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Harpoon or "Lilly Iron" with swivel piece on the barb Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Harpoon or "Lilly Iron" with swivel piece on the barb Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.219.1874 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, "Lilly Iron" (harpoon) from Wesley Bracy, Jr. with swiveling piece on the barb that folds flat for easy penetration, but opens crosswise for increased grip, thus preventing loss of the fish; Bruce Komusin inserted a wooden boomstick handle and secured it with rope for display purposes.
Harpoon head from Victor White's old garage Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Harpoon head from Victor White's old garage Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.256.1985 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear. Harpoon head: wood handle with threaded metal collar and 5-pronged metal barbed harpoon head. Wood handle is a sawed-off tree limb; metal collar possibly an old pipe fitting; harpoon head is inserted into handle; collar turns freely. One tine missing its barb. From Victor White's old garage summer 2013.
Unusual iron, 3-pronged grappling hook Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap	Copyright Not Evaluated	Unusual iron, 3-pronged grappling hook Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.249.1958 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap Description: Tool. Grappling hook, iron, three pronged. Unusual size and design per donor.
Trawl line on wood frame with lead sinker and large hook Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Trawl line on wood frame with lead sinker and large hook Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.1953 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear. Trawl line wound around wooden frame with heavy lead sinker and large metal hook.
Trawl line with wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Trawl line with wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.1952 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear. Trawl line wound around wooden frame. Wooden handle is nailed to frame (unusual).
Round metal fishing buoy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy	Businesses, Fishery Business	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Round metal fishing buoy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2012.13.1391 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear. Metal Fishing Buoy, round. It is stamped on one side PHILLIPS PATENT GUARANTEED LIGHTWEIGHT MODEL. and on the other, PATENT No 331163 NOTICE OF INFRINGEMENT REWARDED. The patent number is from Great Britain.
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
Broken wood frame for handline branded J. C. PIKE Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Broken wood frame for handline branded J. C. PIKE Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.214.1917 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, empty wooden frame for fishing handline, broken into two halves and just pushed together; branded "J. C. PIKE." on both halves
Buoys used by Victor White Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy		Copyright Not Evaluated	Buoys used by Victor White Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.307.2066 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy Description: Fishing gear. Buoys,wood, painted orange and white - Victor White's colors. (A) Long bullet shaped, and (B) rounded with wooden handle inserted on one end.
Pulley perhaps for pulling lobster traps Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment		Copyright Not Evaluated	Pulley perhaps for pulling lobster traps Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1259 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Description: Tool, pulley, round, very open and wide rope surface, probably an outboard pulley for lobster trap pulling
Brass lobster gauge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Brass lobster gauge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.1124 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business 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	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Large fishing hand line with weight Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1192 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, large hand line with weight (for fishing)
Herring net on metal hoop with wooden handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Herring net on metal hoop with wooden handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2004.164.1182 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business 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	Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy	Businesses, Fishery Business	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Wooden buoys (lobster floats) and net floats on a rope Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.12.1179 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business 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	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Large fishing handline with weights on wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1225 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, large handline with weights, wrapped around a wooden frame
Buoy (lobster float), white & green Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy	Businesses, Fishery Business	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Buoy (lobster float), white & green Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1256 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishng equipment, buoy (lobster float), white & green
Fishing line weight Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Fishing line weight Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1252 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, fishing line weight 2.5"
Fishing hand line spool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Fishing hand line spool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1279 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, fishing hand line spool, 13.5", with 2 rungs
Fishing hand line spool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Fishing hand line spool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1278 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, fishing hand line spool, 14", with 3 rungs
Wooden and foam lobster buoys on a rope Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Wooden and foam lobster buoys on a rope Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.222.1882 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business 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	Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Wooden buoys and decoys, some from 1920s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.355.2120 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business 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]
Large fishing hand line with weights with wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Large fishing hand line with weights with wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1224 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, large fishing hand line with weights, wrapped around a wooden frame
Large hand line with weights Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Large hand line with weights Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1226 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Large hand line with weights and initials JLS
Grappling hook with ring from Victor White's old garage Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment			Grappling hook with ring from Victor White's old garage Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.256.1984 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Description: Tool. Grappling hook with ring: metal, 4-pronged with hole in handle and ring through hole, from Victor White's old garage, summer 2013.
Clam hod (clam basket) handmade Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Clam hod (clam basket) handmade Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.218.1857 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business 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.

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