The Towns Slides (51-100)
Taken by John Towns
Donated by Dorothy "Dot" Towns
Background
This collection of 149 color slides was taken by John Towns in the 1940s. Dot Towns donated them to the Great Cranberry Island Library.When they were shown at the Ladies Aid about twenty years ago, they made a big hit, with lots of remembrances from the audience, but they haven't seen the light of day since then.
Now with the help of a newly-acquired slide scanner, the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society is proud to make these high-quality photos available again.
Slides 1-50
Slides 51-100
Slides 101-149
John & Dot Towns
photo courtesy of Ada Rice
 51. Clarence & Barbara Beal house, now Jan Moss |
 Sam Chapman house, then Edith Drury, then Eliza Eager, now Barbara Meyers & Bill Dowling |
 School with bell tower closeup |
 Teel house, now David Bunker, with closeup of perhaps Wyman Sawtelle Teel |
 Morrison house, then James Storey, now Oppenheimer pano |
 Hamor Tea House, now Murch |
 57. Murray house, formerly Jimmy Stanley |
 (l. to r.) Jean Stanley, Eliza Stanley (in black hat), Stuart?, Alma Stanley |
 Milo Williams boat at Bar Harbor |
 Flags in Church |
 Sanborn Bakery with Dot Sanborn |
 Burden's Boat - they owned boathouse that is now Newman & Gray's |
 63. Burden Boat which "Pink" Stanley sailed closeup |
 Paul Burden, who died in 1974 (age 40) when his car was hit by plane on airstrip |
 Rev. Melvin Hutchins & wife closeup |
 Eversman-Hartley boat closeup (looks like "Pink" Stanley) |
 Eversman-Hartley boat |
 Eversman-Hartley house (front) |
 69. Eversman-Hartley house (coveside) |
 Eversman-Hartley house (coveside) |
 Eversman-Hartley dock pano |
 Harry Alley's boat, Robert & Johnny |
 Tuna fish caught by Robert & Johnny |
 Buster Rice and Irwin Spurling |
 75. The Tuna |
 Burt Spurling closeup |
 "Pink" Stanley, lived in Millar house, 1963 closeup |
 Eber Spurling, and load of herring for lobster boat closeup |
 Buster Rice (Annie Alley's father) and Irwin Spurling - lived in Vance house closeup |
 Ian Stanley pano |
 81. Sam Chapman - lived in Drury house closeup |
 Boat which Richie Stanley sailed - he and Alice lived in Westphal house |
 Wilfred Bunker's Bob-cat and barge closeup |
 "Pink" Stanley in cut away and cut down derby closeup |
 Tuna caught by Robert and Johnny Alley |
 Ethel and Oscar Wedge house -now Keven and Stacy Wedge -Ethel was postmistress and had P.O. there |
 87. Preble house before Macfarlan purchase |
 Preble house after Macfarlans began renovations |
 Jean & Charles Wadsworth building their home closeup |
 Jean Wadsworth builds her home (Wadsworths say these photos taken 1949.) |
 The Wadsworth house ground floor |
 Wadsworth ground floor |
 93. Wadsworth ground floor |
 Top floor starts to take shape |
 Wadsworth house |
 Wadsworth house |
 Foster (Murray) home |
 "Pink" Stanley house, now Millar |
 99. Old Post Office-Andrew Alley family lived in back |
 Town Hall and School |
Slides 1-50 Slides 51-100 Slides 101-149 |
