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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
Drawing of lobster pot by C. Gilley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Art, Drawing	Businesses, Fishery Business Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Drawing of lobster pot by C. Gilley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.214.1876 Type: Image, Art, Drawing Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap Description: Art, pen and ink drawing titled "LOBSTER TRAP ON BOTTOM" by C. Gilley, showing an old fashioned round top wooden lobster trap on the sea bed, with a rope going up to an intermediate float (a glass bottle), the rope continuing further up to a bullet shaped float on the surface; also a lobster boat approching it on the surface
Scrapbook of Lulu Steel Alley 1940-1950s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook	Object, Other Object				Copyright Not Evaluated	Scrapbook of Lulu Steel Alley 1940-1950s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2004.97.752 Type: Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Scrapbook with cards, newspaper articles, pictures, announcements, a collection of blank checks, calendar photos, and holiday prints by the Wadsworth family can be found pasted in this wallpaper print book. Scrapbook ranges from the 1940's to the late 1950's album was put together by Lulu Steel Alley, Louis Alley's wife and resident of what is now the Horvath house. From the Horvath house
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 Identifier: gcihs-2013.224.1884 Type: Object, Containers Subject: Object, Art Other 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]
Report on 19th-century concealed shoes and Cape Houses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Report	Object, Clothing, Shoe Structures, Dwellings, House		2018		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Report on 19th-century concealed shoes and Cape Houses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.304.2062 Type: Document, Report Subject: Object, Clothing, Shoe Structures, Dwellings, House Date: 2018 Description: Houses. Architectural and folk history. This updated 2018 report of investigation summarizes 2013-2017 research into nine Cape-style houses spawned by the 2013 discovery and repatriation of four ca. 1820-1830s shoes concealed in the chimney wall of the parsonage house of the Great Cranberry Congregational Church. The 2014 and 2018 revised report was submitted to the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Acadia NPS, and GCIHS. Revised version is twenty-two pages with photos and bibliography as of January 18, 2018, and includes findings of a 2015 dendrochronology project. This study of the parsonage Cape-style house with its neighboring Cape-style houses and the separate 2013 study of the nearby ca. 1826 Preble house documents a cluster of historic island houses on the verge of becoming unrecognizable through remodeling. Research reveals folk practices, the oeuvre of local 19th-century house builders; Cape-style design innovations; granite and lumber sources; dendrochronology study; and early 19th-century Bulger and Spurling family histories. One of the cape houses was the birthplace of Civil War Medal of Honor General Andrew Barclay Spurling.; the Preble House was his boyhood home. See also concealed shoe research: 2013.252.1979. See 2018 Chebacco Magazine article, Concealed Shoes and Cape Houses: Artifacts as Agents of the Past by Anne Grulich [show more]
Drafting or drawing board ca. 1926 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Drawing Board	Object, Art		1926		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Drafting or drawing board ca. 1926 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2016.338.2104 Type: Object, Drawing Board Subject: Object, Art Date: 1926 Description: Equipment. Drafting or drawing board. Wood board with a wooden ruler-like guide that slides out for use in making straight edges. Small black ink stamp of a schooner under sail at top of guide, and "Tarbell G. W" written in pencil on the back of the guide. A larger black ink print of same schooner under sail with inked signature "G. Tarbell" stamped on front center of the drafting board. To right of schooner stamp, upside down in script pencil "Gridley & Tarbell"; many tack holes and some faint pencil marks on board including "October 12, 1926". [show more]
Wooden implements recovered from GCCC parsonage house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Other Object	Object, Other Object				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Wooden implements recovered from GCCC parsonage house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.252.2001 Type: Object, Other Object Subject: Object, Other Object 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]
Plier head tool to wrap or cut wire or barbed wire Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Pliers	Object, Other Object				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Plier head tool to wrap or cut wire or barbed wire Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.1970 Type: Object, Pliers Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Tool. Plier head used to wrap or cut wire or barbed wire.
