Description: Mary on the walk in front of her sister Ann's house - 1901 Pine Street, Philadelphia. Ann Lenhard Hickox, wife of Dr. Charles F. Hickox. Dentist
Description: Article: A Little Bit of Hell, Maine Style. (TBD 1/9/18, article not located; see also pending Backlog item 2501 for possible copy.) See reprint in Cranberry Chronicle Spring 2014 edition, page 7, from Bangor Daily News ca. 1919; Sam Spurling was aboard the Cashier during this event. Introductory paragraph: “A Little Bit of Hell—Maine Style That’s What Capt. Spurling Gave a Pirate. State Gets Tokens of His Courage. from the Bangor Daily News, ca. 1919 It was just ninety-six years ago Tuesday (Jan. 21) that an event happened in the harbor of Trinidad, Cuba, which reflected great credit on the leader of a bold enterprise, recollections of which have recently been stirred in Maine, on account of the purchase by the state of a brace of pistols and a sword from Mrs. E. Preble of Framingham, Mass…..” And see Charles Liebow notes on the Cashier: - CASHIER: Masters - Samuel Spurling & William Moore, Built in Eden in 1820, 30 Gross Tons, 49.8/17.8/5.3: Two masts with a square stern. Perhaps the vessel from which Sam Spurling gave the Caribbean pirates a "little bit of Hell, Maine style." [show more]
Description: Sidney (aka Sidney) Chadwick Hamor Bunker with daughter Julia Bunker Spurling at home ca. 1915. Donor states: "This picture of the Bloom house was taken early 1900s; date is determined by the gravestones of the two ladies on the front porch. On the left is Sydney Hamor Bunker, wife of Warren Bunker, and mother of Julia Bunker Spurling on the right. Julia was the mother of Joseph Elwood Spurling...."
Description: Portrait of the Neighborhood House basketball team. Ten men and one dog. The basketball in the picture says "CHAMPIONS '18-'19 HANCOCK-CO."