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Base and spinning wheel head for a 'walking' or 'great' spinning wheel Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Spinning Wheel	Other		1880	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Base and spinning wheel head for a 'walking' or 'great' spinning wheel Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.417.2280 Type: Object, Spinning Wheel Subject: Other Date: 1880 Description: Three-legged base for a 'walking' or 'great' spinning wheel. Base was originally from the attic of the Scudder house on the north shore of Islesford. Head is termed a 'minor' head made of wood and iron; it came from the donor's wheel in Sullivan, Maine. Donor is a spinner and weaver, and lectures about heritage textiles. She noticed GCIHS had a wheel with no base in collection (GCIHS 2015.312.2072). The two parts married up perfectly. Wheel dates to ca. 1880s; Shakers made this type of great wheel. [show more]
Great wheel spinning wheel Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Spinning Wheel	Other			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Great wheel spinning wheel Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.312.2072 Type: Object, Spinning Wheel Subject: Other Description: Wheel from a 'walking' a.k.a. 'great' spinning wheel. Smooth wooden wheel, 45" diameter with brass core in hub of wheel. Rusted nail heads visible where wood overlaps on exterior of wheel and also where several spokes meet the wheel. No other parts of this walking wheel have been located. (It may have come from the Liebow house originally.) This wheel was installed on a 2018 donation of a spinning wheel base from Islesford that fits perfectly. [show more]
Four-legged spinning wheel Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Spinning Wheel	Other			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Four-legged spinning wheel Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.186.1346 Type: Object, Spinning Wheel Subject: Other Description: Small, wooden, four-legged flax spinning wheel with flat table, grooved wheel. "FARNHAM Near Owego" impressed into base. This four-legged wheel is missing part(s). [Note: http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/198156.html says Joel Farnhan was a wheelwright and cabinet maker who moved from PA to Owego NY in 1794.By the 1820s he had a well-established milling and wheelwright business which passed on to his youngest son Frederick, who began producing his own wheels by the 1840s.] [show more]
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]
School sign Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Sign	Organizations, School Institution			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	School sign Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1320 Type: Object, Sign Subject: Organizations, School Institution Description: Sign, yellow with black letters "School"
Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Dinner Tickets Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Ticket	Organizations, Civic			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Dinner Tickets Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.18.329 Type: Object, Ticket Subject: Organizations, Civic Description: Ticket, two Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Dinner Tickets, with envelope and letter from Nancy Jones to Ruth Westphal
Boat name plate: ADELAIDE Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Sign	Vessels, Boat			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Boat name plate: ADELAIDE Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.214.1856 Type: Object, Sign Subject: Vessels, Boat Description: Boat equipment, wooden name plate, white, made in a sort of mushroom shape, with slightly raised black letters "ADELAIDE"
Rowboat or skiff by Chummy Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Vessels, Boat, Skiff	Vessels, Boat	Chummy Spurling	1890	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Rowboat or skiff by Chummy Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.366.2129 Type: Object, Vessels, Boat, Skiff Subject: Vessels, Boat Creator: Chummy Spurling Date: 1890 Description: Boat. Rowboat or skiff made ca. 1890. White with red trim. (The boat is on the right in this 2016 photo showing two rowboats. The other images are from June 2010 after GCIHS was given the boat and before it was repainted.) Per Willie Granston (GHMM): "used to have a name on the stern (Cat's Miow) and was given to the Historical Society by a Northeast Harbor family who had it in the basement of their cottage (the Brzezinski family)... I had it in an exhibit in Northeast Harbor (The Power of the Oar - Summer 2010), and it looked really really nice. We spent a lot of time cleaning it and washing it... It is almost undoubtedly a Chummy Spurling skiff as I lined it up with a known Spurling and measured the two side by side and all the dimensions matched, down to the size, number, and spacing of the ribs.." (See link below to album showing the rowboat when it was displayed in NEH Maritime Museum.) [show more]
Rowboat or skiff by Dudley Bracy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Vessels, Boat, Skiff	Vessels, Boat		1890	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Rowboat or skiff by Dudley Bracy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.365.2128 Type: Object, Vessels, Boat, Skiff Subject: Vessels, Boat Date: 1890 Description: Boat. Rowboat or skiff, made by Dud (Dudley) Bracy (Junior Bracy's grandfather) perhaps ca. 1890. White with red trim . Rowboat sat on the shore by Nancy Lea's boathouse near Newman & Gray boatyard for years. Kevin Russell gave the rowboat to donor after Russell became the owner of the Lea boathouse. Boathouse was then passed on to Brezinis and has since changed hands again. The boat was repainted at some point . (Willie Granston (GHMM) may have photos of boat when it was on the shore.) [show more]
