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Boat Building during World War II Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Report	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business	Ralph Stanley	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Boat Building during World War II Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2011.157.1380 Type: Document, Report Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Creator: Ralph Stanley Description: Document, "Boatbuilding During World War II, M.D.I., Ellsworth, Stonington, and Bluehill" by Ralph W. Stanley, 12 pages. Ralph was 12 years old on 7 Dec 1941, and gives his personal reminiscences of that period and the war effort. He mentions the Manset Boatyard, Henry Hinckley Co., Southwest Boat, and the Mount Desert Yacht Yard, all on MDI, the Webber's Cove Boat Yard in Bluehill, and the Stonington Deer Isle Yacht Yard. He lists many vessels built at those places, and throws in a few humorous anecdotes too. Ralph lists his sources at the end. (Document transcribed as .txt and saved as html.) [show more]
Tinker Colby at the boatyard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Tinker Colby at the boatyard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1641 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Description: Photo, Tinker Colby at the Cranberry Island boatyard
Charles Rice at Cranberry Isle Boatyard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Charles Rice at Cranberry Isle Boatyard Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1635 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Description: Charles Rice at Cranberry Isle Boatyard which he owned. He sold to Ed and Ed sold to the Staintons (2 copies of picture)
Bunker Boatyard check Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Financial Records	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Bunker Boatyard check Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.336 Type: Document, Financial, Financial Records Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Description: Check, blank, from Bunker Boatyard, Charles E. Rice, Eugene R. MacAllister, Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co.
Smelting ladle with spout Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Metalworking, Foundry Ladle	Businesses, Blacksmith Business Businesses, Farming		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Smelting ladle with spout Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.171.1233 Type: Object, Metalworking, Foundry Ladle Subject: Businesses, Blacksmith Business Businesses, Farming Description: Smelting ladle with spout, for melting and poring molten lead
Mail Boat ticket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Ticket	Businesses, Ferry Service		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Mail Boat ticket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2011.163.1390 Type: Object, Ticket Subject: Businesses, Ferry Service Description: Ticket, Mail Boat, 10-Trips for $5, all punched out (used). Polly said while donating it, "An example of the 'Good Old Days.'"
Shoemaker's last Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Last, Shoe Last	Businesses, Other Business		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Shoemaker's last Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2002.20.1243 Type: Object, Last, Shoe Last Subject: Businesses, Other Business Description: Tool, Shoemaker's Last used to make and mend shoes. Found in the old Lewis Ladd barn, a.k.a. Spurling home, and Freeman home (across from donor's home). Lewis Ladd died in 1912 at 88 years old.
Shoemaker's last Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Last, Shoe Last	Businesses, Other Business		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Shoemaker's last Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2002.20.1244 Type: Object, Last, Shoe Last Subject: Businesses, Other Business Description: Shoemaker's Last used in making and mending shoes. Found in the old Lewis Ladd barn, a.k.a. Spurling home, and Freeman home (across from donor's home). Lewis Ladd died in 1912 at 88 years old.
Shoemaker's last, approx. 6" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Last, Shoe Last	Businesses, Other Business		Copyright Not Evaluated	Shoemaker's last, approx. 6" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2002.20.1240 Type: Object, Last, Shoe Last Subject: Businesses, Other Business Description: Tool, Shoemaker's Last, approx. 6". Found in the old Lewis Ladd barn, a.k.a. Spurling home, and Freeman home (across from donor's home). Lewis Ladd died in 1912 at 88 years old. (See also items 1240-1245.)
Shoemaker's lasts with cast iron support post Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Last, Shoe Last	Businesses, Other Business		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Shoemaker's lasts with cast iron support post Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2002.20.1245 Type: Object, Last, Shoe Last Subject: Businesses, Other Business Description: Two Shoemaker's Lasts with cast iron post to support lasts as cobbler works on them (one 9" and one 5"). Found in the old Lewis Ladd barn, a.k.a. Spurling home, and Freeman home (across from donor's home). Lewis Ladd died in 1912 at 88 years old.
