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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.
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]
Indigenous American barrel-shaped Sweetgrass Basket
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • Object, Other Object
  • Penobscot
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Indigenous American barrel-shaped Sweetgrass Basket
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Basket and lid, very small barrel shaped, flat bottom, made of braided sweetgrass or twine, and perhaps ash strips, with a blue card inside, probably from Smart Studio, reading "Antique Penobscot Indian Sweetgrass Basket, late 1800s, $55". This may be one of several Indigenous American basketry items collected by Mary E. Shaw (Mrs. Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor. She eventually sold them to Wini Smart's daughter, Gail, (per Mrs. Shaw visit 9/25/14). [show more]
Indigenous American Crafted Sweetgrass Braids
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • Object, Other Object
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Indigenous American Crafted Sweetgrass Braids
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Basketry, Collection of 2 Indigenous American Indian crafted sweetgrass braids, one (25" L x 0.5" W) decorated with colorful yarn, likely bought at the Abbe Museum by Wini Smart a few years after 2000, the other (39" L x 0.5" W) tied with yellow yarn; both intended to waft a sweet smell into a room
Captain's clothing belonging to Elwood Spurling, and Philmore Spurling's corncob pipe
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Ensemble
  • People
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Description:
Clothing: Blue sea captain's jacket with insignia on right sleeve and eight brass buttons with anchors; Blue vest; Blue tie; White cap (hat) with blue visor (size 7); Blue jeans; Black rubber lobsterman's boots; Corn cob pipe. All but the pipe belonged to Elwood Spurling, Phil Whitney's maternal grandfather. The pipe belonged to Philmore Whitney.
Janet Roberts ceramics
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers
  • Object, Art
  • Other
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Janet Roberts ceramics
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Pottery, Collection of 3 clay pieces made on GCI by Janet Roberts, showing how local indigenous groups, might have made a cooking pot; a) proto-bottom showing the coiling of clay rope to form a surface, 2.5" diam; b) continuing spiraling the clay rope upwards to make a wall, and a part cut away to better show the construction, 3.5" diam x 2" H; c) smoothed, decorated, and fired final pot with incised chevrons near the mouth, raked on the body, also net-like impresses on the body, and a rounded bottom, 5.5" L, 4.25" diam, 0.5" thick [show more]
Boat compass in wooden Binnacle box
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Water Transporation, Ship's Compass
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Boat compass in wooden Binnacle box
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Used by Wilfred S. Trussell and Harvey Everett Bulger. Tool, boat compass in wooden binnacle box with window (brass, wood, paper, iron and glass). Compass card diameter 3.5", gimbal ring 5", interior box: 6.25" x 6.25"; exterior box: 7" x 11" x 8.5" H. North arrow has fleur d' lis motif. Compass was used by Wilfred S. Trussell (1869-1911) and/or Harvey (Harry) Everett Bulger (b.1883-d.<1911), who were husbands of Sadie Anna Harding (b.1879- d. after 1911) who once lived in the Cox now Dalton house (2016) on GCI. Sadie Harding married Trussell 1898 and Bulger 1919. No visible manufacturer or maker marks. Ralph Stanley examined this compass 2016 and believes it's a liquid (alcohol) compass after locating the corroded nut covering the fill-hole in the rim of the compass bowl. He also noted the quadrant markings on the sides of the compass. Per Stanley, Trussell had a sloop and this type of compass was used in boats of that size. It may indeed have been the compass that guided Trussell home during one particular storm (see Stanley's forthcoming book 2017). Stanley thinks it's a liquid compass about 100 years old and could have been purchased at any local marine goods store, but the box was specially made perhaps by Leslie Rice. Michael Macfarlan believes this could be a Ritchie compass and the hole in the wooden case with the shield above it would have been for a battery-powered light (not a candle). One or two large batteries would have been housed in the box's rear compartment. (Box hardware is too corroded to remove and investigate.) Stanley believes a wire to the light would have been wired to the engine. By email 2016, Ben Fuller at Penobscott Marine Museum suggests this compass would be suitable for small schooner or sloop large enough to be sailed at night, suggesting the Smithsonian's NMAH website: amhistory.si.edu/navigation/type.cfm?typeid=3 for further investigation. NMAH Website states: "Simple marine compasses have a magnetized needle attached to the bottom of a paper card, and are inherently unstable. Since the 1850s, scientists and instrument makers have struggled to solve this problem. One solution, pioneered by E. S. Ritchie in the United States, was to float the magnetic needle in a bowl of liquid...." (For genealogy see 2016.337.2103 Index p. 3 and p. 15, records p. 400 and 400A) (See also 2015.350.2115 for possible photo of Wilfred Trussel.) [show more]
Lamp, old schooner or boat running light
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Lamp
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Lamp, old schooner or boat running light
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Lamp, old schooner or boat running light found in archives 2016. Wood, thickly layer of green paint with layer of red underneath, clear semi-circular glass lens, two wires running from inside lamp to exterior. Would likely have sat starboard (right) side as the light is painted green. A red light would sit on the dock (left) side so you can see which direction the boat is going even in the dark.
Islesford Ferry Shirt belonging to Warren Rice
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Shirt
  • Businesses, Ferry Service
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • No Copyright - United States
Islesford Ferry Shirt belonging to Warren Rice
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A shirt warn by Warren Rice. The shirt was a work shirt for Islesford Ferry service. The back of the shirt says "Old Man Of The Sea".
Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
  • Other
  • People
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif on front, all white reverse. Pink border around three sides, one end with folded inward seem, no pink border. Sculpted in broad T shape on one end. Note from donor, Susan Bunker, reads: "This quilt was made by my father's, Raymond Bunker who was born in 1906, grandmother. She could have been a Bunker or a Spurling."