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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 2020.449.2829 | Four generations of Bunker family |
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| Four Bunker family generations: Upper left – Julia Bunker Spurling (Sidney's daughter) (1850-1919); Lower left – Sidney Chadwick Hamor Bunker (1824-1918); Upper right – Alta Spurling Bunker (Sidney's grand daughter) (1876-1969); Lower right – Vincie Millicent Bunker (Sidney's great grand daughter) (1895-1993). (Perhaps ca. 1915.) Donor inherited photograph from his great-grandfather Robert Hamor whose older sister, Sidney Hamor Bunker, appears in this picture. | 
Description: Four Bunker family generations: Upper left – Julia Bunker Spurling (Sidney's daughter) (1850-1919); Lower left – Sidney Chadwick Hamor Bunker (1824-1918); Upper right – Alta Spurling Bunker (Sidney's grand daughter) (1876-1969); Lower right – Vincie Millicent Bunker (Sidney's great grand daughter) (1895-1993). (Perhaps ca. 1915.) Donor inherited photograph from his great-grandfather Robert Hamor whose older sister, Sidney Hamor Bunker, appears in this picture. [show more] |
| 2019.440.2806 | Postcards to Addie Duren |
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| Postcards to Addie Duren: A=1936 from Elsa. B=1 1943 from Alice. | 
Description: Postcards to Addie Duren: A=1936 from Elsa. B=1 1943 from Alice. |
| 2019.429.2451 | Photos and clippings from Addie Duren |
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| Photos and assortment of clippings. 21 photographs of people, boats, structures, from Addie Duren's time, given to GCIHS by her son Ron Mountain, some with IDs written on reverse: A=Adline Bunker; B= Ernest Stanley In Service, First World War; C=Alfred Ladd passed away in first world war by a bomb. D=Addie must be going someplace. All dressed up in my Brothers clothes. E=Winfield Stanley; F=Omer Mountain In USN; G=Eliza Stanley; H=Addie Duren. Photos I-M=people no IDs (except deerhunter photo is marked 1940. Photos N-R=boats have no IDs except N (upper right corner)=First boat Raymond B. ever built. Photos of buildings S=Aid building/barn; T=GCI Church; U=Velma Teel's house in the snow. V-ZZ=Newspaper clippings: improved lobster pot design 1956, witticisms, and children' games. AA-CC= handwritten songs and a note. | 
Description: Photos and assortment of clippings. 21 photographs of people, boats, structures, from Addie Duren's time, given to GCIHS by her son Ron Mountain, some with IDs written on reverse: A=Adline Bunker; B= Ernest Stanley In Service, First World War; C=Alfred Ladd passed away in first world war by a bomb. D=Addie must be going someplace. All dressed up in my Brothers clothes. E=Winfield Stanley; F=Omer Mountain In USN; G=Eliza Stanley; H=Addie Duren. Photos I-M=people no IDs (except deerhunter photo is marked 1940. Photos N-R=boats have no IDs except N (upper right corner)=First boat Raymond B. ever built. Photos of buildings S=Aid building/barn; T=GCI Church; U=Velma Teel's house in the snow. V-ZZ=Newspaper clippings: improved lobster pot design 1956, witticisms, and children' games. AA-CC= handwritten songs and a note. [show more] |
| 2019.434.2444 | Addie Ethel Duren WWII ID card |
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| 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. | 
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. |
| 2017.397.2172 | Hats Off Bowling Game (Phippen) |
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| Game board, child, Board game, "Hats Off Bowling Game" with wooden pegs that swivel, bowling balls missing. Copyright MCMXLIV by Transogram Company, Inc. , from Montgomery Ward. Marjorie and Les Phippen's children were Paul, Louise, and one other. They were born on GCI and used to live on GCI year round. | 
Description: Game board, child, Board game, "Hats Off Bowling Game" with wooden pegs that swivel, bowling balls missing. Copyright MCMXLIV by Transogram Company, Inc. , from Montgomery Ward. Marjorie and Les Phippen's children were Paul, Louise, and one other. They were born on GCI and used to live on GCI year round. |
| 2015.315.2076 | Nautical charts (1855-1877) used by Meltiah and Carrie Richardson for transatlantic voyages |
