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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 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. |
| 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] |
| 2013.241.2032 | Beano game cage with balls |
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| 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. | 
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. |
| 2016.353.2118 | Cap and tee shirt, Rooster Club |
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| 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. | 
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. |
| 1000.0.586 | "God's Tugboat - Seacoast Mission boat Sunbeam" 1949 |
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| Newspaper page with article "God's Tugboat - News for the Seacoast Mission boat Sunbeam" by Edith Drury, about activities of the Seacoast Mission, with photo of Capt. Bert Stanley. From Maine Coast Fisherman, Oct 1949. | 
Description: Newspaper page with article "God's Tugboat - News for the Seacoast Mission boat Sunbeam" by Edith Drury, about activities of the Seacoast Mission, with photo of Capt. Bert Stanley. From Maine Coast Fisherman, Oct 1949. |
| 1000.28.188 | Mutual Improvement and Benevolent Society constitution |
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| Document, handwritten, constitution of the Mutual Improvement and Benevolent Society | 
Description: Document, handwritten, constitution of the Mutual Improvement and Benevolent Society |
| 1000.29.378 | Benefit for Cranberry Isles Volunteer Fire Department |
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| Poster, on cardboard, "Concert benefit Cranberry Isles Volunteer Fire Department, Monday, August 13th 4:30 p.m. fire house, Robert Bloom, oboe; Charles Bruck, conductor; Sara Lambert "Sally" Bloom, oboe; Susan Freed, violin, with members of Pierre Monteaux Festival Orchestra" with abstract painting of rocks | 
Description: Poster, on cardboard, "Concert benefit Cranberry Isles Volunteer Fire Department, Monday, August 13th 4:30 p.m. fire house, Robert Bloom, oboe; Charles Bruck, conductor; Sara Lambert "Sally" Bloom, oboe; Susan Freed, violin, with members of Pierre Monteaux Festival Orchestra" with abstract painting of rocks |
| 1000.29.382 | Ladies Aid annual fair poster |
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| Poster, on cardboard, "Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid will hold its annual Fair Wednesday August 6th" | 
Description: Poster, on cardboard, "Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid will hold its annual Fair Wednesday August 6th" |
| 1000.124.1001 | Lifesaving Service collection |
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| 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. | 
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. |
| 2013.248.1032 | Metal Constable Badge museum display |
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| Badge. Metal constable badge used for a museum display. Phil Whitney may have the rest of the outfit at his home. | 
Description: Badge. Metal constable badge used for a museum display. Phil Whitney may have the rest of the outfit at his home. |
| 2000.65.536 | Town Records Ledger 1857-1896 |
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| Ledger, handwritten, probably by William Preble, various records kept 1850s-1900, all 174 pages scanned 2017. Schooner Quickstep business and voyages, 1858-1866. (There is a xerox copy of this Schooner Quickstep ledger made by Omer P. Mountain kept with the ledger.) Town of Cranberry Isles records, 1859-1875. Meeting House 1866-1874. Schooner Circe 1857. Enoch Stanley, W.E. Hadlock, G.L. Hadlock. Cash advances for Wrecks. M.L. Bunker. Schooner Sea Queen 1871. Schooner Intrepid 1871. Schooner Transfer 1867-1870. E.B. Stanley. Meltiah P. Richardson mentioned 1858-1863. Estate of Thomas Stanley 1879. Wrecked Schooner William Hone 1872. Wrecked Schooner Rosilla B. 1871. Wrecked Brig. Edward Delisle 1869. Wrecked Brig. Aerolite 1869. Wrecked Brig. Charlotte 1867. Wrecked Schooner C.D. Horton 1867. Wrecked Schooner Alice T. 1867. Wrecked Schooner Jessie 1867. Post Office Records 1848-1855, 1857-1896. Marriages (weddings) 1880. (Each of the 174 pages of this ledger were scanned and saved to NAS 2017.) | 
Description: Ledger, handwritten, probably by William Preble, various records kept 1850s-1900, all 174 pages scanned 2017. Schooner Quickstep business and voyages, 1858-1866. (There is a xerox copy of this Schooner Quickstep ledger made by Omer P. Mountain kept with the ledger.) Town of Cranberry Isles records, 1859-1875. Meeting House 1866-1874. Schooner Circe 1857. Enoch Stanley, W.E. Hadlock, G.L. Hadlock. Cash advances for Wrecks. M.L. Bunker. Schooner Sea Queen 1871. Schooner Intrepid 1871. Schooner Transfer 1867-1870. E.B. Stanley. Meltiah P. Richardson mentioned 1858-1863. Estate of Thomas Stanley 1879. Wrecked Schooner William Hone 1872. Wrecked Schooner Rosilla B. 1871. Wrecked Brig. Edward Delisle 1869. Wrecked Brig. Aerolite 1869. Wrecked Brig. Charlotte 1867. Wrecked Schooner C.D. Horton 1867. Wrecked Schooner Alice T. 1867. Wrecked Schooner Jessie 1867. Post Office Records 1848-1855, 1857-1896. Marriages (weddings) 1880. (Each of the 174 pages of this ledger were scanned and saved to NAS 2017.) [show more] |
