Catalogue #	Title	Type	Subject	Description
1000.0.1306	Metal colander	Object, Food Separating Tool, Kitchen Strainer	Other, Culinary	Tool, kitchen, metal colander, strainer	Metal colander Catalogue #: 1000.0.1306    Type: Object, Food Separating Tool, Kitchen Strainer Subject: Other, Culinary Description: Tool, kitchen, metal colander, strainer
2013.214.1916	Large pulley with metal hook	Object, Mechanical, Pulley	Object, Other Object	Tool, large pulley with metal hook	Large pulley with metal hook Catalogue #: 2013.214.1916    Type: Object, Mechanical, Pulley Subject: Object, Other Object Size: 13" L x 4.25" W x 3" D Description: Tool, large pulley with metal hook
2013.262.1994	Sailmakers thimble or net mender	Object, Thimble	Businesses, Fishery Business	Boat tools. Sailmakers thimble (a.k.a. net mender per donor), leather and metal with star on thimble. Thumb slips through hole and metal thimble is used to push needle through dense material.	Sailmakers thimble or net mender Catalogue #: 2013.262.1994    Type: Object, Thimble Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Materials: Leather Size: 5" L x 1.5" W x 2" H Description: Boat tools. Sailmakers thimble (a.k.a. net mender per donor), leather and metal with star on thimble. Thumb slips through hole and metal thimble is used to push needle through dense material.
2016.372.2136	Circular wooden sieve	Object, Food Separating Tool, Kitchen Strainer	Businesses, Farming	Kitchen/Farm. Circular wooden sieve with metal screen, iron handle, and side hooks for winnowing beans from the husks. Gaile Colby recalls her aunt "winnowing in the wind."	Circular wooden sieve Catalogue #: 2016.372.2136    Type: Object, Food Separating Tool, Kitchen Strainer Subject: Businesses, Farming Materials: Wood Size: 14" diam x 4 1/2" H Description: Kitchen/Farm. Circular wooden sieve with metal screen, iron handle, and side hooks for winnowing beans from the husks. Gaile Colby recalls her aunt "winnowing in the wind."
2015.306.2065	Butter churn	Object, Dairy Tool, Butter Worker		Butter churn (a.k.a. box or barrel churn), wooden with red stenciled lettering "No. 3 Improved" and faded red stenciled cow on one side of barrel. Red stenciled lettering "Boston, Amesplu_ _ _, New York" on the other side. Wood and steel handle on one side turns the slatted wooden paddle wheel inside. (B) Wooden spatula. Wooden top. Probably late 19th century. "It was small enough to stand on a table; used for small-scale production of butter in a farmhouse dairy. It would about 70 pints of mile to produce enough cream to make just 18 oz (500gms) of butter. Complete with interior paddle wheel to agitate cream, lid, peg for the drain hole, and handle to rotate paddle wheel. The cream was poured into the opening at the top of the barrel and the handle turned. This would rotate the slatted wooden panels and agitate the cream. There was a small inspection hole in the top of the lid to allow the operator to check the progress of the butter without opening the churn. It would take about an hour and a half to turn the cream to butter. The whey was poured off and either drunk or used as pig food. The butter was then removed from the churn and was washed repeatedly in cold water. It was then beaten with wooden butter beaters or kneaded by hand to remove the excess moisture." http://www.objectlessons.org/work-and-innovation-victorians/barrel-butter-churn-victorian-original/s64/a930/	Butter churn Catalogue #: 2015.306.2065    Type: Object, Dairy Tool, Butter Worker Size: 15" diameter, 17" high Description: Butter churn (a.k.a. box or barrel churn), wooden with red stenciled lettering "No. 3 Improved" and faded red stenciled cow on one side of barrel. Red stenciled lettering "Boston, Amesplu_ _ _, New York" on the other side. Wood and steel handle on one side turns the slatted wooden paddle wheel inside. (B) Wooden spatula. Wooden top. Probably late 19th century. "It was small enough to stand on a table; used for small-scale production of butter in a farmhouse dairy. It would about 70 pints of mile to produce enough cream to make just 18 oz (500gms) of butter. Complete with interior paddle wheel to agitate cream, lid, peg for the drain hole, and handle to rotate paddle wheel. The cream was poured into the opening at the top of the barrel and the handle turned. This would rotate the slatted wooden panels and agitate the cream. There was a small inspection hole in the top of the lid to allow the operator to check the progress of the butter without opening the churn. It would take about an hour and a half to turn the cream to butter. The whey was poured off and either drunk or used as pig food. The butter was then removed from the churn and was washed repeatedly in cold water. It was then beaten with wooden butter beaters or kneaded by hand to remove the excess moisture." http://www.objectlessons.org/work-and-innovation-victorians/barrel-butter-churn-victorian-original/s64/a930/ [show more]
2014.302.2058	Table	Object, Furnishings, Table	Object, Other Object	Table. Wicker, circular, beige; and table cloth: white with sunflower border.	Table Catalogue #: 2014.302.2058    Type: Object, Furnishings, Table Subject: Object, Other Object Size: 24" H x 24" diameter Description: Table. Wicker, circular, beige; and table cloth: white with sunflower border.
