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Sailmaker's thimble for pushing needle through heavy canvas Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Thimble	Object, Other Object			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Sailmaker's thimble for pushing needle through heavy canvas Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1257 Type: Object, Thimble Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Tool, leather sailmaker's thimble for pushing needle through heavy canvas.
Metal colander Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Food Separating Tool, Kitchen Strainer	Other			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Metal colander Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1306 Type: Object, Food Separating Tool, Kitchen Strainer Subject: Other Description: Tool, kitchen, metal colander, strainer
Large pulley with metal hook Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Mechanical, Pulley	Object, Other Object			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Large pulley with metal hook Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.214.1916 Type: Object, Mechanical, Pulley Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Tool, large pulley with metal hook
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."
Clock, in wooden case with pendulum window Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Clock	Organizations, School Institution		1978	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Clock, in wooden case with pendulum window Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.227.1881 Type: Object, Clock Subject: Organizations, School Institution Date: 1978 Description: Clock, in wooden case with pendulum window (pendulum missing), engraved brass plate "Made for Longfellow School Great Cranberry Isle with pleasure by Ralph Gould 1978", inside case is written "made by Ralph Gould 1976", the clock mechanism seems to be all brass, except for the pendulum attachment stub, with three chimes inside; the clock itself tries to run but ticks only for a short time, perhaps because of the missing pendulum; the glass face opens and has two key holes, probably to wind the clock and the chimes; the face has roman numerals. face: 12" diam, face frame 15.5" W (octagonal), cabinet: 16" L x 7.25" W x 3.75" D [show more]
Butter churn Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Dairy Tool, Butter Worker				Copyright Not Evaluated	Butter churn Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.306.2065 Type: Object, Dairy Tool, Butter Worker Description: Butter churn (a.k.a. box or barrel churn), wooden with red stenciled lettering "No. 3 Improved" and faded red stenciled cow on one side of barrel. Red stenciled lettering "Boston, Amesplu_ _ _, New York" on the other side. Wood and steel handle on one side turns the slatted wooden paddle wheel inside. (B) Wooden spatula. Wooden top. Probably late 19th century. "It was small enough to stand on a table; used for small-scale production of butter in a farmhouse dairy. It would about 70 pints of mile to produce enough cream to make just 18 oz (500gms) of butter. Complete with interior paddle wheel to agitate cream, lid, peg for the drain hole, and handle to rotate paddle wheel. The cream was poured into the opening at the top of the barrel and the handle turned. This would rotate the slatted wooden panels and agitate the cream. There was a small inspection hole in the top of the lid to allow the operator to check the progress of the butter without opening the churn. It would take about an hour and a half to turn the cream to butter. The whey was poured off and either drunk or used as pig food. The butter was then removed from the churn and was washed repeatedly in cold water. It was then beaten with wooden butter beaters or kneaded by hand to remove the excess moisture." http://www.objectlessons.org/work-and-innovation-victorians/barrel-butter-churn-victorian-original/s64/a930/ [show more]
Table Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Table	Object, Other Object			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Table Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.302.2058 Type: Object, Furnishings, Table Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Table. Wicker, circular, beige; and table cloth: white with sunflower border.
School desk wood and cast iron Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Desk	Organizations, School Institution			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	School desk wood and cast iron Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.227.1317 Type: Object, Furnishings, Desk Subject: Organizations, School Institution Description: Desk, school, wood and cast iron, marked "SCHOOL FURNITURE CO" and "1, PAYNO, G35887, PAT. PDG"
Sitz Bath that belonged to Moorfield Storey Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Plumbing Fixture, Bathtub, Sitz Bath	Object, Other Object			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Sitz Bath that belonged to Moorfield Storey Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.228.1370 Type: Object, Plumbing Fixture, Bathtub, Sitz Bath Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Furniture. Sitz Bath 27" diameter; belonged to Moorfield Storey
Wooden commode Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Chair, Commode Chair	Structures, Dwellings, House			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Wooden commode Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2017.382.2156 Type: Object, Furnishings, Chair, Commode Chair Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Description: Wooden commode (potty seat/toilet chair) with lid. One of several items from donors in summer 2016 prior to selling their house on The Lane, GCI. Many items pertain to the Lulu Alley family. Items were in the house when donor's parents, June and Ed Sampson, bought the house from Lulu in November 1969. The house was built for Lulu Steele when she married Lewis Alley 1914(?); Lulu died in 2004. House is said to be a ca. 1914 Sears Roebuck modular home, similar to several others on GCI. The garage on the property was built by Mike Westphal in the 1980s. Big cook stove in kitchen is original. It was the only heat and only stove in the house originally. Rocking chair in house is original. Kitchen cabinetry on right of sink is original. Woodstove in the living room is 1973. [show more]
Great Cranberry Library bookmark Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Writing, Bookmark	Organizations, Civic, Public Library	Jeanne Goldberg	1990	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Great Cranberry Library bookmark Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.837 Type: Object, Writing, Bookmark Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Creator: Jeanne Goldberg Date: 1990 Description: Two blue paper bookmarks with cranberry design in dark red and green, and with legend "Great Cranberry Library - Libraries are not made; they grow. A. Birrell". One bookmark has the cranberry leaves hand-colored green. The library was started 1986 or 1987, the bookmark was made about 1990 by Jeanne Goldberg, and Ruth Westphal started 1999 as librarian.
