Catalogue #	Title	Type	Subject	Description
1000.0.1647	Norman and Herman Savage and Karl Wedge boats	Image, Photograph	Vessels, Boat	Photo, 3 boats - Norman's boat is on the right, center boat is Herman Savage and Karl Wedge's boat is on the left.	Norman and Herman Savage and Karl Wedge boats Catalogue #: 1000.0.1647    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Vessels, Boat Materials: Paper Description: Photo, 3 boats - Norman's boat is on the right, center boat is Herman Savage and Karl Wedge's boat is on the left.
1000.0.336	Bunker Boatyard check	Document, Financial, Financial Records	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business	Check, blank, from Bunker Boatyard, Charles E. Rice, Eugene R. MacAllister, Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co.	Bunker Boatyard check Catalogue #: 1000.0.336    Type: Document, Financial, Financial Records Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Materials: Paper Description: Check, blank, from Bunker Boatyard, Charles E. Rice, Eugene R. MacAllister, Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co.
1000.171.1233	Smelting ladle with spout	Object, Metalworking, Foundry Ladle	Businesses, Blacksmith Business Businesses, Farming	Smelting ladle with spout, for melting and poring molten lead	Smelting ladle with spout Catalogue #: 1000.171.1233    Type: Object, Metalworking, Foundry Ladle Subject: Businesses, Blacksmith Business Businesses, Farming Materials: Metal Description: Smelting ladle with spout, for melting and poring molten lead
2011.163.1390	Mail Boat ticket	Object, Ticket	Businesses, Ferry Service	Ticket, Mail Boat, 10-Trips for $5, all punched out (used). Polly said while donating it, "An example of the 'Good Old Days.'"	Mail Boat ticket Catalogue #: 2011.163.1390    Type: Object, Ticket Subject: Businesses, Ferry Service Materials: Paper Description: Ticket, Mail Boat, 10-Trips for $5, all punched out (used). Polly said while donating it, "An example of the 'Good Old Days.'"
2002.20.1243	Shoemaker's last	Object, Last, Shoe Last	Businesses, Other Business, Shoemaking Business	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.	Shoemaker's last Catalogue #: 2002.20.1243    Type: Object, Last, Shoe Last Subject: Businesses, Other Business, Shoemaking Business Materials: Metal Size: 7.5" 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	Object, Last, Shoe Last	Businesses, Other Business, Shoemaking Business	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.	Shoemaker's last Catalogue #: 2002.20.1244    Type: Object, Last, Shoe Last Subject: Businesses, Other Business, Shoemaking Business Materials: Metal Size: 9" 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"	Object, Last, Shoe Last	Businesses, Other Business, Shoemaking Business	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.)	Shoemaker's last, approx. 6" Catalogue #: 2002.20.1240    Type: Object, Last, Shoe Last Subject: Businesses, Other Business, Shoemaking Business 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	Object, Last, Shoe Last	Businesses, Other Business, Shoemaking Business	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.	Shoemaker's lasts with cast iron support post Catalogue #: 2002.20.1245    Type: Object, Last, Shoe Last Subject: Businesses, Other Business, Shoemaking Business Materials: Metal Size: 9" 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	Object, Leatherworking Hammer, Shoemaker's Hammer	Businesses, Other Business, Shoemaking Business	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.)	Shoemaker's hammer Catalogue #: 2002.20.1241    Type: Object, Leatherworking Hammer, Shoemaker's Hammer Subject: Businesses, Other Business, Shoemaking Business Materials: Metal 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.)
1000.0.1277	Boatbuilding 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"
1000.174.1236	Boat 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 (?)
1000.154.1122	Gouge 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
1000.0.850	"Island writer reels in the lore of fishing" by Carl Little 1926	Publication, Clipping	People	Newspaper clipping, "Island writer reels in the lore of fishing" by Carl Little, Bar Harbor Times, 21 Nov 1996: about John McDonald of NYC, who summered on GCI in the small white house opposite the Preble house. He wrote several important books about angling, as well as "My Years With General Motors by Alfred Sloan." (Scanned, clear copy also made.)	"Island writer reels in the lore of fishing" by Carl Little 1926 Catalogue #: 1000.0.850    Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: People Description: Newspaper clipping, "Island writer reels in the lore of fishing" by Carl Little, Bar Harbor Times, 21 Nov 1996: about John McDonald of NYC, who summered on GCI in the small white house opposite the Preble house. He wrote several important books about angling, as well as "My Years With General Motors by Alfred Sloan." (Scanned, clear copy also made.)
