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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 2019.434.2444 | Addie Ethel Duren WWII ID card |
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| Addie Ethel Duren WWII ID card issued by U.S. Coast Guard. Islanders were required to carry ID cards during WW II when transiting from islands to MDI, to prove they weren't spies. | 
Description: Addie Ethel Duren WWII ID card issued by U.S. Coast Guard. Islanders were required to carry ID cards during WW II when transiting from islands to MDI, to prove they weren't spies. |
| 2018.406.2183 | Quilt by Leah Jeanette (Sawyer) Stanley (1874-1944) |
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| Quilt. Red and white (or beige) squares, 73" x 81" with solid white (or beige) reverse; filled with cotton batting. 14 5" x 6" squares long by 15 5"x6" squares wide. Each white square has a red embroidered flower, vegetable, bird, human figure, or animal in it. Donor states quilt was found in house when the property was bequeathed to the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation by Robert LaHotan's will and trust. Donor believes the quilt was made by Leah Stanley (Leah Jeanette (Sawyer) Stanley 1874-1944) who lived in the house with her husband Lewis Stanley. Quilt was displayed in 2006 GCIHS quilt exhibit. | 
Description: Quilt. Red and white (or beige) squares, 73" x 81" with solid white (or beige) reverse; filled with cotton batting. 14 5" x 6" squares long by 15 5"x6" squares wide. Each white square has a red embroidered flower, vegetable, bird, human figure, or animal in it. Donor states quilt was found in house when the property was bequeathed to the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation by Robert LaHotan's will and trust. Donor believes the quilt was made by Leah Stanley (Leah Jeanette (Sawyer) Stanley 1874-1944) who lived in the house with her husband Lewis Stanley. Quilt was displayed in 2006 GCIHS quilt exhibit. [show more] |
| 2014.278.2019 | Fire Department Helmets |
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| Used by Herman Savage and Wilfred Bunker. Two oval metal helmets painted red; adjustable webbed fabric supports with metal rivets inside; raised staples on interior of brim with fabric chin strips in place. Helmets used by GCI volunteer fire department ca. 1948 when the fire department was formed. Helmet (A): Red outside, white inside; "C.I.V.D." painted in white on exterior; handwritten inside the rim "H. Savage" (Herman Savage). Savage was a teenage volunteer fire department member. Helmet (B):Red outside, red inside; "W.A.B." painted in yellow on exterior; no initials inside. Wilfred Allison Bunker would have been in his late 20s in 1948. These may have been WWII helmets adapted for use by the fire department. Badly rusted and paint flaking and peeling. (See also 2014.278.2020 CIVD documents from 1950-1960s.) (See also photo of firefighters taken ca. January 1951-1953 with identifications, printed copy stored with item 2021 - box 49.) | 
Description: Used by Herman Savage and Wilfred Bunker. Two oval metal helmets painted red; adjustable webbed fabric supports with metal rivets inside; raised staples on interior of brim with fabric chin strips in place. Helmets used by GCI volunteer fire department ca. 1948 when the fire department was formed. Helmet (A): Red outside, white inside; "C.I.V.D." painted in white on exterior; handwritten inside the rim "H. Savage" (Herman Savage). Savage was a teenage volunteer fire department member. Helmet (B):Red outside, red inside; "W.A.B." painted in yellow on exterior; no initials inside. Wilfred Allison Bunker would have been in his late 20s in 1948. These may have been WWII helmets adapted for use by the fire department. Badly rusted and paint flaking and peeling. (See also 2014.278.2020 CIVD documents from 1950-1960s.) (See also photo of firefighters taken ca. January 1951-1953 with identifications, printed copy stored with item 2021 - box 49.) [show more] |
| 2000.293.1369 | China doll |
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| Doll: common hair china doll, 22" tall with underclothes, pink skirt and shirt, leather arms andn cloth body. Ceramic head is cracked and mended, leather hands frayed, underclothes probably original; donor believed the pink floral, ruffled skirt and top were original and the doll was at least 100 years old. This doll is from the Towns house, a.k.a. Crosby farm, Bayview Farm, or Red House. | 