Buckboard: wooden wheels with iron cladding made in Bar Harbor Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Transportation, Carriage, Buckboard	Transportation, Carriage			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Buckboard: wooden wheels with iron cladding made in Bar Harbor Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.376.2139 Type: Object, Transportation, Carriage, Buckboard Subject: Transportation, Carriage Description: Carriage. Buckboard, two beige upholstered bench seats with upholstered backs, and matching beige carpet floor mats, wooden whip holder, thin red lines painted as decoration on seat sides and other areas, brass tag reads: "Davis B.H. B.C. Bar Harbor, Me". Wooden wheels with iron cladding. From the old barn at the Red House - the Towns/Lim house.Willie Granston December 2016: "…. The buckboard is in really good condition…. I know of only two Davis Buckboards on MDI, and neither is this model. One is privately owned by Martha Stewart, and one is a really sweet little 2 seater with a rear groomsman's seat owned by Bar Harbor Historical Society and kept at Seal Cove Auto Museum. The buckboard at Seal Cove is missing its bottom cushion, and Martha's has been reupholstered, so those cushions, with the flaps, are super important. ...This is really important object."The Living Past,Virginia Somes-Sanderson p. 229: "People came in droves from Bar Harbor, some in their private carriages, often with coachmen and footmen, others in hired vehicles, but the majority in buckboards. These riding conveyances had rows of seats, all facing front; the largest carried fifteen persons, but theer were others built for ten, seven, five, four and two passengers ... Unfortunately, the tax on them became so high that the owners could not make them pay, so they disappeared from the scene."The donor recalls: "The buckboard has been there all my life. I'm quite sure it came with the property. I would imagine it's been there since the Crosbys owned the barn-- if not before. I believe that they owned it around 1915 because there was a drawing of a heart on a barn stall shutter with one of the Crosby boys' names and some girl's name and the date, I think it was 1915. As children, my friends and I used to play "Wagon Train" (an old, old TV show) on it. I was always Flint McCullough. He was my favorite, played by the actor, Robert Horton. Ward Bond played the Wagonmaster on TV. Whoever played his part on the buckboard would wave their arm forward and yell. "Wagons---ho !" We were all girls, as I recall, (I do remember pitching apples at and withClayton Savage and Dickie Haydock but I don't think we let them play Wagon Train.)"See also http://www.skylinefarm.org/carriage-museum, Slide 9. [show more]
Brown silk outfit of Hannah Corson (nee Dick) Macfarlan for 1869 honeymoon Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Ensemble	People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Brown silk outfit of Hannah Corson (nee Dick) Macfarlan for 1869 honeymoon Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2009.11.1180 Type: Object, Clothing, Ensemble Subject: People Description: Dress. Brown silk "going away" outfit of Hannah Corson (nee Dick) Macfarlan (Robin Freeman's great grandmother & Mickey Macfarlan's grandmother) for her honeymoon trip. Married 21 Apr 1869 in Philadelphia. Fitted bodice/jacket and long skirt with slightly bustled overskirt. Lighter brocaded underskirt. Darker velvet trim at neck, cuffs and along skirt panel. See also 2009.11.1942 accessories said to have been worn with this outfit: two pairs of kid gloves, parasol, white shoes, and hat. (See also photo 2009.11.1180B from "2009 photos>Robin Swain", for a picture of Hannah Corson Dick Macfarlan: b. 1850-d.1913 in Philadelphia. Note from donor: "15 oct 2009 I am attaching a photo to this email of my great-grandmother, Hannah Corson Dick Macfarlan, who wore the brown dress I gave to the GCIHS. She lived from 1850 to 1913 in Philadelphia. She married Dr. Malcolm Macfarlan on April 21, 1869, when she wore the dress. She had nine children, seven of whom lived to adulthood. Of the seven children, one was a girl and six were boys! One of the boys was Douglas Macfarlan, Mickey's father." [show more]
Lobsterman boots belonging to Steve Spurling ca. 2000 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Shoe				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Lobsterman boots belonging to Steve Spurling ca. 2000 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.217.1851 Type: Object, Clothing, Shoe Description: Boots. Black rubber lobsterman's fishing boots, size 11, tops folded over, heavily spattered with red and blue paint, found and recovered by Wini Smart & Bruce Komusin from the town dump, and later identified by Steve Spurling as being his own boots that he threw away ca. 2000
Boots of lobersterman Steve Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Shoe				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Boots of lobersterman Steve Spurling Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.2038 Type: Object, Clothing, Shoe Description: Boots. Pair of rubber lobsterman boots belonging to Steve Spurling. Size 10, black with yellow along foot and white soles.