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| Charts, nautical. Collection of ten 1855-1877 nautical charts of various sizes pertaining to the northeast coast of the United States, and the Atlantic Ocean to Europe, some with cotton fabric backing and cloth borders; all were rolled up inside a canvas drawstring carrying bag. (Charts are numbered 1-10 see full descriptions elsewhere.) Chart 1 is the most important and the most fragile of the set. It is stamped twice in black ink with "M. J. Richardson" and clearly plots at least two 1877-78 transatlantic voyages through the Strait of Gibraltar by Great Cranberry Island captains Meltiah J. and/or his spouse Mary Catherine "Carrie" Stanley likely aboard their three-mast schooner, Carrie M. Richardson (built in nearby Manset harbor 1874. See 2017 exhibit of chart and accompanying journals). Chart 6 has M. J. Richardson's name written in pencil on the reverse. Several charts are annotated in pencil and pen with dates and direction of sea voyages, and some have red ink dots indicating navigational aids (nuns and buoys). These charts were inherited by Stanley descendants and originally came from the Lewis Stanley boatyard and/or house on The Pool on GCI. Captain Lewis G. Stanley (1869-1957) was son of Enoch B. Stanley, Sr. (1820-1903). Meltiah J. Richardson married Mary Catherine "Carrie" Stanley (sister of Lewis) in 1870.) Chart 1 is 42” high by 60" wide and was in dire need of conservation. Conservation, encapsulation, digitization, printing and mounting were done at NEDCC August 2016. See documentation and digital files. (Prior to conservation: A piece missing from around the Yucatan peninsula,discolored, and very musty. Ink smudges in the center of the chart.) It’s actually two maritime charts laid side by side on the same cloth backing; used many times; well worn. Schooners known to be associated with Meltiah Richardson are the Hussar, Quickstep, and the Carrie M. Richardson. Legend on lower left corner reads: “Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean. From the most recent British, French, and United States Surveys. Sheet I. Hydrographic Office – U.S. Navy 1369. With variation curves for 1871”. The legend on the lower right side of the chart reads: “Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean from the most recent British, French, Spanish, Portugese, Belgian, Dutch, German, Danish and Norwegian surveys. Sheet II. Hydrographic office U.S. Navy. With variation curves for 1871. Only the most important lights are given on this chart.” There are calculations and dates in pencil along edges of chart and along coastline of the mid-Atlantic and southern U.S. coast. Two voyages are plotted across the ocean indicating dates and occasional notes. Journey 1 runs from October 19, 1877- November 20, 1877 from Malaga (on the southeast coast of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea, through the Strait of Gibraltar) heading east to Cape Lookout, NC, bound for Philadelphia. Journey 2 runs from October 3, 1878 - November 16, 1878, from Cadiz, (on southwest coast of Spain, north of the strait of Gibraltar), heading east to the Chesapeake Bay area of MD/VA, bound for Gloucester. (See scans of wallet journal made 7/29/16 relating directly to chart 1.) See separate document for specifics for each of the 10 charts. (See Exhibits2017 on NAS for displays and texts relating to these charts.) (See also Macfarlan's personal collection - chart of Ireland, and 2002.20.44 Hadlock chart around Norway.) | 
Description: Charts, nautical. Collection of ten 1855-1877 nautical charts of various sizes pertaining to the northeast coast of the United States, and the Atlantic Ocean to Europe, some with cotton fabric backing and cloth borders; all were rolled up inside a canvas drawstring carrying bag. (Charts are numbered 1-10 see full descriptions elsewhere.) Chart 1 is the most important and the most fragile of the set. It is stamped twice in black ink with "M. J. Richardson" and clearly plots at least two 1877-78 transatlantic voyages through the Strait of Gibraltar by Great Cranberry Island captains Meltiah J. and/or his spouse Mary Catherine "Carrie" Stanley likely aboard their three-mast schooner, Carrie M. Richardson (built in nearby Manset harbor 1874. See 2017 exhibit of chart and accompanying journals). Chart 6 has M. J. Richardson's name written in pencil on the reverse. Several charts are annotated in pencil and pen with dates and direction of sea voyages, and some have red ink dots indicating navigational aids (nuns and buoys). These charts were inherited by Stanley descendants and originally came from the Lewis Stanley boatyard and/or house on The Pool on GCI. Captain Lewis G. Stanley (1869-1957) was son of Enoch B. Stanley, Sr. (1820-1903). Meltiah J. Richardson married Mary Catherine "Carrie" Stanley (sister of Lewis) in 