Description: Doll: common hair china doll, 22" tall with underclothes, pink skirt and shirt, leather arms andn cloth body. Ceramic head is cracked and mended, leather hands frayed, underclothes probably original; donor believed the pink floral, ruffled skirt and top were original and the doll was at least 100 years old. This doll is from the Towns house, a.k.a. Crosby farm, Bayview Farm, or Red House. |
| 2001.39.190 | Ship's log child's notebook |
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| Ship's log, used as child's notebook by Emery Richardson, poor condition (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001). A child used it for practicing letters and drawing sailboats. | 
Description: Ship's log, used as child's notebook by Emery Richardson, poor condition (found in Bob LaHotan's barn when he cleaned it 2001). A child used it for practicing letters and drawing sailboats. |
| 2016.354.2119 | Hats and tobacco brick from Lewis Stanley house |
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| Hats and tobacco brick. (A) One flat-topped, black, wool cap with braiding above the visor in poor condition -sometimes called a Greek fisherman's cap. Brand name inside is worn off but begins with G. Style may be 100 years old. Perhaps Lewis Stanley's captain's hat (brother of Carrie Richardson). (B) One oilskin, tan, rain hat in poor condition, size 7 and 1/4. (C) One long, flat tobacco brick (10.5" x 2.5" x .5"). "The rectangular block is tobacco, probably to scrape off into the bowl of a pipe." - Bruce Komusin's note Fall 2008. Donor stated items were "found in Carrie Richardson's house under the stairwell during renovation." (The Stanley-Richardson house is now the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation house.) Also,"the photo of Carrie?? [Richardson] and man with telephone standing by canon was given at same time. [Photo not present during 2013 review.] | 
Description: Hats and tobacco brick. (A) One flat-topped, black, wool cap with braiding above the visor in poor condition -sometimes called a Greek fisherman's cap. Brand name inside is worn off but begins with G. Style may be 100 years old. Perhaps Lewis Stanley's captain's hat (brother of Carrie Richardson). (B) One oilskin, tan, rain hat in poor condition, size 7 and 1/4. (C) One long, flat tobacco brick (10.5" x 2.5" x .5"). "The rectangular block is tobacco, probably to scrape off into the bowl of a pipe." - Bruce Komusin's note Fall 2008. Donor stated items were "found in Carrie Richardson's house under the stairwell during renovation." (The Stanley-Richardson house is now the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation house.) Also,"the photo of Carrie?? [Richardson] and man with telephone standing by canon was given at same time. [Photo not present during 2013 review.] [show more] |
| 2013.216.1850 | Captain's clothing belonging to Elwood Spurling, and Philmore Spurling's corncob pipe |
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| Clothing: Blue sea captain's jacket with insignia on right sleeve and eight brass buttons with anchors; Blue vest; Blue tie; White cap (hat) with blue visor (size 7); Blue jeans; Black rubber lobsterman's boots; Corn cob pipe. All but the pipe belonged to Elwood Spurling, Phil Whitney's maternal grandfather. The pipe belonged to Philmore Whitney. | 
Description: Clothing: Blue sea captain's jacket with insignia on right sleeve and eight brass buttons with anchors; Blue vest; Blue tie; White cap (hat) with blue visor (size 7); Blue jeans; Black rubber lobsterman's boots; Corn cob pipe. All but the pipe belonged to Elwood Spurling, Phil Whitney's maternal grandfather. The pipe belonged to Philmore Whitney. |
| 1000.166.1191 | Boat compass in wooden Binnacle box |
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| Used by Wilfred S. Trussell and Harvey Everett Bulger. Tool, boat compass in wooden binnacle box with window (brass, wood, paper, iron and glass). Compass card diameter 3.5", gimbal ring 5", interior box: 6.25" x 6.25"; exterior box: 7" x 11" x 8.5" H. North arrow has fleur d' lis motif. Compass was used by Wilfred S. Trussell (1869-1911) and/or Harvey (Harry) Everett Bulger (b.1883-d.