| 2000.65.507 | Ration Books, World War II, with stamps, ca. 1943 |
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| Ration Books, World War II, with stamps, 3 books used by Addie Duren, 2 books used by Samuel E. Chapman, ca. 1943 | 
Description: Ration Books, World War II, with stamps, 3 books used by Addie Duren, 2 books used by Samuel E. Chapman, ca. 1943 |
| 1000.5.166 | Rooster Club photos |
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| Collection of Photos, building the Rooster Club clubhouse and various people | 
Description: Collection of Photos, building the Rooster Club clubhouse and various people |
| 2003.69.571 | Arthur Bunker Air Force photo |
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| Photo, 8x10 b&w, Air force crew holding sign "U-TAPAO'S 50,000th B-52 Sortie". Arthur Bunker is second from right. | 
Description: Photo, 8x10 b&w, Air force crew holding sign "U-TAPAO'S 50,000th B-52 Sortie". Arthur Bunker is second from right. |
| 2017.388.2163 | Journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family from 1870s-1890s |
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| Collection of journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family: Items A-H. (A) Enoch B. Stanley's tan leather fold-over "The Revised and Improved Collector's Tax Book....Adapted to the Revised Statutes of 1883", by W. W. Bolster, Published Portland: W. H. Stevens & Company, No. 193 Middle Street. Entries from 1890-1892 with categories for real estate, personal property, poll tax, highway tax, a section on school district tax. With three loose handwritten pages inserted. One is list of children for Hannah Lopaus(?) who moved to Mount Desert July 12th 1799 and had 10 children and includes list of 9 children born to Hannah's daughter Nancy Lopauss Richardson Clark, one of whom was Meltiah P. Richardson (spouse of Carrie Stanley Richardson). The second loose page is a petition for a fish weir at Thrumcap for Enoch B. Stanley and W.D.(?) Stanley in January 1891. The third loose page is Permission for a fish weir with full description dated Feb. 7, 1891. (B) Maroon fold-over wallet (empty). (C) Scans from loaned Schmidt family photo albums including family and one of old hearse. (D) Maroon wallet with 14 items folded inside it: receipts: Meltiah Richardson 1871 taxes; E.B. Stanley 1862 & 1864; note to Capt Stanley 1864; 1864 receipt; 1864 receipt Hadlock; 1871 tax receipt; M. P. Richardson to E.B. Stanley 1874; one faded small photo of a person on a sailboat; registered letter receipt 1878 addressed to Thomas Leighton of Millbridge Me received of E. J? Stanley; Receipt 1882 for 7.33 payment; 1876 receipt E. B. Stanley and Perley Russell goods of Haskell 14.50. Envelope addressed to Mrs. Caroline H. Stanley Cranberry Isles ME with Boston Jan 30 1898 postmark 2 cents. Two comic poem pages (not scanned). (E) Small tan leather journal full of information listing fish catches and payments to individuals 1868-1870 in Boston, Cranberry Isles, Gloucester, Schooner Rozella mentioned on one page. Names include Gilley, Bunker, Spurling, Stanley, Ladd, Wayland, Bulger, Young; only three representational pages scanned from this journal. (F) Small narrow brown marbled ledger (undated) tallying fish and bills; two pages mention schooner Harrie [or Fannie?] Forrest; 1 page scanned. (G) Book: The Matron's Manual of Midwifery and the diseases of women during pregnancy and in child bed by Frederick Hollick, MD 1843. (H) Book: How to Hunt and Trap containing full instructions for hunting Buffalo, Elk, Moose, deer, Antelope - by J. H. Batty, 1878; inscribed "Boynton Stanley" at top of page, lower down "William G. Thumbeam[?] from Papa, Christmas 1878." (See also 2015.316.2077 and 2017.389.2164) | 
Description: Collection of journals, ledgers, wallet, books, scanned photos pertaining to Stanley family: Items A-H. (A) Enoch B. Stanley's tan leather fold-over "The Revised and Improved Collector's Tax Book....Adapted to the Revised Statutes of 1883", by W. W. Bolster, Published Portland: W. H. Stevens & Company, No. 193 Middle Street. Entries from 1890-1892 with categories for real estate, personal property, poll tax, highway tax, a section on school district tax. With three loose handwritten pages inserted. One is list of children for Hannah Lopaus(?) who moved to Mount Desert July 12th 1799 and had 10 children and includes list of 9 children born to Hannah's daughter Nancy Lopauss Richardson Clark, one of whom was Meltiah P. Richardson (spouse of Carrie Stanley Richardson). The second loose page is a petition for a fish weir at Thrumcap for Enoch B. Stanley and W.D.