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| Fire Extinguisher Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Fire Extinguisher Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Fire extinguisher for a boat. Likely from early 1900s. On the cylinder it says; "throw contents with force into the base of the flame". | ||
| Cranberry Club Chamber Set Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Cranberry Club Chamber Set Great Cranberry Island Historical Society | ||
| Hawksbill Sea Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Hawksbill Sea Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: On loan from Phil Whitney. This turtle shell, according to Whitney family legend, is suspected to be from an 1825 whaling expedition to the South Pacific. It was kept in the family home until 1928, when the Spurling house burned down, and was rescued from the flames by islanders trying to salvage their possessions. The shell is that of a Hawksbill sea turtle, larger than most found today, and you may notice an indentation on the left side. Turtles are adept at recovering from injuries but they can’t grow back bone, so this is likely an injury sustained from when this turtle was far smaller. [show more] | ||
| Shell Midden Remains and Photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Shell Midden Remains and Photographs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A collection of shells and photographs taken from the Shell Midden on Fish Point. Some of the shells have holes in them, which may have been created by the indigenous people who hunted for them. Dating through the shell middens and other archeological remains, we know people have used this coastline and its plentiful marine resources for thousands of years. The Cranberries themselves were used by the indigenous peoples here, evidenced by the remains of a shell midden on Fish point (at the hook of the island) which isn’t accessible to the public. Shell middens are often referred to as trash heaps and they contain oyster, clam, and shellfish remains, along with ‘faunal remains’ which refers to the mammal, fish, bird, reptile bones and teeth that are found. A minor portion of the middens are often stone tools or their fragments, and pieces of ceramic pottery. Shellfish middens are phenomenal records of the lives lived in proximity to the coast, and they are often found in sheltered coves and bays, near small mudflats, and tidal/inland streams. They tell us which seasons people were occupying areas, their preference for sheltered areas with easy access to the ocean (for their canoes) and plentiful marine resources, such as shellfish flats, and spring runs of migratory fish. They are extraordinary records which are disappearing rapidly due to rising oceans. [show more] | ||
| Wild Island Farm seed collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Wild Island Farm seed collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society 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] | ||
| Wooden and tin kitchenware Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  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. | |||
| 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] | |||
| Five metal items from fireplace of GCCC parsonage house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Five metal items from fireplace of GCCC parsonage house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tools. Five metal items, all badly corroded and some with mortar on them, were recovered from the debris of the south-facing fireplace during the 2013 remodeling of the Great Cranberry Congregational Church parsonage house (177 Cranberry Road). Pipe: 23 ¼" long x 1" wide, with two ¼" protuberances with eyeholes along one side. Pipe is presently full of dirt and there is a cotton-like fiber at one end. Chisel:14" long x 1" wide at one end; 1 ¼" wide at the other end; ¾" wide at center. Fireplace mounting bar (1 of 2): 7 ½" long bar with 3" wide, footed base and 1 ½" wide eyelet at top; eyelet diameter is ¾". Bar is 1" wide and ¼" thick with mortar still attached. Perhaps, a device inserted in brick structure to support a rod. Fireplace mounting bar (2 of 2): 10" long bar with 3 ¾" wide, footed base and a 2" wide eyelet at top; eyelet diameter is 1". Bar is 1 ¼" wide x ¼" thick with mortar still attached. Perhaps, a device inserted in brick structure to support a rotisserie rod. Y-shaped metal tool: Base to tip of complete, curved prong is 10" long; base to end of broken, curved prong is 7 ½" long. Base has a small square hole punched through it. (See also other artifacts recovered from the parsonage: 2013.252.1979 - concealed shoes; 2013.252.1980 - shoes from kitchen crawlspace; 2013.252.2001 - wooden implements; and report of parsonage house research2015.304.2062.) [show more] | |||
