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Preserving our Past to Steer our Future
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Cranberry Isles
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Preserving our Past to Steer our Future
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A booklet made in the early years of GCIHS explaining the need for a permanent home for the Historical Society: Cranberry House.
Enterprising Islanders Great Cranberry - Wini Smart
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • People
  • Wini Smart
  • Cranberry Isles
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Enterprising Islanders Great Cranberry - Wini Smart
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A descriptive booklet describing a number of enterprises local islanders began and maintained between 1760 and 2008. Fishing, Ship Building, Boat Yards, Newman and Gray Boatyard, the mailboat, Stores, Restaurants and Boarding Establishments, Farms, Hooked Rugs, Antique Autos, Art.
Hitty Preble of the Cranberry Isles: A Travelling Adventure Doll
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Object, Doll
  • Bruce Komusin
  • Wini Smart,
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
A booklet written by Wini Smart and Bruce Komusin, regarding background information on Hitty Preble, a doll written about by the acclaimed Rachel Field.
A Taste of Cranberry - Susan Donald Michalski
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Other
  • Susan Donald Michalski
  • Cranberry Isles
  • In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
A Taste of Cranberry - Susan Donald Michalski
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A collection of poetry and wood cuts by Susan Donald Michalski from 2002.
Glass souvenir basket
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • Places
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Glass souvenir basket
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Bowl, souvenir, white glass miniature Clam Broth Basket with red letters "SOUVENIR OF Cranberry Isles Maine"; impressed into glass on inside bottom: PAT'D; gold colored handle and rim; with receipt from Pine Bough "Select Antiques, Northeast Harbor" 13 July '04, and note from them "Prob. orig. sold NEH ca. 1920s"
Oil lamp with metal base and glass globe
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Lamp
  • Object, Other Object
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Oil lamp with metal base and glass globe
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Oil lamp with metal base, brass stand and pressed glass globe with fanlike motif in poor condition. Globe was cracked and repaired in several places.
Doll furniture with braided rug
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Toy
  • Object, Toy
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Doll furniture with braided rug
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Doll furniture. Five pieces of furniture for doll house (see 2014.286.2037). Grey and black braided rug (E), blue Pennsylvania Dutch motif cupboard (B). Chest with three drawers (C). Rocking Chair (A). Wicker couch (D). Donor says they were acquired randomly.
Wooden needles for mending nets
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Fabric Piercing Tool, Sewing Needle
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Wooden needles for mending nets
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Fishing gear. Collection of twelve wooden tools: (A) Eight wooden needles for mending nets, making and repairing bait bag netting: snowshoe-shaped implements with U-shaped end, closed tangs, and pointed ends. (B) Net needle: wood with large rectangular eye hole. (C) Wood rectangle with hole in the middle and a loop of rope through two other holes: lobster fishing assemby that keeps the line from getting tangled. (D and E) Two wood implements that come to a smooth point. [show more]
Model four-mast schooner in glass bottle
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Model
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Model four-mast schooner in glass bottle
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Model, 4-masted wooden schooner in a molded glass bottle with cork; it looks old but commercial, not a handicraft object
Wooden and tin kitchenware
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Other Object
  • Other
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Wooden and tin kitchenware
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Kitchenware. Collection of five kitchen wares: (A) Wooden pounder for pounding foodstuff or packing pickles, etc. (B) Large wooden bowl (crack in center). (C and D): Two grooved wooden paddles for making butter balls. (E) One curved, perforated, tin skimmer for removing cream from milk.
White earthenware bowl
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Serving Dish
  • Other
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
White earthenware bowl
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Bowl. White earthenware with red and pink rose clusters (underglaze decals) on interior; exterior has plain embossed scroll work and no rose decals. No maker's marks or ID.
Glass globe light fixture
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Lighting Fixture
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Glass globe light fixture
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Light fixture. Glass globe from donor's kitchen ceiling light with connections and cap. White glass with two blue lines and pale blue band between them; brass base is painted beige.
Silver spoon from Preble House
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Eating Spoon
  • Other
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Silver spoon from Preble House
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Spoon, silver plated, makers mark: (star) ROGERS & BRO. A1, with daffodil motif on bowl and handle and engraved italic M on handle, from Preble house
Silver spoon from Preble house
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Eating Spoon
  • Other
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Silver spoon from Preble house
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Spoon, silver plated, makers mark: 1847 ROGERS BROS. A1, with floral motif on handle, from Preble house
Silver tea set
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Cooking Vessels
  • Other
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Silver tea set
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Tea set, silver plated: "Stevens - Smart Quadruple Plate" tea set, 5 pieces: lidded teapot #415, cream pitcher, double handled sugar bowl, "waste " (used tea leaves) bowl w/lid. Wheat/leaves design cut in, not embossed
Ceramic bowl made by Lillian Samenfeld
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Eating Dish
  • Other
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Ceramic bowl made by Lillian Samenfeld
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Bowl. Red earthenware with beige glaze; green and orange dripped pattern. Made and donated by GCI potter, Lillian Samenfeld Island Pottery which operated in the studio barn next to what is now the Bradley house. Samenfeld was a member of the faculty of the Brooklyn Museum Art School.
Cup
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Cup
  • Other
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Cup
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Cup. Silver with "JOHN Feb 18 1934" engraved. Bottom is stamped with "Sterling 335".
Beano game cage with balls
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Toy
  • Organizations, Civic
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Beano game cage with balls
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Game. Metal “Beano” cage. Round wire-mesh ball containing many lightweight wooden balls (.5" diam) each stamped with a letter (B,I,N,G,O) and a number (from 1 to at least 70), on a wire stand with wire crank that spins the balls, a latch for an opening where balls can be taken in and out, and a little metal cup stamped "LOWE" where a single ball would tumble into. This game was played at the firehouse 1950s and beyond.