1870.) Chart 1 is 42” high by 60" wide and was in dire need of conservation. Conservation, encapsulation, digitization, printing and mounting were done at NEDCC August 2016. See documentation and digital files. (Prior to conservation: A piece missing from around the Yucatan peninsula,discolored, and very musty. Ink smudges in the center of the chart.) It’s actually two maritime charts laid side by side on the same cloth backing; used many times; well worn. Schooners known to be associated with Meltiah Richardson are the Hussar, Quickstep, and the Carrie M. Richardson. Legend on lower left corner reads: “Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean. From the most recent British, French, and United States Surveys. Sheet I. Hydrographic Office – U.S. Navy 1369. With variation curves for 1871”. The legend on the lower right side of the chart reads: “Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean from the most recent British, French, Spanish, Portugese, Belgian, Dutch, German, Danish and Norwegian surveys. Sheet II. Hydrographic office U.S. Navy. With variation curves for 1871. Only the most important lights are given on this chart.” There are calculations and dates in pencil along edges of chart and along coastline of the mid-Atlantic and southern U.S. coast. Two voyages are plotted across the ocean indicating dates and occasional notes. Journey 1 runs from October 19, 1877- November 20, 1877 from Malaga (on the southeast coast of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea, through the Strait of Gibraltar) heading east to Cape Lookout, NC, bound for Philadelphia. Journey 2 runs from October 3, 1878 - November 16, 1878, from Cadiz, (on southwest coast of Spain, north of the strait of Gibraltar), heading east to the Chesapeake Bay area of MD/VA, bound for Gloucester. (See scans of wallet journal made 7/29/16 relating directly to chart 1.) See separate document for specifics for each of the 10 charts. (See Exhibits2017 on NAS for displays and texts relating to these charts.) (See also Macfarlan's personal collection - chart of Ireland, and 2002.20.44 Hadlock chart around Norway.) [show more] |
| 2017.395.2170 | Painting of the Lusitania |
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| Painting, oil or acrylic, and pencil on cardboard of the ship Lusitania. Framed in wood with popsicle stick supports on damaged corners. Donor notes, "I bought it at a Cranberry Island Fair in the 1980s, and was told it came out of an Island House. I'm not sure if it was done by an Islander, but Isabel Storey would know." | 
Description: Painting, oil or acrylic, and pencil on cardboard of the ship Lusitania. Framed in wood with popsicle stick supports on damaged corners. Donor notes, "I bought it at a Cranberry Island Fair in the 1980s, and was told it came out of an Island House. I'm not sure if it was done by an Islander, but Isabel Storey would know." |
| 2019.438.2434 | Annie Bunker's funeral |
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| Funeral of Annie L. Bunker 1943 (Polly Bunker's mother) with Ids. L to R: Forrest Spurling, Pauline Bunker, Charlene Bunker, Nancy Spurling and Charlie Rice. Bottom right photo: Victor, Forrest Spurling, Elisha Bunker, Pauline Bunker. | 
Description: Funeral of Annie L. Bunker 1943 (Polly Bunker's mother) with Ids. L to R: Forrest Spurling, Pauline Bunker, Charlene Bunker, Nancy Spurling and Charlie Rice. Bottom right photo: Victor, Forrest Spurling, Elisha Bunker, Pauline Bunker. |
| 2018.406.2183 | Quilt by Leah Jeanette (Sawyer) Stanley (1874-1944) |
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| Quilt. Red and white (or beige) squares, 73" x 81" with solid white (or beige) reverse; filled with cotton batting. 14 5" x 6" squares long by 15 5"x6" squares wide. Each white square has a red embroidered flower, vegetable, bird, human figure, or animal in it. Donor states quilt was found in house when the property was bequeathed to the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation by Robert LaHotan's will and trust. Donor believes the quilt was made by Leah Stanley (Leah Jeanette (Sawyer) Stanley 1874-1944) who lived in the house with her husband Lewis Stanley. Quilt was displayed in 2006 GCIHS quilt exhibit. | 