Headstone for William Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Tombstone, Headstone	People Places, Cemetery		1839	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Headstone for William Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.374.2137 Type: Object, Tombstone, Headstone Subject: People Places, Cemetery Date: 1839 Description: Headstone fragment discovered July 2016 during Spurling Revolutionary War Cemetery preservation project. White marble. Well worn and difficult to discern, the inscription reads: "William/Son of Thomas & Hannah/Spurling. William Spurling, 2nd, was born 9Dec1812 and died 23May1839. This is the only piece of William's headstone discovered to date; it was lying in the grass near the Robert Spurling footstone. One corner piece is broken off. One other small white marble fragment was collected and stored with this artifact. [show more]
Sword made from a swordfish bill Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Armaments, Sword	Object, Art	Rena A. Percy	1908	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Sword made from a swordfish bill Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.343.2109 Type: Object, Armaments, Sword Subject: Object, Art Creator: Rena A. Percy Date: 1908 Description: Sword made from swordfish bill, with woven rope handle with remains of gilt in several spots, large red bow, and painted nautical scene. From left to right along the blade the painting shows a lighthouse, schooners, swordfish, seagull, flower, and a scroll with "Rena A. Percy", and date "July 19, 1908" towards the tip. Painting is peeling and flaking in some areas. On reverse, peeling paint remains near hilt but no evidence of painting on the rest of the blade. The Rena A. Percy was a schooner under Master Willis G.[E?] Bunker, with a crew of 14, (#200857?), either 78 or 46 Gross Tons, measuring 76.5/ 21.6/ 9.4. Built in 1904 in East Boothbay and used for dory trawling around Jonesport and elsewhere - (http://www.cranberryisles.com/photos/ci_notes.html - Cranberry Islands Notes by Chuck Liebow). Willis Bunker (1855-1915) was the uncle of donor's husband Linden "Tud" Bunker. Note states: "Sword came from Percy's house, Winslow Bunker's father." (In 2016, this would be the house owned by the Sullivan's.) [show more]
Trinkets recovered from Parsonage wall during remodeling 2013 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Other Object	Structures, Dwellings, House			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Trinkets recovered from Parsonage wall during remodeling 2013 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.252.2002 Type: Object, Other Object Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Description: Trinkets or toys. Collection of four small, wooden items recovered from the debris of the wall from the north-facing fireplace along with four concealed shoes (2013.252.1979) during the 2013 remodeling of the Great Cranberry Congregational Church parsonage house (177 Cranberry Road). Miniature boat hull: wood, 3 ¼" long x 1 and 1/8" wide x ½" deep; Spool: wood, 2" diameter x ½" thick; center hole is ½" diameter; Tube: wood, 1 ¾" wide x 2 ½" high, with ½" diameter hole drilled through center; Semi-circle: wood, 5 ½" long x 2 ¾" wide x ¼" thick with black, stamped letters: 'SCHUYKILL LEAD C[?] EXTRA'; half of a circular lid with a hole in the center.The shoes and wooden trinkets would have been intentionally concealed between the stud wall and the brick of the fireplace on the first floor ca. 1840. These items were found under the demolition rubble against the inside of the stud wall that had surrounded the fireplace on the first floor when the chimney was being removed. The four shoes date stylistically to 1820-1830s, likely hidden inside the wall by Enoch Spurling's family when the house was constructed ca. 1840. The shoes and trinkets were repatriated to a spot in the new decorative chimney in October 2013 along with three other modern items in a plastic 'File 'n Go' carry case with latching lid. The three modern items are: one pink-and-white flip-flop sandal with “2013” written on it; one church roster; one church bulletin; and the initial report from the GCIHS about finding the concealed shoes and trinkets. (See also 2013.252.1980 - remnants of shoes from the kitchen crawlspace; 2013.252.2000 - metal implements; 2013.252.2001 - wooden implements; and the report of parsonage house research - 2015.304.2062.) [show more]
Trailboard from sloop; Stanley cemetery post; powder horn Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Other Object	Places, Cemetery Places, Island Vessels, Boat, Sailboat			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Trailboard from sloop; Stanley cemetery post; powder horn Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2017.391.2167 Type: Object, Other Object Subject: Places, Cemetery Places, Island Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Description: Collection of three items. (A) Trailboard from a Friendship sloop. Letters visible: “BUILDER FRIENDSHIP, ME” on one side, and “WILBUR A. MORSE, BUILDER” on the other side. Carved with leaves and wavy line on both sides. Donor believes this could be the trailboard from one of Peter Richardson’s Friendship sloops. Richardson kept five Friendship sloops where Heliker LaHotan now stands (the old Stanley boatyard).