Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796.
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
State:
ME
Description: William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796. [show more]
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
State:
ME
Source:
Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Description: Left to Right: Percy Edgar Bunker (1887-1980) - the Morsman's captain Elin Forslund (1881-) - the Morsman's Swedish housekeeper "Laddie", the dog
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
The schooner, "Leader" is center rear with a pinky to the right of it. The sloop in the left foreground is rigged like the Irish/Boston hookers, a type of vessel not native to Mount Desert Island. There is a weir visible to the right rear of the photograph. Maypole Point is on the right.
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
State:
ME
Source:
Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Description: The schooner, "Leader" is center rear with a pinky to the right of it. The sloop in the left foreground is rigged like the Irish/Boston hookers, a type of vessel not native to Mount Desert Island. There is a weir visible to the right rear of the photograph. Maypole Point is on the right.
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Mailed to: Cousin Emily - Emily M. Ray Haynes (1854-1913) Mailed from: Cousin Elsie - Elsie Louise Stanley (1893-1938) Text reads: "Hope you will get my letter. I am sending you today three postals, two for you and one for your friend. Read your card yesterday. With love Elsie"
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
State:
ME
Source:
The Ward Family Collection
Description: Mailed to: Cousin Emily - Emily M. Ray Haynes (1854-1913) Mailed from: Cousin Elsie - Elsie Louise Stanley (1893-1938) Text reads: "Hope you will get my letter. I am sending you today three postals, two for you and one for your friend. Read your card yesterday. With love Elsie"