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WWII Era Life Jacket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Water Transporation, Water Transportation Accessories	Object, Clothing, Clothing Accessories			Copyright Not Evaluated	WWII Era Life Jacket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2023.649.3139 Type: Object, Water Transporation, Water Transportation Accessories Subject: Object, Clothing, Clothing Accessories Description: Weighing about 5 pounds, this jacket is likely made of Kapok fibre from the Ceiba pentandra tree; which is lighter in weight than the original cork life jackets and much more comfortable and pliable. Unlikely to still float. Donor unknown, likely used in the early 1900s.
Boat compass in wooden Binnacle box Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Water Transporation, Ship's Compass	People Vessels, Boat		Cranberry Isles	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Boat compass in wooden Binnacle box Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.166.1191 Type: Object, Water Transporation, Ship's Compass Subject: People Vessels, Boat Place: Cranberry Isles Description: Used by Wilfred S. Trussell and Harvey Everett Bulger. Tool, boat compass in wooden binnacle box with window (brass, wood, paper, iron and glass). Compass card diameter 3.5", gimbal ring 5", interior box: 6.25" x 6.25"; exterior box: 7" x 11" x 8.5" H. North arrow has fleur d' lis motif. Compass was used by Wilfred S. Trussell (1869-1911) and/or Harvey (Harry) Everett Bulger (b.1883-d.<1911), who were husbands of Sadie Anna Harding (b.1879- d. after 1911) who once lived in the Cox now Dalton house (2016) on GCI. Sadie Harding married Trussell 1898 and Bulger 1919. No visible manufacturer or maker marks. Ralph Stanley examined this compass 2016 and believes it's a liquid (alcohol) compass after locating the corroded nut covering the fill-hole in the rim of the compass bowl. He also noted the quadrant markings on the sides of the compass. Per Stanley, Trussell had a sloop and this type of compass was used in boats of that size. It may indeed have been the compass that guided Trussell home during one particular storm (see Stanley's forthcoming book 2017). Stanley thinks it's a liquid compass about 100 years old and could have been purchased at any local marine goods store, but the box was specially made perhaps by Leslie Rice. Michael Macfarlan believes this could be a Ritchie compass and the hole in the wooden case with the shield above it would have been for a battery-powered light (not a candle). One or two large batteries would have been housed in the box's rear compartment. (Box hardware is too corroded to remove and investigate.) Stanley believes a wire to the light would have been wired to the engine. By email 2016, Ben Fuller at Penobscott Marine Museum suggests this compass would be suitable for small schooner or sloop large enough to be sailed at night, suggesting the Smithsonian's NMAH website: amhistory.si.edu/navigation/type.cfm?typeid=3 for further investigation. NMAH Website states: "Simple marine compasses have a magnetized needle attached to the bottom of a paper card, and are inherently unstable. Since the 1850s, scientists and instrument makers have struggled to solve this problem. One solution, pioneered by E. S. Ritchie in the United States, was to float the magnetic needle in a bowl of liquid...." (For genealogy see 2016.337.2103 Index p. 3 and p. 15, records p. 400 and 400A) (See also 2015.350.2115 for possible photo of Wilfred Trussel.) [show more]
Rudder with curved blade, wood stem, and cross-piece Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Water Transporation, Rudder	Vessels, Boat, Sailboat			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Rudder with curved blade, wood stem, and cross-piece Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.1954 Type: Object, Water Transporation, Rudder Subject: Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Description: Boat equipment. Rudder: wood with two metal brackets and two metal pegs, curved blade with wooden stem and cross-piece.
Brass oar lock Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Water Transporation, Water Transportation Accessories	Object, Other Object			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Brass oar lock Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1292 Type: Object, Water Transporation, Water Transportation Accessories Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Boat hardware, brass oar lock
Bow stem intended for Edgar Bunker's boat ca. 1950 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Water Transporation, Water Transportation Accessories	Vessels, Boat			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Bow stem intended for Edgar Bunker's boat ca. 1950 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.260.1992 Type: Object, Water Transporation, Water Transportation Accessories Subject: Vessels, Boat Description: Boatbuilding. Large, curved bow stem piece intended for Edgar Bunker's boat. Edgar died in Korean War and this bow stem piece never used.
Metal bow bit, cleat, nozzle, and "A" from various boats Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Water Transporation, Water Transportation Accessories	Vessels, Boat	1970		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Metal bow bit, cleat, nozzle, and "A" from various boats Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.212.1260 Type: Object, Water Transporation, Water Transportation Accessories Subject: Vessels, Boat Date: 1970 Description: Ship hardware. Collection of four large brass/metal artifacts recovered by Wesley Bracy Jr. (a.k.a. "Junior:) from local waters while scuba diving 1970-1980s. Items were either loaned or donated to GCIHS in 2000. (A): Artifact, letter "A" metal plate, from tug Astro an ocean-going tug towing a barge that ran ashore on Mt. Desert Rock 1902. Astro sank but barge okay. (B): Bow bit from the Ara, Deane's ocean-going private yacht that sank 1926 off Little Duck Island; (C): cleat; (D:) fire nozzle possibly from Deane's yacht. (See also 2015.310.2070 digital slides, and DVD interview made in 2003 (2013.265.1998).) [show more]

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