| Archaeological fragments recovered at Macfarlan (Preble) house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Archaeological fragments recovered at Macfarlan (Preble) house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Archaeological fragments. Collection of ceramic sherds; white clay pipestem fragments; doll parts, and small finds. Collection of artifacts recovered by donor 1970s-1990s from his property - the historic William Pitt Preble house built ca. 1827. Items donor recovered outside behind the kitchen include sherds of brown, green, purple, red, and blue underglaze printed wares (one "Indian Tomb" pattern (ca. 1830)). Some printed ware sherds with scalloped and some with smooth edges, most are of buff paste and white on reverse. Blue, green, and white edged earthenwares. One sherd underglaze blue, sponge or splatter pattern. One sherd blue/grey stoneware. Four white clay pipe stem fragments measured by donor 2013/2014 and remeasured 2015. Doll's arm marked 'Germany' = 0.093". Small finds: larger doll arm; blue cut glass bead, pocket watch key, tiny wood button, fragment of small metal collar, fragment of what may be a bone toothbrush head. (See also 2017.386.2161 for research materials.) [show more] | |||
| Ball and Cap Pistol Piece. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Ball and Cap Pistol Piece. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: A Ball and Cap Pistol piece that was found in the front yard of the "Red House," on the surface. The piece is very rusted, but there is evidence of decorative work on the front of the plate. | ||
| Food slicer or wood plane Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Food slicer or wood plane Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool, kitchen, large food slicer (for cheese?); or a plane for wood? | |||
| Bird nest under a glass bell-like jar Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Bird nest under a glass bell-like jar Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Bird nest. Real bird nest under a glass bell-like jar, with smaller than official size paper Hitty in the nest (no crows). Nest probably a prop collected by Wini Smart. | |||
| Worm tool: large iron corkscrew Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Worm tool: large iron corkscrew Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool, "worm", an iron tool, similar to a large corkscrew, but lacking a handle, used for inserting or removing wadding from a tube, perhaps even the barrel of a cannon that has been loaded but not fired; found by the donor in Ruth Freeman's barn across from Preble House. | |||
| Trinkets recovered from Parsonage wall during remodeling 2013 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Trinkets recovered from Parsonage wall during remodeling 2013 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Trinkets or toys. Collection of four small, wooden items recovered from the debris of the wall from the north-facing fireplace along with four concealed shoes (2013.252.1979) during the 2013 remodeling of the Great Cranberry Congregational Church parsonage house (177 Cranberry Road). Miniature boat hull: wood, 3 ¼" long x 1 and 1/8" wide x ½" deep; Spool: wood, 2" diameter x ½" thick; center hole is ½" diameter; Tube: wood, 1 ¾" wide x 2 ½" high, with ½" diameter hole drilled through center; Semi-circle: wood, 5 ½" long x 2 ¾" wide x ¼" thick with black, stamped letters: 'SCHUYKILL LEAD C[?] EXTRA'; half of a circular lid with a hole in the center. The shoes and wooden trinkets would have been intentionally concealed between the stud wall and the brick of the fireplace on the first floor ca. 1840. These items were found under the demolition rubble against the inside of the stud wall that had surrounded the fireplace on the first floor when the chimney was being removed. The four shoes date stylistically to 1820-1830s, likely hidden inside the wall by Enoch Spurling's family when the house was constructed ca. 1840. The shoes and trinkets were repatriated to a spot in the new decorative chimney in October 2013 along with three other modern items in a plastic 'File 'n Go' carry case with latching lid. The three modern items are: one pink-and-white flip-flop sandal with “2013” written on it; one church roster; one church bulletin; and the initial report from the GCIHS about finding the concealed shoes and trinkets. (See also 2013.252.1980 - remnants of shoes from the kitchen crawlspace; 2013.252.2000 - metal implements; 2013.252.2001 - wooden implements; and the report of parsonage house research - 2015.304.2062.) [show more] | |||