Garden fork with metal tines and wood handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Agricultural, Rake	Object, Other Object				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Garden fork with metal tines and wood handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.1968 Type: Object, Agricultural, Rake Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Tool. Garden fork, metal tines and neck with wood handle inserted.
Large metal pliers with broad head Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Pliers	Object, Other Object				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Large metal pliers with broad head Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.1966 Type: Object, Pliers Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Tool. Pliers, large, metal with broad head.
Unusual iron, 3-pronged grappling hook Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap				Copyright Not Evaluated	Unusual iron, 3-pronged grappling hook Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.249.1958 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap Description: Tool. Grappling hook, iron, three pronged. Unusual size and design per donor.
Maul tool with iron head and hand-fashioned wood handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Woodworking, Mallet	Object, Other Object				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Maul tool with iron head and hand-fashioned wood handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.1955 Type: Object, Woodworking, Mallet Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Tool. Maul with flat and wedge ends. Handforged (?) iron head with hole in center with hand-fashioned wood handle inserted.
Calendar page 1957 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Advertising, Advertisement	Object, Other Object		1957		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Calendar page 1957 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.87.643 Type: Document, Advertising, Advertisement Subject: Object, Other Object Date: 1957 Description: Calendar page, Jan and Feb 1957, Coca-Cola ad, woman with skis, "the pause that refreshes"
Calendar page 1957 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Advertising, Advertisement	Object, Other Object		1957		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Calendar page 1957 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.87.644 Type: Document, Advertising, Advertisement Subject: Object, Other Object Date: 1957 Description: Calendar page, Mar and Apr 1957, Coca-Cola ad, woman with cat and ball of yarn, "just what I need"
1906 Calendar page Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Advertising, Advertisement	Object, Other Object		1906		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	1906 Calendar page Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2003.87.642 Type: Document, Advertising, Advertisement Subject: Object, Other Object Date: 1906 Description: Calendar page, Sep and Oct 1906, with design of young woman with hat
Wallpaper uncovered during renovation of Ladies Aid Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Wall Covering, Wallpaper	Object, Furnishings, Decoration				Copyright Not Evaluated	Wallpaper uncovered during renovation of Ladies Aid Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.734 Type: Object, Wall Covering, Wallpaper Subject: Object, Furnishings, Decoration Description: Wallpaper, uncovered behind old cabinets during renovation of Ladies Aid building, July 2000. Green and gold and tan textured pattern on paper. (See also 2000.79.568 (A) and (C) from the nearby Dowling/Meyers house; same pattern but with linen backing.)
Sketchbook with Pencil Drawings ca. 1960s/1970s? Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Other Documents	Object, Other Object				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Sketchbook with Pencil Drawings ca. 1960s/1970s? Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.674 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Sketchbook, newsprint pad with pencil drawings by unknown woman artist found for sale at Ladies Aid Fair 2003. Also has notes about dieting and favorite songs. Probably from the 1960s or 1970s.
