Advertising Postcard from Unobsky's Store in Lubec, Maine, to Hilda Spear at 6 Barron Road in Eastport, Maine

Undated postcard sent to Hilda Spear at 6 Barron Road in Eastport, Maine, by Unobsky's a store in Lubec, Maine.

Hilda may have been Mrs. Hilda (Leland) Spear (1894-1989) or Miss Hilda Elizabeth Spear (1904-1979), a veteran of World War II. 

Notice how close Eastport and Lubec are by sea but by land separated by the large estuary of Cobscook Bay

Notebook for Customers of George W. Capen of Eastport, Maine; possibly owned by Elias Thurber of Campobello Island, New Brunswick

Small notebook given to customers of George W. Capen of 61 Water Street, Eastport, Maine.  

Possibly owned by Elias Thurber (1841-1925) of Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada - his name appears on the inside back cover.

Capen sold a wide variety of items, as the back cover shows - everything from Lumber to Refrigerators to Horse Harnesses to Plows to Bran and Oats.

The page below shows the name Eva.

The page below shows the value of herring sold.

The page below might show the name Addie.

The inside cover, below, shows the name Elias ?, perhaps Elias Thurber.  Interestingly, there was an Elias Thurber (1841-1925) on Campobello Island, New Brunswick, just across Passamaquoddy Bay from Eastport, Maine.  Perhaps Elias was the owner of this little notebook.

If you have a theory as to the owner of this notebook or the names that appear in it, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

Advertising Card of Prof. C. H. Fernald of Brewer, Maine; Oculist/Optician

Advertising piece of Prof. C. H. Fernald of Brewer, Maine, regarding his profession as an oculist or optician.

Presumably the Charles Harris Fernald, who is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery at Bangor, Maine, which lists his birth and death dates as August 9, 1851 and November 13, 1927.  The listing notes that he was the son of Daniel H. and Helen M. Fernald.  Charles' wife Ella May Fernald (1857-1939) is also buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

If you have information on Charles Harris Fernald, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

c 1861 Ad Sheet for George S. Winslow Co of Boston, Massachusetts; note of E. P. Merrill on reverse

Circa 1861 ad sheet for George S. Winslow & Company, Jobbers of Dry Goods, at 31 and 33 Water and 53 and 57 Congress Streets, Boston, Massachusetts.

The sheet is approximately 9-3/4" x 7-3/4".  There's a note on the reverse by salesman E. P. Merrill, addressed to Friend Sawyer, that Merrill is now working for this firm and is able to offer lower prices than previously.

George Scott Winslow, Sr., was born about 1819 in Massachusetts, the son of Charles and Maria Miller (Wallis) Winslow.  On 10 April 1860 at Boston, Massachusetts, George married Sarah Andrews Train, daughter of Samuel H. and Eliza (Rice) Train.  Sarah was born 23 September 1838 at Hopkinton, New Hampshire.  They had four children:

1. George Scott Winslow, Jr., born 8 March 1862; married Mary Warren Glidden
2. Eleanor Winslow, born about 1864
3. Annabel Winslow, born about 1870; read about her 1895 wedding to J. J. Cairns of Stanneer, Drogheda, Ireland
4. Charles Gibson Winslow, born 4 February 1871

George Scott Winslow, Sr., died on 9 October 1880 at Somerville, Massachusetts.  His estate wasn't finally settled until 1953.

If you have a theory as to the identity of E. P. Merrill, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

The area where George S. Winslow & Company was located:


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Pocket Memorandum, Advertising Favor from the store of Frank A. Cushman at Boyd Lake, Orneville, Maine

Pocket Memorandum with health-related advertisements and pages for note-taking, given out by the store of Frank A. Cushman at Boyd Lake at Orneville Township, Maine.  

In an 1885 directory, he was shown as a manufacturer of excelsior and spool timber.  He's mentioned in an article in an 1887 issue of the Bangor Daily New, at Bangor, Maine, as the operator of a general store at Boyd Lake.  He also served as postmaster there.