2004.107.766	Transcript and documents for "Fishing with Junior Bracy"	Document, Other Documents, GCIHS Collection Records	People	Documents about our video "Fishing with Junior Bracy": transcript (29 pages), questions to ask (2 pages), dialog (5 pages).	Transcript and documents for "Fishing with Junior Bracy" Catalogue #: 2004.107.766    Type: Document, Other Documents, GCIHS Collection Records Subject: People Materials: Paper Description: Documents about our video "Fishing with Junior Bracy": transcript (29 pages), questions to ask (2 pages), dialog (5 pages).
2015.313.2073	Scans of slides from Charles 'Chip' Sheppard 1940s-1950s	Image, Photograph	People Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Vessels, Ship	Photographs. Digital copies of 41 color slides made in April 2015. They were loaned to Phil Whitney by Charles 'Chip' Sheppard following Phil Whitney's interview of him in Pennsylvania December 2014. Some slides are undated and some noted in ballpoint pen as years: 1947, 1948, 1950 and 1952. An e-mail from Melen Boothby identified Slide 296, taken in August of 1950, as "shot from my grandparents' house near Thrumcap and shows the wreck of a Canadian lumber schooner that ran aground during a storm in the '30s. Apparently people on the island were told to help themselves to the lumber as the ship wasn't going anywhere!" (Not sure if this means 1830s or 1930s?) Slides were scanned and returned to donor. Scenery, family and friends: Carl and Winston Sheppard's boat Kiri III, a B class Boat (slide 379); Emerson Ham (slide 38); fishing weir (slide 386); fishing, picnic, old cars, docks, and a blue lobster.	Scans of slides from Charles 'Chip' Sheppard 1940s-1950s Catalogue #: 2015.313.2073    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Vessels, Ship Materials: Digital Description: Photographs. Digital copies of 41 color slides made in April 2015. They were loaned to Phil Whitney by Charles 'Chip' Sheppard following Phil Whitney's interview of him in Pennsylvania December 2014. Some slides are undated and some noted in ballpoint pen as years: 1947, 1948, 1950 and 1952. An e-mail from Melen Boothby identified Slide 296, taken in August of 1950, as "shot from my grandparents' house near Thrumcap and shows the wreck of a Canadian lumber schooner that ran aground during a storm in the '30s. Apparently people on the island were told to help themselves to the lumber as the ship wasn't going anywhere!" (Not sure if this means 1830s or 1930s?) Slides were scanned and returned to donor. Scenery, family and friends: Carl and Winston Sheppard's boat Kiri III, a B class Boat (slide 379); Emerson Ham (slide 38); fishing weir (slide 386); fishing, picnic, old cars, docks, and a blue lobster. [show more]
2012.210.1790	Nathan Rome with large cod 1958	Image, Photograph	Nature, Animals, Fish People	Photo, Back from deep sea fishing. Nathan Rome with largest catch by Jud (Reed ?)- a cod. Wilbur Reed and unidentified children looking on - Cranberry Isles, Maine (circa summer 1958)	Nathan Rome with large cod 1958 Catalogue #: 2012.210.1790    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Nature, Animals, Fish People Description: Photo, Back from deep sea fishing. Nathan Rome with largest catch by Jud (Reed ?)- a cod. Wilbur Reed and unidentified children looking on - Cranberry Isles, Maine (circa summer 1958)
2011.158.1389	Heck of a Halibut, article 2004; Bracy's 200-pound halibut	Publication, Clipping	Nature, Animals, Fish People	Newspaper clipping, Mount Desert Islander, 17 Jun 2004, "Heck of a Halibut... Cranberry Isles fisherman Junior Bracy caught this nearly 200-pound halibut while out fishing off Duck Island on June 7. It dressed out at 154 pounds. Mr. Bracy and his sternman, son Scott, are third and fourth generation fishermen from Cranberry Island."	Heck of a Halibut, article 2004; Bracy's 200-pound halibut Catalogue #: 2011.158.1389    Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Nature, Animals, Fish People Description: Newspaper clipping, Mount Desert Islander, 17 Jun 2004, "Heck of a Halibut... Cranberry Isles fisherman Junior Bracy caught this nearly 200-pound halibut while out fishing off Duck Island on June 7. It dressed out at 154 pounds. Mr. Bracy and his sternman, son Scott, are third and fourth generation fishermen from Cranberry Island."