2013.227.1317	School desk wood and cast iron	Object, Furnishings, Desk	Organizations, School Institution	Desk, school, wood and cast iron, marked "SCHOOL FURNITURE CO" and "1, PAYNO, G35887, PAT. PDG"	School desk wood and cast iron Catalogue #: 2013.227.1317    Type: Object, Furnishings, Desk Subject: Organizations, School Institution Materials: Metal Description: Desk, school, wood and cast iron, marked "SCHOOL FURNITURE CO" and "1, PAYNO, G35887, PAT. PDG"
2013.228.1370	Sitz Bath that belonged to Moorfield Storey	Object, Plumbing Fixture, Bathtub, Sitz Bath	Object, Other Object	Furniture. Sitz Bath 27" diameter; belonged to Moorfield Storey	Sitz Bath that belonged to Moorfield Storey Catalogue #: 2013.228.1370    Type: Object, Plumbing Fixture, Bathtub, Sitz Bath Subject: Object, Other Object Materials: Metal Size: 27" diam, 22" H Description: Furniture. Sitz Bath 27" diameter; belonged to Moorfield Storey
2017.382.2156	Wooden commode	Object, Furnishings, Chair, Commode Chair	Structures, Dwellings, House	Wooden commode (potty seat/toilet chair) with lid. One of several items from donors in summer 2016 prior to selling their house on The Lane, GCI. Many items pertain to the Lulu Alley family. Items were in the house when donor's parents, June and Ed Sampson, bought the house from Lulu in November 1969. The house was built for Lulu Steele when she married Lewis Alley 1914(?); Lulu died in 2004. House is said to be a ca. 1914 Sears Roebuck modular home, similar to several others on GCI. The garage on the property was built by Mike Westphal in the 1980s. Big cook stove in kitchen is original. It was the only heat and only stove in the house originally. Rocking chair in house is original. Kitchen cabinetry on right of sink is original. Woodstove in the living room is 1973.	Wooden commode Catalogue #: 2017.382.2156    Type: Object, Furnishings, Chair, Commode Chair Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Materials: Wood Description: Wooden commode (potty seat/toilet chair) with lid. One of several items from donors in summer 2016 prior to selling their house on The Lane, GCI. Many items pertain to the Lulu Alley family. Items were in the house when donor's parents, June and Ed Sampson, bought the house from Lulu in November 1969. The house was built for Lulu Steele when she married Lewis Alley 1914(?); Lulu died in 2004. House is said to be a ca. 1914 Sears Roebuck modular home, similar to several others on GCI. The garage on the property was built by Mike Westphal in the 1980s. Big cook stove in kitchen is original. It was the only heat and only stove in the house originally. Rocking chair in house is original. Kitchen cabinetry on right of sink is original. Woodstove in the living room is 1973. [show more]
2013.252.2002	Trinkets recovered from Parsonage wall during remodeling 2013	Object, Other Object, Collection	Structures, Dwellings, House	Trinkets or toys. Collection of four small, wooden items recovered from the debris of the wall from the north-facing fireplace along with four concealed shoes (2013.252.1979) during the 2013 remodeling of the Great Cranberry Congregational Church parsonage house (177 Cranberry Road). Miniature boat hull: wood, 3 ¼" long x 1 and 1/8" wide x ½" deep; Spool: wood, 2" diameter x ½" thick; center hole is ½" diameter; Tube: wood, 1 ¾" wide x 2 ½" high, with ½" diameter hole drilled through center; Semi-circle: wood, 5 ½" long x 2 ¾" wide x ¼" thick with black, stamped letters: 'SCHUYKILL LEAD C[?] EXTRA'; half of a circular lid with a hole in the center.The shoes and wooden trinkets would have been intentionally concealed between the stud wall and the brick of the fireplace on the first floor ca. 1840. These items were found under the demolition rubble against the inside of the stud wall that had surrounded the fireplace on the first floor when the chimney was being removed. The four shoes date stylistically to 1820-1830s, likely hidden inside the wall by Enoch Spurling's family when the house was constructed ca. 1840. The shoes and trinkets were repatriated to a spot 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 2013.252.1980 - remnants of shoes from the kitchen crawlspace; 2013.252.2000 - metal implements; 2013.252.2001 - wooden implements; and the report of parsonage house research - 2015.304.2062.)	