Judging from the two cent postage rate for a one ounce letter on one of the pages, I'd say this booklet dates from about 1899 and probably not later, as the family was living at Everett, Massachusetts by the time of the enumeration of the 1900 Federal Census.  But it's also possible that they returned to run a store at Boyd Lake in the summer.

The pages of the booklet are shown at the end of this post. The booklet is unmarked.

From online research, hopefully correct: [corrections and additions welcome!]

Frank Augustus Cushman was born 20 September 1850 at North Brighton Plantation, the son of Granville Augustus Cushman and Mary (Webb) Cushman.  

On 15 November 1874 at Lagrange, Maine, Frank married Myra A. Danforth, daughter of William and Mariah Danforth. They had at least two children, sons Fred Forest Cushman and William Granville Cushman.

By the time of the 1900 Census, the family was at Everett, Massachusetts, where Frank was shown as working as a stationary engineer [or in a stationery plant?]  Sons Fred and William were also working, as a stationary engineer and a stationary firemamn respectively.  

The family was still at Everett, Massachusetts, at the time of the 1910 Census.  

By 1925 Frank and Myra had moved to Providence, Rhode Island, to live with their son Fred Forest Cushman and his wife Jennie.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

An earlier post featured a photograph of Mattie (Cushman) Fitz of Corinth, Maine, and Kenduskeag, Maine, who might have been distantly related to Frank Augustus Cushman.

Boyd Lake in Orneville Township, Maine


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The advertisements in the pages below are worth a read!

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Blotter from the Sewall Q. Rollins Pulpwood business, Bangor, Maine

Blotter from the business of Sewall Q. Rollins of 16 Central Street, Bangor, Maine.

From online research, hopefully correct: [corrections and additions welcome!]

Sewall Quimby Rollins was born 4 February 1890 at Wesley, Maine, the son of Daniel G. and Nettie Grace (Fox) Rollins, who were married at Wesley, Maine, on 23 August 1886.  

Daniel G. Rollins was born 25 March 1852 at Wesley, Maine, the son of Davis Washington Rollins and Clarinda (Gray) Rollins.

Nettie G. Fox was born 25 June 1863 at Wesley, Maine, the daughter of John and Lavinia (Averill) Fox.

Sewall Q. Rollins served overseas in World War I; at the time he filled out his draft enlistment card, he was living at Bangor, Maine.   
On 20 June 1923, Sewall married Marion Louise P. Gray of Lubec, Maine.  Marion was born 2 August 1892 at Lubec, Maine, the daughter of James Harrison Gray and Mary (Thomas) Gray, who were born at Wesley, Maine, and Waite or Princeton, Maine, respectively.

Sewall and Marion lived at Bangor, Maine, and had at least one child, a daughter.

If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, please leave a comment or contact me directly.  Thanks!

Wesley, Maine [A] and Bangor, Maine [B]


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1911 Flyer from the Merchants' Advertiser, Bangor, Maine & Hampden, Maine advertisers

This is what appears to have been an insert in a summer 1911 edition of The Merchants Advertiser, from either Bangor, Maine, or Hampden, Maine.

The flyer is one piece of paper, approximately 10-1/2" x 7-1/2" and folded in half, with the final dimensions of 10-1/2" x 3-3/4".

The front pane, above, consists of a full page advertisement for Hampden Academy, which was to open for its 109th year on September 12, 1911; it's still in operation, on a new campus.  Names in this advertisement are:

•  F. Merton Hammond, Principal
•  Hon. George W. Smith, President of the Trustees
•  Dr. W. H. Nason, Secretary of the Trustees

The double pane above features two photographs, a head shot of Pope D. McKinnon, and a photograph showing the ruins of Drs. Sanger and Chapman residences.  There's no explanation of the cause of the ruined residences, but there was no need for one at that time, as the Great Fire of Bangor, Maine, had just occurred in late April.

