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Small wire-frame eye glasses from Preble house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Personal, Eyeglasses	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Small wire-frame eye glasses from Preble house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.140.1143 Type: Object, Personal, Eyeglasses Subject: People Description: Eyeglasses, very small metal wire single prescription, probably a woman's, broken with only one earpiece, without case, from Preble house
Memorial card for infant Cora E. Stanley (sister of Carrie M. Richardson) 1892 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Mourning Card	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Memorial card for infant Cora E. Stanley (sister of Carrie M. Richardson) 1892 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.46.270 Type: Object, Mourning Card Subject: People Description: Card, memorial, for Cora E. Stanley (sister of Carrie M. Richardson) d. 4 Nov 1892 age 7 mo. 15 dy.
Whale's Rib business card Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Identification Card, Business Card	Businesses, Store Business People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Whale's Rib business card Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.725 Type: Object, Identification Card, Business Card Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Description: Business card, The Whale's Rib Gifts of Maine - Art Gallery, run by Polly Bunker
Croquet set Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Game	People Places, Camp		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Croquet set Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2005.113.1347 Type: Object, Game Subject: People Places, Camp Description: Games. Wooden Croquet set with case, from Bruce Komusin's parents' summer home on Long Island NY
Walking stick Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Walking Stick	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Walking stick Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.242.1938 Type: Object, Walking Stick Subject: People Description: Cane. Wood, walking stick with knotted handle, smooth, sanded natural finish; small dark knots along its length. Made by Mickey Macfarlan (ca. 2010) from a sapling located on Mickey's property that had been tied into a knot by Sam Chapman at least 30 years ago. (Sam Chapman, GCI craftsman, died in 1971 at the age of 102.)
Carved walking stick Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Walking Stick	Object, Art People	Sam Chapman	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Carved walking stick Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1304 Type: Object, Walking Stick Subject: Object, Art People Creator: Sam Chapman Description: Artifact, carved walking stick made by Sam Chapman
Beige umbrella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Umbrella	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Beige umbrella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1363 Type: Object, Umbrella Subject: People Description: Umbrella. Beige Parasol (silk?); probably a gift of Mrs. Dunbar from the attic of the Dunbar house on Bear Island
Green umbrella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Umbrella	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Green umbrella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1364 Type: Object, Umbrella Subject: People Description: Umbrella. Green Parasol (silk?); probably a gift of Mrs Dunbar from the attic of the Dunbar house on Bear Island
Ribbon: Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pemetic Lodge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Award	Organizations, Civic People		Copyright Not Evaluated	Ribbon: Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pemetic Lodge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.384 Type: Object, Award Subject: Organizations, Civic People Description: Ribbon, pin-on, double sided, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pemetic Lodge #135, Southwest Harbor
Modified rocking chair with swivel tray Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Chair	People Structures, Dwellings, House		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Modified rocking chair with swivel tray Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2000.6.1935 Type: Object, Furnishings, Chair Subject: People Structures, Dwellings, House Description: Furniture. Rocking chair with swivel tray. Wood. Original black rocker with gold scroll work on seat and back has been modified with addition of a swiveling, wooden tray affixed to the chair arms. Rocker blades may have been shortened. Rocker may have had a signature, Stanley, visible on it at one time. Phil Whitney recollects in 2015 that this rocker was rescued from his family's house (across the street from his present home) during their house fire. It may have been his mother's rocker (d.o.b. 1911), or perhaps his great great grandmother Sidney Hamor Bunker who died in 1918, or his great grandmother, Julia Bunker Spurling. (From Ladies Aid 2000) [show more]
