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Advertisements from the Directory and Hand Book - 1931 - Southwest Harbor, Manset and Tremont
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • 1931
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
The page shows advertisements for: The Gordon and White Garage Somes House
Contract: Leonard Lawson and Rudolph F. Hodgkins
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Leonard Lawson
  • 1923
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Repairs to the Brig Factor March 13, 1854
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Administrative Records
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel
  • 1854
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Repairs to the Brig Factor March 13, 1854
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Certificate for repairs to the Factor (three pages), a ship built on GCI 1832, in for repairs in South Carolina in 1854, with cargo of molasses and other items, with transcription by donor.
William P. Preble receipts
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1852
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
William P. Preble receipts
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Two receipts: (A) Tremont March 10th, 1852, Received of William P. Preble seventy three dollars 80/100 in full payment for ballance doo me for wooden materials to build new Brig Abigail Maria of, furnished by me the last season as per agreement dated at Tremont December 5th, 1850. Signed by Henry W. [xxxx?]. And (B): William P. Preble's taxes 1878 = $1.10.
Vessels Related to Great Cranberry Island by Ralph Stanley
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Ralph Stanley
  • 1996
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Vessels Related to Great Cranberry Island by Ralph Stanley
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ships. Copies of three manuscripts by Ralph W. Stanley. (A & B:) Two xerox copies of "Vessels Related to Great Cranberry Island: Notes Collected by Ralph Stanley Boatbuilder, S.W. Harbor, Me" as handed to Bruce Komusin by Ralph Stanley at GCIHS Annual Meeting, Weds. 28 August 1996. Lists Date; Name of vessel, Master and Owner; Length; and Tonnage for the years 1856-1860. (C) is an alphabetical listing of the same information. (D) "List of Vessels Built on Mount Desert Island, Cranberry Island, Tinker's Island, Thompson's Island and Long Island (Frenchboro), According to Year Built, compiled by Ralph W. Stanley." Sources for (D) are listed on page 40. [show more]
"Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles 'Chuck' Liebow
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
"Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles 'Chuck' Liebow
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Boats. Looseleaf Binder, "Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles Liebow. Contains maps 1607-1881, "List of Vessels From Notes made by Chuck Liebow (Typed & some notes added by Hugh Dwelley 11/1994" (also on cranberryisles.com website), 1912 petition to establish boundaries of roads, census data 1839-1860, the cranberry register 1909-1910, boat building, Liebow's notes on books and articles, miscellaneous, photos, houses showing owners then and now, families, deeds. [show more]
Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • 1855
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Collection of three scanned ledger account books originally from the Lewis Stanley boatyard. Ledgers were inherited by donor from his great uncle Lewis Stanley. (See scans on gcihs-nas\photo\Museum Photos\2015.316.2077_SchmidtLedgers and on DVD; ledgers were originally returned to donor August 2015; then all were donated to museum June 2017). Ledger A1: Measures 8.25H x 7: W x .5” thick. First page: George N. Spurling, Cranberry Isles; and [unreadable name below Spurling] Machias Port. Entries run from 1855-1870, with the last four pages dated 1855 pertaining to WatterWitch (Water Witch, Waterwitch, spelling and capitalization varies) stocks and specifics. Account entries recorded for the WatterWitch, Schooner Rozella, and Schooner Caressa. Names mentioned: Walton, Guptill, Haynes, Stanley, Spurling, Ferrin, Wentworth, Young, Saddler, Ladd. Commodities: fish and oil mostly; stocks and figuring notations in pen and pencil by different hands. First page states Schooner Hannah & Abigail bought in Boston May 6th, 1849. First entry is “E.B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles Oct. 9th, 1858 for $21 dollars on account of my share of fish bought on board Sch. WatterWitch this season. Asa [D?] Stanley.” Ledger B2: Measures 8”H x 6.75” W x .5” thick. Inside front cover is written: “Jonas Blood born April 15th, 1774.” First page begins with January 1st 1859 listing sale of butter, pork, and eggs. Ledger records expenses and sales of produce and other items through April 1862 and appears to be written by all the same hand. [For some info on Jonas Blood: probably born New Hampshire. http://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I16094&ged=plagge.ged Jonas Blood:b..c1774 d.5/21/1870, age 96 By genealogy.com.] Ledger C3: 14" H x 3.75" W x 1" thick. Label on front cover: Sanborn & Carter, Publishers, Booksellers and Blank Book Manufacturers, No. 55 Exchange Street, Portland, Maine. Small envelope and letter addressed to Mrs. E. B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles, Maine, postmarked Waltham MA, Nov 17/12M/1908 (03?) with 2 cent stamp. Reverse postmark is Cranberry Isles 1908(3)? Begins "North East Harbor, Lindsay,” ends: "Hastily, Carol(?)" Many pages have been cut out from the beginning of this ledger. First entry, is on page 85 and starts: “Boston Dec. 6th 1879 Sch. S.L. Foster. Page 93 is “Boston Dec 14, 1885.” Page 98 deals with the estate of Enoch B. Stanley and Lewis B. Stanley 1903 and continues with various documents and deeds to 1908 (to page 151). Then returns to accounts for the S. L. Foster 1889. Page 176 begins accounts for the Schooner Rozella 1882, then to 1881, and goes back to deeds and correspondence p. 196 for 1908. P. 198 goes back to the Sch. Foster and alternates between accounts re: Foster and Rozella. Two small loose account papers between p. 212 and 213. The ledger goes back and forth between years and schooners and deeds throughout the book. Last pages of ledger date Jan 18, 1913 and begin with “I expressly forbade Lewis to connect the new building with the original fish house of the heirs of E. B. Stanley…..” (See also 2017.389.2164 and 2017.388.2163) See also notes from Charles Liebow email 2019 re: boat builders with this ledger. [show more]
The Wind & the Wood, Ralph W. Stanley Inc., Boat Building
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ralph Stanley
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
The Wind & the Wood, Ralph W. Stanley Inc., Boat Building
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Brochure, "The Wind & the Wood," promoting Ralph W. Stanley Inc., Boat Building business in Southwest Harbor. With his thoughts about wooden boat building, and photos of him, his shop, and his boats. Brochure probably from the mid 1980s.