| Trailboard from sloop; Stanley cemetery post; powder horn Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Trailboard from sloop; Stanley cemetery post; powder horn Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Collection of three items. (A) Trailboard from a Friendship sloop. Letters visible: “BUILDER FRIENDSHIP, ME” on one side, and “WILBUR A. MORSE, BUILDER” on the other side. Carved with leaves and wavy line on both sides. Donor believes this could be the trailboard from one of Peter Richardson’s Friendship sloops. Richardson kept five Friendship sloops where Heliker LaHotan now stands (the old Stanley boatyard).(Trailboards are a pair of decorative boards at the bow of a sailboat, running from the figurehead back towards the hawsepipe.) (Measurements: 35"L x 6"H x 8.5"W) Note: On 10/14/16 Captain, historian, and boat builder Ralph Stanley visited GCIHS and commented on the trailboard. Ralph explained that donor's Friendship sloop, Old Baldy, was bought from its original owner; Kathy Newman owns it now. Jarvis Newman restored it. Stanley believes that the sloop that the trailboard came from was Little Flirt. (Apparently, the intended name was Alert, but William Doane Stanley had also named his boat Alert.) Eventually, Little Flirt had Sweet Pea painted on her stern. Whoever gave Lou Alert’s trailboard, likely found it in the field by Lewis Stanley’s boat yard (Ralph Stanley’s Uncle Lew) after the boat was destroyed and the ruins put in the field. He believes a full trailboard would have included the date made, 1904, and would have had an eagle’s head on the end. Ralph will check and see if Kathe Walton has the head. (B) Stanley cemetery wooden post. A broken post with carved top intact for exhibit purposes and for use as a model for new fence posts for the 2014 restored Stanley cemetery. (There are several more broken fence posts currently at the cemetery.) (Measurements: 41"L x 6" Diameter) (C) Powder horn from donor's family. Lovely, plain, unornamented horn which Donor used with her muzzle loading rifles and as a prop in a play. Has string attached by screw; two drilled holes; hollow. It was probably acquired in Ohio. No direct connection to GCI other than Lou Millar's use in her long and interesting life and it’s a neat artifact. (Measurements: 14.5"L x 3.5"H x 3"W) [show more] | |||
| Wooden wedge with handle, perhaps a basket splint gauge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Wooden wedge with handle, perhaps a basket splint gauge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool, one-piece wooden wedge shape with handle, similar to a spatula or paddle, worn but not stained. Perhaps a basket splint gauge. | |||
| Vintage mystery object/tool wood and leather Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Vintage mystery object/tool wood and leather Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Unknown object of unknown purpose, U-shaped wooden base; on top it has a wooden "handle" (perhaps) and a nail, and between those it is partially covered with leather rudely but securely tacked on; the leather has cut marks across it, and deep cuts along both sides | |||
| Boatbuilding tool or garden weeder (unknown) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Boatbuilding tool or garden weeder (unknown) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool, boatbuilding tool or weeder for a garden? | |||
| Wooden tool with eyelet (unknown) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Wooden tool with eyelet (unknown) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool, wooden tool with eyelet (unknown name) | |||
| Y-shaped tool with points on all three ends (unknown) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Y-shaped tool with points on all three ends (unknown) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool, Y-shaped with points on all three ends (unknown name) | |||
| Wood tamper or sewing needle (unknown) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Wood tamper or sewing needle (unknown) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Tool, wooden tamper (if held on thin end) or sewing needle (if held on thick end) | |||
| Metal Funny Eye Islesford Historical Society |
| Metal Funny Eye Islesford Historical Society Description: Funny Eye holds the net (mesh) open at the entrance of a lobster trap | |||||
| Handle for blade used to cut slices in fish to soak up water (to stay fresh or to add weight?) Islesford Historical Society |
| Handle for blade used to cut slices in fish to soak up water (to stay fresh or to add weight?) Islesford Historical Society | |||||
| Used to size the holes in knitted heads for lobster traps. Islesford Historical Society |
| Used to size the holes in knitted heads for lobster traps. Islesford Historical Society | |||||
| Two Funny Eyes made from local twigs by Francis Fernald Islesford Historical Society |
| Two Funny Eyes made from local twigs by Francis Fernald Islesford Historical Society |