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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 Identifier: gcihs-2013.219.1874 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business 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.
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 Identifier: gcihs-2013.256.1985 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business 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.
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.
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 Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.1953 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business 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 Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.1952 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear. Trawl line wound around wooden frame. Wooden handle is nailed to frame (unusual).
Glass float from herring fishing net Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Glass float from herring fishing net Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.221.1877 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, glass float, round, aqua colored, with pontil mark (where glass was blown, then removed from pipe), fully enclosed in a stout twine net (with unusually wide openings) which would be attached to the edge of a herring net
Broken wood frame for handline branded J. C. PIKE Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Broken wood frame for handline branded J. C. PIKE Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.214.1917 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, empty wooden frame for fishing handline, broken into two halves and just pushed together; branded "J. C. PIKE." on both halves
Pulley perhaps for pulling lobster traps Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment		Copyright Not Evaluated	Pulley perhaps for pulling lobster traps Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1259 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Description: Tool, pulley, round, very open and wide rope surface, probably an outboard pulley for lobster trap pulling
Brass lobster gauge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Brass lobster gauge Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.27.1124 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Tool, lobster gauge, brass, used to determine whether a lobster is of legal size to be kept. From the lobster's eye socket notch to the end of its carapace, it must be no larger than 5" and no smaller than 3-3/16". This guage has those two dimensions built in
Large fishing hand line with weight Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Large fishing hand line with weight Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1192 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, large hand line with weight (for fishing)
Herring net on metal hoop with wooden handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Herring net on metal hoop with wooden handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2004.164.1182 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, large herring net on metal hoop with wooden handle. The net itself is 11' long, the metal hoop 5.5' in diameter, the wooden handle 10' long, the overall length (hoop + handle) is 15.5'. Net was found upstairs in Wesley Bracey Sr.'s workshop (before the building was moved and became the Cranberry House).
Large fishing handline with weights on wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Large fishing handline with weights on wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1225 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, large handline with weights, wrapped around a wooden frame
Fishing line weight Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Fishing line weight Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1252 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, fishing line weight 2.5"
Fishing hand line spool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Fishing hand line spool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1279 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, fishing hand line spool, 13.5", with 2 rungs
Fishing hand line spool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Copyright Not Evaluated	Fishing hand line spool Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1278 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, fishing hand line spool, 14", with 3 rungs
Large fishing hand line with weights with wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Large fishing hand line with weights with wood frame Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1224 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, large fishing hand line with weights, wrapped around a wooden frame
Large hand line with weights Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Large hand line with weights Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1226 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Large hand line with weights and initials JLS
Grappling hook with ring from Victor White's old garage Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment			Grappling hook with ring from Victor White's old garage Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.256.1984 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Description: Tool. Grappling hook with ring: metal, 4-pronged with hole in handle and ring through hole, from Victor White's old garage, summer 2013.
Clam hod (clam basket) handmade Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Clam hod (clam basket) handmade Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.218.1857 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, large wood, rectangular, slatted box with handle - clam hod (clam basket) handmade out of parts previously painted in various colors: red, white, green. With small wooden box full of shells.
Clam rake with metal tines and wood handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Clam rake with metal tines and wood handle Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.218.1858 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, clam rake with metal tines and short wooden handle with a hole on the end
Bait pouch, twine net with drawstring mouth Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business		Bait pouch, twine net with drawstring mouth Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.214.1864 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, bait pouch, net-woven from twine, with drawstring mouth to pull closed, to be filled with bait and hung inside lobster trap to attract lobsters
Wooden, wedge-shaped lobster claw pegs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business		Wooden, wedge-shaped lobster claw pegs Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.214.1869 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, wooden lobster claw pegs, wedge shaped, used to hold a live lobster's claw closed so it would not pinch a customer; now they have been made obsolete by rubber bands used for the same purpose; hundreds of pegs are in a sturdy galvanized metal pail with a metal bail handle; the pail is rusted inside, and the bottom is rusted through in a small area
Cork net floats of assorted sizes, strung on a rope like beads Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business		Cork net floats of assorted sizes, strung on a rope like beads Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.214.1871 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, cork net floats (21) of assorted sizes, strung on a rope like beads
Fishing net pieces Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business		Fishing net pieces Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.214.1872 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, net with fine mesh, for catching small fish; two pieces: one small, basically intact, one large, with holes and almost torn in two; may have been all one net
Untitled Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business		Untitled Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.214.1873 Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Description: Fishing gear, hand line; a length of stout twine attached to a lead sinker (marked "2 1/2"); the other end of the sinker is attached to two large (3.5" L) fish hooks; the twine is wrapped around (stored on) a one-piece wooden frame

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