The advertisements and businesses mentioned on these two panes:

• Pope's Restaurant, 101-107 Exchange Street
• Globe Hotel
• Dr. Holt, dentist, 23 Hammond Street, Bangor, Maine

Advertisements on the page above:

• Fred T. Dearborn, barber, 31 Mercantile Sq. upstairs; also mentions Fred A. Dillingham, Assistant
• E. H. Rowell, dealer in hardware, tinware, paints, oils, seeds, cement lime, hair and Poultry Supplies, Hampden, Maine
• John T. Clark & Company, 33-35 Mercantile Sq., Bangor, Maine

Bangor, Maine [A] and Hampden, Maine [B]

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1949 Blotter of Phil's Barber Shops with Yale Football Schedule

Blotter distributed by Phil's Barber Shops at New Haven, Connecticut; locations at 82-1/2 Wall Street, "Opp. Silliman College", and 284 York Street, "Next to Liggetts".

The blotter has the Price Schedule for the 1949 football season at Yale University, both home and away.  Away games are marked with an asterisk.

Sept. 24    Connecticut
Oct. 1       Fordham
Oct. 8      *Columbia
Oct. 15     Cornell
Oct. 22     Holy Cross
Oct. 29     Dartmouth
Nov. 5      Brown
Nov. 12   *Princeton
Nov. 19    Harvard

  
The blotter is unused; has a crease at one corner.

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1900s Advertisement Card for Winnegarnock House at head of Moosehead Lake, Maine

Note: Don't miss a comment left 4 February 2013 from a reader interested in North East Carry memorabilia.

Advertisement card for the Winnegarnock House at North East Carry, Maine, at the head of Maine's largest lake, Moosehead Lake, in Piscataquis County.  


Transcript:


WINNEGARNOCK HOUSE
Head of Moosehead Lake                     North East Carry, Me.
      ENTIRELY REBUILT AND REFURNISHED
This house occupies a commanding position at the upper end of the lake affording from its verandas an unobsctructed view of more than twenty miles down the lake.  It is located in the center of the best fishing and hunting country in the United States.  A two mile drive across the famous North East Carry brings one to the west branch of the Penobscot river, the very confines of civilization, beyond which for hundreds of miles are stretches of unbroken wilderness.


      WINNEGARNOCK STORE
now full equipped to furnish parties with the very best of camp supplies for the North woods at New York and Boston prices.  All goods delivered free at the point of embarkation.  Lists sent upon application  Covered Buckboards and Carriages always in readiness to convey parties across the Carry.  Daily mail service.  Guides and canoes furnished.
      S. S. HIBBARD, Manager
Rates $2.00 Per day                       [over]
    


The reverse of the card shows distances to various sites in the area, by canoe, by road or by steamer.

Transcript:


  TABLE OF DISTANCES
Showing a few of the many of the delightful trips to be taken in the immediate neighborhood of the Winnegarnock House.


Pebble Beach.......................................................1/8              Miles
Little W. Island, by canoe.......................................2                "
West Branch Penobscot, by road...........................2                "
Scannon Point, by canoe........................................2               "
Norcross Brook, by canoe......................................2               "
Norcross Point, by canoe.......................................2-1/2         "
Duck Cove, by canoe.............................................4                "
Center Island, by canoe..........................................3               "
Green Island, by canoe...........................................2-1/2         "
Lobster Lake, by road and canoe...........................5               "
Williams Stream, by canoe.....................................5               "
Russell Pond, by road and canoe...........................7               "
Rag Muff Brook, by road and canoe.....................10              " 
Farm Island, by canoe..........................................16               "
Chesuncook Lake, by road and canoe..................22              "
Moose Brook, by canoe..........................................6               "
Kineo House, by steamer......................................20               "
Socatean Stream, by canoe..................................16               "
Sebooomook Falls, by road and canoe..................4               "
Bigney's Cove, by canoe.........................................3               "


I found some other views of Winnegarnock House on vintage postcards.

And I found several references to Winnegarnock House online, including here at the Moosehead Historical Society.


If a reader has information on the origin of the name Winnegarnock or the family history of S. S. Hibbard, I ask that you leave a comment or contact me directly.  Thanks!