Black dress with cape Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Ensemble	People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Black dress with cape Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.182.1334 Type: Object, Clothing, Ensemble Subject: People Description: Black (wedding?) dress with cape said to be from 1800s. (A 2014 visitor, a costume conservator herself, feels this dress dates to the 1920s.) Donor's son states the dress came from the Spurling side of the family not the Stanley side and believes his great grandmother Josie Stanley Bunker (b. 1870 on Cranberry) wore it more than once.
Elegant Parisian outfit worn by Mrs. Gertrude Cutts Storey Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Ensemble	People			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Elegant Parisian outfit worn by Mrs. Gertrude Cutts Storey Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.187.1352 Type: Object, Clothing, Ensemble Subject: People Description: Clothing. Parisian dress - outfit with eggplant-color skirt and jacket. Worn by Mrs. Gertrude Cutts Storey, wife of Moorfield Storey (1845–1929), the first Rusticator on Great Cranberry Island. Storey was a prominent Boston lawyer who was nationally known. He was president of the American Bar Association, an active member of the Anti-Imperialist League, and the first president of the NAACP. He was also active in gaining independence for the Philippine Islands. Storey arrived in Northeast Harbor after the Civil war, building a house there. In 1887 he built a house on Great Cranberry that eventually became the property of his grand daughter, Trudy Bancroft, who donated this outfit. [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
Hooked rug with geometric dog motif Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug			1902	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Hooked rug with geometric dog motif Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2005.138.2026 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Date: 1902 Description: Rug. Hooked, wool, green and beige geometric dog motif. Made on Cranberry Isles 1902-1905. One of two similar rugs from same donor. Donor inherited this rug and believes it belonged to Miriam Reynolds, one of several Mount Desert summer residents who established a rug-making cottage industry on Cranberry Island. Donor explained: "Reynolds was part of the family of William Reed Huntington, who spent summers in Northeast Harbor starting around 1886. Mrs. Huntington died years before, leaving four small children, and her older sister, Miriam, moved in to take care of them. The youngest of the four was Mary, who later married William Thompson. They summered in Tamworth, New Hampshire, and this rug was in their house there. The house was inherited by their second son, Charles G. Thompson. When Charles's daughter Victoria married Dr. James S. Murphy, a Seal Harbor summer resident, she was given the Cranberry rug (by then quite worn) so that it might return to nearer its origin. For forty years it lived in Seal Harbor, but when Victoria's daughter Alice married Cranberry Island summer resident Bill Bancroft, the rug came home!" This rug was repaired in the same manner as the crab-motif rug, but is in much worse condition. It, too, lacks the CR monogram that was usually worked into one corner or on the selvage at the back of rugs that were made specifically by the Cranberry Island Club rug makers at the turn of the century. From "Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor", #55 (Nov. 1904), pp 1573-1622, the article "The Revival of Handicrafts in America." by Max West, Ph. D. states: Cranberry Islanders ".... were already familiar with the process of hooking rugs; and they were fortunate in having the benefit of the initiative, moral support, and financial backing of Mrs. Seth Low, Miss Miriam P. Reynolds, and one or two other New York women whose summer homes are at Northeast Harbor, as well as in obtaining the aid of capable designers. The industry was started on a small scale in the autumn of 1901, under the supervision of Miss Amy Mali Hicks, a designer identified with the arts and crafts movement in New York City, who designed the patterns and gave instruction in dyeing, etc. ..." [show more]
