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2014.285.2033Pencil sharpener ca. 1890
  • Object, Writing, Pencil Sharpener
  • Object, Other Object
Tool. Pencil sharpener. Wood base, arm, and support with metal file on base, metal teeth on arm, and metal handle at one end to clamp the sharpener to the table top. Pencil inserts through hole in wooden disk and is moved at an angle along the file. From Harold Stanley's house. Remains of text (instructions/manufacturer) on bottom barely visible. (Probably: Perfect Pencil Pointer Co., Portland Maine (to 1892), patented 1890 ~ advertised 1890-1913, Goodell Co., Antrim, NH (1892 on). (See: www.officemuseum.com/sharpener_gallery_1800s.htm and www.patented-antiques.com)
Pencil sharpener ca. 1890
Catalogue #:
  • 2014.285.2033   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Pencil Sharpener
Subject:
  • Object, Other Object
Size:
  • 10" L x 2" W x 3" H
Description:
Tool. Pencil sharpener. Wood base, arm, and support with metal file on base, metal teeth on arm, and metal handle at one end to clamp the sharpener to the table top. Pencil inserts through hole in wooden disk and is moved at an angle along the file. From Harold Stanley's house. Remains of text (instructions/manufacturer) on bottom barely visible. (Probably: Perfect Pencil Pointer Co., Portland Maine (to 1892), patented 1890 ~ advertised 1890-1913, Goodell Co., Antrim, NH (1892 on). (See: www.officemuseum.com/sharpener_gallery_1800s.htm and www.patented-antiques.com) [show more]
2014.547.3040Livermore Falls Trust & Banking Co. Notebook.
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Businesses, Other Business
A notebook dating back to 1929. This notebook could have belonged to Doris Marr. This notebook has all types of notes it, from college expenses to orders made in June. There was also newspaper clippings and announcements placed inside the notebook
Livermore Falls Trust & Banking Co. Notebook.
Catalogue #:
  • 2014.547.3040   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Date:
  • 1929
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
A notebook dating back to 1929. This notebook could have belonged to Doris Marr. This notebook has all types of notes it, from college expenses to orders made in June. There was also newspaper clippings and announcements placed inside the notebook
2014.566.3057Handwritten note about all marriages births and deaths in the Preble family.
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • People
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.
Handwritten note about all marriages births and deaths in the Preble family.
Catalogue #:
  • 2014.566.3057   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
Subject:
  • People
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Materials:
  • Paper
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]
2014.574.3066"School House Lot."
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Places, Landscape
This is a handwritten list of land sold on the island. There is multiple sections of this labeled. The first being "Land for big house sold to Samuel Spurling." 2nd being "Boiling Spring + Dolly Newman field to William Preble." The list continues like this to make sense of how this land was divided to make a lot for the school.
"School House Lot."
Catalogue #:
  • 2014.574.3066   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
This is a handwritten list of land sold on the island. There is multiple sections of this labeled. The first being "Land for big house sold to Samuel Spurling." 2nd being "Boiling Spring + Dolly Newman field to William Preble." The list continues like this to make sense of how this land was divided to make a lot for the school.
1000.18.175Notebook, "United States History", Alice Marion Bulger
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Organizations, School Institution
Notebook, "United States History", with blank pages for notes and partial maps for coloring and annotation, copyright 1903, belonging to and filled in by Alice Marion Bulger (found in Ruth Westphal's house)
Notebook, "United States History", Alice Marion Bulger
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.18.175   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Notebook, "United States History", with blank pages for notes and partial maps for coloring and annotation, copyright 1903, belonging to and filled in by Alice Marion Bulger (found in Ruth Westphal's house)
1000.18.99Alice Bulger Stanley GCI high school notebook
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Organizations, School Institution
Ledger, School accounts, kept by Alice Bulger 1906-1907, found in Ruth Westphal's house. With note from donor: "This book keeping exercise book belonged to Alice Bulger (Stanley) at a time when there evidently was a high school here on Great Cranberry in 1906-1907. Alice married Richard Stanley and they moved into the then new in 1910 home which now is the Westphal home."
Alice Bulger Stanley GCI high school notebook
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.18.99   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Date:
  • 1906
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Ledger, School accounts, kept by Alice Bulger 1906-1907, found in Ruth Westphal's house. With note from donor: "This book keeping exercise book belonged to Alice Bulger (Stanley) at a time when there evidently was a high school here on Great Cranberry in 1906-1907. Alice married Richard Stanley and they moved into the then new in 1910 home which now is the Westphal home."
