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Catalogue # Title Type Subject Description
1000.154.1126Awl with bone handle, brass ferrule, and steel point
  • Object, Woodworking
  • Businesses, Building Business
Tool, awl (large), fancy bone handle, brass ferrule, steel point
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Tool, awl (large), fancy bone handle, brass ferrule, steel point
1000.154.1125Small wood and metal awl
  • Object, Woodworking
  • Businesses, Building Business
Tool, awl (small), wood and metal
Description:
Tool, awl (small), wood and metal
1000.0.1129Wood chisel with wood handle and brass ferrule
  • Object, Woodworking
  • Businesses, Building Business
Tool, wood chisel with wood handle, fancy brass ferrule; makers mark: (illegible)
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Tool, wood chisel with wood handle, fancy brass ferrule; makers mark: (illegible)
1000.172.1234Wood mallet
  • Object, Woodworking
  • Businesses, Building Business
Tool, wooden mallet
Description:
Tool, wooden mallet
1000.170.1232Double handled spoke shave
  • Object, Woodworking, Boatbuilding
  • Businesses, Building Business
Tool, double handled spoke shave, probably for smoothing a ship's mast
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Tool, double handled spoke shave, probably for smoothing a ship's mast
1000.178.1275Wood plane 21"
  • Object, Woodworking
  • Businesses, Building Business
Tool, wood plane, 21" (Acquired by donor in Lancaster County Pennsylvania ca. 1968.)
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Tool, wood plane, 21" (Acquired by donor in Lancaster County Pennsylvania ca. 1968.)
1000.179.1276Wood plane for door trim
  • Object, Woodworking
  • Businesses, Building Business
Tool, specialty wood plane, 14" . Tool for fashioning trim around doors. Acquired by donor in Lancaster County Pennsylvania ca. 1968.
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Tool, specialty wood plane, 14" . Tool for fashioning trim around doors. Acquired by donor in Lancaster County Pennsylvania ca. 1968.
2013.214.1917Broken wood frame for handline branded J. C. PIKE
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, empty wooden frame for fishing handline, broken into two halves and just pushed together; branded "J. C. PIKE." on both halves
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Fishing gear, empty wooden frame for fishing handline, broken into two halves and just pushed together; branded "J. C. PIKE." on both halves
1000.177.1253Gauge used for marking lumber
  • Object, Woodworking
  • Businesses, Building Business
Tool, marking gauge used for lumber marking. Acquired by donor in Lancaster County Pennsylvania ca. 1968.
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Tool, marking gauge used for lumber marking. Acquired by donor in Lancaster County Pennsylvania ca. 1968.
1000.169.1231Wood auger with T-shaped handle
  • Object, Woodworking
  • Businesses, Building Business
Tool, wood auger with T-shaped handle for making 2" hole in wood
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Tool, wood auger with T-shaped handle for making 2" hole in wood
1000.173.1235Rasp tool 18"
  • Object, Woodworking
  • Businesses, Building Business
Tool, rasp 18"
Description:
Tool, rasp 18"
1000.175.1237Wood plane
  • Object, Woodworking
  • Businesses, Building Business
Tool, wood plane, used to make smooth, or remove thickness, of boards and planks
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Tool, wood plane, used to make smooth, or remove thickness, of boards and planks
1000.0.1227Wooden barrel with fishing twine
  • Object, Containers
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Large bundle of fishing twine
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Large bundle of fishing twine
1000.27.1124Brass lobster gauge
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
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
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
1000.0.1192Large fishing hand line with weight
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, large hand line with weight (for fishing)
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Fishing gear, large hand line with weight (for fishing)
2004.164.1182Herring net on metal hoop with wooden handle
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
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).
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).
1000.12.1179Wooden buoys (lobster floats) and net floats on a rope
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, 4 wooden buoys (lobster floats) and 8 round net floats strung on a rope; all buoys are shaped like clubs with a hole to attach a rope on one end. all net floats are shaped like beads with a hole through the center. one buoy has carved initials WFS and is 12.5" L x 4" W x 1.5" H; one buoy has carved initial X and is 13.5" L x 3" W x 2.75" H; the other two buoys have no marks and are 10.5" L x 3.5" W x 2" H, and 12" L x 4" W x 2.5" H. the eight round net floats are varying sizes round and oval, from 3" L to 5" L
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Fishing gear, 4 wooden buoys (lobster floats) and 8 round net floats strung on a rope; all buoys are shaped like clubs with a hole to attach a rope on one end. all net floats are shaped like beads with a hole through the center. one buoy has carved initials WFS and is 12.5" L x 4" W x 1.5" H; one buoy has carved initial X and is 13.5" L x 3" W x 2.75" H; the other two buoys have no marks and are 10.5" L x 3.5" W x 2" H, and 12" L x 4" W x 2.5" H. the eight round net floats are varying sizes round and oval, from 3" L to 5" L [show more]
1000.0.1225Large fishing handline with weights on wood frame
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, large handline with weights, wrapped around a wooden frame
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Fishing gear, large handline with weights, wrapped around a wooden frame
1000.0.1256Buoy (lobster float), white & green
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishng equipment, buoy (lobster float), white & green