Concealed shoes (early 1800s) recovered from the Parsonage chimney 2013 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Shoe	Object, Clothing, Shoe				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Concealed shoes (early 1800s) recovered from the Parsonage chimney 2013 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.252.1979 Type: Object, Clothing, Shoe Subject: Object, Clothing, Shoe Description: Shoes. A collection of four shoes and four wooden trinkets recovered from the Great Cranberry Congregational Church parsonage house during remodeling in 2013.The shoes and wooden trinkets had been intentionally concealed between the stud wall and the brick of the fireplace on the first floor ca. 1840. From colonial times through the 19th century, shoes were hidden in walls around, fireplaces, windows, and doors as part of a folk ritual to bring good luck, ward off evil, or to be remembered. Four well-worn, single shoes (one adult male, one adult female, two different child-sized shoes); one small carved wooden toy boat hull; one small wooden pulley wheel; one wood tube; and a wooden semi-circle with hole in center (half of a container lid). These items were found under the demolition rubble inside the stud wall that had surrounded the fireplace on the first floor when the chimney was being removed. All of the shoes are all well-worn and the adult male's shoe has been repaired. These four shoes date stylistically to 1820-1830s. These shoes were likely concealed in the wall by Enoch Spurling's family when the house was constructed ca. 1840. The four shoes and four wooden trinkets were repatriated to a ledge 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: 2013.252.2002 - Trinkets or toys; 2013.252.1980 - remnants of shoes from the kitchen crawlspace; 2013.252.2000 - metal implements; 2013.252.2001 - wooden implements; and the 2014 report of investigation of the ensuing Cape house study submitted to the Maine Historic Preservation Commission 2015.304.2062.) [show more]
Wallpaper on plasterboard, circular remnant Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Wall Covering, Wallpaper	Object, Furnishings, Decoration				In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Wallpaper on plasterboard, circular remnant Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.298.2052 Type: Object, Wall Covering, Wallpaper Subject: Object, Furnishings, Decoration Description: Wallpaper on plasterboard, circular remnant from Selim house with circle for the stovepipe of a Glenwood N cooking stove cut out of center. Deep red wallpaper with floral design. Pertinent to the early 19th-century cape house study underway 2014 (part of the parsonage house shoes project (see 2015.304.2062). The house was moved across Cranberry Road from its early 19th-c location ca.1944. Plasterboard/drywall with paper on both faces with no felt layers began ca. 1910-1930 in U.S. Mickey Macfarlan recalls this house was dragged and winched with a capstan using a big tree stump. Charles "Bunny" Storey worked all summer relocating the house and dynamiting the new site. He could hear the rock debris falling down. [show more]
Shoe remnants discovered in Pasonage crawlspace 2013 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Shoe	Object, Clothing, Shoe Structures, Dwellings, House				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Shoe remnants discovered in Pasonage crawlspace 2013 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.252.1980 Type: Object, Clothing, Shoe Subject: Object, Clothing, Shoe Structures, Dwellings, House Description: Shoes. A collection of the remains of late 19th-century leather shoes discovered in the kitchen crawlspace during the 2013 remodeling of the Great Cranberry Congregational Church parsonage house (177 Cranberry Road). Twenty soles or pieces of soles and two heel uppers with soles missing; remains of nine high boots with eyelets (some brass eyelets in-situ); and twenty leather shoe scraps. All shoe remains are leather, all soles are double- or single- row wood-pegged. [show more]
Five metal items from fireplace of GCCC parsonage house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Other Object	Object, Other Object				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Five metal items from fireplace of GCCC parsonage house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.252.2000 Type: Object, Other Object Subject: Object, Other Object 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]
Washcloths crocheted by Postmistress Marjorie Phippen ca. 1970s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Towel	Object, Other Object	Marjorie Phippen		Cranberry Isles	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Washcloths crocheted by Postmistress Marjorie Phippen ca. 1970s Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.264.1997 Type: Object, Towel Subject: Object, Other Object Creator: Marjorie Phippen Place: Cranberry Isles Description: Fabric. Two crocheted, cotton washcloths: white with green scalloped edge and white with pink scalloped edge. Both made by Marjorie Phippen ca. 1970s and purchased by donor at Ladies Aid Fair in 1970s or '80s. Marjorie was the postmistress for years on GCI.
Mrs. Jean Howard Wadsworth's Workshirt Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Shirt	Object, Other Object People				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Mrs. Jean Howard Wadsworth's Workshirt Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2007.139.1081 Type: Object, Clothing, Shirt Subject: Object, Other Object People Description: Clothing. Shirt, work, worn by Jean Howard (Mrs. Wadsworth) during the building of the Charles & Jean Wadsworth home
Sailor's Comb Hanger Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Hair Ornament	Object, Other Object				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Sailor's Comb Hanger Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.34.1079 Type: Object, Hair Ornament Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Comb Hanger; tag inscription reads "From the Cranberry Isles. A Sailor's Comb Hanger. Using the "Hackamore" Knot And an Irish Pennant.".

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