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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 2021.454.3038 | Spurling - Benjamin Spurling Received Pay Note |
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| Capt. Benjamin Spurling to Edwin L. Hodgdon Sr. to Labor Planting Garden. Edwin worked 19 hours and earned $.25 an hour. There was a received pay discount of $.75 and so he earned a total of $4. | 
Description: Capt. Benjamin Spurling to Edwin L. Hodgdon Sr. to Labor Planting Garden. Edwin worked 19 hours and earned $.25 an hour. There was a received pay discount of $.75 and so he earned a total of $4. |
| 2014.564.3055 | William P. Preble to Nettie Stanley |
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| Grocery store receipt for N. Stanley. Some bought items are eggs, sugar and lemons. The payment for all of these items was received on July 29th, 1904. | 
Description: Grocery store receipt for N. Stanley. Some bought items are eggs, sugar and lemons. The payment for all of these items was received on July 29th, 1904. |
| 2014.565.3056 | William Preble Grocery Receipt for Nettie Stanley. |
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| A grocery store receipt for Nettie Stanley. Some items featured on this list are cans of milk, can of peaches, and coffee. The bill of about $50 was paid on July 29th, 1904. | 
Description: A grocery store receipt for Nettie Stanley. Some items featured on this list are cans of milk, can of peaches, and coffee. The bill of about $50 was paid on July 29th, 1904. |
| 1000.3.226 | Receipt for merchandise |
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| Business receipt, from Charles F. Guptill & Co. Portland, 2 Jun 1902, to Capt. E.B. Stanley, for merchandise as per bill, $21.55 | 
Description: Business receipt, from Charles F. Guptill & Co. Portland, 2 Jun 1902, to Capt. E.B. Stanley, for merchandise as per bill, $21.55 |
| 1000.0.292 | Receipt for supplies for Schooner Rena A. Percy |
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| Receipt & envelope, from Charles F. Guptill & Co., Portland, 14 Dec 1905, $36.58 food for the Schooner Rena A. Percy, to Capt. Lewis Stanley |
Description: Receipt & envelope, from Charles F. Guptill & Co., Portland, 14 Dec 1905, $36.58 food for the Schooner Rena A. Percy, to Capt. Lewis Stanley |
| 2001.39.304 | Bill for overdue items |
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| Bill, overdue reminder, from Arnold and Winsor, Boston, 1 Jul 1905, to L.G. Stanley asking for $25.26 due since 27 Jul 1894 |
Description: Bill, overdue reminder, from Arnold and Winsor, Boston, 1 Jul 1905, to L.G. Stanley asking for $25.26 due since 27 Jul 1894 |
| 2018.421.2293 | Receipts for taxes and an organ |
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| Receipts for Taxes 1888-1901 and two other receipts including one for a Bridgeport organ 1904. | 
Description: Receipts for Taxes 1888-1901 and two other receipts including one for a Bridgeport organ 1904. |
| 1000.46.257 | Document re: estate of Enoch B. Stanley |
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| Document, by Mary C. Richardson 21 Mar 1905, witnessed by 7 people, promising to sign quitclaim deed for no more than 0.5 acre of land, to be used as house lot, to any & all heirs of Enoch B. Stanley. Transcribed. | 
Description: Document, by Mary C. Richardson 21 Mar 1905, witnessed by 7 people, promising to sign quitclaim deed for no more than 0.5 acre of land, to be used as house lot, to any & all heirs of Enoch B. Stanley. Transcribed. |
| 2016.334.2235 | Town of Cranberry Isles records - 1904 |
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| Documents. Scan of Town of Cranberry Isles voting ballots from 1904 (part of 2016.334.2100). | 
Description: Documents. Scan of Town of Cranberry Isles voting ballots from 1904 (part of 2016.334.2100). |
| 1000.3.322 | Regulation of motor vessels |
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| Official Document, "Regulation of Motor Vessels", 8 Jun 1906 | 
Description: Official Document, "Regulation of Motor Vessels", 8 Jun 1906 |
| 1000.7.105 | Wedding announcment William E. Duren & Addie E. Stanley |
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| Wedding Announcement, William E. Duren & Addie E. Stanley, 10 Oct 1906 | 
Description: Wedding Announcement, William E. Duren & Addie E. Stanley, 10 Oct 1906 |
| 1000.7.137 | Receipt quit claim deed Joseph S. Spurling & Asa D. Stanley |
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| Receipt, for recording quit claim deed, between Joseph S. Spurling & Asa D. Stanley, 50 cents, 18 Apr 1903 |
