Description: Photograph shows Clyde Torrey, a resident of Swans Island, sitting on a wagon hitched to a horse. An unidentified child stands next to the horse on the left side of the photograph. People Depicted: Clyde Torrey Black and White
Description: Slide depicts a group of children stand at the front of a room performing some sort of Christmas pageant. A nativity scene can be seen in the middle of the group. Processed by Pavelle Color Color
Description: A glass plate negative depicting the family of John Purington and their dog on Nash Island. Depicted are Bob, Raymond, Carol, Mary, and part of Jennie Purington. People Depicted: John Purington, Bob Purington, Raymond Purington, Mary Purington, Carol Purington, Jennie Purington Black and White
Description: Photograph shows a group of children from Swans Island, several of which are wearing ice skates. Some of the children are identified, including Tony Smith, Joe Staples, Roger May, Clint Staples, Danny Sprague, Bernita Joyce, Laverne Joyce, Wilfred Matson, Susan Smith, Jane Orcult, and two Watson children. People Depicted: Tony Smith, Joe Staples, Roger May, Clint Staples, Danny Sprague, Bernita Joyce, Laverne Joyce, Wilfred Matson, Susan Smith, Jane Orcutt Black and White [show more]
Description: Photograph shows a group of children from Swans Island, several of which are wearing ice skates. Some of the children are identified, including Tony Smith, Joe Staples, Roger May, Clint Staples, Danny Sprague, Bernita Joyce, Laverne Joyce, Wilfred Matson, Susan, Smith, Jane Orcult, and two Watson children. People Depicted: Tony Smith, Joe Staples, Roger May, Clint Staples, Danny Sprague, Bernita Joyce, Laverne Joyce, Wilfred Matson, Susan Smith, Jane Orcutt Black and White [show more]
Description: Boat has canvas tarp rigged on the bow. Mast with sail lashed to it in the stern. Boat is sitting sitting in frozen water. Anchor line can be seen going down into the frozen water. Man dressed in sweater and knit cap.
Description: Sigma Kappa (__) is a national sorority founded in 1874 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Since 1918, Sigma Kappa has supported the Maine Sea Coast Mission as one of its philanthropies. This booklet, created for the Sigma Kappa sorority Diamond Jubilee Convention in 1950, describes the history and purpose of the Maine Seacoast Missionary Society and includes photographs of the Society's boats, staff, and activities. People Mentioned: Alexander MacDonald, Angus MacDonald, Alexander Mackay-Smith, Mrs. Arthur Berry, Neal D. Bousfield, Thomas Heming, Alice Peasley, Thomas Searls, Edith Drury, Wilfred Grenfell [show more]
Description: Thomas, the Maine State Superintendent of Public Schools, writes MacDonald regarding schools for children on seacoast islands. Thomas writes that many families prefer to send their children to the mainland for schooling and suggests that this plan could be adopted for the following year. He also states that, for those places that do not care to send their children to the mainland and where there is a sufficient number of children, the state will establish full time schools. People Mentioned: Josiah W. Taylor, Harold A. Allan, Adelbert W. Gordon, Florence M. Hale, E. K. Jenkins, Percival Proctor Baxter [show more]