<1911), who were husbands of Sadie Anna Harding (b.1879- d. after 1911) who once lived in the Cox now Dalton house (2016) on GCI. Sadie Harding married Trussell 1898 and Bulger 1919. No visible manufacturer or maker marks. Ralph Stanley examined this compass 2016 and believes it's a liquid (alcohol) compass after locating the corroded nut covering the fill-hole in the rim of the compass bowl. He also noted the quadrant markings on the sides of the compass. Per Stanley, Trussell had a sloop and this type of compass was used in boats of that size. It may indeed have been the compass that guided Trussell home during one particular storm (see Stanley's forthcoming book 2017). Stanley thinks it's a liquid compass about 100 years old and could have been purchased at any local marine goods store, but the box was specially made perhaps by Leslie Rice. Michael Macfarlan believes this could be a Ritchie compass and the hole in the wooden case with the shield above it would have been for a battery-powered light (not a candle). One or two large batteries would have been housed in the box's rear compartment. (Box hardware is too corroded to remove and investigate.) Stanley believes a wire to the light would have been wired to the engine. By email 2016, Ben Fuller at Penobscott Marine Museum suggests this compass would be suitable for small schooner or sloop large enough to be sailed at night, suggesting the Smithsonian's NMAH website: amhistory.si.edu/navigation/type.cfm?typeid=3 for further investigation. NMAH Website states: "Simple marine compasses have a magnetized needle attached to the bottom of a paper card, and are inherently unstable. Since the 1850s, scientists and instrument makers have struggled to solve this problem. One solution, pioneered by E. S. Ritchie in the United States, was to float the magnetic needle in a bowl of liquid...." (For genealogy see 2016.337.2103 Index p. 3 and p. 15, records p. 400 and 400A) (See also 2015.350.2115 for possible photo of Wilfred Trussel.) | 
Description: Used by Wilfred S. Trussell and Harvey Everett Bulger. Tool, boat compass in wooden binnacle box with window (brass, wood, paper, iron and glass). Compass card diameter 3.5", gimbal ring 5", interior box: 6.25" x 6.25"; exterior box: 7" x 11" x 8.5" H. North arrow has fleur d' lis motif. Compass was used by Wilfred S. Trussell (1869-1911) and/or Harvey (Harry) Everett Bulger (b.1883-d.<1911), who were husbands of Sadie Anna Harding (b.1879- d. after 1911) who once lived in the Cox now Dalton house (2016) on GCI. Sadie Harding married Trussell 1898 and Bulger 1919. No visible manufacturer or maker marks. Ralph Stanley examined this compass 2016 and believes it's a liquid (alcohol) compass after locating the corroded nut covering the fill-hole in the rim of the compass bowl. He also noted the quadrant markings on the sides of the compass. Per Stanley, Trussell had a sloop and this type of compass was used in boats of that size. It may indeed have been the compass that guided Trussell home during one particular storm (see Stanley's forthcoming book 2017). Stanley thinks it's a liquid compass about 100 years old and could have been purchased at any local marine goods store, but the box was specially made perhaps by Leslie Rice. Michael Macfarlan believes this could be a Ritchie compass and the hole in the wooden case with the shield above it would have been for a battery-powered light (not a candle). One or two large batteries would have been housed in the box's rear compartment. (Box hardware is too corroded to remove and investigate.) Stanley believes a wire to the light would have been wired to the engine. By email 2016, Ben Fuller at Penobscott Marine Museum suggests this compass would be suitable for small schooner or sloop large enough to be sailed at night, suggesting the Smithsonian's NMAH website: amhistory.si.edu/navigation/type.cfm?typeid=3 for further investigation. NMAH Website states: "Simple marine compasses have a magnetized needle attached to the bottom of a paper card, and are inherently unstable. Since the 1850s, scientists and instrument makers have struggled to solve this problem. One solution, pioneered by E. S. Ritchie in the United States, was to float the magnetic needle in a bowl of liquid...." (For genealogy see 2016.337.2103 Index p. 3 and p. 15, records p. 400 and 400A) (See also 2015.350.2115 for possible photo of Wilfred Trussel.) [show more] |
| 2008.266.1999 | Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif |
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| Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif on front, all white reverse. Pink border around three sides, one end with folded inward seem, no pink border. Sculpted in broad T shape on one end. Note from donor, Susan Bunker, reads: "This quilt was made by my father's, Raymond Bunker who was born in 1906, grandmother. She could have been a Bunker or a Spurling." | 
Description: Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif on front, all white reverse. Pink border around three sides, one end with folded inward seem, no pink border. Sculpted in broad T shape on one end. Note from donor, Susan Bunker, reads: "This quilt was made by my father's, Raymond Bunker who was born in 1906, grandmother. She could have been a Bunker or a Spurling." |
