Description: Carte de visite of a man with dark hair, wearing some sort of military uniform: long dark coat with brass buttons, striped vest underneath. He rests his right hand on his thigh, left hand on table with printed tablecloth sitting next to him. Hat (civil-war-era) sits next to him. Inscription on back reads “James Ca...k...” or perhaps "Parker" Also the number “4” is written 7 times in purple ink on back. This is James Parker, as per Tim Garrity, 2/2013 (AB) [show more]
Description: Poem, handwritten, "The old-fashioned bible", (probably written by Carrie Richardson) (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001) (See scan in 2000>photos>Hazel Brooke Peterson. Transcribed.)
Description: Doll. Hitty Pebble (note: Item # 1592a is the back side of the artifact). The Hitty Doll Pebble was hand-painted exclusively for Sirocco Productions, Inc. 5660 E. Virginia Beach Blvd. #103 Norfolk, Virginia 23502. Phone number 757-461-8987 www.siroccovideo.com. Item #1592a Megan's Raggedy's -Raggedy items created by Megan Keating, great grand-daughter of Johnny Gruelle. Megan Keating 5616 Block House Road, Platteville, WI 53818 Megkeat@mhtc.net (phone number 608-348-6064) [show more]
Description: Doll, Hitty "Nameless", porcelain and cloth, Hitty-like, slightly taller than standard size; visible head, arms, and legs are porcelain, held in place only by the dress; the hidden body, arms, and legs are simple stuffing, probably paper; clothed in blue and pink floral motif dress with blue background, with white waist band and white bottom hem band, white pantaloons, painted face, hair, legs, arms, and shoes; no markings. (See GCIHS webpage for Hitty doll information.) [show more]
Description: Doll, Hitty Turner, carved out of basswood by Nathalie Goss Turner; labeled "A29" and (in a circle) "T", with accessories: pink and white floral pattern dress, white bonnet with roses, coral colored beaded necklace, white petticoat and pantaloons; bought by Bruce Komusin and donated. (See GCIHS webpage for Hitty doll information.)
Description: Doll, Hitty Angel, micro-size, wood, clothed in white lace dress and underwear, with painted face, hair, and shoes. Swivel arms and legs. (See GCIHS webpage for Hitty doll information.)
Description: Doll, Hitty "Nameless", standard size, wood, clothed in blue and pink floral motif dress with white background and lace edging, knit white bonnet, white pantaloons and slip, painted face, hair, legs, arms, and shoes. (See GCIHS webpage for Hitty doll information.)
Description: Doll, Hitty Greene, wood, hand carved by David Greene, and donated by his widow, Gayle Greene; donation arranged by Virginia Heyerdahl, editor of the Friends of Hitty Newsletter; doll is outfitted in a floral patterned dress with a blue background and a white collar, made by Carolyn Roth (label), a white petticoat with "HITTY" stitched on the front bib, and white pantaloons; the undergarments were probably also made by Carolyn as the snap fasteners are the same as the dress; written on back of doll: "#91 / David R Greene / 2000". Displayed in a light-up plexiglass and wood case with pink and white floral wallpaper, and is furnished with bench, desk,and student's chair/desk also made by David Greene, and miscellaneous garden tools. (See GCIHS web page for Hitty doll information.) Doll Castle News 2003 with letter and article on Hitty Greene. Hitty was a character in Rachel Field's book. [show more]
Description: Doll, Hitty Rachel carved and hand painted by Robert Raikes; Suanne Glidden suppied the doll, plus her dress, plastic case "apartment", and accessories; Ryan Jones supplied the petticoat; Julie DeGroat supplied the hat. Donated by Suanne Glidden in 2006. (See GCHIS webpage for Hitty doll information.)
Description: Document, 8 unbound sheets, collection of 8 poems by George E. "Ted" Harlan: Waiting for the Bluefish, Island Spring, Island Fisherman's Funeral, Island Dusk, Ledges, Firehouse Pool, Back Shores, Granite Lecturn
Description: Poem, handwritten, (possibly by Carrie Richardson), "A House of Glass Shall Come to Pass", with lines like "In 1891, the world unto an end shall come"
Description: Quilt. Known as a "crazy quilt", this quilt was recovered from the Preble house on GCI and is believed to be over 150 years old. Quilt is bordered in velvet with silk and other types of multi-colored, geometric and free-form fabric pieces and a wide variety of fancy stitching; reverse is green silk. The quilt has three sets of fancy-script initials in different areas interpreted as: "A" ; "J" or "T"; and "JSM". (See also quilt 2014.270.2007 from same location and donor.) (Note: Lynne Birlem (donor 343) has a very similar framed crazy quilt at her home that is from her great grandmother Hamor's house on GCI.) [show more]