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2771Planes used by A.J. Bryant
  • Object, Woodworking
  • 1890 - 1920
Planes used by A.J. Bryant
Item:
  • 2771   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking
Date:
  • 1890 - 1920
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description:
Alonzo Bryant built many houses and the church on Islesford between 1890 and 1920. They are still standing in fine condition as of 2022.
1008The Islesford Thimble Club Annual Sale Poster
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Civic
  • The Islesford Thimble Club
  • 1902-08-05
The Islesford Thimble Club Annual Sale Poster
Item:
  • 1008   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Civic
Creator:
  • The Islesford Thimble Club
Date:
  • 1902-08-05
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description:
A poster for the Islesford Thimble Club Fifth Annual Sale.
1001Nautical Chart of Mount Desert Island and Surrounding Area
  • Document, Chart, Navigational Chart
  • Places, Island
  • 1909 c.
Nautical Chart of Mount Desert Island and Surrounding Area
Item:
  • 1001   
Type:
  • Document, Chart, Navigational Chart
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1909 c.
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Description:
A nautical chart showing Mount Desert Island, the Cranberry Isles, and surrounding islands, with depths, topography, triangulation, and hydrography.
1009Nautical Chart of Mount Desert Island and Surrounding Area
  • Document, Chart, Navigational Chart
  • Places, Island
  • 1909 c.
Nautical Chart of Mount Desert Island and Surrounding Area
Item:
  • 1009   
Type:
  • Document, Chart, Navigational Chart
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1909 c.
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Description:
A nautical chart showing Mount Desert Island, the Cranberry Isles, and surrounding islands, with depths, topography, triangulation, and hydrography.
2761Islesford docks in winter
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • 1923
Islesford docks in winter
Item:
  • 2761   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
Date:
  • 1923
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description:
Islesford harbor frozen over
2762Islesford harbor docks in winter
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • 1923
Islesford harbor docks in winter
Item:
  • 2762   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
Date:
  • 1923
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description:
Islesford harbor frozen over
2772A.J. Bryant
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • People
  • 1930
A.J. Bryant
Item:
  • 2772   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1930
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description:
Alonzo J. Bryant was the head carpenter building many houses and the church on Islesford between 1890 and 1920
1004Weir or trap license application, February 25, 1944
  • Document, Form, Application
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Weir
  • 1944-02-25
Weir or trap license application, February 25, 1944
Item:
  • 1004   
Type:
  • Document, Form, Application
Subject:
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Weir
Date:
  • 1944-02-25
Description:
An application for a weir or trap license for George Hadlock and Francis G. Fernald. People Mentioned: Francis G. Fernald, George R. Hadlock, Eleanor M. Bowditch
1012Front Yard Scene at Woodlawn Photograph, 1948
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1948-08
Front Yard Scene at Woodlawn Photograph, 1948
Item:
  • 1012   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1948-08
Place:
  • 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]
2754Picture of the Islesford Neighborhood House circa 1950
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall
  • 1950 c.
Picture of the Islesford Neighborhood House circa 1950
Item:
  • 2754   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description:
Photograph of the Islesford Neighborhood House taken around 1950 when it was being used by the Rockbound Grange as a Grange hall as the sign in the upstairs window shows. Outhouses can be seen out back on either side, one side for women and one side for men.
2773Marshall Bragdon and granddaughter
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • People
  • 1953
Marshall Bragdon and granddaughter
Item:
  • 2773   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description:
Marshall Bragdon with his granddaughter Christine Beth Reynolds on the front lawn of their Islesford house
2774Some Gifford and Reynolds family members on the front porch
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • People
  • 1953
Some Gifford and Reynolds family members on the front porch
Item:
  • 2774   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description:
Mary G. Hunt, Margaret "Tootie" Gifford, 3 grandchildren, and Jean Reynolds on the front porch of the Gifford - Bragdon house
2775M. Gifford and some family on the front lawn of Gifford - Bragdon house
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • People
  • 1953
M. Gifford and some family on the front lawn of Gifford - Bragdon house
Item:
  • 2775   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description:
Margaret "Tootie" Gifford, daughter Mary G. Hunt, 3 grandchildren, and Jean Reynolds and daughter Christine Beth Reynolds
2648McAvoy and Sawtelle photos
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1953 - 1954
McAvoy and Sawtelle photos
Item:
  • 2648   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1953 - 1954
Description:
Five photos. "Mary McAvoy 1954" "Mary Bartlett, JJ Sawtelle, Malcolm Sawtelle, Christina Sawtelle" "Mary McAvoy, JJ Sawtelle, Malcolm Sawtelle, Mary Bartlett, Christina Sawtelle at Jordon Pond" "Chris Sawtelle 1953"
2769Winter sledding
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • 1957
Winter sledding
Item:
  • 2769   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
Date:
  • 1957
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description:
Homemade island box sled to take children out sliding; Ted and Serena Spurling at the top of Church hill.