| 1000.0.997 | Sons of the American Revolution presented to Nelson Eliot Spurling |
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| Plaque from The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution presented to Nelson Eliot Spurling | 
Description: Plaque from The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution presented to Nelson Eliot Spurling |
| 2009.121.978 | Eyeglasses from Sam Bulger's house |
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| A pair of old eyeglasses found in Sam Bulger's house, now the Barbara Donald trust house | 
Description: A pair of old eyeglasses found in Sam Bulger's house, now the Barbara Donald trust house |
| 2013.241.1975 | Patchwork quilt |
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| Quilt. Patchwork of browns, blues, greys, and black tweeds, wool, and polyster 4.5" x 4 3/4" squares with a 4.75"-5" grey border. Reverse is same grey fabric as border stitched to border on seams. This quilt may have been a gift of Sue Lyman, allegedly made of fabric from old men's suits. | 
Description: Quilt. Patchwork of browns, blues, greys, and black tweeds, wool, and polyster 4.5" x 4 3/4" squares with a 4.75"-5" grey border. Reverse is same grey fabric as border stitched to border on seams. This quilt may have been a gift of Sue Lyman, allegedly made of fabric from old men's suits. |
| 2014.273.2010 | Hooked rug with wading waterbird |
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| Rug. Hooked, yarn and jersey material, with note "...made by Eliza Stanley." White waterbird with yellow bill wading with cattails, mountains, and butterfly in background; brown border. Faded, torn, worn, repaired at some earlier time. Eliza Stanley b. 1888 and d. 1967. (Donor bought Eliza and Pink Stanley's house 1970.) | 
Description: Rug. Hooked, yarn and jersey material, with note "...made by Eliza Stanley." White waterbird with yellow bill wading with cattails, mountains, and butterfly in background; brown border. Faded, torn, worn, repaired at some earlier time. Eliza Stanley b. 1888 and d. 1967. (Donor bought Eliza and Pink Stanley's house 1970.) |
| 2014.281.1940 | Edgar Bunker Korean War commemorative |
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| Collection of Edgar Bunker Korean War commemorative items. (A) Medal. Korean War Service Medal for Edgar Bunker in wood and glass shadow box. Medal was posthumously presented to Bunker's four surviving sisters along with three commemorative coins, two cloth patches, and one tie-tack on August 20, 2000, by Vice Admiral Gregory Johnson at a ceremony on GCI. (B) Plaque: Certificate of Appreciation 2000. (C) Framed annotated map of Korean War events with presented to Pauline Bunker 2000. (See also 2013.241.1939 letter from Vice Admiral Johnson to Charlene Allen (Bunker's sister) and photos; and 1000.22.67 newspaper articles.) | 
Description: Collection of Edgar Bunker Korean War commemorative items. (A) Medal. Korean War Service Medal for Edgar Bunker in wood and glass shadow box. Medal was posthumously presented to Bunker's four surviving sisters along with three commemorative coins, two cloth patches, and one tie-tack on August 20, 2000, by Vice Admiral Gregory Johnson at a ceremony on GCI. (B) Plaque: Certificate of Appreciation 2000. (C) Framed annotated map of Korean War events with presented to Pauline Bunker 2000. (See also 2013.241.1939 letter from Vice Admiral Johnson to Charlene Allen (Bunker's sister) and photos; and 1000.22.67 newspaper articles.) [show more] |
| 2002.78.1075 | Cherub Wall hanging |
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| Wall Hanging gifted to Jan Moss from Gaile Colby in 1992 to celebrate Jan's first Grandchild. | 
Description: Wall Hanging gifted to Jan Moss from Gaile Colby in 1992 to celebrate Jan's first Grandchild. |
| 2013.228.1377 | Hand Towel (white) with monogram "M. Storey" |
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| Towel. Hand Towel (white) with monogram "M. Storey"; belonged to Moorfield Storey | 
Description: Towel. Hand Towel (white) with monogram "M. Storey"; belonged to Moorfield Storey |
| 2010.152.1375 | Male doll |
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| Wooden male doll dressed in South American or Spanish style | |
| 2013.246.2353 | Hair curling iron |
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| Hair curling iron: wood handles with long metal jaw that opens and closes. | 