Shoemaker's hammer Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Leatherworking Hammer, Shoemaker's Hammer	Businesses, Other Business		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Shoemaker's hammer Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2002.20.1241 Type: Object, Leatherworking Hammer, Shoemaker's Hammer Subject: Businesses, Other Business Description: Tool. Shoemaker's hammer 8.5". See also 2002.20.42 patent for this type of hammer. Hammer recovered from Captain Bert's house - Bert Spurling, a.k.a. Freeman home (across from donor's home). (This is the same house where the shoe lasts were found - see items 1240, 1242-1245.)
Boatbuilding tool on wood base similar to nut cracker Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Woodworking	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business		Copyright Not Evaluated	Boatbuilding tool on wood base similar to nut cracker Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1277 Type: Object, Woodworking Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Description: Tool, metal boatbuilding tool on wood base, similar to a nut cracker; molded into the metal "SARGENT & CO" and "10"
Boat building tool? Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Woodworking	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business		Copyright Not Evaluated	Boat building tool? Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.174.1236 Type: Object, Woodworking Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Description: Tool, boat building tool (?)
Gouge tool used in boatbuilding Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Woodworking	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business		Copyright Not Evaluated	Gouge tool used in boatbuilding Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.154.1122 Type: Object, Woodworking Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Description: Tool, gouge used in boatbuilding; makers mark: BUCK BROS (head of buck deer) CAST STEEL
Ledger with records of fishing Schooner Rozella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger	Businesses, Fishery Business Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Enoch Stanley	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Ledger with records of fishing Schooner Rozella Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.39.297 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Enoch Stanley Description: Ledger, Pocket, with records of work, fishing, cleaning fish, fish shares sold from Schooner Rozella, found in Bob LaHotan's barn, and probably kept by Enoch Stanley
Glass float from herring fishing net Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Glass float from herring fishing net Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.221.1877 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, glass float, round, aqua colored, with pontil mark (where glass was blown, then removed from pipe), fully enclosed in a stout twine net (with unusually wide openings) which would be attached to the edge of a herring net
Small carved wooden box Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Containers	Businesses, Medical Business		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Small carved wooden box Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.153.1215 Type: Object, Containers Subject: Businesses, Medical Business Description: Box, small wooden box carved from one piece of wood, and with separate sliding cover, for lancet 1000.153.1131
Medical, lancet, spring loaded Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Medical, Surgical, Surgical Knife, Lancet	Businesses, Medical Business		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Medical, lancet, spring loaded Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.153.1131 Type: Object, Medical, Surgical, Surgical Knife, Lancet Subject: Businesses, Medical Business Description: Tool, medical, lancet, spring loaded, for bloodletting or lancing boils; previously owned by the donor's father. Item #1215 is custom box for it.
Receipt for fish Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Financial, Receipt	Businesses, Fishery Business		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Receipt for fish Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2001.39.300 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Receipt, tied with string, for fish
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
Branding iron 7327 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Iron, Marking Iron	Businesses, Fishery Business		Copyright Not Evaluated	Branding iron 7327 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.13.1392 Type: Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Iron, Marking Iron Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, Metal Branding Iron to burn "7327" onto lobster floats or buoys, presumably.
Branding iron RH STANLEY Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Iron, Marking Iron	Businesses, Fishery Business		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Branding iron RH STANLEY Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.214.1852 Type: Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Iron, Marking Iron Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, branding iron to burn "RH STANLEY" onto wooden lobster buoys
Sailmakers thimble or net mender Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Thimble	Businesses, Fishery Business		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Sailmakers thimble or net mender Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.262.1994 Type: Object, Thimble Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Boat tools. Sailmakers thimble (a.k.a. net mender per donor), leather and metal with star on thimble. Thumb slips through hole and metal thimble is used to push needle through dense material.
Circular wooden sieve Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Food Separating Tool, Kitchen Strainer	Businesses, Farming		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Circular wooden sieve Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.372.2136 Type: Object, Food Separating Tool, Kitchen Strainer Subject: Businesses, Farming Description: Kitchen/Farm. Circular wooden sieve with metal screen, iron handle, and side hooks for winnowing beans from the husks. Gaile Colby recalls her aunt "winnowing in the wind."
Scythe handle with two grippers but no blade Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Agricultural, Scythe	Businesses, Farming		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Scythe handle with two grippers but no blade Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.13.1393 Type: Object, Agricultural, Scythe Subject: Businesses, Farming Description: Artifact, Wooden Scythe Handle with two grippers but no blade

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