Description: Pelorus in case used by Simeon J. Milliken. Stamped inside "S.J. Milliken". Appears to have all parts. Top is attached by hooks on only one side.
Description: Pelorus . Glass broken, parts missing, including vertical arm and box in which it was probably stored. Temporarily located in school room in area for possible deaccessions.
Description: These are tan cotton twill pants with a fly closed with five buttons. The letters "MERC" are stamped inside on the belt flap. There are several numbers stamped inside. For example, "9149" in black ink which has bled slightly, M-9149 in yellow and again in black two more times, and "71418" on a label. They are clean and pressed. There are signs of wear around the pant leg hem lines. There are faded red stains on the left leg. [show more]
Description: Blue and white coffee mug from first voyage of "The Cat." The Cat was the Bluenose catamaran that was used as a ferry between Bar Harbor and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in the late 1990's and early 2000's. Blue pattern on the mug is a logo pattern from the owner of the vessel.
Description: A collection of the remains of 19th-century leather shoes discovered in the kitchen crawlspace during the 2013 remodeling of the Great Cranberry Island Congregational Church parsonage. Twenty soles or pieces of soles, two heel uppers with soles missing, remains of nine high boots with eyelets, and twenty leather show scraps.
Description: New Home treadle sewing maching manufactured by S.M. Co. of Orange, Mass. Research this and compare with the Singer sewing machine in the collection.
Description: This shoe mold is the largest of three. At the widest part of the foot, it measures 3 and two sixteenths inches. It is nine and three quarters inches long. It is a rusty brownish color.
Description: This cobbler's shoe last measures 13 inches high. The base is 5 inches long and 3 and one quarter inches wide. The ends of the base are slightly rounded and the two remaining parallel sides are scalloped with a symetrical design. The number 7 is engraved on the side of the "stem" in a raised position. The stand is a rusty brown color.
Description: This is one of three molds. It is the medium-sized mold, measuring 7 and three quarters inches long by 2 and three quarters inches at its widest part. This mold is rusty, a brownish color and made of metal. The other two molds are catalogued under the numbers 007.110.5 and 007.110.7.
Description: This is the third of a collection of shoe molds (007.110.5-.6) and shoe last (007.110.4) which were given by Gail Reiber in 2007. This mold is the smallest. It is 6 inches long and 2 and two sixteenths wide (at the widest part). It is made of metal and is a rusty brownish color.
Description: In this group of clock parts, there is a wire measuring about 8 and 1/2 inches with a loop on one end; coiled cordage; a "turn handle" with a silver part in the shape of an "L" and a brass barrel on one end; and a circular back of the clock with a diameter of 2 inches. On the back piece is a winding mechanism on one side and opposite this is a loop. (see image) For the purposes of labeling, the backing is tagged 009.041a; the handle is 009.041b; the cordage 009.041c; and the wire 009.041d. [show more]