Trinkets recovered from Parsonage wall during remodeling 2013 Catalogue #: 2013.252.2002    Type: Object, Other Object, Collection Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Materials: Wood Description: Trinkets or toys. Collection of four small, wooden items recovered from the debris of the wall from the north-facing fireplace along with four concealed shoes (2013.252.1979) during the 2013 remodeling of the Great Cranberry Congregational Church parsonage house (177 Cranberry Road). Miniature boat hull: wood, 3 ¼" long x 1 and 1/8" wide x ½" deep; Spool: wood, 2" diameter x ½" thick; center hole is ½" diameter; Tube: wood, 1 ¾" wide x 2 ½" high, with ½" diameter hole drilled through center; Semi-circle: wood, 5 ½" long x 2 ¾" wide x ¼" thick with black, stamped letters: 'SCHUYKILL LEAD C[?] EXTRA'; half of a circular lid with a hole in the center.The shoes and wooden trinkets would have been intentionally concealed between the stud wall and the brick of the fireplace on the first floor ca. 1840. These items were found under the demolition rubble against the inside of the stud wall that had surrounded the fireplace on the first floor when the chimney was being removed. The four shoes date stylistically to 1820-1830s, likely hidden inside the wall by Enoch Spurling's family when the house was constructed ca. 1840. The shoes and trinkets were repatriated to a spot 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 2013.252.1980 - remnants of shoes from the kitchen crawlspace; 2013.252.2000 - metal implements; 2013.252.2001 - wooden implements; and the report of parsonage house research - 2015.304.2062.) [show more]
2017.391.2167	Trailboard from sloop; Stanley cemetery post; powder horn	Object, Other Object, Collection	Places, Cemetery Places, Island Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Collection of three items. (A) Trailboard from a Friendship sloop. Letters visible: “BUILDER FRIENDSHIP, ME” on one side, and “WILBUR A. MORSE, BUILDER” on the other side. Carved with leaves and wavy line on both sides. Donor believes this could be the trailboard from one of Peter Richardson’s Friendship sloops. Richardson kept five Friendship sloops where Heliker LaHotan now stands (the old Stanley boatyard).(Trailboards are a pair of decorative boards at the bow of a sailboat, running from the figurehead back towards the hawsepipe.) (Measurements: 35"L x 6"H x 8.5"W)Note: On 10/14/16 Captain, historian, and boat builder Ralph Stanley visited GCIHS and commented on the trailboard. Ralph explained that donor's Friendship sloop, Old Baldy, was bought from its original owner; Kathy Newman owns it now. Jarvis Newman restored it. Stanley believes that the sloop that the trailboard came from was Little Flirt. (Apparently, the intended name was Alert, but William Doane Stanley had also named his boat Alert.) Eventually, Little Flirt had Sweet Pea painted on her stern. Whoever gave Lou Alert’s trailboard, likely found it in the field by Lewis Stanley’s boat yard (Ralph Stanley’s Uncle Lew) after the boat was destroyed and the ruins put in the field. He believes a full trailboard would have included the date made, 1904, and would have had an eagle’s head on the end. Ralph will check and see if Kathe Walton has the head.