Description: Quilt. Red and white (or beige) squares, 73" x 81" with solid white (or beige) reverse; filled with cotton batting. 14 5" x 6" squares long by 15 5"x6" squares wide. Each white square has a red embroidered flower, vegetable, bird, human figure, or animal in it. Donor states quilt was found in house when the property was bequeathed to the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation by Robert LaHotan's will and trust. Donor believes the quilt was made by Leah Stanley (Leah Jeanette (Sawyer) Stanley 1874-1944) who lived in the house with her husband Lewis Stanley. Quilt was displayed in 2006 GCIHS quilt exhibit. [show more] |
| 2013.489.2976 | Nelson - Carl Nelson. "The Heartiest of Season's Greetings" |
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| A letter from Carl Nelson updating his friends on his new home on Cranberry island. This letter says " I have retired and moved from Boston to this island of unique design located just off the coast of Mt. Desert Island, Maine." He goes on about how tranquil and relaxing he finds the island and his deer neighbors. He ends the note with " In excellent health I am looking forward to retirement as a very exciting adventure." He notes his new address at the bottom of the card. This card looks as though it was a mass send to his friends and acquaintances to be updated on his new life and address. | 
Description: A letter from Carl Nelson updating his friends on his new home on Cranberry island. This letter says " I have retired and moved from Boston to this island of unique design located just off the coast of Mt. Desert Island, Maine." He goes on about how tranquil and relaxing he finds the island and his deer neighbors. He ends the note with " In excellent health I am looking forward to retirement as a very exciting adventure." He notes his new address at the bottom of the card. This card looks as though it was a mass send to his friends and acquaintances to be updated on his new life and address. [show more] |
| 2013.490.2977 | Nelson - Carl Nelson correspondence with a woman named Martha. |
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| Three letters from Carl Nelson to his friend Martha. In the first letter he is writing and just catching up with her about a mutual friend they had passing. In the second letter he is writing Martha thanking her for a jar of relish that she had sent him. In the top right corner he drew a picture of the jar that she sent. The letter starts by saying "How I can tell you how good the relish really is." He continues to write about how much he enjoyed the relish and how good it was. In the third letter he begins by saying " Dear 'Dickerson'" which is the name of Martha's relish mentioned in the second letter. In this letter he adds more praises on Martha's relish and other friendly writing. | 
Description: Three letters from Carl Nelson to his friend Martha. In the first letter he is writing and just catching up with her about a mutual friend they had passing. In the second letter he is writing Martha thanking her for a jar of relish that she had sent him. In the top right corner he drew a picture of the jar that she sent. The letter starts by saying "How I can tell you how good the relish really is." He continues to write about how much he enjoyed the relish and how good it was. In the third letter he begins by saying " Dear 'Dickerson'" which is the name of Martha's relish mentioned in the second letter. In this letter he adds more praises on Martha's relish and other friendly writing. [show more] |
| 2023.636.3126 | Artists of the Cranberry Isles |
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| GCIHS Publication, created by Wini Smart initially to accompany the exhibit: Art of the Cranberry Isles, Past and Present. Compiles a list of and short biography of all the painters who made an 'impact here on our island and on the world'. With accompanying painter portraits and art. | 
Description: GCIHS Publication, created by Wini Smart initially to accompany the exhibit: Art of the Cranberry Isles, Past and Present. Compiles a list of and short biography of all the painters who made an 'impact here on our island and on the world'. With accompanying painter portraits and art. |
| 2022.617.3109 | Shell Midden Remains and Photographs |
