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| William Pitt Preble's Extended Family Photograph Album Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  William Pitt Preble's Extended Family Photograph Album Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Photo album covered in red velvet with mostly cabinet card photographs; some tintypes .Elaborate red velvet cover with brass floral and wilderness scene. Brass hasp. Album includes photos of William Pitt Preble's extended family, many with no relation to Cranberry Isles. Some names: One loose portrait photo: T.E. Welles; Uncle Gen. Andrew Spurling (General Andrew Barclay Spurling was Civil War Medal of Honor) (1066G); William Pitt Preble, Esq., Matilda Sanford Preble; Uncle William Preble; Elmenia Spurling Preble; William Pitt Preble II; Lizzie Preble; Capt. Horace G. Bunker; Wilhemenia Bunker; Minnie E. Bunker; Lena Bunker Webb; Chester Raymond Bunker; Abbie Maude Spurling Ware; Abbie Maude and Harold Benjamin Spurling; Uncle Harold; Frances Marion Spurling; Auntie Maude; Uncle Harold; Mother age 7-8; Horace Edgar Bunker; Mrs. H. E. Bunker 1895; Myra Bunker; Mr. Jones; Carrie Celeste Richardson Jones; Addie Neville; Carrie Rice; Agnes Hadlock Spurling; Alfretta Brewer; Mrs. George Bunker; Lizzie Preble; Josephine Thorndike; Minnie Spurling; Judge William Pitt Preble; Abigail Preble; Grampie Spurling; Auntie Maude; Evie Preble; Uncle Willl; Aunt Min; Horace Bunker; Aunt Meanie; Willie; Aunt Lucinda G. Fernald; Preble Richardson. (See 1066A digital scan in museum photos folder, picture of William Pitt Preble. 1066B digital scan in museum photos folder photo of Matilda Sanford Preble.) There is also a tintype of "Judge Preble: William Pitt," and a tintype of elderly woman "Prebles 1st Wife Abigail." (See 1000.0.1066E and 1000.0.1066F in museum photos.) [show more] | |||
| "A Visit Among Islanders" Nov. 1999 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  "A Visit Among Islanders" Nov. 1999 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Minidisc, audio, copy of NEH Library tape #CO59, "A Visit Among Islanders" | |||
| Recording of 78rpm records - Richard Cox Victrola Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Recording of 78rpm records - Richard Cox Victrola Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Minidisc, audio, recording of 78rpm records in Richard Cox Victrola, made Aug 2003 by Bruce Komusin | |||
| Tud Bunker on Life on GCI Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Tud Bunker on Life on GCI Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Minidisc, audio, copy of NEH Library tape #CO34, "Life on GCI, Past & Present" by Tud Bunker | |||
| Ted Spurling's History of Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Ted Spurling's History of Cranberry Isles Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Minidisc, audio, copy of NEH Library tape #CO23, "A History of the Cranberry Isles" by Ted Spurling | |||
| Collection of 61 books by and about Rachel Field with some letters Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Collection of 61 books by and about Rachel Field with some letters Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Books. Collection of 61 books by and about Rachel Field, some first editions signed by the author. See list of titles and descriptions in FieldBooks2016.pdf. Articles and letters discovered inside various books were scanned and saved separately. | |||
| Wooden implements recovered from GCCC parsonage house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Wooden implements recovered from GCCC parsonage house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tools. Wooden implements recovered during the 2013 remodeling of the Great Cranberry Congregational Church parsonage house (177 Cranberry Road).Three long wooden implements were found amid the general chimney debris: Axe handle: Curved, broken wooden handle 24" long x 2 ¼" wide at butt end of handle x ½" wide at broken end of handle. 1 ½" wide along length of handle. Carved stick: Wood with pointed tip, 40" long x ¾" wide at flat end x ¼" at pointed tip. Reminiscent of a digging stick. Carved stick: Wood with pointed tip, 37 ½ " long x ¾" wide at flat end x ¼" at pointed tip. Tip hardly worn. Reminiscent of a digging stick. (See also other artifacts recovered from the parsonage: 2013.252.1979 - concealed shoes; 2013.252.1980 - shoes from kitchen crawlspace; 2013.252.2000 - metal implements; and report of parsonage house research 2015.304.2062.) [show more] | |||
| Tud Bunker's boat ramp sign Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Tud Bunker's boat ramp sign Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Wooden sign painted white with orange, stencilled letters: "SIX PERSON RAMP LIMIT. BIKES LEFT ON DOCK WILL BE SET IN OCEAN". This boat ramp sign was made and used by Tud Bunker. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Plier head tool to wrap or cut wire or barbed wire Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Plier head tool to wrap or cut wire or barbed wire Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool. Plier head used to wrap or cut wire or barbed wire. | |||