Boat Building during World War II
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Report
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ralph Stanley
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Boat Building during World War II
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, "Boatbuilding During World War II, M.D.I., Ellsworth, Stonington, and Bluehill" by Ralph W. Stanley, 12 pages. Ralph was 12 years old on 7 Dec 1941, and gives his personal reminiscences of that period and the war effort. He mentions the Manset Boatyard, Henry Hinckley Co., Southwest Boat, and the Mount Desert Yacht Yard, all on MDI, the Webber's Cove Boat Yard in Bluehill, and the Stonington Deer Isle Yacht Yard. He lists many vessels built at those places, and throws in a few humorous anecdotes too. Ralph lists his sources at the end. (Document transcribed as .txt and saved as html.) [show more]
Diary about boat repairs
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • 1914
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Diary about boat repairs
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Diary, printed date 1914, with ads for paint and varnish, filled in with entries of expenses, most all seem to be for boat repair. Work done for Frank Stanley, Walter Eversman, C. Rice, A. Alley, D. Hodgkins.
Ad for boat paint
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • 1893
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Ad for boat paint
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Envelope with advertising cards, from Tarr and Wonson Ltd., Gloucester MA, 9 Mar 1893, to E.B. Stanley, for boat paints
Letter to Stanley re: vessels for sale
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • 1882
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Letter to Stanley re: vessels for sale
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter and envelope, handwritten, from John D. Snow, Wellfleet MA, 4 Nov 1882, to Enoch.B. Stanley, offering vessels for sale per Stanley's request (no stamps -- letter not mailed, but rather handed on)
Tax form for vessel
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Tax form for vessel
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Tax form, blank, for vessels
Bunker Boatyard check
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Financial Records
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Bunker Boatyard check
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Check, blank, from Bunker Boatyard, Charles E. Rice, Eugene R. MacAllister, Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co.
Letter to Captain Lew Stanley from Barbara Donald.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • 1949
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • No Copyright - United States
Letter to Captain Lew Stanley from Barbara Donald.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A letter to Lew Stanley from Barbara Donald. This letter basically says that Barbara is going to Europe for the summer and won't be going to Cranberry. She also mentions some oars, and owing Lew money.
Advertisement for the Clifton Melbourne Rich Boat Shop
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • 1923
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
The advertisement appeared on page 54 of the 1923 Southwest Harbor Cottage Directory.
Roc Caivano Business Card
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • Roc Caivano
Roc Caivano Business Card
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Copies business card mockups.
B. W. Candage & Son
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • People
  • 1902
B. W. Candage & Son
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Handwritten report listing residences & buildings attributed to B. W. Candage & Sons, contractor/builders/masons beginning 1881. Samuel & Arthur became partners as carpenters/masons in 1890.
Benjamin Graves Record Books
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • 1897-1951
  • Mount Desert Island
Benjamin Graves Record Books
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out. [show more]
Business Card of Charles Leon Lawson
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Document, Advertising, Advertising Card
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • New England
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Business Card of Charles Leon Lawson
Southwest Harbor Public Library
An Act to Incorporate the West Tremont Brick Company
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Document, Government, Act
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • 1874-02-06
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Claim: E. E. Linscott versus Ethel Dorr
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • E. E. Linscott
  • 1905
Description:
Bill; letters: Linscott to Knowles, Knowles to both parties
Small Claims: Ober vs. Bartlett, Ober vs. Sargent
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Otis Ober
  • 1904-1905
Description:
Claims against: Albert Bartlett, Ernest Kitteredge, Earnest Martin, Elmer Sargent, Thomas Walls Plaintiff: Otis Ober
Claim: Hillcrest Market versus Alexander Moore
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Hillcrest market
  • 1912
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
The Federal Farm Loan Act, 1916
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Government, Act
  • Businesses, Farming
  • 1916
The Federal Farm Loan Act, 1916
Northeast Harbor Library

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