(Trailboards are a pair of decorative boards at the bow of a sailboat, running from the figurehead back towards the hawsepipe.) (Measurements: 35"L x 6"H x 8.5"W)Note: On 10/14/16 Captain, historian, and boat builder Ralph Stanley visited GCIHS and commented on the trailboard. Ralph explained that donor's Friendship sloop, Old Baldy, was bought from its original owner; Kathy Newman owns it now. Jarvis Newman restored it. Stanley believes that the sloop that the trailboard came from was Little Flirt. (Apparently, the intended name was Alert, but William Doane Stanley had also named his boat Alert.) Eventually, Little Flirt had Sweet Pea painted on her stern. Whoever gave Lou Alert’s trailboard, likely found it in the field by Lewis Stanley’s boat yard (Ralph Stanley’s Uncle Lew) after the boat was destroyed and the ruins put in the field. He believes a full trailboard would have included the date made, 1904, and would have had an eagle’s head on the end. Ralph will check and see if Kathe Walton has the head.(B) Stanley cemetery wooden post. A broken post with carved top intact for exhibit purposes and for use as a model for new fence posts for the 2014 restored Stanley cemetery. (There are several more broken fence posts currently at the cemetery.) (Measurements: 41"L x 6" Diameter)(C) Powder horn from donor's family. Lovely, plain, unornamented horn which Donor used with her muzzle loading rifles and as a prop in a play. Has string attached by screw; two drilled holes; hollow. It was probably acquired in Ohio. No direct connection to GCI other than Lou Millar's use in her long and interesting life and it’s a neat artifact. (Measurements: 14.5"L x 3.5"H x 3"W) [show more]
Large ceramic crock pot Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Containers	Other			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Large ceramic crock pot Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2017.382.2157 Type: Object, Containers Subject: Other Description: Large beige ceramic crock pot with lid. Exterior stamped with black circular logo: MOPOCO WARE 2.
Croquet set Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Game	People Places, Camp			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Croquet set Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2005.113.1347 Type: Object, Game Subject: People Places, Camp Description: Games. Wooden Croquet set with case, from Bruce Komusin's parents' summer home on Long Island NY
Walking stick Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Walking Stick	People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Walking stick Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.242.1938 Type: Object, Walking Stick Subject: People Description: Cane. Wood, walking stick with knotted handle, smooth, sanded natural finish; small dark knots along its length. Made by Mickey Macfarlan (ca. 2010) from a sapling located on Mickey's property that had been tied into a knot by Sam Chapman at least 30 years ago. (Sam Chapman, GCI craftsman, died in 1971 at the age of 102.)
Carved walking stick Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Walking Stick	Object, Art People	Sam Chapman		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Carved walking stick Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1304 Type: Object, Walking Stick Subject: Object, Art People Creator: Sam Chapman Description: Artifact, carved walking stick made by Sam Chapman
Apple peeler Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Food Cutting Tool	Other			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Apple peeler Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1299 Type: Object, Food Cutting Tool Subject: Other Description: Tool, kitchen, apple peeler
Wooden wedge with handle, perhaps a basket splint gauge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Other Object	Object, Other Object			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Wooden wedge with handle, perhaps a basket splint gauge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.214.1905 Type: Object, Other Object Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Tool, one-piece wooden wedge shape with handle, similar to a spatula or paddle, worn but not stained. Perhaps a basket splint gauge.
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]
Vintage mystery object/tool wood and leather Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Other Object	Object, Other Object			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Vintage mystery object/tool wood and leather Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.214.1868 Type: Object, Other Object Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Unknown object of unknown purpose, U-shaped wooden base; on top it has a wooden "handle" (perhaps) and a nail, and between those it is partially covered with leather rudely but securely tacked on; the leather has cut marks across it, and deep cuts along both sides
Taxidermist made Stuffed Pheasant Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Taxidermy Mount	Nature, Animals, Birds			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Taxidermist made Stuffed Pheasant Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1309 Type: Object, Furnishings, Taxidermy Mount Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Description: Taxidermy, bird, stuffed pheasant, maker unknown

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