(?) Stanley in January 1891. The third loose page is Permission for a fish weir with full description dated Feb. 7, 1891. (B) Maroon fold-over wallet (empty). (C) Scans from loaned Schmidt family photo albums including family and one of old hearse. (D) Maroon wallet with 14 items folded inside it: receipts: Meltiah Richardson 1871 taxes; E.B. Stanley 1862 & 1864; note to Capt Stanley 1864; 1864 receipt; 1864 receipt Hadlock; 1871 tax receipt; M. P. Richardson to E.B. Stanley 1874; one faded small photo of a person on a sailboat; registered letter receipt 1878 addressed to Thomas Leighton of Millbridge Me received of E. J? Stanley; Receipt 1882 for 7.33 payment; 1876 receipt E. B. Stanley and Perley Russell goods of Haskell 14.50. Envelope addressed to Mrs. Caroline H. Stanley Cranberry Isles ME with Boston Jan 30 1898 postmark 2 cents. Two comic poem pages (not scanned). (E) Small tan leather journal full of information listing fish catches and payments to individuals 1868-1870 in Boston, Cranberry Isles, Gloucester, Schooner Rozella mentioned on one page. Names include Gilley, Bunker, Spurling, Stanley, Ladd, Wayland, Bulger, Young; only three representational pages scanned from this journal. (F) Small narrow brown marbled ledger (undated) tallying fish and bills; two pages mention schooner Harrie [or Fannie?] Forrest; 1 page scanned. (G) Book: The Matron's Manual of Midwifery and the diseases of women during pregnancy and in child bed by Frederick Hollick, MD 1843. (H) Book: How to Hunt and Trap containing full instructions for hunting Buffalo, Elk, Moose, deer, Antelope - by J. H. Batty, 1878; inscribed "Boynton Stanley" at top of page, lower down "William G. Thumbeam[?] from Papa, Christmas 1878." (See also 2015.316.2077 and 2017.389.2164) [show more] |
| 1000.0.607 | "Cranberryana" by Mary Frances Parkman, 1944 |
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| Booklet, "Cranberryana" by Mary Frances Parkman, 1944, about the founding of the Cranberry Club, with membership list. Appears to be reprint of 1926 edition, item 14, but with memberhip list updated to 1944, and with date of membership included. | 
Description: Booklet, "Cranberryana" by Mary Frances Parkman, 1944, about the founding of the Cranberry Club, with membership list. Appears to be reprint of 1926 edition, item 14, but with memberhip list updated to 1944, and with date of membership included. |
| 1000.18.191 | Dinner ticket for Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid |
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| Dinner ticket, for Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid dinner |
Description: Dinner ticket, for Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid dinner |
| 2002.20.693 | Envelope for Bear Island annexation papers 1849 |
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| Envelope for Bear Island annexation papers 1849 - contained documents 2002.20.692 and 2002.20.40 | 
Description: Envelope for Bear Island annexation papers 1849 - contained documents 2002.20.692 and 2002.20.40 |
| 2001.39.140 | Memo recording donations probably written by Carrie Richardson |
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| Memo, handwritten, containing record of donation request letters sent and donations received (probably written by Carrie Richardson, see handwriting of item 141) (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001). (See scan in 2000>photos>Hazel Brooke Peterson.) | 
Description: Memo, handwritten, containing record of donation request letters sent and donations received (probably written by Carrie Richardson, see handwriting of item 141) (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001). (See scan in 2000>photos>Hazel Brooke Peterson.) |
| 2003.69.598 | Handwritten Note Accounting of Food for Town Meeting ca. 1987(?) |
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| Document, 1 handwritten page, Food for the Town Meeting, listing amounts of food for unknown year, perhaps 1987 | 
Description: Document, 1 handwritten page, Food for the Town Meeting, listing amounts of food for unknown year, perhaps 1987 |
| 1000.0.384 | Ribbon: Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pemetic Lodge |
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| Ribbon, pin-on, double sided, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pemetic Lodge #135, Southwest Harbor | 
Description: Ribbon, pin-on, double sided, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pemetic Lodge #135, Southwest Harbor |
| 1000.18.329 | Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Dinner Tickets |
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| Ticket, two Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Dinner Tickets, with envelope and letter from Nancy Jones to Ruth Westphal |
Description: Ticket, two Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Dinner Tickets, with envelope and letter from Nancy Jones to Ruth Westphal |
| 1000.5.152 | Bumper sticker for The Rooster Club band |
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| Bumper sticker, Rooster Club band | |
| 1000.0.16 | Cranberry Club 50th Anniversary |
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| Document, photocopy, 2 typewritten pages, "The Cranberry Club 50th. Anniversary", by Mary Huntington Thompson | 
Description: Document, photocopy, 2 typewritten pages, "The Cranberry Club 50th. Anniversary", by Mary Huntington Thompson |
| 1000.0.15 | Memories of the Cranberry Club 1985 |
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| Document, 2 typewritten pages, "Some Memories of the Cranberry Club", by Elinor M. Parker, Sep 1985 | 
Description: Document, 2 typewritten pages, "Some Memories of the Cranberry Club", by Elinor M. Parker, Sep 1985 |
