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Harpoon or "Lilly Iron" with swivel piece on the barb
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Harpoon or "Lilly Iron" with swivel piece on the barb
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Fishing gear, "Lilly Iron" (harpoon) from Wesley Bracy, Jr. with swiveling piece on the barb that folds flat for easy penetration, but opens crosswise for increased grip, thus preventing loss of the fish; Bruce Komusin inserted a wooden boomstick handle and secured it with rope for display purposes.
Agricultural heritage of the Cranberry Isles
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
  • 2017
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Agricultural heritage of the Cranberry Isles
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Research, Jessica Duma, 2014-2016 while an Island Institute Fellow at GCIHS which produced an exhibition, presentations, video, and oral history recordings. Historical and modern day materials pertaining to Duma's Agricultural Heritage of the Cranberry Isles fellowship focusing on farming, agriculture, apples, the Island Ecology project, farm stand, and more in the Town of Cranberry Isles from 19th century to present. Duma worked with mentor Todd Little-Siebold (College of the Atlantic) and used GCIHS and other local historical collections to produce an exhibition, gather oral histories, and record videos of her experiences and research while residing on Great Cranberry Island as a two-year fellow and then served as part-time manager of GCIHS and part-time manager for the CIRT (affordable housing) program for the last year. Documents in box. Digital materials located at NAS/ Catalogue/2017.399.2175_Duma. A. Exhibit materials (museum) and: NAS\Exhibits\Exhibits2015\Farming_JessiAndJillPiekutExhibitWork. B. Interviews: NAS\video\Jessi Duma Interviews 2014-20: Video by Duma and Jenny Matthews of "Chuddy" Alley in his home on April 2015. Audio of Colleen Bunker interview December 10, 2015, via telephone. Video of interview with Eva Bracy Galyean on November 22, 2015 in her GCI home with transcript. Audio of Gaile Colby interview January 15, 2015, by Duma and Sarah McCracken, partial transcript. Audio of music and singing with Arvard Savage 2015 or 2016. Video (with separate audio) of Phil Whitney in his GCI home January and February 2016. Video of Duma and Anne Gruhlich on a walkabout with Michael Macfarlan on his property discussing evidence of past farming and other occupations still visible on his historic Preble Cove property. Use of these interviews requires permission of the interviewee or their descendants. Questions: contact jessiduma@gmail.com. C. Video “A Taste of Great Cranberry Island: Agriculture Past and Present” - Duma explores agriculture on Great Cranberry Island through interviews with past and current residents. Directed, filmed, and edited by Jessica Duma. Featuring: Gaile Colby, Ben Sumner, Hallie Sumner, Kariah Sumner, Phil Whitney, Kayla Gagnon, Genny Mathews, Sarah McCracken, Colleen Bunker, Page Hill, Wendy Rackliff. Music by Jason Shaw: Serenity, Mountain Sun, Hoedown, Acoustic Meditation, Solo Acoustic Guitar. Special thanks to: GCIHS, Anne Grulich, Island Institute, Scott Sell, College of the Atlantic, Todd Little-Siebold. On YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKbktzbCqlw [Presently awaiting permissions to use the background music per Jessi 9/2017. Jessi will provide DVD copy after permissions granted.] [show more]
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
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]
George and Sam Gilley haying
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
George and Sam Gilley haying
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
George and Sam Gilley haying on Little Cranberry Island. [THIS MAY BE an NPS ACADIA PHOTOGRAPH.] Notes on reverse: "Janice Murch 7/000 Cat. No. 548, Acadia Ex. 705 George & Sam Gilley haying."