Description: Hair curling iron: wood handles with long metal jaw that opens and closes. |
| 1000.0.1376 | Clothespin doll |
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| Clothespin doll reminiscent of Hitty in pink dress with black apron and cap on white metal stand. | 
Description: Clothespin doll reminiscent of Hitty in pink dress with black apron and cap on white metal stand. |
| 2013.250.1972 | Tud Bunker's tobacco pipe |
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| Tobacco pipe, carved wooden bowl with plastic mouthpiece. "LARK, D----ow"and "IMPORTED BR---" on stem. Tud Bunker's pipe. | 
Description: Tobacco pipe, carved wooden bowl with plastic mouthpiece. "LARK, D----ow"and "IMPORTED BR---" on stem. Tud Bunker's pipe. |
| 2013.250.1973 | Tud Bunker's pocket knife |
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| Pocket knife with folding blade, wood, brass, and stainless steel. Panther, Jr. C.I. 440 Stainless 571 Japan on blade. Blade has spots of rust. Knife is 4" long with blade folded into handle.Tud Bunker's pocket knife. | 
Description: Pocket knife with folding blade, wood, brass, and stainless steel. Panther, Jr. C.I. 440 Stainless 571 Japan on blade. Blade has spots of rust. Knife is 4" long with blade folded into handle.Tud Bunker's pocket knife. |
| 2014.570.3062 | Name Cards. |
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| Business cards for Mrs. Wade H. Marr, Fannie Spurling, and Miss Catherine Gladden Briggs. Catherine Briggs could be a distant relative of the Bunker family, but this cannot be confirmed. As for the other two name cards, Fannie Spurling is the maiden name of Frances Marr who married Wade Marr. | 
Description: Business cards for Mrs. Wade H. Marr, Fannie Spurling, and Miss Catherine Gladden Briggs. Catherine Briggs could be a distant relative of the Bunker family, but this cannot be confirmed. As for the other two name cards, Fannie Spurling is the maiden name of Frances Marr who married Wade Marr. |
| 2014.566.3057 | Handwritten note about all marriages births and deaths in the Preble family. |
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| A handwritten note about the marriages births and deaths that happened in the Preble family. It starts with the initial marriage of Esaias Preble of York Maine marrying Mary Bell of N. Castle N.H in 1807. These two had children, Lydia Preble 1807, William 1811, Mary 1812, Lucia ( NO DATE), Harriet 1817, Nancy 182?, George Bell 1822, Charles 1826, Andrew 1828, Eber 1829. Charles, Andrew and Eber were the only ones born on Cranberry Island after their family moved from York Maine. In the death section it only mentions a couple of the children and only one of the parents. | 
Description: A handwritten note about the marriages births and deaths that happened in the Preble family. It starts with the initial marriage of Esaias Preble of York Maine marrying Mary Bell of N. Castle N.H in 1807. These two had children, Lydia Preble 1807, William 1811, Mary 1812, Lucia ( NO DATE), Harriet 1817, Nancy 182?, George Bell 1822, Charles 1826, Andrew 1828, Eber 1829. Charles, Andrew and Eber were the only ones born on Cranberry Island after their family moved from York Maine. In the death section it only mentions a couple of the children and only one of the parents. [show more] |
| 2014.518.3010 | Marr - Louise Marr. Name Badge For A Young Louise Marr. |
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| A name badge for a young Louise Marr. Although there is no first name on the badge, the photo on the front confirms that it is Louise. The front of the badge has Raytheon MFG Co. and a photo of Louise, and the back has a name, clock no, and dept. number. | 
Description: A name badge for a young Louise Marr. Although there is no first name on the badge, the photo on the front confirms that it is Louise. The front of the badge has Raytheon MFG Co. and a photo of Louise, and the back has a name, clock no, and dept. number. |
| 2013.495.2986 | Stanley - Ruth Stanley's Purple Velvet Hat |
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| Ruth Stanley's purple velvet hat with netting. On the tag of the hat it says " Union Made." The hat is labeled a size large. Ruth Stanley was the mother of Gail Colby, who was the donor of this object. Ruth Stanley passed away in 1998. | 
Description: Ruth Stanley's purple velvet hat with netting. On the tag of the hat it says " Union Made." The hat is labeled a size large. Ruth Stanley was the mother of Gail Colby, who was the donor of this object. Ruth Stanley passed away in 1998. |