Hooked rug with crab motif Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Organizations, Civic Other			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Hooked rug with crab motif Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2005.138.2025 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Organizations, Civic Other Description: Rug. Green and beige crab motif. Hooked, wool, sheared on burlap, 29.5" x 64.5". Made on Cranberry Isles 1902-1905. One of two similar rugs from same donor. (See 2005.138.2026 dog-motif rug.) Donor states her sister recovered this rug from the storage shed at their parents' house in New Hampshire after reading the Bangor Daily News article about her earlier donation of the dog-motif rug; and that this rug was repaired in the same manner as that rug, but is in much better condition. This rug lacks the CR monogram that was usually worked into one corner or on the selvage at the back of rugs that were made specifically by the Cranberry Island Club rug makers at the turn of the century. But it likely shares the provenance of the dog-motif rug described by its donor and its connection to Miriam P. Reynolds of Northeast Harbor and her family's New Hampshire connection. From "Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor", #55 (Nov. 1904), pp 1573-1622, the article "The Revival of Handicrafts in America." by Max West, Ph. D. states: Cranberry Islanders ".... were already familiar with the process of hooking rugs; and they were fortunate in having the benefit of the initiative, moral support, and financial backing of Mrs. Seth Low, Miss Miriam P. Reynolds, and one or two other New York women whose summer homes are at Northeast Harbor, as well as in obtaining the aid of capable designers. The industry was started on a small scale in the autumn of 1901, under the supervision of Miss Amy Mali Hicks, a designer identified with the arts and crafts movement in New York City, who designed the patterns and gave instruction in dyeing, etc. ..." (See also "Three Centuries of Hooking, Mount Desert Island Historical Society, 2009, p. 20-21.) [show more]
Doll house made by Al Gray 1915 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Toy	People		1915	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Doll house made by Al Gray 1915 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.286.2037 Type: Object, Toy Subject: People Date: 1915 Description: Doll house. Wood painted red, yellow and white with black roof and green base. Per donor, house was made about 1915 by Al Gray for his grandchildren, Molly, Hannah, and their sister and two brothers. Donor bought the doll house at Jane and Eddi Gray's hard sale ca. 2000 for her own grandchildren. (See eclectic doll furniture 2014.286.2037.)
Rectangular basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Containers, Basket	Businesses, Farming			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Rectangular basket Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1308 Type: Object, Containers, Basket Subject: Businesses, Farming Description: Basket, woven wood-splint basket, rectangular, low
Braided rug Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Other			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Braided rug Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.1976 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Other Description: Rug. Braided with hooked center element. Concentric rings of browns, blacks, and greens with pale blue, red, and maroon flowers in hooked center square. Reverse side of rug has patch of brown cotton fabric with coral and beige flower decoration 16.5 x 17" serving as backing for the hooked flowers. Edges badly worn. Hole by the maroon flower. Some separation between the concentric braided rings.
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
Rug, hooked, depicting schooner Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Rug	Other			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Rug, hooked, depicting schooner Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.18.1934 Type: Object, Furnishings, Rug Subject: Other Description: Rug, hooked, rectangular; brown border with schooner, lighthouse and rocks against partly cloudy sky and green sea. From the home of Hilda Adel Bulger Spurling (1902-1987) (the Keegan's house on Harding Pt. Road in modern times). Hilda served as Postmistress on weekends for her sister Marjorie Phippen.
Six pairs of hand carved wood "tollers" (decoys) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Model					Six pairs of hand carved wood "tollers" (decoys) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.377.2140 Type: Object, Model Description: Decoys. Set of six pairs of hand carved wood "tollers". Each pair of decoy ducks is attached by a wood slat, then the whole set is attached by strings. Used for luring coot ducks when hunting. Set the decoys on the water, then row off in a boat, and shoot whatever ducks are attracted. Lightweight wood with metal fasteners.

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