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| Shoemaker's hammer Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Shoemaker's hammer Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Boatbuilding tool on wood base similar to nut cracker Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Boat building tool? Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool, boat building tool (?) | |||
| Gouge tool used in boatbuilding Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Gouge tool used in boatbuilding Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool, gouge used in boatbuilding; makers mark: BUCK BROS (head of buck deer) CAST STEEL | |||
| Glass float from herring fishing net Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Glass float from herring fishing net Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Small carved wooden box Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Medical, lancet, spring loaded Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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. | |||
| Whale's Rib business card Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Whale's Rib business card Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business card, The Whale's Rib Gifts of Maine - Art Gallery, run by Polly Bunker | |||
| Branding iron 7327 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Branding iron 7327 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, Metal Branding Iron to burn "7327" onto lobster floats or buoys, presumably. | |||
| Branding iron RH STANLEY Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Branding iron RH STANLEY Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, branding iron to burn "RH STANLEY" onto wooden lobster buoys | |||
| Sailmakers thimble or net mender Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Sailmakers thimble or net mender Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Circular wooden sieve Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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| Scythe handle with two grippers but no blade Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Artifact, Wooden Scythe Handle with two grippers but no blade | |||
| Sadie Bulger store display case Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Sadie Bulger store display case Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Furniture, glass display case with wood frame, candy case from Sadie Bulger's store, two mirrored sliding doors in back for access, stencilled on back "RAYMOND SHOW CASE CO BOSTON"; underneath the bottom there is provision for a self-standing base via 3 hole sockets in front (left, middle, right), 3 in back (left middle, right) and 1 on each side (middle) | |||
| Display Case Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Display Case Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Furniture, glass display case with wood frame and three compartments: left and right compartments are deep with hopper type door hinged on the bottom; midddle compartment is shallow with a concealed cash drawer under it which opens with a bell ring if four finger-hole keys are pressed in the right combination | |||
| Store counter from Elisha Bunker's store Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Store counter from Elisha Bunker's store Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Furniture. Store counter from Elisha Bunker's store on Dog Point Lane, GCI. Wood with molding, broad countertop, cash drawer with bell and button combo lock. Post- 1950 stored and used by Ladies Aid Society during annual fairs. Modified and installed in GCIHS museum May 2013. | |||
| Round case for cheese Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Round case for cheese Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Artifact, round wood and cardboard case, perhaps for cheese or cake, top and bottom wood, sides cardboard, handwritten "J & Petal" or "J & Pural" on top | |||
| Wooden barrel Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Wooden barrel Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Barrel, small wooden barrel, bound with two metal hoops and two wire loops, stenciled on one end (of which one board is loose) with "A HODGDON, ELLSWORTH, ME"; the other end is open, missing | |||
| Small barrel Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Small barrel Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Barrel, small wooden barrel, originally bound with four metal hoops (top hoop missing now), probably originally from a store since both top and bottom ends are painted yellow on the outside as a code to indicate the contents; one end is in place, with a bung hole closed by a wooden plug; both ends have remnants of dark brown "skin", in flakes, as if the barrel held lacquer, molasses, or similar substance, but the barrel itself does not appear to have this [show more] | |||
| Wood barrel Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Wood barrel Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Barrel, large wood barrel, approx. 20" height/ 19" diameter | |||
| Wooden barrel Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Part of a balance weighing scale Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Part of a balance weighing scale Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Scale, the arms part of a balance weighing scale. Item was dug up close to Mickey Macfarlan's shed (the old Post Office in Preble's time) ca. 1970 | |||
| Scale Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Scale Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Scale, large spring scale with flat top, maximum weight of 23 pounds | |||
| Turnbuckle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Turnbuckle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool, turnbuckle for pulling things together, such as the frame of a screen door | |||
| Metal spoke shave tool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Metal spoke shave tool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool, spoke shave, metal, similar to a plane, for scraping thin shavings off irregular wooden objects such as spokes of a wheel; makers mark: MADE IN USA, NO 151 |