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| A collection of shells and photographs taken from the Shell Midden on Fish Point. Some of the shells have holes in them, which may have been created by the indigenous people who hunted for them. Dating through the shell middens and other archeological remains, we know people have used this coastline and its plentiful marine resources for thousands of years. The Cranberries themselves were used by the indigenous peoples here, evidenced by the remains of a shell midden on Fish point (at the hook of the island) which isn’t accessible to the public. Shell middens are often referred to as trash heaps and they contain oyster, clam, and shellfish remains, along with ‘faunal remains’ which refers to the mammal, fish, bird, reptile bones and teeth that are found. A minor portion of the middens are often stone tools or their fragments, and pieces of ceramic pottery. Shellfish middens are phenomenal records of the lives lived in proximity to the coast, and they are often found in sheltered coves and bays, near small mudflats, and tidal/inland streams. They tell us which seasons people were occupying areas, their preference for sheltered areas with easy access to the ocean (for their canoes) and plentiful marine resources, such as shellfish flats, and spring runs of migratory fish. They are extraordinary records which are disappearing rapidly due to rising oceans. | 
Description: A collection of shells and photographs taken from the Shell Midden on Fish Point. Some of the shells have holes in them, which may have been created by the indigenous people who hunted for them. Dating through the shell middens and other archeological remains, we know people have used this coastline and its plentiful marine resources for thousands of years. The Cranberries themselves were used by the indigenous peoples here, evidenced by the remains of a shell midden on Fish point (at the hook of the island) which isn’t accessible to the public. Shell middens are often referred to as trash heaps and they contain oyster, clam, and shellfish remains, along with ‘faunal remains’ which refers to the mammal, fish, bird, reptile bones and teeth that are found. A minor portion of the middens are often stone tools or their fragments, and pieces of ceramic pottery. Shellfish middens are phenomenal records of the lives lived in proximity to the coast, and they are often found in sheltered coves and bays, near small mudflats, and tidal/inland streams. They tell us which seasons people were occupying areas, their preference for sheltered areas with easy access to the ocean (for their canoes) and plentiful marine resources, such as shellfish flats, and spring runs of migratory fish. They are extraordinary records which are disappearing rapidly due to rising oceans. [show more] |
| 2014.278.2019 | Fire Department Helmets |
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| 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.) | 
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] |
| 2021.492.2522 | Wilfred Bunker's passing article |
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| Front page article on Wilfred Bunker's passing (2012), Mount Desert Islander January 3, 2013. | 
Description: Front page article on Wilfred Bunker's passing (2012), Mount Desert Islander January 3, 2013. |
| 2018.405.2182 | Cranberry Isles Map and Cottage Directory 1958 (laminated) |
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| Map. Laminated 1958 Cranberry Isles Cottage Directory (L.S. Robinson Real Estate) houses numbered and owners identified. | 
Description: Map. Laminated 1958 Cranberry Isles Cottage Directory (L.S. Robinson Real Estate) houses numbered and owners identified. |
| 2013.246.2359 | Cranberry Isles Map and Cottage Directory 1958 (annotated) |
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| 1958 Cranberry Isles Map and Cottage Directory by L.S. Robinson Real Estate, with annotations by Louise Marr or Doris McSorley. | 
Description: 1958 Cranberry Isles Map and Cottage Directory by L.S. Robinson Real Estate, with annotations by Louise Marr or Doris McSorley. |
| 2017.393.2168 | Certificate of Marriage. Beniah Bunker and Josie S. Stanley |
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| Certificate of Marriage. Beniah Bunker and Josie S. Stanley December 4, 1887, with photographs of bride and groom. Ornate frame. | 
Description: Certificate of Marriage. Beniah Bunker and Josie S. Stanley December 4, 1887, with photographs of bride and groom. Ornate frame. |
| 2013.214.1906 | Indigenous American stone tools: 10 arrowheads, flakes, projectile points, and knife blade |
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| Native American tools: a random collection of 10 stone pieces without provenience: 1 raw stone, 6 arrowheads, 2 flakes, 1 knife blade: some of these artifacts were loaned by individuals, and one projectile point (the longest one, black) was found on GCI on May 25, 2008 by a visitor. Others may not be local points, some perhaps New Jersey origin. One 2" stone knife blade, broken, black (not obsidian) found GCI 2011 by visitor and later donated to GCIHS. (See Abbe Museum on MDI for collection of Native American artifacts from archaeological excavations on GCI.) | 
