Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Collection:
Photograph
Description: Little Cranberry Island. House to right of center is the Maypole, built 1903. Many small rowboats and sailboats moored in water in foreground.
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Collection:
Photograph
Description: Eight B/W copies of photographs (a - h) of Tree Top; house on Islesford built for Dr. Vincent Bowditch. Now owned by the descendants of Milton and Rosmond Lord. See items 4385-4394 "House of Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch"
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Collection:
Photograph
Description: Little Cranberry Island. Left, Walter Stanley house. Center building was coal wharf, now the Islesford dock. Black and white Photograph, with chemical stains.
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Collection:
Photograph
Description: Spurling's dock at Islesford with the Islesford ferry (owned by John Phelps) in foreground and the "Rascal", owned by Elmer Spurling behind dock. The hills of MDI are a backdrop. Copy of scanned photograph.
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description: The Woodlawn Inn was built by George Henry Fernald for George and Edna Gilley, circa 1893. After Edna's death it was closed in 1909. James Ray and Ada Dwelley reopened the inn in 1911 and ran it for over 40 years. Three people in the front yard of Woodlawn House. Inscription on back reads "Typical front yard scene at Woodlawn House. Mrs. Wagner busy at something, with Mrs. Kemmer and Miss Whilinan [sp?] deep in discussion on the porch rail. Islesford, Aug, 1948" in pencil Black and white [show more]
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description: Note indicates the hotel was torn down circa 1918/1919. Postcard depicting Hotel Islesford. Inscription on front reads "Hotel Islesford/ [illegible] 1918-19-" in blue pen inscription on back reads "Irene Bartlett" in blue pen People Depicted: Irene Bartlett Black and white
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description: Photograph of the Islesford Life-Saving Station, with five men standing out front. Inscription on back reads "Life Saving Station/ Little Cranberry Island" in blue pen Black and white
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description: Photograph of the Cambell House with four figures (Kate, Edna, Ada, and Ben) standing out front. Inscription on back reads "The Campbell House/ Kate, Enda, Ada + Ben" in pencil with an Islesford Historical Society stamp in the bottom right corner. People Depicted: Edna Hadlock, Ada Dwelley Black and white
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description: Group portrait of Edna J. Hadlock, Cora Spurling, and Ada M. Dwelley sitting on steps, wearing hats. Inscription reads "Ada Dwelley on Left/ Cora Spurling/ Edna Hadlock" in black pen People Depicted: Ada M. Dwelley, Cora M. Spurling, Edna J. Hadlock Black and white
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description: "The first Coast Guard presence in the Mt. Desert Island area was a Life Saving Station located on Little Cranberry Island, established by an act of congress on June 18th, 1878. In 1937, the Southwest Harbor complex was created and used as a lighthouse depot by the U.S. Light House Service. By 1945, the Coast Guard Station on Little Cranberry Island was moved to the facility in Southwest Harbor.” - “Sector Field Office (SFO) Southwest Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Maine – History,” United States Coast Guard site, 06/28/13, Accessed online 07/20/10; http://www.uscg.mil/d1/sfoSouthwestHarbor/history.asp. [show more]