2012.210.1791	Reeds and Romes back from deep sea fishing 1958	Image, Photograph	People Vessels, Boat	Photo, Judson Reed, David Rome, Ruth Reed, Nathan Rome and Daniel Rome back from deep sea fishing -Cranberry Isles, Maine- Summer 1958	Reeds and Romes back from deep sea fishing 1958 Catalogue #: 2012.210.1791    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Vessels, Boat Description: Photo, Judson Reed, David Rome, Ruth Reed, Nathan Rome and Daniel Rome back from deep sea fishing -Cranberry Isles, Maine- Summer 1958
2012.210.1792	Back from deep sea fishing 1958	Image, Photograph	People Vessels, Boat	Photo, Back from deep sea fishing - Cranberry Isles, Maine-Summer 1958	Back from deep sea fishing 1958 Catalogue #: 2012.210.1792    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Vessels, Boat Description: Photo, Back from deep sea fishing - Cranberry Isles, Maine-Summer 1958
2001.39.297	Ledger with records of fishing Schooner Rozella	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger	Businesses, Fishery Business Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Ledger, Pocket, with records of work, fishing, cleaning fish, fish shares sold from Schooner Rozella, found in Bob LaHotan's barn, and probably kept by Enoch Stanley	Ledger with records of fishing Schooner Rozella Catalogue #: 2001.39.297    Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Enoch Stanley Materials: Paper Description: Ledger, Pocket, with records of work, fishing, cleaning fish, fish shares sold from Schooner Rozella, found in Bob LaHotan's barn, and probably kept by Enoch Stanley
2013.221.1877	Glass float from herring fishing net	Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment	Businesses, Fishery Business	Fishing gear, glass float, round, aqua colored, with pontil mark (where glass was blown, then removed from pipe), fully enclosed in a stout twine net (with unusually wide openings) which would be attached to the edge of a herring net	Glass float from herring fishing net Catalogue #: 2013.221.1877    Type: Object, Fishing, Fishing Equipment Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Materials: Glass Size: 6.5" diam Description: Fishing gear, glass float, round, aqua colored, with pontil mark (where glass was blown, then removed from pipe), fully enclosed in a stout twine net (with unusually wide openings) which would be attached to the edge of a herring net
1000.5.74	Herman Savage carves boats for many mantles 1980	Publication, Clipping	People	Newspaper clipping, "Cranberry Island model maker carves boats for many mantles", Bar Harbor Times, 17 Jul 1980, about Herman Savage	Herman Savage carves boats for many mantles 1980 Catalogue #: 1000.5.74    Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: People Description: Newspaper clipping, "Cranberry Island model maker carves boats for many mantles", Bar Harbor Times, 17 Jul 1980, about Herman Savage
1000.28.401	"Shark bites boat" 1955	Publication, Clipping	Events	Newspaper clipping, 5 Aug 1955, "Shark bites boat" (see items 400-406)	"Shark bites boat" 1955 Catalogue #: 1000.28.401    Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Events Description: Newspaper clipping, 5 Aug 1955, "Shark bites boat" (see items 400-406)
1000.0.916	Sketch of Rachel Field's house	Image, Art, Drawing	People Places	Sketch of Rachel Field's house on Sutton Island	Sketch of Rachel Field's house Catalogue #: 1000.0.916    Type: Image, Art, Drawing Subject: People Places Materials: Paper Description: Sketch of Rachel Field's house on Sutton Island
1000.28.403	Shark hanging at GCI dock	Image, Photograph	Nature, Animals, Fish Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock	Photo, 8" x 10", dead shark hanging at dock on Great Cranberry Island (see items 400-406)	Shark hanging at GCI dock Catalogue #: 1000.28.403    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Nature, Animals, Fish Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Materials: Paper Description: Photo, 8" x 10", dead shark hanging at dock on Great Cranberry Island (see items 400-406)

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