Description: Flash cards, two partial sets of commercially-made alphabet flash cards; each shows a letter of the alphabet or a digraph (2 letters making a sound); the back is sometimes blank, sometimes with a story explaining the use of the letter or sound
Description: Flash cards, commercially-made alphabet flash cards; they show each letter of the alphabet with an object beginning with that letter, and on the back other words beginning with that letter; there are 17 such cards, plus one card with just the saying "Father and Mother"; 26 cards stored in Box 33 archives. two sets A has letters accompanied by pictures drawn, and words for spelling practice on the opposite side, B has only letters on both sides of each card. [show more]
Description: Flash cards, commercially-made alphabet flash cards in a box labeled "MANUSCRIPT CAPITALS / BEADED Tactile-Kinesthetic learning aids"; they show each letter of the alphabet printed with beaded white paint on a black background; there are 26 such cards, plus one card with the punctuation marks !?
Description: Pew 21 in the Union Meeting House, formerly owned by Wm. P. Preble and given to C. E. Harwood for use of the people in 1896; with the death of Harwood 1897, the Pew reverted back to Preble, and Preble, at the request of A. C. Wheelwright, did verbally allow him right to claim said Pew [thus apparently causing legal inaccuracies]. Preble now conveys the pew to Mrs. Frances A. Spurling. Signed by Wm. P. Preble December A.D. 1898, witnessed by Carrie M. Richardson and Lucinda Fernald [show more]
Description: Record of American and Foreign Shipping (New York ) for Schooner Lizzie Maud #8446: A: pale blue envelope; B: Certificate to Master on Delivery of Ship's Register and Papers pertaining to Benjamin H. Spurling and the Lizzie Maude of Portland, ME, Consulate of the United States of America has delivered to him the Register and Papers for the schooner 24 July 1890; C: statement of fees paid $3.79.
Description: Mementos from the Preble family school years: (A) Card with 18 U.S. Presidents depicted (ends with Grant 1869); (B) Reward of Merit presented by W. H. Preble, Teacher; (C) Reward of Merit to Fannie A. Preble, presented by J. C. Chilcott.
Description: Audio cassette tape, Cranberry Island Church service, a typical morning at church, Sara Lambert "Sally" Bloom oboe, Susan Storey Frank soprano, Bill Goldberg piano, playing Mozart, Bach, Amazing Grace, & Jim Gertmenian's Hymn, 26 Aug 1990
Description: Documents. Exhibit text, labels, photo identifications, and miscellaneous from 2014 GCIHS museum photography exhibit (A). And parsonage house shoes/cape houses exhibit (B) (see also 2015.304.2062).
Description: A Proclamation issued by Samuel Cony, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the State of Maine, 13 Jul 1864, inviting men to enter military service and promising extra pay for those who leave the state in order to drive back the rebel hordes from Washington. Item given to Komusin by Dot & Andy McSorley, when he bought his land from them.
Description: List, handwritten, "Annual Return of the Enrolled Militia", 62 people listed, 14 Jun 1854, signed by A.C. Fernald, assessor, and William E. Hadlock, assessor
Description: Certificate from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, to Cynthia W. Bracy, 11 Sep 1891, telling her that she will be getting a pension
Description: Receipt: William P. Preble paid in full $31.22 for state, county, town, and highway taxes for 1873; William H. Preble paid $3.76 for same. Dated 5 Jan 1874; signed William P. Bunker, Collector. Transcribed.
Description: Nine documents. Eight Town of Cranberry Isles payment receipts (1876-1877), one 1885 Town of CI Schools ledger page, and one 1887 Town of Tremont receipt. Payments involve individuals including: Hadlock, Gilley, Preble, Stanley, Wayland, Hamor, Fernald, schools. See description of each document.
Description: Receipt (copy), U.S.P.S. receipt for two first class registered letters sent by Postmaster William P. Preble of Cranberry Isles, on 21 Feb 1888 to Ellsworth. The letters could have been written by him, or any other person on Cranberry. The letters were to 1) Ellsworth American or editors of the American, and 2) First National Bank, Ellsworth chain. The Ellsworth Postmaster, A.V. Greely, received them, stamped his name on the return receipt, and returned it to Preble. [show more]