Description: Newspaper article, 1886 Boston Globe. "February 8, 2006, These remnants of the Boston Globe newspaper of 1886 were found sandwiched between floor boards in the kitchen, confirmng that the kitchen had been an addition to the Great Cranberry Island Parish House (aka Parsonage) approximately 122 years ago." Two tattered articles: "The City's Chief Ruler" and "To Reduce the Fare" were mounted and framed in 2006. (See also Parsonage House shoes research and Cape houses research GCIHS 2015.304.2062.) [show more]
Description: Photos. Four folders of assorted old photographs and one old photo album. Folder 1 = Twenty tintypes of various sizes from 1" to 4" - portraits of unidentified people in various settings and poses. Folder 2 = Cabinet cards and mounted prints: a) group photo of a family reunion marked on reverse "Mrs. D. K. Stanley". b) Portrait of man with a beanie or school cap, on reverse: J. G. L'Abbe/H.A. '06". c) Man with spectacles "Floyd Philbrick"; d) Man in dark suit "Mr. Thomas Fennelley/cor. Summit Ave/& Mcauster Rd/N. E. Harbor, Maine" and "Photo Andrew E. Fennelly". e) Same photo as (d) man in dark suit "Andrew Fennelly". f) "Andrew & Eva Fennelly on wedding day/Gardiner Cottage". g) baby picture "Miss Rebecca Alberger Price/age 22 months/Born Mar 25-1899". h)"Frank Richardson". i) "A late birthday present from Effie". j) "George Renaldo (Hamor?)". k) "Clarence? Crosby". And twelve unidentified photos.Folder 3 = Two mounted photographs. The first is an excellent high quality 5x7 print mounted on cardboard of men at work in a large workshop. Lots of lath strips stored in ceiling and on workbench. (Lobster pots)? Faint illegible writing on upper right corner, "319" "J. B." and other words. The second mounted print is 6"x7" print on tan cardboard backing of 35 women and two boys seated on grass and standing along the wall of the house with a woman and child looking out from a window behind the group. Stained glass window in background. . Folder 4 = A collection of small mounted photos marked: Roy Bryant; Ralph Bryant; Rebecca Alberger Price age 16 mos; Philina Stanley/Oscar Wedge's Aunt (there are chickens and fences in the background; eight unidentified photos. One 4" x4" GCI Class of 1936 yearbook with 1" x1" individual photos of school children and teacher Dorothy Spurling Whitney. Children's names: Spurling, Bunker, Alley, Phippen, Worcester, Wedge, Rosebrook, Carlson, and eight unidentified. There are also nine small unmounted photos with one identified as Ralph Stanley. One framed color 8" x 6" photo "Dock on Great Cranberry" by Waterman.Photo Album = Ornate yellow leather photo album with embossed, colored lilies, metal corners, and 1/2 of its metal clasp remaining. Per donor, this was Ethel Wedge's photo album. It's 12 thick pages of photos unidentified except for the last page "Elder J. C. Foss". The name Myra G. Steele is written in one slot, but the photo is missing. [show more]
Description: Loom. Wooden Weaving Loom. Given to McShea Family by Weinrich Family. History unknown. With two skeins of thread and off-white thread on loom. Perhaps from Bea Weinrich's home when she lived across from the Parsonage house on GCI. (Barely used if ever, perhaps a teaching tool or model.)
Description: Book and photo album. (A) Home Folks - A Geography for Beginners by J. Russell Smith, John C. Winston Company, 1927. This book is designed for teachers to present beginners "a new way to begin the study of geography" not as political divisions but instead "it tells how some boys and girls live in the country and then how some boys and girls live in the city." One color plate, several black and white illustrations; 252 pages with index; (Size: 10" x 7.25" x .75"). (B) Photograph album: green with gold script "PHOTOGRAPHS" on cover; 19 small, faded, black and white photographs on black construction paper pages. Unidentified children - perhaps Annie Alley (donor) family members; (Size: 5.75" x 4.75" x .75") [show more]
Description: Book, hardcover, "The Original Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, The Dickerman Reprint - An American Dictionary of the English Language" by Noah Webster, published by H.A. Dickerman & Son, Boston, ca. 1847. "August 1847" handwritten on inside cover.
Description: Book, hardcover, "Hymns for the Living Age" presented by the Sunshine Sisters to the Cranberry Isles Church Sept 1927, published by The Century Company, New York, 1923, initials "E.R.B." on the front cover.
Description: Book, hardcover, "The Cherry Stones" a novel partly from the manuscripts of the Rev. William Adams, published by the General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union, New York, 1851. Belonged to Carrie M. Richardson, handwritten inside: "25 Sep 1901, number 16"
Description: Book, hardcover, "Arbell - A Tale for Young People" by Jane Winnard Hooper, with 4 illustrations, published by C.S. Francis & Co., New York. Belonged to Carrie M. Richardson, handwritten inside: "25 Sep 1901, number 10" Back of book includes ads for other books by same publisher, with 6 sample engravings.
Description: Book, paperback, "Livestock in the East" by Philip R. Park, published by the Park and Pollard Co., Buffalo NY, 1924. With photos of cows and bulls.
Description: Book, miniature, "The Silent Comforter - Companion for the Sick Room" by Louisa Payson Hopkins, published by Gould Kendall and Lincoln, Boston, 1848.
Description: Newsletters: "The Bunker Banner," 1995-2013, published each Feb, May, Aug, and Nov by the Bunker Family Association of America. Collection includes all of 1995 through 2013 EXCEPT 1995 (Feb & May), 1999 (Aug & Nov), 2005 (Nov). See item 784 for earlier issues. See Box 36 for Feb 2009-2015 issues.
Description: Book, hardbound, "Bunker Banner, The First Twenty Five Years, 1971-1995" by Ruth Bunker Christiansen, Edward F. Cooper, Gil Bunker, and Carole R. Bunker; published by The Bunker Family Association of America. See item 776 for newer issues.
Description: Quilt, modern, infant size, made by Beverly Sanborn. Gold borders and gold horizontal and vertical panels with four-piece squares of multi-colored patterns and solid pastels. Reverse of quilt is aqua, edged with white patterned binding on four sides. Polyester fill.
Description: Books, 5, found in the Longfellow School House. A - "The Children's Primer" copyright 1891. B - "Eclectic Readings Child Literature" Inscription on inside page "Property of Cranberry Isles No. 4" signed out to "Madeline Bracy Spring 1913, Edith Bracy, Eleanor Bracy, Jean R. Stanley" C - "Champion Spelling Book Part Two by Warren E. Hicks. D - "Rose Leaves" inscription on front cover "To Madeline from Grandma Blake" E - "Primary Arithmetic by Milne" [show more]