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Fishng equipment, buoy (lobster float), white & green
1000.0.1252Fishing line weight
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, fishing line weight 2.5"
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Fishing gear, fishing line weight 2.5"
1000.0.1279Fishing hand line spool
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, fishing hand line spool, 13.5", with 2 rungs
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Fishing gear, fishing hand line spool, 13.5", with 2 rungs
1000.0.1278Fishing hand line spool
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, fishing hand line spool, 14", with 3 rungs
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Fishing gear, fishing hand line spool, 14", with 3 rungs
2013.222.1882Wooden and foam lobster buoys on a rope
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, 3 wooden and 5 foam buoys (lobster floats), strung on a rope; wooden buoys: a) bullet shape with white bottom and orange top, hole on top for handle, hole through bottom body for trap rope, 18.5" L x 4" W x 4" D; b) bullet shape with blotches of white, green, and yellow all over the body and handle, branded with "98?????" carved letters ?VV, on the another side carved letters "?ILLE", on another side carved letters "SOW??I?", with black rubber strip tacked on two opposite sides to make a loop for attaching trap rope, 25" L x 5.5" W x 4.5" D; c) log shape with white bottom and orange top and handle branded with "PL ?UNKER" and "BU???R" with canvas strip tacked on the flat bottom to make aloop for attaching trap rope, but broke so a rubber stip was tacked on top of it for the same purpose, 17" L x 7.5" W x 6.25" D; (and 5 foam floats removed for display outside Shaw cabin 2015)
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Fishing gear, 3 wooden and 5 foam buoys (lobster floats), strung on a rope; wooden buoys: a) bullet shape with white bottom and orange top, hole on top for handle, hole through bottom body for trap rope, 18.5" L x 4" W x 4" D; b) bullet shape with blotches of white, green, and yellow all over the body and handle, branded with "98?????" carved letters ?VV, on the another side carved letters "?ILLE", on another side carved letters "SOW??I?", with black rubber strip tacked on two opposite sides to make a loop for attaching trap rope, 25" L x 5.5" W x 4.5" D; c) log shape with white bottom and orange top and handle branded with "PL ?UNKER" and "BU???R" with canvas strip tacked on the flat bottom to make aloop for attaching trap rope, but broke so a rubber stip was tacked on top of it for the same purpose, 17" L x 7.5" W x 6.25" D; (and 5 foam floats removed for display outside Shaw cabin 2015) [show more]
2016.355.2120Wooden buoys and decoys, some from 1920s
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Buoy
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Buoys and decoys. Collection of 10 wooden buoys of various shapes and sizes, and two wooden decoys. 1. Blue and white fish-shaped wooden buoy with Richmond name on it. LHA 7519. 2. White, wooden with EW carved onto small piece of wood affixed to buoy (perhaps Edgar White). Hole for handle but handle is missing. 3. Black, yellow, and red bottom, wood, with Numbers 360 or 9 with rubber strap on end. Log with flat bottom. W. Bracy carved, ca. 1920s 4. Mushroom shape, no handle with EN White 1442 with iron ring. See the other "White" above and below. White fished 1930s to 1960s 5. Red bullet shaped, wooden with wooden handle. Branded on it C. Alley, 967 and 805 and 7193; (The name Richman is written on masking tape affixed to buoy.) 6. Red, yellow, and black, wooden handle and rubber strap, Part of last name or complete last name is 'Auy'. Red black yellow chipped paint, with rubber or leather strap and handle broken off, long crack. Has a number on it. 7872 branded on it. 7. Wood, white, mushroom shape with half black handle. "1442" and "N White", with iron ring on base. Perhaps turned on a lathe. Unusual. See the other "White" buoy. 8-10 Three buoys tied together: Blue and white, fish shaped, with Richardson 900. 11. Decoys. Wood with post on one end (neck) and B.S. carved on body. B.S. could indicate Bert Stanley or Boynton Stanley, perhaps gift of Jim Bradley - flat bottom, twine attached to each end to connect to other decoys. (See also 1000.0.1296 primitive decoys in museum.)
Description:
Buoys and decoys. Collection of 10 wooden buoys of various shapes and sizes, and two wooden decoys. 1. Blue and white fish-shaped wooden buoy with Richmond name on it. LHA 7519. 2. White, wooden with EW carved onto small piece of wood affixed to buoy (perhaps Edgar White). Hole for handle but handle is missing. 3. Black, yellow, and red bottom, wood, with Numbers 360 or 9 with rubber strap on end. Log with flat bottom. W. Bracy carved, ca. 1920s 4. Mushroom shape, no handle with EN White 1442 with iron ring. See the other "White" above and below. White fished 1930s to 1960s 5. Red bullet shaped, wooden with wooden handle. Branded on it C. Alley, 967 and 805 and 7193; (The name Richman is written on masking tape affixed to buoy.) 6. Red, yellow, and black, wooden handle and rubber strap, Part of last name or complete last name is 'Auy'. Red black yellow chipped paint, with rubber or leather strap and handle broken off, long crack. Has a number on it. 7872 branded on it. 7. Wood, white, mushroom shape with half black handle. "1442" and "N White", with iron ring on base. Perhaps turned on a lathe. Unusual. See the other "White" buoy. 8-10 Three buoys tied together: Blue and white, fish shaped, with Richardson 900. 11. Decoys. Wood with post on one end (neck) and B.S. carved on body. B.S. could indicate Bert Stanley or Boynton Stanley, perhaps gift of Jim Bradley - flat bottom, twine attached to each end to connect to other decoys. (See also 1000.0.1296 primitive decoys in museum.) [show more]
1000.0.1224Large fishing hand line with weights with wood frame
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Fishing gear, large fishing hand line with weights, wrapped around a wooden frame
Description:
Fishing gear, large fishing hand line with weights, wrapped around a wooden frame