2001.39.190Ship's log child's notebook
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
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.
Ship's log child's notebook
Catalogue #:
  • 2001.39.190   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Materials:
  • Paper
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.
1000.0.1312Slate blackboard
  • Object, Writing, Chalkboard
  • Organizations, School Institution
Blackboard, school, chalk slate,
Slate blackboard
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.0.1312   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Chalkboard
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Materials:
  • Stone
Size:
  • 15.5 x 13.5
Description:
Blackboard, school, chalk slate,
1000.0.1313Slate blackboard
  • Object, Writing, Chalkboard
  • Organizations, School Institution
Blackboard, school, chalk slate, 9.25"x13.5"
Slate blackboard
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.0.1313   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Chalkboard
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Materials:
  • Stone
Description:
Blackboard, school, chalk slate, 9.25"x13.5"
1000.27.837Great Cranberry Library bookmark
  • Object, Writing, Bookmark
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Two blue paper bookmarks with cranberry design in dark red and green, and with legend "Great Cranberry Library - Libraries are not made; they grow. A. Birrell". One bookmark has the cranberry leaves hand-colored green. The library was started 1986 or 1987, the bookmark was made about 1990 by Jeanne Goldberg, and Ruth Westphal started 1999 as librarian.
Great Cranberry Library bookmark
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.27.837   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Bookmark
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • Jeanne Goldberg
Date:
  • 1990
Materials:
  • Paper
Description:
Two blue paper bookmarks with cranberry design in dark red and green, and with legend "Great Cranberry Library - Libraries are not made; they grow. A. Birrell". One bookmark has the cranberry leaves hand-colored green. The library was started 1986 or 1987, the bookmark was made about 1990 by Jeanne Goldberg, and Ruth Westphal started 1999 as librarian.
2012.13.1392Branding iron 7327
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Iron, Marking Iron
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, Metal Branding Iron to burn "7327" onto lobster floats or buoys, presumably.
Branding iron 7327
Catalogue #:
  • 2012.13.1392   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Iron, Marking Iron
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Description:
Fishing gear, Metal Branding Iron to burn "7327" onto lobster floats or buoys, presumably.
2013.214.1852Branding iron RH STANLEY
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Iron, Marking Iron
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, branding iron to burn "RH STANLEY" onto wooden lobster buoys
Branding iron RH STANLEY
Catalogue #:
  • 2013.214.1852   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Iron, Marking Iron
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Materials:
  • Metal
Size:
  • 31.5 L x 9" W, 1.25" H
Description:
Fishing gear, branding iron to burn "RH STANLEY" onto wooden lobster buoys
2013.256.1986Edgar White's branding iron
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Iron, Marking Iron
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Branding iron, long handle with heavy head: "E.N. White 1442". 1442 was Edgar Nelson White's number, and black and white were his colors. Edgar was Victor White's brother. With reminiscences of the family in the 1960s by Charles Liebow including Edgar and Alice White, their Dog Point Road house and outbuilding "Duffys", their grandsons Chuck and Larry Pipes, and working as sternman for Edgar.
Edgar White's branding iron
Catalogue #:
  • 2013.256.1986   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Iron, Marking Iron
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Materials:
  • Metal
Size:
  • 29" L x 7" W x 2.5" H
Description:
Branding iron, long handle with heavy head: "E.N. White 1442". 1442 was Edgar Nelson White's number, and black and white were his colors. Edgar was Victor White's brother. With reminiscences of the family in the 1960s by Charles Liebow including Edgar and Alice White, their Dog Point Road house and outbuilding "Duffys", their grandsons Chuck and Larry Pipes, and working as sternman for Edgar.
2013.241.1956Head of a branding iron: W.E. BUNKER
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Iron, Marking Iron
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear. Head of a branding iron: W.E. BUNKER. Iron head, no handle.
Head of a branding iron: W.E. BUNKER
Catalogue #:
  • 2013.241.1956   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Iron, Marking Iron
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Size:
  • 8.25" L x 1.25" W x 1.5" H
Description:
Fishing gear. Head of a branding iron: W.E. BUNKER. Iron head, no handle.
