseball bats with G.W. (Gabriel Westphal); motorcycle and hockey sticks P.A. (Patrick Allen); school room scene Mrs. P (can't figure out name); Amy Russell 1994-1995; Sailboat panel: NYCVH 1067 on hull, Mandy Bracy. Note: The children's squares are not embroidered or stitched but simply drawn with magic markers. [show more] | ||
| Metal Constable Badge museum display Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Metal Constable Badge museum display Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Badge. Metal constable badge used for a museum display. Phil Whitney may have the rest of the outfit at his home. | |||
| Bronze plaque on exterior flagpole Northeast Harbor Fleet |
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|  Bronze plaque on exterior flagpole Northeast Harbor Fleet Description: Bronze plaque affixed to flagpole outside of Northeast Harbor Fleet house. Inscription on plaque in memory of David Everett Cromwell reads: PRESENTED TO THE NORTHEAST HARBOR FLEET IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF DAVID EVERETT CROMWELL 1925-1986 ABLE SAILOR AND DEVOTED MEMBER OF THIS FLEET BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS | ||||
| Military Hop Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Military Hop Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: “Military Hop, Friday Evening, April 30th, 1915” card to present at the door. Held at Alumni Hall. Probably Alumni Hall is at the University of Maine | |||
| Early Life on Great Cranberry + Photos Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Early Life on Great Cranberry + Photos Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A brochure for the Cranberry Island Museum, which was then located at the long fellows school. Inside the brochure was a postcard that with a photo by Henry Finklestien on it. | ||
| Ocean Lodge 140 Cemetery List Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Ocean Lodge 140 Cemetery List Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Small black notebook listing deceased members by cemetery: 58 in Northeast Harbor, 3 in Kimball Cemetery, 18 Seal Harbor, 7 Somes Sound, 6 Somesville, 2 Oak Point, 4 Pretty Marsh, 1 Bartlett’s Island, 3 Southwest Harbor, 2 Town Hill, 1 Stonington,2 Surry, 3 Islesford, 2 Otter Creek, 1 East Sullivan, 2 Franklin, 1 North Ellsworth, Sedgwick, Ellsworth, Prospect Harbor, Brewer, Steuben, Farmington. Deceased members of the Ocean Lodge #140. | ||||
| Friday Club Papers Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Friday Club Papers Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 8*6.5" notebook used for school work and then used for Friday Club minutes Says 1926 on outside. Inside cover lists subjects beginning with Physiology and ending with Rhetoric. Seems to have some grades As and Bs but others check marks. Next pages are geometry theoremsMinutes begin in 1924, possible spelling list, poetry, stanzas of Lord Ullin's Daughter written by a Scottish poet Thomas Campbell, heaven is not reached on a single bound by J.G. Holland Could be book of child of Maud Trask Mentions waiting list 1/28/27 minutes [show more] | ||||
| School Master's Desk Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  School Master's Desk Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: School master's desk. Top lifts to reveal space for books and pencils. One drawer at top with white knob. Two doors with shelves behind. One drawer at bottom missing pull. Decorative cut base. Lender info - used by Lynam Smith during the 1850s when he was the teacher in the first school in Pretty Marsh, called "The Little Red Schoolhouse." Lyman Smith also taught in other area schools. Donor is a descendant of Smith. | |
| Ration Books, World War II, with stamps, ca. 1943 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Ration Books, World War II, with stamps, ca. 1943 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ration Books, World War II, with stamps, 3 books used by Addie Duren, 2 books used by Samuel E. Chapman, ca. 1943 | |||
| Addie Duren's Ration Book Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Addie Duren's Ration Book Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Card & Envelope, Card lists Addie Duren's Identification Number for Ration Book use, postmarked 4 Oct 1943 | ||
| Dinner ticket for Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Dinner ticket for Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Dinner ticket, for Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid dinner | |||
| Notebook, "United States History", Alice Marion Bulger Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Notebook, "United States History", Alice Marion Bulger Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Notebook, "United States History", with blank pages for notes and partial maps for coloring and annotation, copyright 1903, belonging to and filled in by Alice Marion Bulger (found in Ruth Westphal's house) | |||
| Alice Bulger Stanley GCI high school notebook Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Alice Bulger Stanley GCI high school notebook Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ledger, School accounts, kept by Alice Bulger 1906-1907, found in Ruth Westphal's house. With note from donor: "This book keeping exercise book belonged to Alice Bulger (Stanley) at a time when there evidently was a high school here on Great Cranberry in 1906-1907. Alice married Richard Stanley and they moved into the then new in 1910 home which now is the Westphal home." | ||
| Slate blackboard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Slate blackboard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Blackboard, school, chalk slate, | |||
| Slate blackboard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Slate blackboard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Blackboard, school, chalk slate, 9.25"x13.5" | |||
| Clock, in wooden case with pendulum window Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Clock, in wooden case with pendulum window Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Clock, in wooden case with pendulum window (pendulum missing), engraved brass plate "Made for Longfellow School Great Cranberry Isle with pleasure by Ralph Gould 1978", inside case is written "made by Ralph Gould 1976", the clock mechanism seems to be all brass, except for the pendulum attachment stub, with three chimes inside; the clock itself tries to run but ticks only for a short time, perhaps because of the missing pendulum; the glass face opens and has two key holes, probably to wind the clock and the chimes; the face has roman numerals. face: 12" diam, face frame 15.5" W (octagonal), cabinet: 16" L x 7.25" W x 3.75" D [show more] | ||
| School desk wood and cast iron Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| School desk wood and cast iron Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Desk, school, wood and cast iron, marked "SCHOOL FURNITURE CO" and "1, PAYNO, G35887, PAT. PDG" | |||
| Great Cranberry Library bookmark Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Great Cranberry Library bookmark Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Two blue paper bookmarks with cranberry design in dark red and green, and with legend "Great Cranberry Library - Libraries are not made; they grow. A. Birrell". One bookmark has the cranberry leaves hand-colored green. The library was started 1986 or 1987, the bookmark was made about 1990 by Jeanne Goldberg, and Ruth Westphal started 1999 as librarian. | |
| Firemen's Ball tickets 1947 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Firemen's Ball tickets 1947 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ticket, for the seventh annual Firemen's Ball, Cranberry Isles, 5 Aug 1947 | ||
| Ribbon: Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pemetic Lodge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Ribbon: Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pemetic Lodge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Ribbon, pin-on, double sided, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pemetic Lodge #135, Southwest Harbor | |||
| School sign Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| School sign Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Sign, yellow with black letters "School" |