Brown silk outfit of Hannah Corson (nee Dick) Macfarlan for 1869 honeymoon Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Ensemble	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Brown silk outfit of Hannah Corson (nee Dick) Macfarlan for 1869 honeymoon Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2009.11.1180 Type: Object, Clothing, Ensemble Subject: People Description: Dress. Brown silk "going away" outfit of Hannah Corson (nee Dick) Macfarlan (Robin Freeman's great grandmother & Mickey Macfarlan's grandmother) for her honeymoon trip. Married 21 Apr 1869 in Philadelphia. Fitted bodice/jacket and long skirt with slightly bustled overskirt. Lighter brocaded underskirt. Darker velvet trim at neck, cuffs and along skirt panel. See also 2009.11.1942 accessories said to have been worn with this outfit: two pairs of kid gloves, parasol, white shoes, and hat. (See also photo 2009.11.1180B from "2009 photos>Robin Swain", for a picture of Hannah Corson Dick Macfarlan: b. 1850-d.1913 in Philadelphia. Note from donor: "15 oct 2009 I am attaching a photo to this email of my great-grandmother, Hannah Corson Dick Macfarlan, who wore the brown dress I gave to the GCIHS. She lived from 1850 to 1913 in Philadelphia. She married Dr. Malcolm Macfarlan on April 21, 1869, when she wore the dress. She had nine children, seven of whom lived to adulthood. Of the seven children, one was a girl and six were boys! One of the boys was Douglas Macfarlan, Mickey's father." [show more]
Black dress with cape Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Ensemble	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Black dress with cape Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.182.1334 Type: Object, Clothing, Ensemble Subject: People Description: Black (wedding?) dress with cape said to be from 1800s. (A 2014 visitor, a costume conservator herself, feels this dress dates to the 1920s.) Donor's son states the dress came from the Spurling side of the family not the Stanley side and believes his great grandmother Josie Stanley Bunker (b. 1870 on Cranberry) wore it more than once.
Elegant Parisian outfit worn by Mrs. Gertrude Cutts Storey Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Ensemble	People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Elegant Parisian outfit worn by Mrs. Gertrude Cutts Storey Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.187.1352 Type: Object, Clothing, Ensemble Subject: People Description: Clothing. Parisian dress - outfit with eggplant-color skirt and jacket. Worn by Mrs. Gertrude Cutts Storey, wife of Moorfield Storey (1845–1929), the first Rusticator on Great Cranberry Island. Storey was a prominent Boston lawyer who was nationally known. He was president of the American Bar Association, an active member of the Anti-Imperialist League, and the first president of the NAACP. He was also active in gaining independence for the Philippine Islands. Storey arrived in Northeast Harbor after the Civil war, building a house there. In 1887 he built a house on Great Cranberry that eventually became the property of his grand daughter, Trudy Bancroft, who donated this outfit. [show more]
Hooked rug with clamshell design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Hooked rug with clamshell design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.331.2093 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Other People Description: Rug. Hooked rug, with clamshell design. Description for clamshell from donor's 1987 appraisal at Thomaston Galleries: HOOKED RUG: woolens on burlap with 1/2”-wide braided border. Dark band enclosing tight rows of dark polychrome “Clam Shells”. Good overall condition. 20th c. American Dim: 28” x 47”. Donor doesn't know if it was made on GCI, but recalls it being in her mother's GCI home when she was a child.
Hooked rug with floral design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Hooked rug with floral design Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.331.2094 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Other People Description: Rug. Hooked rug, with floral design. Donor doesn't know if it was made on GCI, but recalls it being in her mother's GCI home when she was a child. Rug is hooked with stockings and fabric on burlap.
Braided rugs and pot holder by Addie Duren Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Other People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Braided rugs and pot holder by Addie Duren Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.335.2101 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Other People Description: Rugs: two braided multi-colored rugs; and one cloth pot holder. These three items were all made by GCI resident Addie Duren. Rug (A) is oval shaped, brightly colored reds, blues, purples, greys 46" long by 32.5" wide. Rug (B) is oval shaped, black and tan overall 56" long x 39" wide. There is a story that when the Duren house caught fire (19xx?), it was Addie's rags and rug-making materials stored in the attic that kept the fire from spreading rapidly through whole house. Pot holder (C) has crocheted edges with dancing girl and pink backing. [show more]

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