1000.0.1132Wood mallet
  • Object, Woodworking, Mallet
  • Object, Other Object
Tool, wooden mallet, large, commercially made handle with replacement homemade head, used in boatbuilding
Wood mallet
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.0.1132   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking, Mallet
Subject:
  • Object, Other Object
Size:
  • 10.5" L x 6.5" W x 3.25" H
Description:
Tool, wooden mallet, large, commercially made handle with replacement homemade head, used in boatbuilding
2013.241.1955Maul tool with iron head and hand-fashioned wood handle
  • Object, Woodworking, Mallet
  • Object, Other Object
Tool. Maul with flat and wedge ends. Handforged (?) iron head with hole in center with hand-fashioned wood handle inserted.
Maul tool with iron head and hand-fashioned wood handle
Catalogue #:
  • 2013.241.1955   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking, Mallet
Subject:
  • Object, Other Object
Size:
  • 20" L x 7" W x 1.75" H
Description:
Tool. Maul with flat and wedge ends. Handforged (?) iron head with hole in center with hand-fashioned wood handle inserted.
1000.154.1121Triangular pointed boatbuilding tool
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
Tool, triangular pointed boatbuilding tool apparently for making small holes
Triangular pointed boatbuilding tool
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.154.1121   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
Size:
  • 6.5" L x 1.25" W
Description:
Tool, triangular pointed boatbuilding tool apparently for making small holes
1000.154.1122Gouge tool used in boatbuilding
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Tool, gouge used in boatbuilding; makers mark: BUCK BROS (head of buck deer) CAST STEEL
Gouge tool used in boatbuilding
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.154.1122   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Size:
  • 9.25" L x 1.25" W
Description:
Tool, gouge used in boatbuilding; makers mark: BUCK BROS (head of buck deer) CAST STEEL
1000.154.1127Caulking iron
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
Tool, caulking iron, used to drive fiber caulking into the seam between planks on a boat
Caulking iron
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.154.1127   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
Size:
  • 5.25" L x 2.5" W
Description:
Tool, caulking iron, used to drive fiber caulking into the seam between planks on a boat
1000.0.1133Wood mallet
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
  • Businesses, Building Business
Tool, wooden mallet, small, commercially made handle and heavy and hardwood head, used in boatbuilding
Wood mallet
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.0.1133   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Size:
  • 11.5" L x 3.5" W x 2.5" H
Description:
Tool, wooden mallet, small, commercially made handle and heavy and hardwood head, used in boatbuilding
1000.170.1232Double handled spoke shave
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
  • Businesses, Building Business
Tool, double handled spoke shave, probably for smoothing a ship's mast
Double handled spoke shave
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.170.1232   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Description:
Tool, double handled spoke shave, probably for smoothing a ship's mast
1000.174.1236Boat building tool?
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Tool, boat building tool (?)
Boat building tool?
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.174.1236   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Description:
Tool, boat building tool (?)
1000.0.1277Boatbuilding tool on wood base similar to nut cracker
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Tool, metal boatbuilding tool on wood base, similar to a nut cracker; molded into the metal "SARGENT & CO" and "10"
Boatbuilding tool on wood base similar to nut cracker
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.0.1277   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Description:
Tool, metal boatbuilding tool on wood base, similar to a nut cracker; molded into the metal "SARGENT & CO" and "10"
1000.0.1295Metal boatbuilding tool with long handle and hook
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
  • Businesses, Building Business
Tool, metal boatbuilding tool with long handle and small metal hook on one end, probably for pulling out caulking from between seams, 13.25"
Metal boatbuilding tool with long handle and hook
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.0.1295   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Description:
Tool, metal boatbuilding tool with long handle and small metal hook on one end, probably for pulling out caulking from between seams, 13.25"
1000.0.1115Metal spoke shave tool
  • Object, Woodworking
  • Businesses, Building Business
Tool, spoke shave, metal, similar to a plane, for scraping thin shavings off irregular wooden objects such as spokes of a wheel; makers mark: MADE IN USA, NO 151
Metal spoke shave tool
Catalogue #:
  • 1000.0.1115   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Size:
  • 10.25" L x 2.5" W
Description:
Tool, spoke shave, metal, similar to a plane, for scraping thin shavings off irregular wooden objects such as spokes of a wheel; makers mark: MADE IN USA, NO 151