Description: Native American tools: a random collection of 10 stone pieces without provenience: 1 raw stone, 6 arrowheads, 2 flakes, 1 knife blade: some of these artifacts were loaned by individuals, and one projectile point (the longest one, black) was found on GCI on May 25, 2008 by a visitor. Others may not be local points, some perhaps New Jersey origin. One 2" stone knife blade, broken, black (not obsidian) found GCI 2011 by visitor and later donated to GCIHS. (See Abbe Museum on MDI for collection of Native American artifacts from archaeological excavations on GCI.) [show more] |
| 2017.396.2171 | Cardboard panels painted by GCI school children |
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| Paintings, three painted cardboard panels with artwork by GCI school children. (A) Woman on the moon releasing white dove by Amy Russell1996. (B) Woman in black in the middle of an orange flower by Martha Bunker (probably 1996); she became an artist or photographer in Portland. (C) Ice Hockey player in action on the ice by Patrick Allen (probably 1996). | 
Description: Paintings, three painted cardboard panels with artwork by GCI school children. (A) Woman on the moon releasing white dove by Amy Russell1996. (B) Woman in black in the middle of an orange flower by Martha Bunker (probably 1996); she became an artist or photographer in Portland. (C) Ice Hockey player in action on the ice by Patrick Allen (probably 1996). |
| 2011.162.1388 | God's Pocket - Rachel Field |
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| 1934. Book, "God's Pocket" by Rachel Field, Macmillan April 1934, inscribed by author "For William C. Bullitt This early American gesture to a far-away friend - with always pleasant remembrances. Rachel Field 1934" Also included with the book is a printout from wikipedia about William Christian Bullitt, Jr., presumably the person the book is inscribed to, who was about 43, and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union in 1934. (See also Field collection of books 2014.168.2004) | 
Description: 1934. Book, "God's Pocket" by Rachel Field, Macmillan April 1934, inscribed by author "For William C. Bullitt This early American gesture to a far-away friend - with always pleasant remembrances. Rachel Field 1934" Also included with the book is a printout from wikipedia about William Christian Bullitt, Jr., presumably the person the book is inscribed to, who was about 43, and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union in 1934. (See also Field collection of books 2014.168.2004) [show more] |
| 1000.27.990 | Hitty's First One Hundred Years - Rachel Field |
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| Book. 1941 Edition of Hitty's First One Hundred Years by Rachel Field, signed by the author. (See also Field collection of books 2014.168.2004) | 
Description: Book. 1941 Edition of Hitty's First One Hundred Years by Rachel Field, signed by the author. (See also Field collection of books 2014.168.2004) |
| 2023.633.3123 | Points East: Narratives of New England - Rachel Field |
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| Book written by local author Rachel Field. Signed by the author. | 
Description: Book written by local author Rachel Field. Signed by the author. |
| 2015.319.2080 | Wild Island Farm seed collection |
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| Seeds. Collection of Polly Storey's Wild Island Farm seeds including three green wooden display boxes (A, B, and C) (with lids attached by brass chains) containing white and green paper seed packets ready for sale, and two shoebox-size cardboard boxes (D and E) with seed packets. There is also a folder of materials (F) relating to Wild Island Farm, the seed business, and a newspaper article “Polly Forbes Johnson Storey: A Spirit of Independence” (Bar Harbor Times, October 21, 1976). (See also GCIHS 1000.0.965 for another undated article about seeds business.) Seed packets indicate crop years were 1972 and 1992; but many packets have no crop years identified. Most of the seeds originated in Maine, but some are from Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Yugoslavia. Polly Storey’s daughter, Elizabeth Selim, recalls her mother germinating wildflower seeds on the property and remembers her mother’s seed business. Two of the green seed display boxes (A and B) contain packets of tree seeds. On the interior lids of these two boxes is a printed pamphlet: Tree Seeds from Maine* (and other exotic parts of the world), with text on why and how to plant tree seeds. Seed packets inside these two boxes include balsam fir, mountain ash, white pine, sugar maple, paper birch, and white spruce - all "Packed by Wild Island Farm, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625." Balsam fir (Abies balsama): Purity 93%, Germination 50% March 1994; Crop year 1992, Origin Maine. Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana): Purity 80%, Germination 30% March 1994, Crop year 1992, Origin Tennessee. White Pine (Pinus strobus): Purity 98%, Germination 90% March 1994, Crop year 1991, Origin Maine. Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum): Purity 97%, Germination 55% March 1994, Crop Year 1992, Origin Pennsylvania. Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera): Purity 85%, Germination 95% March 1994, Crop year 1992, Origin Wisconsin. White Spruce: (Picea abies): Purity 98%, Germination 47.5% March 1992, Crop year 1990, Origin Yugoslavia. Several types of tree seed packets have bar-coded labels on reverse: “Acadia Shops, (seed name), $2.00”. The third green display box (C) contains mostly flower packets, but there are also four packets of White Cedar seeds in it. The interior lid of this box has hand drawn text and lovely small watercolor sketches of the types of flower seed packets it contains. White Cedar (Thuja occidentales): Text, printing and ‘packed by’ are slightly different: Purity 95%, Germ. 60% March 1973, Crop Year 1972, Origin Maine: Packed by Wild Island Seeds, The Farm House, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625. Flower packets: Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum): No date packed etc. Blue Flag (Iris versicolor): No date packed etc, but an Acadia Shops sticker (no bar code) $1.50 on reverse. Evening Primrose (Onothera biennis): No date packed etc. Beach Pea (Lathyrus japponics): Empty envelope, no crop year etc. Lupine (Lupinus perennis): No crop year etc. Cattail (Typha latifolia): No crop year etc., sealed but seems empty. Blueberry (Vaccinium augustifolium): No date crop year etc., envelope stained. There are 5 small manila envelopes with handwritten labels: Beach Pea, Wild Rose, Blue Flag, Seaside Goldenrod, and Bunchberry. Inside a sixth, larger manila envelope (labelled in red ink: ‘Begonia seeds’) are 5 folded, white paper packets, only two of which are labelled: "Pink and white from Christmas cactus pot", and "Deep Red". Cardboard boxes: First box (D) labeled “M.D. Apothecary” contains 59 green and white paper packets of Rhubarb (Rhabarbarum) seeds, “Packed by Wild Island Farm, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625”, no crop year etc., but Acadia Shops sticker (no bar code) $1.50 on reverse. Second box (E) contains 99 green and white paper packets of Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana) seeds: Purity 80%, Germination 30% March 1994, Crop year 1992, Origin Tennessee, Packed by Wild Island Farm, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625, no sticker on reverse. Documents (F): 1970 to 1995, including 1992 correspondence with Aroostook Testing and Consulting Laboratory in Presque Isle, Maine, shows Polly submitted several varieties of tree seeds from Cranberry Island for testing and received germination rates for each. Information on how and when to gather seeds. Statements and business registration information. Newspaper article “Polly Forbes Johnson Storey: A Spirit of Independence” (Bar Harbor Times, October 21, 1976). Several letters from visitors who purchased the seeds at local hotels and wanted advice. Two loose 2"x2" square water color sketches of cranberry and fireweed. One 6"x8" color photograph of Polly Storey by Dick Berggren. | 
Description: Seeds. Collection of Polly Storey's Wild Island Farm seeds including three green wooden display boxes (A, B, and C) (with lids attached by brass chains) containing white and green paper seed packets ready for sale, and two shoebox-size cardboard boxes (D and E) with seed packets. There is also a folder of materials (F) relating to Wild Island Farm, the seed business, and a newspaper article “Polly Forbes Johnson Storey: A Spirit of Independence” (Bar Harbor Times, October 21, 1976). (See also GCIHS 1000.0.965 for another undated article about seeds business.) Seed packets indicate crop years were 1972 and 1992; but many packets have no crop years identified. Most of the seeds originated in Maine, but some are from Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Yugoslavia. Polly