Description: Receipt, for recording quit claim deed, between Joseph S. Spurling & Asa D. Stanley, 50 cents, 18 Apr 1903 |
| 1000.46.264 | Document re: Enoch B. Stanley estate |
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| Document, (copy), handwritten, signed by wife & children of Enoch B. Stanley, to avoid probate court, drawn up by George R. Fuller, signed & sent to probate court, 12 Apr 1904, to the effect that they can agree among themselves about the estate |
Description: Document, (copy), handwritten, signed by wife & children of Enoch B. Stanley, to avoid probate court, drawn up by George R. Fuller, signed & sent to probate court, 12 Apr 1904, to the effect that they can agree among themselves about the estate |
| 1000.18.521 | 1906 school souvenir |
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| School Souvenir, in black wooden frame, fall term 1906, Teacher Eunice Coggins, Superintendant Frank B. Stanley, 18 students |
Description: School Souvenir, in black wooden frame, fall term 1906, Teacher Eunice Coggins, Superintendant Frank B. Stanley, 18 students |
| 2005.138.1078 | Rug making and Maine Seacoast Mission |
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| Documents pertaining to rug making. (A) Report of the Maine Seacoast Missionary Society for the year ending 1927. (B): Nine items of correspondence pertaining to the Cranberry Island Hooked Rugs program started by the Seacoast Mission, letters date from 1901-1902. The hooked rug program was one of the first cottage industries, the Seacoast Mission took completed rugs to New York for sale |
Description: Documents pertaining to rug making. (A) Report of the Maine Seacoast Missionary Society for the year ending 1927. (B): Nine items of correspondence pertaining to the Cranberry Island Hooked Rugs program started by the Seacoast Mission, letters date from 1901-1902. The hooked rug program was one of the first cottage industries, the Seacoast Mission took completed rugs to New York for sale |
| 2013.220.1875 | Wilfred S. Trussell 1906 motorized vessel license |
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| Document, License, framed under glass, to operate or navigate motorized vessels of 15 gross tons or less and to carry passengers, issued to Wilfred S. Trussell, 21 Sept 1906, signed by Charles O. Cousinly and Walter L. Blaisdell | 
Description: Document, License, framed under glass, to operate or navigate motorized vessels of 15 gross tons or less and to carry passengers, issued to Wilfred S. Trussell, 21 Sept 1906, signed by Charles O. Cousinly and Walter L. Blaisdell |
| 1000.0.1015 | Report cards for Hillard and George Hamor |
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| Report cards, school, six of Hillard Hamor and George Hamor's report cards ranging from 1908-1910. A couple of them are signed by John Hamor as a parent's signature |
Description: Report cards, school, six of Hillard Hamor and George Hamor's report cards ranging from 1908-1910. A couple of them are signed by John Hamor as a parent's signature |
| 2021.463.2866 | Mountain View Inn (Right) |
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| A photograph of the Mountain View Inn before being moved and becoming the Historic Society. This building was originally used as a restaurant where the guest would eat upstairs and the food was prepared downstairs and brought up by a dumbwaiter. After the closing of the Inn the building was then used as a workshop. By 2004, the Mountain View Inn found a new home just up the road from its original location, and the Historical Society has been using it ever since. | 
Description: A photograph of the Mountain View Inn before being moved and becoming the Historic Society. This building was originally used as a restaurant where the guest would eat upstairs and the food was prepared downstairs and brought up by a dumbwaiter. After the closing of the Inn the building was then used as a workshop. By 2004, the Mountain View Inn found a new home just up the road from its original location, and the Historical Society has been using it ever since. [show more] |
| 2014.272.2018 | Photo of school children with teacher ca. 1904 |
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| Photograph. Discolored black and white photo mounted on cardboard with red blue and white paint drips on it. School children with teacher standing outside by log fence. Handwritten on reverse "School at Cranberry isles, me. School house on School House Hill. 1904?" Compare with school children in 1000.27.736 and 1000.123.994. | 