| Garden fork with metal tines and wood handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Garden fork with metal tines and wood handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool. Garden fork, metal tines and neck with wood handle inserted. | |||
| Hammer with wood handle and metal head Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Hammer with wood handle and metal head Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool. Hammer, wood handle inserted into a metal head. | ||||
| Large metal pliers with broad head Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Large metal pliers with broad head Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool. Pliers, large, metal with broad head. | |||
| Grey metal pot Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Grey metal pot Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Metal, gray, with metal handle. Rusted. | |||
| Ice skates with heel and toe riveted to blade Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Ice skates with heel and toe riveted to blade Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Shoes. Ice skates, pair, steel. Heel and toe riveted to blade. No midsection. Three-leaf clover cut-out at toe. Flat cotton band with buckle is riveted to toe; band with buckle is looped through slots in the metal heel. One heel has leather strap. Imprinted on toe: "No 52 9 1/2". On blade: "CAST (three-leaf clover imprint) (illegible next word) SKATES." | |||
| Ice skates ca. 1890 with turnbuckle and lever to adjust length and width Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Ice skates ca. 1890 with turnbuckle and lever to adjust length and width Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Shoes. Ice skates, steel parts. Four-leaf flower cut-out at toe. Turnbuckle and lever to adjust length and width. Marking on heel lever "B&B". On blade: "HARDENED". On midsole: "10" and "PATENTED FEB 12 1884, MAR 1 1887, AUG 12 1890." | |||
| Ice skates with wood shoe bottom and metal blade Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Ice skates with wood shoe bottom and metal blade Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Shoes. Ice skates, pair, wood shoe bottom with metal blade inserted lengthwise along bottom, curved up at toe and secured by a threaded screw at heel and toe. Leather strap at toe inserted through slot in the wood; rope inserted through two slots at heel. Pointed end of screw protrudes at heel and one toe. This pair of ice skates was found in the barn at Ruth "Robin" Freeman's house. | |||
| Iron scythe with wood handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Iron scythe with wood handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool. Scythe, iron with wood handle. | |||
| Iron ladle for pouring lead, from Lou Ladd's workshop Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Iron ladle for pouring lead, from Lou Ladd's workshop Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool. Ladle, iron used for pouring lead. Probably from Lou Ladd's workshop. Lou Ladd was a blacksmith, shoemaker, and handiman who lived in the barn that is now part of Ruth "Robin" Freeman's property (2013). | |||
| Soldering iron with copper head from Lou Ladd's workshop Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Soldering iron with copper head from Lou Ladd's workshop Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool. Soldering iron. Bullet-shaped copper head with a bit of solder on it; wood handle. From Lou Ladd's workshop. Lou Ladd was a blacksmith, shoemaker, and handiman who lived in the barn that is part of Ruth "Robin" Freeman's property now (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. | |||
| Cast iron clamps used by Ladies Aid members when quilting Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Cast iron clamps used by Ladies Aid members when quilting Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool. Seven cast iron clamps used by Ladies Aid members when quilting. Each clamp has a three-lobed key head on a threaded rod with floating foot. Four larger clamps (5.5" L x 2.5" W x .5" H): No. 50, E.C. STEARNS & CO., SYRACUSE N.Y.. Three smaller black clamps (4.5" L x 2.25 W x .5" H): E.C. STEARNS & CO., SYRACUSE N.Y. | |||
| Head of a branding iron: W.E. BUNKER Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Head of a branding iron: W.E. BUNKER Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fishing gear. Head of a branding iron: W.E. BUNKER. Iron head, no handle. | |||
| Maul tool with iron head and hand-fashioned wood handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Maul tool with iron head and hand-fashioned wood handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool. Maul with flat and wedge ends. Handforged (?) iron head with hole in center with hand-fashioned wood handle inserted. | |||
| Rudder with curved blade, wood stem, and cross-piece Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Rudder with curved blade, wood stem, and cross-piece Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Boat equipment. Rudder: wood with two metal brackets and two metal pegs, curved blade with wooden stem and cross-piece. |