Condolences to Mrs. Hamor on loss of Capt. Hamor
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
  • 1913
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Condolences to Mrs. Hamor on loss of Capt. Hamor
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A framed page from Cranberry Club members offering condolences to Mrs. Hamor on the loss of Captain Hamor signed July 9, 1913 by members of the Club: Emma L. Wesson, President; Eleanor Blodgette, VP; Juliana Wood, Secretary; Frances S. Pepper, Treasurer; Annie W. J. Low; W. Amos Doris?; Caroline M. Lewis; Elizabeth R. Arnold; Sophy Dallas Gwin; Frances Parkman; Emilio Ofsten Mulligan?. [This statement is mounted on a black matte on the reverse of a photo of an unidentified stone edifice surrounded by pine trees.] [show more]
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
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]
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
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
"A New Super Highway", Bluenose Ferry, Bar Harbor to Nova Scotia
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Ferry Service
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Newspaper clipping, "A new Superhighway" about new Bluenose ferry terminal and service from Bar Harbor to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Fish Market receipts
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • 1947
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Fish Market receipts
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ledger, appears to be accounts from Edgar White and Victor White's fish market, fish and lobsters caught & sold, 1947-1948
Edgar White accounts ledger
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • 1946
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Edgar White accounts ledger
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Ledger, Edgar White accounts of bait, gas and oil, boat expenses, gear for fishing, fish and lobsters caught & sold, 1946-1947
Harpoon head from Victor White's old garage
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Harpoon head from Victor White's old garage
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Fishing gear. Harpoon head: wood handle with threaded metal collar and 5-pronged metal barbed harpoon head. Wood handle is a sawed-off tree limb; metal collar possibly an old pipe fitting; harpoon head is inserted into handle; collar turns freely. One tine missing its barb. From Victor White's old garage summer 2013.
Iron scythe with wood handle
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Agricultural, Scythe
  • Businesses, Farming
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Iron scythe with wood handle
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Tool. Scythe, iron with wood handle.
Iron ladle for pouring lead, from Lou Ladd's workshop
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Metalworking, Foundry Ladle
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Iron ladle for pouring lead, from Lou Ladd's workshop
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Tool. Ladle, iron used for pouring lead. Probably from Lou Ladd's workshop. Lou Ladd was a blacksmith, shoemaker, and handiman who lived in the barn that is now part of Ruth "Robin" Freeman's property (2013).
Soldering iron with copper head from Lou Ladd's workshop
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Metalworking
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Soldering iron with copper head from Lou Ladd's workshop
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Tool. Soldering iron. Bullet-shaped copper head with a bit of solder on it; wood handle. From Lou Ladd's workshop. Lou Ladd was a blacksmith, shoemaker, and handiman who lived in the barn that is part of Ruth "Robin" Freeman's property now (2013).
Head of a branding iron: W.E. BUNKER
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Iron, Marking Iron
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Head of a branding iron: W.E. BUNKER
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Fishing gear. Head of a branding iron: W.E. BUNKER. Iron head, no handle.
Trawl line on wood frame with lead sinker and large hook
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Trawl line on wood frame with lead sinker and large hook
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Fishing gear. Trawl line wound around wooden frame with heavy lead sinker and large metal hook.
Trawl line with wood frame
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Trawl line with wood frame
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Fishing gear. Trawl line wound around wooden frame. Wooden handle is nailed to frame (unusual).
Iron cranberry or blueberry rake
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Agricultural, Rake
  • Businesses, Farming
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Iron cranberry or blueberry rake
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Tool. Cranberry or blueberry rake, iron with solder repairs at tines and bottom.
Round metal fishing buoy
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Round metal fishing buoy
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Fishing gear. Metal Fishing Buoy, round. It is stamped on one side PHILLIPS PATENT GUARANTEED LIGHTWEIGHT MODEL. and on the other, PATENT No 331163 NOTICE OF INFRINGEMENT REWARDED. The patent number is from Great Britain.