China doll
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Doll
  • People
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
China doll
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Doll: common hair china doll, 22" tall with underclothes, pink skirt and shirt, leather arms andn cloth body. Ceramic head is cracked and mended, leather hands frayed, underclothes probably original; donor believed the pink floral, ruffled skirt and top were original and the doll was at least 100 years old. This doll is from the Towns house, a.k.a. Crosby farm, Bayview Farm, or Red House.
Wooden bowl
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Serving Dish
  • Other
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Wooden bowl
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Bowl. Wood, wide and shallow, perhaps for making butter, but many short cut marks evident mid-way along sides but not in center of bowl.Turned lathe rings visible on inside and outside of bowl. Deep crack across middle.
Collection of 29 books of a wide variety
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Collection of 29 books of a wide variety
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Books. Collection of 29 books of a wide variety, many donated by Bruce Komusin over the years. (Any other known donors noted in book.) 1. Grandma Moses Story Book, by Kramer 1961 (MISSING as of 27/07/2023) 2. Ballads of the Cranberry Isles, 2003, Edited by Hugh L. Dwelley, Islesford Historical Society Occasional Paper No. 11, June 2003 3. A Long, Long Way - An Artist's Life, by Wini Smart, 2008, Custom Museum Publishing, Rockland, ME 2008 4. Mountain Playmates by Helen R. Albee, Copyright 1900 by Helen R. Albee. 5. Minstrelsy of Maine, Folk Songs and Ballads of the Woods and Coast,1927, Collected by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm and Mary Winslow Smyth 6. Upton Arithmetic Grade 4, By Clifford B. Upton, 1951 7. Maine School Report – 1901. Report of the State Superintendent of Public Schools of the State of Maine for the school year ending June 30, 1900, Augusta, Kennebec Journal Print 1901 8. Sixth Annual Report on Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths in the State of Maine, 1897. Augusta, Kennebec Journal Print, 1899. 9. The Normal Third Reader, 1878, By Albert N. Raub, A.M. Ph.D., Philadelphia: Porter & Coates 1878. 10. The Island of Mount Desert Register, 1909-1910, compiled by Lawton, Jordan, and Maddox 11. Steamboat Lore of the Penobscot River, John M. Richardson, 1941 12. Steamboat Lore of the Penobscot River, John M. Richardson, 1941 13. Penobscot Bay Mount Desert and Eastport Steamboat Album by Alllie Ryan 1972 14. Temperance Fourth Reader, by Julia McNair Wright, 1895 15. The Sword of Honor - A Story of the Civil War by Lieut. H.A. Johnson, Third Maine Regiment, N.V.M., Hallowell Maine 1906. Hannibal A. Johnson, 2d Lieut 16. A Tourist in Ludlow and Other Poems by Charles E. Wadsworth by the Tidal Press (GCI) 1984 - artwork and verse 17. The Prince of Peace by Wadsworth 18. Sprague's Journal of Maine History Vol. XI 1923 No. 3 published by John Francis Sprague Dover Foxcroft Maine 19. The Cranberrry Island Series by Donald Wellman 20. Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert, by Thomas F. Vining, 2000 (1 of 2) 21. Cemeteries of Cranberry Isles and the Towns of Mount Desert, by Thomas F. Vining, 2000 22. A Graveyard Preservation Primer by Lynette Strangstad, Alta Mira Press, 1995 23-29. Books. Six Little Bunkers children's book series. By Laura Lee Hope. (7 books, 7 titles: Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford’s, Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom’s, Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell’s, Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack’s, Six Little Bunkers at Miller Ned’s, Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred’s, and Six Little Bunkers at Indian John’s). [show more]
Ship's log child's notebook
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Ship's log child's notebook
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ship's log, used as child's notebook by Emery Richardson, poor condition (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001). A child used it for practicing letters and drawing sailboats.
Cap and tee shirt, Rooster Club
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Hat
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Cap and tee shirt, Rooster Club
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Clothing. Blue and gold Rooster Club ball cap and green Rooster Club tee shirt. The Rooster Club was the men's answer to the elite women's Cranberry Club. Members included Arvard Savage, Doc Haydock, Charlie Rice, and Victor [White]?. Club house was behind Haydock's house.
Tobacco pipe
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Pipe
  • Object, Other Object
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Tobacco pipe
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Pipe, tobacco smoking pipe with wooden bowl
Hats and tobacco brick from Lewis Stanley house
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Hat
  • Object, Clothing, Clothing Accessories
  • People
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Hats and tobacco brick from Lewis Stanley house
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Hats and tobacco brick. (A) One flat-topped, black, wool cap with braiding above the visor in poor condition -sometimes called a Greek fisherman's cap. Brand name inside is worn off but begins with G. Style may be 100 years old. Perhaps Lewis Stanley's captain's hat (brother of Carrie Richardson). (B) One oilskin, tan, rain hat in poor condition, size 7 and 1/4. (C) One long, flat tobacco brick (10.5" x 2.5" x .5"). "The rectangular block is tobacco, probably to scrape off into the bowl of a pipe." - Bruce Komusin's note Fall 2008. Donor stated items were "found in Carrie Richardson's house under the stairwell during renovation." (The Stanley-Richardson house is now the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation house.) Also,"the photo of Carrie?? [Richardson] and man with telephone standing by canon was given at same time. [Photo not present during 2013 review.] [show more]

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