Storey’s daughter, Elizabeth Selim, recalls her mother germinating wildflower seeds on the property and remembers her mother’s seed business. Two of the green seed display boxes (A and B) contain packets of tree seeds. On the interior lids of these two boxes is a printed pamphlet: Tree Seeds from Maine* (and other exotic parts of the world), with text on why and how to plant tree seeds. Seed packets inside these two boxes include balsam fir, mountain ash, white pine, sugar maple, paper birch, and white spruce - all "Packed by Wild Island Farm, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625." Balsam fir (Abies balsama): Purity 93%, Germination 50% March 1994; Crop year 1992, Origin Maine. Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana): Purity 80%, Germination 30% March 1994, Crop year 1992, Origin Tennessee. White Pine (Pinus strobus): Purity 98%, Germination 90% March 1994, Crop year 1991, Origin Maine. Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum): Purity 97%, Germination 55% March 1994, Crop Year 1992, Origin Pennsylvania. Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera): Purity 85%, Germination 95% March 1994, Crop year 1992, Origin Wisconsin. White Spruce: (Picea abies): Purity 98%, Germination 47.5% March 1992, Crop year 1990, Origin Yugoslavia. Several types of tree seed packets have bar-coded labels on reverse: “Acadia Shops, (seed name), $2.00”. The third green display box (C) contains mostly flower packets, but there are also four packets of White Cedar seeds in it. The interior lid of this box has hand drawn text and lovely small watercolor sketches of the types of flower seed packets it contains. White Cedar (Thuja occidentales): Text, printing and ‘packed by’ are slightly different: Purity 95%, Germ. 60% March 1973, Crop Year 1972, Origin Maine: Packed by Wild Island Seeds, The Farm House, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625. Flower packets: Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum): No date packed etc. Blue Flag (Iris versicolor): No date packed etc, but an Acadia Shops sticker (no bar code) $1.50 on reverse. Evening Primrose (Onothera biennis): No date packed etc. Beach Pea (Lathyrus japponics): Empty envelope, no crop year etc. Lupine (Lupinus perennis): No crop year etc. Cattail (Typha latifolia): No crop year etc., sealed but seems empty. Blueberry (Vaccinium augustifolium): No date crop year etc., envelope stained. There are 5 small manila envelopes with handwritten labels: Beach Pea, Wild Rose, Blue Flag, Seaside Goldenrod, and Bunchberry. Inside a sixth, larger manila envelope (labelled in red ink: ‘Begonia seeds’) are 5 folded, white paper packets, only two of which are labelled: "Pink and white from Christmas cactus pot", and "Deep Red". Cardboard boxes: First box (D) labeled “M.D. Apothecary” contains 59 green and white paper packets of Rhubarb (Rhabarbarum) seeds, “Packed by Wild Island Farm, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625”, no crop year etc., but Acadia Shops sticker (no bar code) $1.50 on reverse. Second box (E) contains 99 green and white paper packets of Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana) seeds: Purity 80%, Germination 30% March 1994, Crop year 1992, Origin Tennessee, Packed by Wild Island Farm, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625, no sticker on reverse. Documents (F): 1970 to 1995, including 1992 correspondence with Aroostook Testing and Consulting Laboratory in Presque Isle, Maine, shows Polly submitted several varieties of tree seeds from Cranberry Island for testing and received germination rates for each. Information on how and when to gather seeds. Statements and business registration information. Newspaper article “Polly Forbes Johnson Storey: A Spirit of Independence” (Bar Harbor Times, October 21, 1976). Several letters from visitors who purchased the seeds at local hotels and wanted advice. Two loose 2"x2" square water color sketches of cranberry and fireweed. One 6"x8" color photograph of Polly Storey by Dick Berggren. [show more] |
| 2019.440.2807 | Newspaper clippings |
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| Newspaper clippings: A= Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Stanley renew wedding vows, 1960. B= Schooner Nile of Bath, F.H. Lewis master wreck in Winthrop (no date). | 
Description: Newspaper clippings: A= Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Stanley renew wedding vows, 1960. B= Schooner Nile of Bath, F.H. Lewis master wreck in Winthrop (no date). |
