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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 1000.27.674 | Sketchbook with Pencil Drawings ca. 1960s/1970s? |
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| 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. | 
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. |
| 2013.252.1979 | Concealed shoes (early 1800s) recovered from the Parsonage chimney 2013 |
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| 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.) | 
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] |
| 2014.298.2052 | Wallpaper on plasterboard, circular remnant |
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| 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. | 
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] |
| 2013.252.1980 | Shoe remnants discovered in Pasonage crawlspace 2013 |
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| 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. | 
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] |
| 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] |
| 2013.264.1997 | Washcloths crocheted by Postmistress Marjorie Phippen ca. 1970s |
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| 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. | 
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. |
| 2007.139.1081 | Mrs. Jean Howard Wadsworth's Workshirt |
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| Clothing. Shirt, work, worn by Jean Howard (Mrs. Wadsworth) during the building of the Charles & Jean Wadsworth home | 
Description: Clothing. Shirt, work, worn by Jean Howard (Mrs. Wadsworth) during the building of the Charles & Jean Wadsworth home |
| 1000.34.1079 | Sailor's Comb Hanger |
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| Comb Hanger; tag inscription reads "From the Cranberry Isles. A Sailor's Comb Hanger. Using the "Hackamore" Knot And an Irish Pennant.". | 
Description: Comb Hanger; tag inscription reads "From the Cranberry Isles. A Sailor's Comb Hanger. Using the "Hackamore" Knot And an Irish Pennant.". |
| 2010.190.1399 | Feather fan, 19th century |
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| Clothing. Ladies Feather Fan-19th Century-Macfarlan Family. (Duplicate of 2009.11.1181?) | 
Description: Clothing. Ladies Feather Fan-19th Century-Macfarlan Family. (Duplicate of 2009.11.1181?) |
| 1000.0.1361 | Ornate metal picture frame |
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| Frame. Ornate Metal Picture Frame for 4" to 6" pictures | 
Description: Frame. Ornate Metal Picture Frame for 4" to 6" pictures |
| 2013.214.1925 | Carved wooden tree |
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| Art, carved wooden fir tree, with branches shaved away from the trunk, made in one piece by Sam Chapman; separate square base; note taped on bottom of base "Sam Chapman Made This"; see also item 1302, also made by Sam Chapman. | 
Description: Art, carved wooden fir tree, with branches shaved away from the trunk, made in one piece by Sam Chapman; separate square base; note taped on bottom of base "Sam Chapman Made This"; see also item 1302, also made by Sam Chapman. |
| 2013.241.1978 | Shaving gear in silver box |
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| Toiletry. Shaving gear in silver box. One complex razor with swivel head and "Wilkinson made in England, Pat. No 321115", leather strop with metal attachment, seven razor blades each in a slot within steel holder with the day of the week on them. Silver Box is lined with blue velvet and gold Wilkinson Sowrd Co. Ltd imprinted in gold on velvet lining. Probably never used. | 
Description: Toiletry. Shaving gear in silver box. One complex razor with swivel head and "Wilkinson made in England, Pat. No 321115", leather strop with metal attachment, seven razor blades each in a slot within steel holder with the day of the week on them. Silver Box is lined with blue velvet and gold Wilkinson Sowrd Co. Ltd imprinted in gold on velvet lining. Probably never used. |
| 2013.250.2042 | Smoking Pipe |
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| Pipe. Smoking paraphenalia, well used, bowl is blackened with residue. Corn cob style with wood stem, metal ring, and plastic mouthpiece. (Found amid a box of items pertaining to Tud Bunker.) | 
Description: Pipe. Smoking paraphenalia, well used, bowl is blackened with residue. Corn cob style with wood stem, metal ring, and plastic mouthpiece. (Found amid a box of items pertaining to Tud Bunker.) |
| 2013.250.2041 | Toy Sailboat |
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| Toy. Sailboat, carved wood with wood mast, cotton sail, thread and string rigging. Pins hold rigging port and starboard; pins with white ball heads on bow and stern. (Toy found amid a box of items pertaining to Tud Bunker.) | 
Description: Toy. Sailboat, carved wood with wood mast, cotton sail, thread and string rigging. Pins hold rigging port and starboard; pins with white ball heads on bow and stern. (Toy found amid a box of items pertaining to Tud Bunker.) |
| 2022.612.3105 | Early Life on Great Cranberry + Photos |
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| A brochure for the Cranberry Island Museum, which was then located at the long fellows school. Inside the brochure was a postcard that with a photo by Henry Finklestien on it. | 
Description: A brochure for the Cranberry Island Museum, which was then located at the long fellows school. Inside the brochure was a postcard that with a photo by Henry Finklestien on it. |
| 2013.498.2989 | Wooden and Metal shoe forms. |
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| Four shoe forms, three wooden, one metal. These were probably used to create shoes around. All of the shoe forms are different sizes, the metal one being for a Childs shoe. | 
