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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 2003.87.642 | 1906 Calendar page |
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| Calendar page, Sep and Oct 1906, with design of young woman with hat | 
Description: Calendar page, Sep and Oct 1906, with design of young woman with hat |
| 2016.358.2123 | 1920s shotgun |
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| Shotgun. 1925-1928, .410 gauge shotgun judging by trigger. Barrel is not twisted (that started in 1950s). Trademark STEVENS Reg. U.S. Pat Off & FGN. J Stevens Arms & Tool Co. Chicopee Falls MASS USA . Wood stock. | 
Description: Shotgun. 1925-1928, .410 gauge shotgun judging by trigger. Barrel is not twisted (that started in 1950s). Trademark STEVENS Reg. U.S. Pat Off & FGN. J Stevens Arms & Tool Co. Chicopee Falls MASS USA . Wood stock. |
| 1000.0.1118 | Antique padlock |
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| Lock, keyed padlock with protective keyhole cover and no key; makers mark: (crown) W.R PATENT | 
Description: Lock, keyed padlock with protective keyhole cover and no key; makers mark: (crown) W.R PATENT |
| 2013.294.1885 | Basket and lid with modern sewing notions |
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| Basket and lid, flat bottomed, made of sweetgrass? or rattan?, filled with modern sewing notions, lid has two decorative rope handles with Asian characters on coin-like buttons, blue on the inside. | 
Description: Basket and lid, flat bottomed, made of sweetgrass? or rattan?, filled with modern sewing notions, lid has two decorative rope handles with Asian characters on coin-like buttons, blue on the inside. |
| 2013.294.1899 | Basket made in Canada |
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| Basket and lid, small, flat bottom, made of twine and natural, orange, purple, red, and green colored fiber, stamped in black on bottom "Made in Canada"; lid has a small ring handle | 
Description: Basket and lid, small, flat bottom, made of twine and natural, orange, purple, red, and green colored fiber, stamped in black on bottom "Made in Canada"; lid has a small ring handle |
| 1000.0.1286 | Boatbuilding tool or garden weeder (unknown) |
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| Tool, boatbuilding tool or weeder for a garden? | 
Description: Tool, boatbuilding tool or weeder for a garden? |
| 2013.214.1845 | Box |
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| Box, large wooden packing box with rope handles on the ends, one long side has a broken off piece; box is nailed together with no lid; marked "GLOVE" BRAND RUBBERS (picture of a left hand) | 
Description: Box, large wooden packing box with rope handles on the ends, one long side has a broken off piece; box is nailed together with no lid; marked "GLOVE" BRAND RUBBERS (picture of a left hand) |
| 1000.0.1292 | Brass oar lock |
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| Boat hardware, brass oar lock | |
| 2003.87.644 | Calendar page 1957 |
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| Calendar page, Mar and Apr 1957, Coca-Cola ad, woman with cat and ball of yarn, "just what I need" | 
Description: Calendar page, Mar and Apr 1957, Coca-Cola ad, woman with cat and ball of yarn, "just what I need" |
| 2003.87.643 | Calendar page 1957 |
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| Calendar page, Jan and Feb 1957, Coca-Cola ad, woman with skis, "the pause that refreshes" | 
Description: Calendar page, Jan and Feb 1957, Coca-Cola ad, woman with skis, "the pause that refreshes" |
| 1000.0.1134 | Compass with pencil |
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| Tool, compass, with pencil, used to draw arcs and perhaps measure distances on maps; makers mark: S. COPELAND, PAT. MA??? | 
Description: Tool, compass, with pencil, used to draw arcs and perhaps measure distances on maps; makers mark: S. COPELAND, PAT. MA??? |
| 2023.645.3135 | Cranberry Club Chamber Set |
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| 1000.0.1251 | Double pulley |
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| Tool, double pulley, wood body, metal wheels and hook, 5.25", oval |
Description: Tool, double pulley, wood body, metal wheels and hook, 5.25", oval |
| 2013.252.2000 | Five metal items from fireplace of GCCC parsonage house |
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| 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.) | 
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] |
| 2013.294.1888 | Flat basket |
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| Basket and lid, flat basket, green bottom with green, tan, and yellow twine woven throughout, lid with twine handle, marked "Made In Canada" on bottom | 
