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Wild Island Farm seed collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Other Object	Businesses, Farming	Polly Storey Collection- Wild Island Farms 1975		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Wild Island Farm seed collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.319.2080 Type: Object, Other Object Subject: Businesses, Farming Creator: Polly Storey Collection- Wild Island Farms 1975 Description: Seeds. Collection of Polly Storey's Wild Island Farm seeds including three green wooden display boxes (A, B, and C) (with lids attached by brass chains) containing white and green paper seed packets ready for sale, and two shoebox-size cardboard boxes (D and E) with seed packets. There is also a folder of materials (F) relating to Wild Island Farm, the seed business, and a newspaper article “Polly Forbes Johnson Storey: A Spirit of Independence” (Bar Harbor Times, October 21, 1976). (See also GCIHS 1000.0.965 for another undated article about seeds business.) Seed packets indicate crop years were 1972 and 1992; but many packets have no crop years identified. Most of the seeds originated in Maine, but some are from Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Yugoslavia. Polly Storey’s daughter, Elizabeth Selim, recalls her mother germinating wildflower seeds on the property and remembers her mother’s seed business. Two of the green seed display boxes (A and B) contain packets of tree seeds. On the interior lids of these two boxes is a printed pamphlet: Tree Seeds from Maine* (and other exotic parts of the world), with text on why and how to plant tree seeds. Seed packets inside these two boxes include balsam fir, mountain ash, white pine, sugar maple, paper birch, and white spruce - all "Packed by Wild Island Farm, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625." Balsam fir (Abies balsama): Purity 93%, Germination 50% March 1994; Crop year 1992, Origin Maine. Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana): Purity 80%, Germination 30% March 1994, Crop year 1992, Origin Tennessee. White Pine (Pinus strobus): Purity 98%, Germination 90% March 1994, Crop year 1991, Origin Maine. Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum): Purity 97%, Germination 55% March 1994, Crop Year 1992, Origin Pennsylvania. Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera): Purity 85%, Germination 95% March 1994, Crop year 1992, Origin Wisconsin. White Spruce: (Picea abies): Purity 98%, Germination 47.5% March 1992, Crop year 1990, Origin Yugoslavia. Several types of tree seed packets have bar-coded labels on reverse: “Acadia Shops, (seed name), $2.00”. The third green display box (C) contains mostly flower packets, but there are also four packets of White Cedar seeds in it. The interior lid of this box has hand drawn text and lovely small watercolor sketches of the types of flower seed packets it contains. White Cedar (Thuja occidentales): Text, printing and ‘packed by’ are slightly different: Purity 95%, Germ. 60% March 1973, Crop Year 1972, Origin Maine: Packed by Wild Island Seeds, The Farm House, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625. Flower packets: Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum): No date packed etc. Blue Flag (Iris versicolor): No date packed etc, but an Acadia Shops sticker (no bar code) $1.50 on reverse. Evening Primrose (Onothera biennis): No date packed etc. Beach Pea (Lathyrus japponics): Empty envelope, no crop year etc. Lupine (Lupinus perennis): No crop year etc. Cattail (Typha latifolia): No crop year etc., sealed but seems empty. Blueberry (Vaccinium augustifolium): No date crop year etc., envelope stained. There are 5 small manila envelopes with handwritten labels: Beach Pea, Wild Rose, Blue Flag, Seaside Goldenrod, and Bunchberry. Inside a sixth, larger manila envelope (labelled in red ink: ‘Begonia seeds’) are 5 folded, white paper packets, only two of which are labelled: "Pink and white from Christmas cactus pot", and "Deep Red". Cardboard boxes: First box (D) labeled “M.D. Apothecary” contains 59 green and white paper packets of Rhubarb (Rhabarbarum) seeds, “Packed by Wild Island Farm, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625”, no crop year etc., but Acadia Shops sticker (no bar code) $1.50 on reverse. Second box (E) contains 99 green and white paper packets of Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana) seeds: Purity 80%, Germination 30% March 1994, Crop year 1992, Origin Tennessee, Packed by Wild Island Farm, Cranberry Isles, Maine 04625, no sticker on reverse. Documents (F): 1970 to 1995, including 1992 correspondence with Aroostook Testing and Consulting Laboratory in Presque Isle, Maine, shows Polly submitted several varieties of tree seeds from Cranberry Island for testing and received germination rates for each. Information on how and when to gather seeds. Statements and business registration information. Newspaper article “Polly Forbes Johnson Storey: A Spirit of Independence” (Bar Harbor Times, October 21, 1976). Several letters from visitors who purchased the seeds at local hotels and wanted advice. Two loose 2"x2" square water color sketches of cranberry and fireweed. One 6"x8" color photograph of Polly Storey by Dick Berggren. [show more]
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 Identifier: gcihs-2010.232.1914 Type: Object, Containers, Basket Subject: Places 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 Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.2030 Type: Object, Furnishings, Lamp Subject: Object, Other Object 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 Identifier: gcihs-2014.286.2036 Type: Object, Toy Subject: Object, Toy 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 Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.2039 Type: Object, Fabric Piercing Tool, Sewing Needle Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business 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 Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1117 Type: Object, Model Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner 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 Identifier: gcihs-2016.372.2135 Type: Object, Other Object Subject: Other 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 Identifier: gcihs-2014.283.2027 Type: Object, Serving Dish Subject: Other 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.
Earthenware bowl with over-glaze daffodil decals Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Serving Dish	Other		1890	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Earthenware bowl with over-glaze daffodil decals Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.283.2028 Type: Object, Serving Dish Subject: Other Date: 1890 Description: Bowl. Beige earthenware with over-glaze daffodil decals on interior and exterior. Maker's ID on bottom shows a circle with Dale Hall Pottery England readable, with probably a big D and H combination logo in center of circle. Dale Hall seems to have been a late 19th century(ca. 1890) pottery works.
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 Identifier: gcihs-2014.286.2035 Type: Object, Furnishings, Lighting Fixture Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House 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 Identifier: gcihs-1000.140.1140 Type: Object, Eating Spoon Subject: Other 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 Identifier: gcihs-1000.140.1141 Type: Object, Eating Spoon Subject: Other 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 Identifier: gcihs-1000.140.1178 Type: Object, Cooking Vessels Subject: Other 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 Identifier: gcihs-2014.284.2029 Type: Object, Eating Dish Subject: Other 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 Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.2031 Type: Object, Cup Subject: Other 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 Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.2032 Type: Object, Toy Subject: Organizations, Civic 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 Identifier: gcihs-2000.293.1369 Type: Object, Doll Subject: People 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 Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.2034 Type: Object, Serving Dish Subject: Other 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.
Party Dress Bar Harbor Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Dress			1940 s	Copyright Undetermined	Party Dress Bar Harbor Historical Society Identifier: bhhs-724 Type: Object, Clothing, Dress Date: 1940 s Description: Aqua taffeta bodice with black Chantilly lace skirt and matching bolero jacket.
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 Identifier: gcihs-2001.39.190 Type: Object, Writing, Notebook Subject: People Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner 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 Identifier: gcihs-2016.353.2118 Type: Object, Clothing, Hat Subject: Organizations, Civic People 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 Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1269 Type: Object, Pipe Subject: Object, Other Object 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 Identifier: gcihs-2016.354.2119 Type: Object, Clothing, Hat Subject: Object, Clothing, Clothing Accessories People 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 Identifier: gcihs-2013.294.1896 Type: Object, Containers, Basket Subject: Object, Other Object Creator: Penobscot 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 Identifier: gcihs-2013.294.1886 Type: Object, Containers, Basket Subject: Object, Other Object 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

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