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| Wooden barrel with fishing twine Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Wooden barrel with fishing twine Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Large bundle of fishing twine | |||
| Brass lobster gauge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Brass lobster gauge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool, lobster gauge, brass, used to determine whether a lobster is of legal size to be kept. From the lobster's eye socket notch to the end of its carapace, it must be no larger than 5" and no smaller than 3-3/16". This guage has those two dimensions built in | |||
| Large fishing hand line with weight Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Large fishing hand line with weight Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, large hand line with weight (for fishing) | |||
| Herring net on metal hoop with wooden handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Herring net on metal hoop with wooden handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, large herring net on metal hoop with wooden handle. The net itself is 11' long, the metal hoop 5.5' in diameter, the wooden handle 10' long, the overall length (hoop + handle) is 15.5'. Net was found upstairs in Wesley Bracey Sr.'s workshop (before the building was moved and became the Cranberry House). | |||
| Wooden buoys (lobster floats) and net floats on a rope Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Wooden buoys (lobster floats) and net floats on a rope Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, 4 wooden buoys (lobster floats) and 8 round net floats strung on a rope; all buoys are shaped like clubs with a hole to attach a rope on one end. all net floats are shaped like beads with a hole through the center. one buoy has carved initials WFS and is 12.5" L x 4" W x 1.5" H; one buoy has carved initial X and is 13.5" L x 3" W x 2.75" H; the other two buoys have no marks and are 10.5" L x 3.5" W x 2" H, and 12" L x 4" W x 2.5" H. the eight round net floats are varying sizes round and oval, from 3" L to 5" L [show more] | |||
| Large fishing handline with weights on wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Large fishing handline with weights on wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, large handline with weights, wrapped around a wooden frame | |||
| Buoy (lobster float), white & green Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Buoy (lobster float), white & green Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishng equipment, buoy (lobster float), white & green | |||
| Fishing line weight Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Fishing line weight Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, fishing line weight 2.5" | |||
| Fishing hand line spool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Fishing hand line spool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, fishing hand line spool, 13.5", with 2 rungs | |||
| Fishing hand line spool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Fishing hand line spool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, fishing hand line spool, 14", with 3 rungs | |||
| Wooden and foam lobster buoys on a rope Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Wooden and foam lobster buoys on a rope Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, 3 wooden and 5 foam buoys (lobster floats), strung on a rope; wooden buoys: a) bullet shape with white bottom and orange top, hole on top for handle, hole through bottom body for trap rope, 18.5" L x 4" W x 4" D; b) bullet shape with blotches of white, green, and yellow all over the body and handle, branded with "98?????" carved letters ?VV, on the another side carved letters "?ILLE", on another side carved letters "SOW??I?", with black rubber strip tacked on two opposite sides to make a loop for attaching trap rope, 25" L x 5.5" W x 4.5" D; c) log shape with white bottom and orange top and handle branded with "PL ?UNKER" and "BU???R" with canvas strip tacked on the flat bottom to make aloop for attaching trap rope, but broke so a rubber stip was tacked on top of it for the same purpose, 17" L x 7.5" W x 6.25" D; (and 5 foam floats removed for display outside Shaw cabin 2015) [show more] | |||
| Wooden buoys and decoys, some from 1920s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Wooden buoys and decoys, some from 1920s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Buoys and decoys. Collection of 10 wooden buoys of various shapes and sizes, and two wooden decoys. 1. Blue and white fish-shaped wooden buoy with Richmond name on it. LHA 7519. 2. White, wooden with EW carved onto small piece of wood affixed to buoy (perhaps Edgar White). Hole for handle but handle is missing. 3. Black, yellow, and red bottom, wood, with Numbers 360 or 9 with rubber strap on end. Log with flat bottom. W. Bracy carved, ca. 1920s 4. Mushroom shape, no handle with EN White 1442 with iron ring. See the other "White" above and below. White fished 1930s to 1960s 5. Red bullet shaped, wooden with wooden handle. Branded on it C. Alley, 967 and 805 and 7193; (The name Richman is written on masking tape affixed to buoy.) 6. Red, yellow, and black, wooden handle and rubber strap, Part of last name or complete last name is 'Auy'. Red black yellow chipped paint, with rubber or leather strap and handle broken off, long crack. Has a number on it. 7872 branded on it. 7. Wood, white, mushroom shape with half black handle. "1442" and "N White", with iron ring on base. Perhaps turned on a lathe. Unusual. See the other "White" buoy. 8-10 Three buoys tied together: Blue and white, fish shaped, with Richardson 900. 11. Decoys. Wood with post on one end (neck) and B.S. carved on body. B.S. could indicate Bert Stanley or Boynton Stanley, perhaps gift of Jim Bradley - flat bottom, twine attached to each end to connect to other decoys. (See also 1000.0.1296 primitive decoys in museum.) [show more] | |||
| Panorama of Northeast Harbor--Clifton's Dock Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Panorama of Northeast Harbor--Clifton's Dock Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Photograph. Original returned to donor. | ||
| Three Lobstermen at Hampton Harbor Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Three Lobstermen at Hampton Harbor Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Three lobstermen just in from the ocean at Hampton Harbor, NH. On back is a stamp from the State of New Hampshire Planning and Development Comm with a handwritten title for the photograph as "Lobster Fishermen in from the ocean at Hampton Harbor, New Hampshire." Black and white | |
| Otter Creek Cove Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Otter Creek Cove Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Fisherman's shack at Otter Creek Cove. Inscription on back reads "Fisherman's shack at Otter Creek Cove" in pencil and a stamp for LaRue Spiker is at the bottom right. Black and white | |
| Man with Lobster Trap Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Man with Lobster Trap Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: An elderly fisherman lifts a lobster trap. Black and white | |||
| Letter from George Hadlock to Francis G. Fernald Islesford Historical Society |
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|  Letter from George Hadlock to Francis G. Fernald Islesford Historical Society Description: Letter and envelope from George Hadlock to Francis G. Fernald about applying for a shared weir or trap license. February 25, 1944 People Mentioned: Percy T. Clarke | |
| How to Eat a Maine Lobster Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  How to Eat a Maine Lobster Jesup Memorial Library | |||
| How to Prepare Maine Lobster Jesup Memorial Library |
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| How to Prepare Maine Lobster Jesup Memorial Library | |||
| Unloading Fish from a Dory Negative (2) Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Unloading Fish from a Dory Negative (2) Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Five men unload fish from a dory in Southwest Harbor, ME. Black and white | |
| Unloading Fish from a Dory Negative (1) Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Unloading Fish from a Dory Negative (1) Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Three men unload fish from a dory in Southwest Harbor, ME. Black and white | |
| Large fishing hand line with weights with wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Large fishing hand line with weights with wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, large fishing hand line with weights, wrapped around a wooden frame | |||
| Large hand line with weights Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Large hand line with weights Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Large hand line with weights and initials JLS | |||
| Clam hod (clam basket) handmade Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Clam hod (clam basket) handmade Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, large wood, rectangular, slatted box with handle - clam hod (clam basket) handmade out of parts previously painted in various colors: red, white, green. With small wooden box full of shells. | |||
| Clam rake with metal tines and wood handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Clam rake with metal tines and wood handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, clam rake with metal tines and short wooden handle with a hole on the end |