(B) Stanley cemetery wooden post. A broken post with carved top intact for exhibit purposes and for use as a model for new fence posts for the 2014 restored Stanley cemetery. (There are several more broken fence posts currently at the cemetery.) (Measurements: 41"L x 6" Diameter)(C) Powder horn from donor's family. Lovely, plain, unornamented horn which Donor used with her muzzle loading rifles and as a prop in a play. Has string attached by screw; two drilled holes; hollow. It was probably acquired in Ohio. No direct connection to GCI other than Lou Millar's use in her long and interesting life and it’s a neat artifact. (Measurements: 14.5"L x 3.5"H x 3"W)	Trailboard from sloop; Stanley cemetery post; powder horn Catalogue #: 2017.391.2167    Type: Object, Other Object, Collection Subject: Places, Cemetery Places, Island Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Materials: Wood Description: Collection of three items. (A) Trailboard from a Friendship sloop. Letters visible: “BUILDER FRIENDSHIP, ME” on one side, and “WILBUR A. MORSE, BUILDER” on the other side. Carved with leaves and wavy line on both sides. Donor believes this could be the trailboard from one of Peter Richardson’s Friendship sloops. Richardson kept five Friendship sloops where Heliker LaHotan now stands (the old Stanley boatyard).(Trailboards are a pair of decorative boards at the bow of a sailboat, running from the figurehead back towards the hawsepipe.) (Measurements: 35"L x 6"H x 8.5"W)Note: On 10/14/16 Captain, historian, and boat builder Ralph Stanley visited GCIHS and commented on the trailboard. Ralph explained that donor's Friendship sloop, Old Baldy, was bought from its original owner; Kathy Newman owns it now. Jarvis Newman restored it. Stanley believes that the sloop that the trailboard came from was Little Flirt. (Apparently, the intended name was Alert, but William Doane Stanley had also named his boat Alert.) Eventually, Little Flirt had Sweet Pea painted on her stern. Whoever gave Lou Alert’s trailboard, likely found it in the field by Lewis Stanley’s boat yard (Ralph Stanley’s Uncle Lew) after the boat was destroyed and the ruins put in the field. He believes a full trailboard would have included the date made, 1904, and would have had an eagle’s head on the end. Ralph will check and see if Kathe Walton has the head.(B) Stanley cemetery wooden post. A broken post with carved top intact for exhibit purposes and for use as a model for new fence posts for the 2014 restored Stanley cemetery. (There are several more broken fence posts currently at the cemetery.) (Measurements: 41"L x 6" Diameter)(C) Powder horn from donor's family. Lovely, plain, unornamented horn which Donor used with her muzzle loading rifles and as a prop in a play. Has string attached by screw; two drilled holes; hollow. It was probably acquired in Ohio. No direct connection to GCI other than Lou Millar's use in her long and interesting life and it’s a neat artifact. (Measurements: 14.5"L x 3.5"H x 3"W) [show more]
2017.382.2157	Large ceramic crock pot	Object, Containers	Other, Culinary	Large beige ceramic crock pot with lid. Exterior stamped with black circular logo: MOPOCO WARE 2.	Large ceramic crock pot Catalogue #: 2017.382.2157    Type: Object, Containers Subject: Other, Culinary Materials: Ceramic Size: 10" H x 9" diam. Description: Large beige ceramic crock pot with lid. Exterior stamped with black circular logo: MOPOCO WARE 2.
2005.113.1347	Croquet set	Object, Game	People Places, Camp	Games. Wooden Croquet set with case, from Bruce Komusin's parents' summer home on Long Island NY	Croquet set Catalogue #: 2005.113.1347    Type: Object, Game Subject: People Places, Camp Materials: Wood Description: Games. Wooden Croquet set with case, from Bruce Komusin's parents' summer home on Long Island NY
2013.242.1938	Walking stick	Object, Walking Stick	People	Cane. Wood, walking stick with knotted handle, smooth, sanded natural finish; small dark knots along its length. Made by Mickey Macfarlan (ca. 2010) from a sapling located on Mickey's property that had been tied into a knot by Sam Chapman at least 30 years ago. (Sam Chapman, GCI craftsman, died in 1971 at the age of 102.)	Walking stick Catalogue #: 2013.242.1938    Type: Object, Walking Stick Subject: People Materials: Wood Size: 38" L x 3" W at knob; 1 1/2" W shaft Description: Cane. Wood, walking stick with knotted handle, smooth, sanded natural finish; small dark knots along its length. Made by Mickey Macfarlan (ca. 2010) from a sapling located on Mickey's property that had been tied into a knot by Sam Chapman at least 30 years ago. (Sam Chapman, GCI craftsman, died in 1971 at the age of 102.)