Description: Photograph. Discolored black and white photo mounted on cardboard with red blue and white paint drips on it. School children with teacher standing outside by log fence. Handwritten on reverse "School at Cranberry isles, me. School house on School House Hill. 1904?" Compare with school children in 1000.27.736 and 1000.123.994. |
| 2013.246.2735 | Louise Marr relatives and friends portraits (Group 2 of 4) |
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| Photos of Louise Marr relatives: with IDs on reverse, most are cabinet cards. A = This is 1 of the daughters of the Preble that had the leather business in Chicago (2 copies) B = F. Spurling 1903 (two photos in wedding dress) C = Ruth Buck, Alice Bennett, BA. D = Augusta F. Reed, July 21, 1900 E = No ID F = Ed Malmar, Husband of Minnie, Chase Manhattan Bank G = Auntie Maude Graduation from High School H = Harold Spurling I = Uncle Harold, Auntie Maude, Mother J = Mother at Auntie Maude's graduation K = Gertrude Estelle Malmar, Age 5 months, Daughter of Ed & Minnie Malmar L = Uncle Harold (Spurling) M = Aunt Maude's only two children: standing Doris Weare (died in her youth) and sitting is Frances Weare Jewett. N= Lucius Whipple with grandchildren Raymond and Harry Spurling | 
Description: Photos of Louise Marr relatives: with IDs on reverse, most are cabinet cards. A = This is 1 of the daughters of the Preble that had the leather business in Chicago (2 copies) B = F. Spurling 1903 (two photos in wedding dress) C = Ruth Buck, Alice Bennett, BA. D = Augusta F. Reed, July 21, 1900 E = No ID F = Ed Malmar, Husband of Minnie, Chase Manhattan Bank G = Auntie Maude Graduation from High School H = Harold Spurling I = Uncle Harold, Auntie Maude, Mother J = Mother at Auntie Maude's graduation K = Gertrude Estelle Malmar, Age 5 months, Daughter of Ed & Minnie Malmar L = Uncle Harold (Spurling) M = Aunt Maude's only two children: standing Doris Weare (died in her youth) and sitting is Frances Weare Jewett. N= Lucius Whipple with grandchildren Raymond and Harry Spurling [show more] |
| 2013.246.2736 | Louise Marr relatives and friends portraits (Group 3 of 4) |
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| Photos of Louise Marr relatives and friends identified only as "Children" with no individual names; several are cabinet cards, several photos appear to have been removed from a photo album at some point. (Grouped A-F) | 
Description: Photos of Louise Marr relatives and friends identified only as "Children" with no individual names; several are cabinet cards, several photos appear to have been removed from a photo album at some point. (Grouped A-F) |
| 2019.433.2452 | Hebron Academy/Steele family photos |
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| 19 photographs,Steele family and Hebron Academy. Hebron was in central Maine. A= carved wood plaque "Hebron Academy Sturtevant Hall, Summer of 1903 "To Fil from As" ; B= Large cardboard matte Hebron Academy team; C= Class photo on porch, presumably Hebron Academy, Steele family; D= Badly faded Academy group; E= Leo Trask, F&G unk. H&I= unk; J=William Howe; K=unk "with love from Ora" ; L= unk "with Love from Ora [Strauss?]; M=Guy Watson HA'0?"; N="My home [xxxx] for you". (Steele family members are buried in Preble and Bunker Cemeteries on GCI. Related to Lulu Alley and Bunkers, too.) | 
Description: 19 photographs,Steele family and Hebron Academy. Hebron was in central Maine. A= carved wood plaque "Hebron Academy Sturtevant Hall, Summer of 1903 "To Fil from As" ; B= Large cardboard matte Hebron Academy team; C= Class photo on porch, presumably Hebron Academy, Steele family; D= Badly faded Academy group; E= Leo Trask, F&G unk. H&I= unk; J=William Howe; K=unk "with love from Ora" ; L= unk "with Love from Ora [Strauss?]; M=Guy Watson HA'0?"; N="My home [xxxx] for you". (Steele family members are buried in Preble and Bunker Cemeteries on GCI. Related to Lulu Alley and Bunkers, too.) [show more] |
| 2013.246.2739 | Envelope for Mrs. Benjamin Spurling |
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| Envelope for Mrs. Benjamin Spurling, Boothbay Harbor, Maine (Lincoln County) postmarked September 3, 1906, Chicago Ill. | 
Description: Envelope for Mrs. Benjamin Spurling, Boothbay Harbor, Maine (Lincoln County) postmarked September 3, 1906, Chicago Ill. |
| 2016.343.2109 | Sword made from a swordfish bill |