Description: Basket and lid, flat basket, green bottom with green, tan, and yellow twine woven throughout, lid with twine handle, marked "Made In Canada" on bottom |
| 1000.0.1119 | Folding ruler made of wood and brass |
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| Tool, wood and brass folding ruler; makers mark: STANLEY No 54 | 
Description: Tool, wood and brass folding ruler; makers mark: STANLEY No 54 |
| 2013.241.1968 | Garden fork with metal tines and wood handle |
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| Tool. Garden fork, metal tines and neck with wood handle inserted. | 
Description: Tool. Garden fork, metal tines and neck with wood handle inserted. |
| 1000.0.1345 | Glass jug |
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| Large glass jug with a screw-on metal top containing a spring-activated valve to release the contents, which was probably kerosene |
Description: Large glass jug with a screw-on metal top containing a spring-activated valve to release the contents, which was probably kerosene |
| 2014.533.3025 | Grocery Receipt from 1879. |
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| A grocery receipt from A.C Roger's and company. This receipt has goods like sugar, ham , cabbage, and even raisins. The total for the whole 18 items of ended up being $17. This $17 would be just over $400 now. On the back of the receipt there is an add for the grocery store. | 
Description: A grocery receipt from A.C Roger's and company. This receipt has goods like sugar, ham , cabbage, and even raisins. The total for the whole 18 items of ended up being $17. This $17 would be just over $400 now. On the back of the receipt there is an add for the grocery store. |
| 2013.294.1896 | Indigenous American barrel-shaped Sweetgrass Basket |
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| 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). | 
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] |
| 2013.294.1886 | Indigenous American Crafted Sweetgrass Braids |
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| 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 | 
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 |
| 2013.214.1906 | Indigenous American stone tools: 10 arrowheads, flakes, projectile points, and knife blade |
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| Native American tools: a random collection of 10 stone pieces without provenience: 1 raw stone, 6 arrowheads, 2 flakes, 1 knife blade: some of these artifacts were loaned by individuals, and one projectile point (the longest one, black) was found on GCI on May 25, 2008 by a visitor. Others may not be local points, some perhaps New Jersey origin. One 2" stone knife blade, broken, black (not obsidian) found GCI 2011 by visitor and later donated to GCIHS. (See Abbe Museum on MDI for collection of Native American artifacts from archaeological excavations on GCI.) | 
Description: Native American tools: a random collection of 10 stone pieces without provenience: 1 raw stone, 6 arrowheads, 2 flakes, 1 knife blade: some of these artifacts were loaned by individuals, and one projectile point (the longest one, black) was found on GCI on May 25, 2008 by a visitor. Others may not be local points, some perhaps New Jersey origin. One 2" stone knife blade, broken, black (not obsidian) found GCI 2011 by visitor and later donated to GCIHS. (See Abbe Museum on MDI for collection of Native American artifacts from archaeological excavations on GCI.) [show more] |
| 2013.294.1900 | Indigenous American Sweetgrass Basket |
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| Basket and lid, flat bottom, Indigenous American creation, made of braided sweetgrass and natural and green flat splint fiber, with a blue card inside reading "(printed) Smart Studio Antiques, Maine Street, Northeast Harbor Maine, 276-5152, (handwritten) Penobscot Indian Sweetgrass Basket, late 1800s", and on the back of the card "$145" | 
Description: Basket and lid, flat bottom, Indigenous American creation, made of braided sweetgrass and natural and green flat splint fiber, with a blue card inside reading "(printed) Smart Studio Antiques, Maine Street, Northeast Harbor Maine, 276-5152, (handwritten) Penobscot Indian Sweetgrass Basket, late 1800s", and on the back of the card "$145" |
| 1000.0.1258 | Iron pot with fire starter |
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| Pot, kerosene pot with fire starter | |
| 1000.0.1128 | Knife with wood handle and broken blade |
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| Tool, knife with wooden handle and broken off blade, handle is wrapped in braided twine for a better grip | 
Description: Tool, knife with wooden handle and broken off blade, handle is wrapped in braided twine for a better grip |