1000.0.1304	Carved walking stick	Object, Walking Stick	Object, Art People	Artifact, carved walking stick made by Sam Chapman	Carved walking stick Catalogue #: 1000.0.1304    Type: Object, Walking Stick Subject: Object, Art People Creator: Sam Chapman Materials: Wood Description: Artifact, carved walking stick made by Sam Chapman
1000.0.1299	Apple peeler	Object, Food Cutting Tool	Other, Culinary	Tool, kitchen, apple peeler	Apple peeler Catalogue #: 1000.0.1299    Type: Object, Food Cutting Tool Subject: Other, Culinary Description: Tool, kitchen, apple peeler
2013.214.1905	Wooden wedge with handle, perhaps a basket splint gauge	Object, Other Object, Unknown Object	Object, Other Object	Tool, one-piece wooden wedge shape with handle, similar to a spatula or paddle, worn but not stained. Perhaps a basket splint gauge.	Wooden wedge with handle, perhaps a basket splint gauge Catalogue #: 2013.214.1905    Type: Object, Other Object, Unknown Object Subject: Object, Other Object Size: 8.75" L x 2.25" W x 1" H Description: Tool, one-piece wooden wedge shape with handle, similar to a spatula or paddle, worn but not stained. Perhaps a basket splint gauge.
2013.214.1868	Vintage mystery object/tool wood and leather	Object, Other Object, Unknown Object	Object, Other Object	Unknown object of unknown purpose, U-shaped wooden base; on top it has a wooden "handle" (perhaps) and a nail, and between those it is partially covered with leather rudely but securely tacked on; the leather has cut marks across it, and deep cuts along both sides	Vintage mystery object/tool wood and leather Catalogue #: 2013.214.1868    Type: Object, Other Object, Unknown Object Subject: Object, Other Object Materials: Wood Size: 13.25 L x 3" W x 2" H (base); 4" H including "handle" Description: Unknown object of unknown purpose, U-shaped wooden base; on top it has a wooden "handle" (perhaps) and a nail, and between those it is partially covered with leather rudely but securely tacked on; the leather has cut marks across it, and deep cuts along both sides
1000.0.1309	Taxidermist made Stuffed Pheasant	Object, Furnishings, Taxidermy Mount	Nature, Animals, Birds	Taxidermy, bird, stuffed pheasant, maker unknown	Taxidermist made Stuffed Pheasant Catalogue #: 1000.0.1309    Type: Object, Furnishings, Taxidermy Mount Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Materials: Wood Description: Taxidermy, bird, stuffed pheasant, maker unknown
1000.0.1286	Boatbuilding tool or garden weeder (unknown)	Object, Other Object, Unknown Object	Object, Other Object	Tool, boatbuilding tool or weeder for a garden?	Boatbuilding tool or garden weeder (unknown) Catalogue #: 1000.0.1286    Type: Object, Other Object, Unknown Object Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Tool, boatbuilding tool or weeder for a garden?
1000.0.1298	Wooden tool with eyelet (unknown)	Object, Other Object, Unknown Object	Object, Other Object	Tool, wooden tool with eyelet (unknown name)	Wooden tool with eyelet (unknown) Catalogue #: 1000.0.1298    Type: Object, Other Object, Unknown Object Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Tool, wooden tool with eyelet (unknown name)
1000.0.1288	Y-shaped tool with points on all three ends (unknown)	Object, Other Object, Unknown Object	Object, Other Object	Tool, Y-shaped with points on all three ends (unknown name)	Y-shaped tool with points on all three ends (unknown) Catalogue #: 1000.0.1288    Type: Object, Other Object, Unknown Object Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Tool, Y-shaped with points on all three ends (unknown name)
1000.0.1290	Wood tamper or sewing needle (unknown)	Object, Other Object, Unknown Object	Object, Other Object	Tool, wooden tamper (if held on thin end) or sewing needle (if held on thick end)	Wood tamper or sewing needle (unknown) Catalogue #: 1000.0.1290    Type: Object, Other Object, Unknown Object Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Tool, wooden tamper (if held on thin end) or sewing needle (if held on thick end)
2012.13.1393	Scythe handle with two grippers but no blade	Object, Agricultural, Scythe	Businesses, Farming	Artifact, Wooden Scythe Handle with two grippers but no blade	Scythe handle with two grippers but no blade Catalogue #: 2012.13.1393    Type: Object, Agricultural, Scythe Subject: Businesses, Farming Description: Artifact, Wooden Scythe Handle with two grippers but no blade
1000.0.1323	Small cast iron clothes iron	Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories		Tool, clothes iron, small cast iron, with "6" molded into the handle. Wire mesh holder below.	Small cast iron clothes iron Catalogue #: 1000.0.1323    Type: Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories Description: Tool, clothes iron, small cast iron, with "6" molded into the handle. Wire mesh holder below.

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