Description: Four shoe forms, three wooden, one metal. These were probably used to create shoes around. All of the shoe forms are different sizes, the metal one being for a Childs shoe. |
| 2014.576.3068 | "Rocking Chairs" by Louise Marr |
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| A folder holding 6 print out ranging in size of Louise Marr's painting of a rocking chair. | 
Description: A folder holding 6 print out ranging in size of Louise Marr's painting of a rocking chair. |
| 2014.550.3042 | Letter from Louise Marr regarding the estate of Bill Chamberlin's estate. |
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| A letter from Louise Marr about the estate of a man named Bill Chamberlin. She compares this to the managing of her sisters estate, and says "nothing the courts and lawyers do is done in a hurry." She then goes into farther detail with the pieces of property and how they will manage this. She ends the letter with a quote from the lawyers, and then adds her availability for the summer to manage this estate. | 
Description: A letter from Louise Marr about the estate of a man named Bill Chamberlin. She compares this to the managing of her sisters estate, and says "nothing the courts and lawyers do is done in a hurry." She then goes into farther detail with the pieces of property and how they will manage this. She ends the letter with a quote from the lawyers, and then adds her availability for the summer to manage this estate. |
| 2014.550.3041 | Letter from Louise Marr regarding the estate of Bill Chamberlin's estate. |
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| A letter from Louise Marr about the estate of a man named Bill Chamberlin. She compares this to the managing of her sisters estate, and says "nothing the courts and lawyers do is done in a hurry." She then goes into farther detail with the pieces of property and how they will manage this. She ends the letter with a quote from the lawyers, and then adds her availability for the summer to manage this estate. | 
Description: A letter from Louise Marr about the estate of a man named Bill Chamberlin. She compares this to the managing of her sisters estate, and says "nothing the courts and lawyers do is done in a hurry." She then goes into farther detail with the pieces of property and how they will manage this. She ends the letter with a quote from the lawyers, and then adds her availability for the summer to manage this estate. |
| 2014.519.3011 | An "E" Pin. |
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| A sterling Silver Pin with an E on it. On the inside of the Pin it says Army Navy Production Award. The pin has an "E" on the front and has a red, white, and blue flag behind it. This pin could have possible belonged to Edward Preble, the Preble family married into the Marr family, which could be the connection. | 
Description: A sterling Silver Pin with an E on it. On the inside of the Pin it says Army Navy Production Award. The pin has an "E" on the front and has a red, white, and blue flag behind it. This pin could have possible belonged to Edward Preble, the Preble family married into the Marr family, which could be the connection. |
| 2013.499.2990 | Ceramic Tile - Unknown Artist |
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| Ceramic tile with colorful glaze test spots on it. This glaze is possible the work of Holly Hartley, Mrs. Samenfeld, or Janice Roberts studios. | 
Description: Ceramic tile with colorful glaze test spots on it. This glaze is possible the work of Holly Hartley, Mrs. Samenfeld, or Janice Roberts studios. |
| 2011.500.2991 | Hand-Operated Metal Egg Beater |
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| Hand-Operated Metal Egg Beater. This egg beater comes from Carl Brooks' house, and was once owned by Emma Spurling. This egg beater has the patent date of Oct. 9, 1920 engraved on the wheel, meaning that this was purchased between 1920 and 1934, which is when Emma Spurling passed away. | 
Description: Hand-Operated Metal Egg Beater. This egg beater comes from Carl Brooks' house, and was once owned by Emma Spurling. This egg beater has the patent date of Oct. 9, 1920 engraved on the wheel, meaning that this was purchased between 1920 and 1934, which is when Emma Spurling passed away. |
| 2010.501.2992 | Toothbrush and Glass Holder |
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| A metal toothbrush and glass holder. It is meant to be mounted into a wall and have the toothbrushes hang from the bottom and the glass holder on the top. There are no marking on the toothbrush holder that allows for an accurate date. | 
Description: A metal toothbrush and glass holder. It is meant to be mounted into a wall and have the toothbrushes hang from the bottom and the glass holder on the top. There are no marking on the toothbrush holder that allows for an accurate date. |
| 2014.494.2985 | Small wooden basket. |
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| Small woven basket. The basket has a small handle that can be used to open the basket. There is a latch for the basket to close, but it looks as though it broke. This basket looks like it was probably used to hold small objects like jewelry or small children's toys. | 
Description: Small woven basket. The basket has a small handle that can be used to open the basket. There is a latch for the basket to close, but it looks as though it broke. This basket looks like it was probably used to hold small objects like jewelry or small children's toys. |
| 1000.0.1365 | Blue pitcher with wash basin and vase |
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| Blue pitcher with wash basin and vase. Labeled : Ada Rice Set | 
Description: Blue pitcher with wash basin and vase. Labeled : Ada Rice Set |
