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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 1000.0.569 | "Cranberry Tales" by LaRue Spiker 1971 |
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| Newspaper complete page, Ellsworth American 1 Jul 1971, "Cranberry Tales" by LaRue Spiker. About the Hadlock family, Capt. Sam Hadlock, Jr., with photos of Arthur Spurling, the old Ben Spurling house, Islesford Museum, Old Wm. Preble House, Church. | 
Description: Newspaper complete page, Ellsworth American 1 Jul 1971, "Cranberry Tales" by LaRue Spiker. About the Hadlock family, Capt. Sam Hadlock, Jr., with photos of Arthur Spurling, the old Ben Spurling house, Islesford Museum, Old Wm. Preble House, Church. |
| 1000.0.1025 | Ice Harvesting on Cranberry Island |
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| Exhibit. Previously used museum display about Ice Harvesting on Cranberry Island. Included in the publication "A Day on an Ice-Field" by Alvaro Adsitt. | 
Description: Exhibit. Previously used museum display about Ice Harvesting on Cranberry Island. Included in the publication "A Day on an Ice-Field" by Alvaro Adsitt. |
| 2022.601.3094 | Comprehensive Plan Update for Cranberry Isles |
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| A letter sent to the people of Cranberry Isles informing them of what happens to their trash, and encouraging the townspeople to cut down on trash. | 
Description: A letter sent to the people of Cranberry Isles informing them of what happens to their trash, and encouraging the townspeople to cut down on trash. |
| 2014.575.3067 | Fiftieth Anniversary of the Livermore Falls Trust Company booklet with a letter hidden inside. |
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| Fiftieth Anniversary of the Livermore Fall Trust Company. This booklet has a hidden letter inside of it for a man names Clayton. This letter may have been written by Louis McSorley. This letter is basically catching Clayton on the life of the author who wrote the letter. It doesn't seem as though the letter was ever sent, or even finished. | 
Description: Fiftieth Anniversary of the Livermore Fall Trust Company. This booklet has a hidden letter inside of it for a man names Clayton. This letter may have been written by Louis McSorley. This letter is basically catching Clayton on the life of the author who wrote the letter. It doesn't seem as though the letter was ever sent, or even finished. |
| 2002.44.203 | Tidal Press logo |
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| Letter and envelope, both blank, with logo of The Tidal Press | 
Description: Letter and envelope, both blank, with logo of The Tidal Press |
| 2000.233.198 | Brochure re: Smart Studio |
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| Brochure, advertising the Smart Studio in Northeast Harbor. Wini Smart was GCIHS founding member and local artist. |
Description: Brochure, advertising the Smart Studio in Northeast Harbor. Wini Smart was GCIHS founding member and local artist. |
| 2018.416.2788 | Blank form for ship's protest |
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| Blank form: Public Instrument of Protest (Benjamin Benson Notary for Town of Tremont) wherein shipwreck/damaged cargo would described. | 
Description: Blank form: Public Instrument of Protest (Benjamin Benson Notary for Town of Tremont) wherein shipwreck/damaged cargo would described. |
| 2002.20.1243 | Shoemaker's last |
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| Tool, Shoemaker's Last used to make and mend shoes. Found in the old Lewis Ladd barn, a.k.a. Spurling home, and Freeman home (across from donor's home). Lewis Ladd died in 1912 at 88 years old. | 
Description: Tool, Shoemaker's Last used to make and mend shoes. Found in the old Lewis Ladd barn, a.k.a. Spurling home, and Freeman home (across from donor's home). Lewis Ladd died in 1912 at 88 years old. |
| 2002.20.1244 | Shoemaker's last |
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| Shoemaker's Last used in making and mending shoes. Found in the old Lewis Ladd barn, a.k.a. Spurling home, and Freeman home (across from donor's home). Lewis Ladd died in 1912 at 88 years old. | 
Description: Shoemaker's Last used in making and mending shoes. Found in the old Lewis Ladd barn, a.k.a. Spurling home, and Freeman home (across from donor's home). Lewis Ladd died in 1912 at 88 years old. |
| 2002.20.1240 | Shoemaker's last, approx. 6" |
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| Tool, Shoemaker's Last, approx. 6". Found in the old Lewis Ladd barn, a.k.a. Spurling home, and Freeman home (across from donor's home). Lewis Ladd died in 1912 at 88 years old. (See also items 1240-1245.) | 
Description: Tool, Shoemaker's Last, approx. 6". Found in the old Lewis Ladd barn, a.k.a. Spurling home, and Freeman home (across from donor's home). Lewis Ladd died in 1912 at 88 years old. (See also items 1240-1245.) |
| 2002.20.1245 | Shoemaker's lasts with cast iron support post |
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| Two Shoemaker's Lasts with cast iron post to support lasts as cobbler works on them (one 9" and one 5"). Found in the old Lewis Ladd barn, a.k.a. Spurling home, and Freeman home (across from donor's home). Lewis Ladd died in 1912 at 88 years old. | 
Description: Two Shoemaker's Lasts with cast iron post to support lasts as cobbler works on them (one 9" and one 5"). Found in the old Lewis Ladd barn, a.k.a. Spurling home, and Freeman home (across from donor's home). Lewis Ladd died in 1912 at 88 years old. |
| 2002.20.1241 | Shoemaker's hammer |
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| Tool. Shoemaker's hammer 8.5". See also 2002.20.42 patent for this type of hammer. Hammer recovered from Captain Bert's house - Bert Spurling, a.k.a. Freeman home (across from donor's home). (This is the same house where the shoe lasts were found - see items 1240, 1242-1245.) | 
Description: Tool. Shoemaker's hammer 8.5". See also 2002.20.42 patent for this type of hammer. Hammer recovered from Captain Bert's house - Bert Spurling, a.k.a. Freeman home (across from donor's home). (This is the same house where the shoe lasts were found - see items 1240, 1242-1245.) |
| 1000.116.1123 | Part of a balance weighing scale |
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| Scale, the arms part of a balance weighing scale. Item was dug up close to Mickey Macfarlan's shed (the old Post Office in Preble's time) ca. 1970 | 
Description: Scale, the arms part of a balance weighing scale. Item was dug up close to Mickey Macfarlan's shed (the old Post Office in Preble's time) ca. 1970 |
| 2003.81.578 | French fashion poster |
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| Print, French fashions, dog with woman wearing bustle and fancy hat, hand-colored blue and gold in spots |
Description: Print, French fashions, dog with woman wearing bustle and fancy hat, hand-colored blue and gold in spots |
| 2003.71.618 | Letter re: business venture |
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| Document, handwritten letter, 1 sheet, 2 sides, letter from Charles D. McDonald, Custom House, Ellsworth, to William P Preble, sending Preble item 617 (a copy of the rejection of his application) and explaining what it means and how to get around the rejection. Items 617 & 618 are a pair. Transcribed. | 
Description: Document, handwritten letter, 1 sheet, 2 sides, letter from Charles D. McDonald, Custom House, Ellsworth, to William P Preble, sending Preble item 617 (a copy of the rejection of his application) and explaining what it means and how to get around the rejection. Items 617 & 618 are a pair. Transcribed. |
| 2003.81.581 | French fashion poster |
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| Print, Franch fashions, "Godey's Americanized Paris Fashions" 1 Oct 1849, two girls and two boys wearing coats, playing Blind Man's Buff, hand-colored gold in spots |
Description: Print, Franch fashions, "Godey's Americanized Paris Fashions" 1 Oct 1849, two girls and two boys wearing coats, playing Blind Man's Buff, hand-colored gold in spots |
