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| Harpoon or "Lilly Iron" with swivel piece on the barb Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Harpoon or "Lilly Iron" with swivel piece on the barb Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Harpoon head from Victor White's old garage Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Unusual iron, 3-pronged grappling hook Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Trawl line on wood frame with lead sinker and large hook Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Trawl line with wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Round metal fishing buoy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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. | |||
| Chain of Fishing Weights Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Chain of Fishing Weights Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Eleven (11) weights for fishing nets on a line of rope, with metal eye at one end. Circular loop of rope at opposite end. Each weight is approx. 1.25 inches long. | ||||
| Fishing Weight Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Fishing Weight Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Oblong lead fishing weight with circular hole for line. Two connecting holes on opposite sides near bottom have been plugged by mud. | ||||
| Fishing Weight Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Fishing Weight Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Oblong lead fishing weight with circular hole for line. Connecting open holes on opposite sides near the bottom. 5" long | ||||
| Fishing Weight Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Fishing Weight Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Corroded fishing weight with rope threaded through open hole at top. Connecting holes at bottom on opposite sides. | ||||
| Fishing line and weight Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|  Fishing line and weight Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Fishing Line and weight wrapped around wooden holder (approx. 8" X 7"). This was acquired in connection with the 2012 Somesville Museum exhibit. | |||||
| Green glass fishing float with tarred net around ball. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
|  Green glass fishing float with tarred net around ball. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Green glass fishing float with tarred net around ball. Another net over tarred net. Length of hemp rope attached to top. | |||||
| Glass float from herring fishing net Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Glass float from herring fishing net Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Broken wood frame for handline branded J. C. PIKE Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Buoys used by Victor White Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Pulley perhaps for pulling lobster traps Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Brass lobster gauge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Large fishing hand line with weight Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, large hand line with weight (for fishing) | |||
| Herring net on metal hoop with wooden handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Herring net on metal hoop with wooden handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Wooden buoys (lobster floats) and net floats on a rope Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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 |
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|  Large fishing handline with weights on wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, large handline with weights, wrapped around a wooden frame | |||
| Buoy (lobster float), white & green Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Buoy (lobster float), white & green Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishng equipment, buoy (lobster float), white & green | |||
| Fishing line weight Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Fishing line weight Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, fishing line weight 2.5" | |||
| Fishing hand line spool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Fishing hand line spool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, fishing hand line spool, 13.5", with 2 rungs | |||
| Fishing hand line spool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Fishing hand line spool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear, fishing hand line spool, 14", with 3 rungs |