Description: Two ledgers (A-B) 1873-1890s of a collection of 18 small, 19th-century ledgers or account journals belonging to William P. Preble; very difficult to decipher, many entries not in chronological order, often several years of entries not made in sequential order. (Only exterior and one page of each ledger scanned. ) A= 1873-1893 long narrow store ledger with a general mish-mash of stuff…some in chronological order some not. 1873 list of cash and credit, purchases, school items. 1872 herring shipped, 1890, 1893. Small folded note inserted in middle of this ledger signed by William P. Preble, dated Jan 23rd 1891 that “parties having friends buried in the Burying Yard [cemetery] that they are requested to contribute towards the bill for labor and materials for fencing and painting the same”. Charges for services to the Town of CI [no year]. 1876 Town of CI charges, 1877 Charges for handling the estate of G. H. Gilley, 1878 and 1880 Meeting House expenses [church?], various 1881 records, 1881-1886 various entries. B= Small tan notebook “Pierce’s memorandum and Account Book designed for Farmers, Mechanics and all people”. 1893 January expenses for various jobs including “hauling weir stuff”. List of payments to S.C. Sanford (“Sammy” Samuel Sanford, Preble’s step son), and others. [show more]
Description: Folder of fish weir or trap licenses or applications during the period 1944 - 1951 for: Francis G. Fernald George R. Hadlock Joseph E. Spurling Ann Frothingham Guild Theodore J. Spurling (Scans of Town of Cranberry Isles, part of 2016.334.2100)
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
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
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.
Description: Fishing gear, empty wooden frame for fishing handline, broken into two halves and just pushed together; branded "J. C. PIKE." on both halves
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
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).
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]
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]
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]
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.