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| Sword made from swordfish bill, with woven rope handle with remains of gilt in several spots, large red bow, and painted nautical scene. From left to right along the blade the painting shows a lighthouse, schooners, swordfish, seagull, flower, and a scroll with "Rena A. Percy", and date "July 19, 1908" towards the tip. Painting is peeling and flaking in some areas. On reverse, peeling paint remains near hilt but no evidence of painting on the rest of the blade. The Rena A. Percy was a schooner under Master Willis G.[E?] Bunker, with a crew of 14, (#200857?), either 78 or 46 Gross Tons, measuring 76.5/ 21.6/ 9.4. Built in 1904 in East Boothbay and used for dory trawling around Jonesport and elsewhere - (http://www.cranberryisles.com/photos/ci_notes.html - Cranberry Islands Notes by Chuck Liebow). Willis Bunker (1855-1915) was the uncle of donor's husband Linden "Tud" Bunker. Note states: "Sword came from Percy's house, Winslow Bunker's father." (In 2016, this would be the house owned by the Sullivan's.) | 
Description: Sword made from swordfish bill, with woven rope handle with remains of gilt in several spots, large red bow, and painted nautical scene. From left to right along the blade the painting shows a lighthouse, schooners, swordfish, seagull, flower, and a scroll with "Rena A. Percy", and date "July 19, 1908" towards the tip. Painting is peeling and flaking in some areas. On reverse, peeling paint remains near hilt but no evidence of painting on the rest of the blade. The Rena A. Percy was a schooner under Master Willis G.[E?] Bunker, with a crew of 14, (#200857?), either 78 or 46 Gross Tons, measuring 76.5/ 21.6/ 9.4. Built in 1904 in East Boothbay and used for dory trawling around Jonesport and elsewhere - (http://www.cranberryisles.com/photos/ci_notes.html - Cranberry Islands Notes by Chuck Liebow). Willis Bunker (1855-1915) was the uncle of donor's husband Linden "Tud" Bunker. Note states: "Sword came from Percy's house, Winslow Bunker's father." (In 2016, this would be the house owned by the Sullivan's.) [show more] |
| 2004.94.743 | Postage-stamp quilt made for Cara (Carrie) Richardson |
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| Quilt, postage stamp style of various colors including double pinks and brown madders with solid brown backing brought around to front with mitered corners creating a brown binding. Quilt is 97" x 75" with 1 3/8" squares. Handwritten note attached: "Quilt top pieced by Ladies from our 'Aid' in 1903 as a welcome home gift to Cara (Carrie) Richardson who had been her own captain and navigator on her second trip to the Orient in Peter's boat which she inherited on his death. Her house is near Carolyn Liebow's." [Note here that "Orient" may just mean away from Maine, per Ralph Stanley.] Mary Katherine "Carrie" Stanley Richardson (1848-1920) was the daughter of Enoch B. Sr. and Caroline H. (Guptill) Stanley. Capt. Lewis G. Stanley was her brother. She was the second wife of Capt. Meltiah Richardson (1828-1901) and mother of Emery Willard Richardson (1873-1883) and Charles Emery “Peter” Richardson (1885-1971). She attended higher education in Boston. She traveled with her husband on his vessel the Carrie M. Richardson and was an expert celestial navigator. Carrie is buried in the Stanley Cemetery. In 2001, the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society wrote and produced the original play, Carrie Richardson of Big Cranberry. | 
Description: Quilt, postage stamp style of various colors including double pinks and brown madders with solid brown backing brought around to front with mitered corners creating a brown binding. Quilt is 97" x 75" with 1 3/8" squares. Handwritten note attached: "Quilt top pieced by Ladies from our 'Aid' in 1903 as a welcome home gift to Cara (Carrie) Richardson who had been her own captain and navigator on her second trip to the Orient in Peter's boat which she inherited on his death. Her house is near Carolyn Liebow's." [Note here that "Orient" may just mean away from Maine, per Ralph Stanley.] Mary Katherine "Carrie" Stanley Richardson (1848-1920) was the daughter of Enoch B. Sr. and Caroline H. (Guptill) Stanley. Capt. Lewis G. Stanley was her brother. She was the second wife of Capt. Meltiah Richardson (1828-1901) and mother of Emery Willard Richardson (1873-1883) and Charles Emery “Peter” Richardson (1885-1971). She attended higher education in Boston. She traveled with her husband on his vessel the Carrie M. Richardson and was an expert celestial navigator. Carrie is buried in the Stanley Cemetery. In 2001, the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society wrote and produced the original play, Carrie Richardson of Big Cranberry. [show more] |