Receipt for store purchases
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • 1910
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Receipt for store purchases
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Business receipt, dated 24 Sep 1910, E.B. Stanley bought of Nettie Stanley, pair of rubbers, ticking, pork, pepper, wire, etc., total $34.50, dated
Maine State Fish Inspector Certificate 1854
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Government Records
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • 1854
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Maine State Fish Inspector Certificate 1854
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Certificate, Appointment as State of Maine Fish Inspector, of William P. Preble, 26 June 1854 with transcription
Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • 1855
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Ledgers from Lewis Stanley boatyard, 19th century
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Collection of three scanned ledger account books originally from the Lewis Stanley boatyard. Ledgers were inherited by donor from his great uncle Lewis Stanley. (See scans on gcihs-nas\photo\Museum Photos\2015.316.2077_SchmidtLedgers and on DVD; ledgers were originally returned to donor August 2015; then all were donated to museum June 2017). Ledger A1: Measures 8.25H x 7: W x .5” thick. First page: George N. Spurling, Cranberry Isles; and [unreadable name below Spurling] Machias Port. Entries run from 1855-1870, with the last four pages dated 1855 pertaining to WatterWitch (Water Witch, Waterwitch, spelling and capitalization varies) stocks and specifics. Account entries recorded for the WatterWitch, Schooner Rozella, and Schooner Caressa. Names mentioned: Walton, Guptill, Haynes, Stanley, Spurling, Ferrin, Wentworth, Young, Saddler, Ladd. Commodities: fish and oil mostly; stocks and figuring notations in pen and pencil by different hands. First page states Schooner Hannah & Abigail bought in Boston May 6th, 1849. First entry is “E.B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles Oct. 9th, 1858 for $21 dollars on account of my share of fish bought on board Sch. WatterWitch this season. Asa [D?] Stanley.” Ledger B2: Measures 8”H x 6.75” W x .5” thick. Inside front cover is written: “Jonas Blood born April 15th, 1774.” First page begins with January 1st 1859 listing sale of butter, pork, and eggs. Ledger records expenses and sales of produce and other items through April 1862 and appears to be written by all the same hand. [For some info on Jonas Blood: probably born New Hampshire. http://gen.plagge.org/individual.php?pid=I16094&ged=plagge.ged Jonas Blood:b..c1774 d.5/21/1870, age 96 By genealogy.com.] Ledger C3: 14" H x 3.75" W x 1" thick. Label on front cover: Sanborn & Carter, Publishers, Booksellers and Blank Book Manufacturers, No. 55 Exchange Street, Portland, Maine. Small envelope and letter addressed to Mrs. E. B. Stanley, Cranberry Isles, Maine, postmarked Waltham MA, Nov 17/12M/1908 (03?) with 2 cent stamp. Reverse postmark is Cranberry Isles 1908(3)? Begins "North East Harbor, Lindsay,” ends: "Hastily, Carol(?)" Many pages have been cut out from the beginning of this ledger. First entry, is on page 85 and starts: “Boston Dec. 6th 1879 Sch. S.L. Foster. Page 93 is “Boston Dec 14, 1885.” Page 98 deals with the estate of Enoch B. Stanley and Lewis B. Stanley 1903 and continues with various documents and deeds to 1908 (to page 151). Then returns to accounts for the S. L. Foster 1889. Page 176 begins accounts for the Schooner Rozella 1882, then to 1881, and goes back to deeds and correspondence p. 196 for 1908. P. 198 goes back to the Sch. Foster and alternates between accounts re: Foster and Rozella. Two small loose account papers between p. 212 and 213. The ledger goes back and forth between years and schooners and deeds throughout the book. Last pages of ledger date Jan 18, 1913 and begin with “I expressly forbade Lewis to connect the new building with the original fish house of the heirs of E. B. Stanley…..” (See also 2017.389.2164 and 2017.388.2163) See also notes from Charles Liebow email 2019 re: boat builders with this ledger. [show more]
Negative and print of Lewis Stanley boatyard in winter
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Negative and print of Lewis Stanley boatyard in winter
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Photo. Negative and 11"x14" photo of Lewis (Lew) Stanley's boatyard located on the pool during the wintertime with the pool frozen. The boatyard was later sold to Heliker and LaHotan and they tore it down because it was a hazard and in rough shape. Mickey Macfarlan who said that towards the end of his life Lew Stanley was hard up for money and could no longer repair the boatyard. Mickey said Lew was always complaining that people were stealing from the boatyard - the second floor of it was chock full of all sorts of things. Mickey mentioned that the boatyard itself was "tremendously large" [show more]
Maine Coast Fisherman, Feb 1956
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Maine Coast Fisherman, Feb 1956
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Newspaper sheet, Maine Coast Fisherman, Feb 1956, with interesting stories (lobster 8 cents each, etc.)
"Cranberry Tales" by LaRue Spiker 1971
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
"Cranberry Tales" by LaRue Spiker 1971
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Newspaper complete page, Ellsworth American 1 Jul 1971, "Cranberry Tales" by LaRue Spiker. About the Hadlock family, Capt. Sam Hadlock, Jr., with photos of Arthur Spurling, the old Ben Spurling house, Islesford Museum, Old Wm. Preble House, Church.