2776Marshall Bragdon
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • People
  • 1960
Marshall Bragdon
Item:
  • 2776   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1960
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
2778Map of west end of Islesford
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • [John] Brooks and [Phillip} Bowditch
  • 1971
Map of west end of Islesford
Item:
  • 2778   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • [John] Brooks and [Phillip} Bowditch
Date:
  • 1971
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description:
Photo taken of western part of a Map labeled Brooks/Bowditch 1971 showing houses, docks, and old ice pond
1007Cranberry Isles: Glimpses of Island Life, 1976
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Events, Town Meetings
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Noether, Gerry
  • Geraldine F. Noether
  • 1976
Cranberry Isles: Glimpses of Island Life, 1976
Item:
  • 1007   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Events, Town Meetings
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Creator:
  • Noether, Gerry
Publisher:
  • Geraldine F. Noether
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description:
A booklet about daily life and activities on Cranberry Island with some illustrations. Property of Hugh L. Dwelley, Islesford, Maine. Acw. #0316 Date 03/06 People Mentioned: Hugh L. Dwelley, Lura Bodwell, Tinker Colby, Charles Rice, Steve Spurling, Lynn Colby, Winslow Bunker, Maggie Denver, Gary Allen, Norma Bunker, Kenneth Lemoine, David Lemoine, Joyce Forsyte, Edith Cunningham, Dick McFalls, Gail Colby, Sonja Colby, David Westphal, Louise Sorenson, Beverly Sanborn, Wendy Sundstrom, Carl Nelson, Barbara Brooks, Charles E. Harwood, Charles N. Davie, Alexander P. MacDonald, J. W. Tingley, A. D. Knight, Daniel E. Fox, James B. Ford, Melvin Hutchins, Charles Gordon Cumming, Howard N. Bacon, Sarah Fraley, Wilfred Bunker, Amaziah Alley, Margie Phippin, Donald Allen, Julius Luck, Lyndon Colby, Robert Alley, Tud Bunker, Lil Samenfeld, Mark Samenfeld, Jack Helliker, Mickey MacFarlan, Gretna Finkelstein, Chuck Liebow, Don Hagberg, Helena Hagberg, Keith Wedge, Carl Fernald, Ada Rice, Marilyn Peterson, Irene Bartlett, Carl Brooks, Frances Bartlett, Cathy Poulin, Karen Bunker, Polly Storey, Betty Sprague, Elmer Hadlock, Polly Bunker, Ruth Stanley, Timmy Savage, Blair Colby, Ginna Murray, Lionel Sundstrom, Norman Sanborn, Ed Gray, Willie Wellman, Herman Savage, William Preble, George V. Spurling, George W. Colby, Abraham C. Fernald, W. M. Richardson [show more]
2502Islesford Church Club Bicentennial Cook Book - Islesford, Maine 1976
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1976
Islesford Church Club Bicentennial Cook Book - Islesford, Maine 1976
Item:
  • 2502   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description:
Inside of book are multiple pages set inside the front cover
2049The Islesford Journals of Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Island
  • 1992
The Islesford Journals of Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch
Item:
  • 2049   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1992
Description:
3 Ring binder containing “The Islesford Journals of Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch, Journals I-IV”, Transcribed by Hugh L. Dwelley published by the Islesford Historical Society in June 1992.
2329Letter from Hugh Dwelley to Ted Spurling
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other
  • 1999
Letter from Hugh Dwelley to Ted Spurling
Item:
  • 2329   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Other
Date:
  • 1999
Description:
1999 letter from Hugh Dwelley to Ted Spurling accompanying a listing and maps showing countries and states of the United States visited by Dwelley to that date. Travels of Hugo.
2758Cranberry Isles Fisherman's Coop dock
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • 2000
Cranberry Isles Fisherman's Coop dock
Item:
  • 2758   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
Date:
  • 2000
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
2757Sea Queen ferry in winter at Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • 2010
Sea Queen ferry in winter at Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 2757   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
Date:
  • 2010
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
Mailboat ferry to the Cranberry Isles
2756Garden carts in snow
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • C. Thomas
  • 2015
Garden carts in snow
Item:
  • 2756   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
Creator:
  • C. Thomas
Date:
  • 2015
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description:
Garden carts used to carry groceries, etc from the dock to home upside down in shore field covered in snow
2777Bait bag and needle
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Container, Bait Container, Bait Bag
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • 2015
Bait bag and needle
Item:
  • 2777   
Type:
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Container, Bait Container, Bait Bag
Subject:
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
Date:
  • 2015
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description:
Bait bag for use in lobster traps. Hand knit by Rick Alley, used by David Thomas. Wooden needle for knitting bait bags.