Catalogue #	Title	Type	Subject	Description
1000.140.1138	Quilt from Preble house	Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt	Other, Textiles	Quilt. Known as a "crazy quilt", this quilt was recovered from the Preble house on GCI and is believed to be over 150 years old. Quilt is bordered in velvet with silk and other types of multi-colored, geometric and free-form fabric pieces and a wide variety of fancy stitching; reverse is green silk. The quilt has three sets of fancy-script initials in different areas interpreted as: "A" ; "J" or "T"; and "JSM". (See also quilt 2014.270.2007 from same location and donor.) (Note: Lynne Birlem (donor 343) has a very similar framed crazy quilt at her home that is from her great grandmother Hamor's house on GCI.)	Quilt from Preble house Catalogue #: 1000.140.1138    Type: Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt Subject: Other, Textiles Materials: Fabric Size: 60" W x 40" L Description: Quilt. Known as a "crazy quilt", this quilt was recovered from the Preble house on GCI and is believed to be over 150 years old. Quilt is bordered in velvet with silk and other types of multi-colored, geometric and free-form fabric pieces and a wide variety of fancy stitching; reverse is green silk. The quilt has three sets of fancy-script initials in different areas interpreted as: "A" ; "J" or "T"; and "JSM". (See also quilt 2014.270.2007 from same location and donor.) (Note: Lynne Birlem (donor 343) has a very similar framed crazy quilt at her home that is from her great grandmother Hamor's house on GCI.) [show more]
1000.0.1324	Model two miniature schooners in glass case	Object, Model	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Model, boat, miniature schooners (two) in glass case	Model two miniature schooners in glass case Catalogue #: 1000.0.1324    Type: Object, Model Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Materials: Wood Description: Model, boat, miniature schooners (two) in glass case
2013.214.1848	Model three-mast schooner made by George Savage	Object, Model	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Model,boat, three-masted schooner made by George Savage; black hull, red hull bottom and rudder, white deck and two cabins, green cabin roofs, four white cotton sails, three rope ladders on each side; very heavy, perhaps solid wood hull	Model three-mast schooner made by George Savage Catalogue #: 2013.214.1848    Type: Object, Model Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Materials: Wood Size: 44" L x 10" W x 31" H Description: Model,boat, three-masted schooner made by George Savage; black hull, red hull bottom and rudder, white deck and two cabins, green cabin roofs, four white cotton sails, three rope ladders on each side; very heavy, perhaps solid wood hull
1000.0.1303	Wrench	Object, Metalworking, Wrench	Object, Other Object	Artifact, wrench for opening boat hatches	Wrench Catalogue #: 1000.0.1303    Type: Object, Metalworking, Wrench Subject: Object, Other Object Materials: Metal Description: Artifact, wrench for opening boat hatches
2013.256.1986	Edgar 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.
1000.0.1300	Pulley with hook	Object, Mechanical, Pulley	Object, Other Object	Pulley, wood with metal hook	Pulley with hook Catalogue #: 1000.0.1300    Type: Object, Mechanical, Pulley Subject: Object, Other Object Materials: Vinyl Description: Pulley, wood with metal hook
1000.0.1310	Canada goose decoy	Object, Model	Nature, Animals, Birds	Decoy. Wood, Canada goose, written on bottom "LT WARD + BRO" and "Crisfield, MD"	Canada goose decoy Catalogue #: 1000.0.1310    Type: Object, Model Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Materials: Wood Description: Decoy. Wood, Canada goose, written on bottom "LT WARD + BRO" and "Crisfield, MD"
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
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
1000.0.1372	Eider duck decoy	Object, Model	Nature, Animals, Birds Recreation, Hunting	Eider duck decoy made by Wesley Bracy, Jr., carved on bottom "WB", written on bottom on paper labels "107"	Eider duck decoy Catalogue #: 1000.0.1372    Type: Object, Model Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Recreation, Hunting Materials: Wood Size: 16.5" Description: Eider duck decoy made by Wesley Bracy, Jr., carved on bottom "WB", written on bottom on paper labels "107"
1000.0.1296	Wood duck decoys carved BS and LCS	Object, Model	Nature, Animals, Birds Recreation, Hunting	Decoys. Collection of 2 wood duck decoys, very rustic, one with carved "BS", the other with carved "LCS". (See also two other primitive decoys with B.S. 2016.355.2120. (B.S. could indicate Bert or Boynton Stanley.)	Wood duck decoys carved BS and LCS Catalogue #: 1000.0.1296    Type: Object, Model Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Recreation, Hunting Description: Decoys. Collection of 2 wood duck decoys, very rustic, one with carved "BS", the other with carved "LCS". (See also two other primitive decoys with B.S. 2016.355.2120. (B.S. could indicate Bert or Boynton Stanley.)
1000.0.1292	Brass oar lock	Object, Water Transporation, Water Transportation Accessories	Object, Other Object	Boat hardware, brass oar lock	Brass oar lock Catalogue #: 1000.0.1292    Type: Object, Water Transporation, Water Transportation Accessories Subject: Object, Other Object Description: Boat hardware, brass oar lock
1000.153.1215	Small carved wooden box	Object, Containers	Businesses, Medical Business	Box, small wooden box carved from one piece of wood, and with separate sliding cover, for lancet 1000.153.1131	Small carved wooden box Catalogue #: 1000.153.1215    Type: Object, Containers Subject: Businesses, Medical Business Materials: Wood Size: 4" L x 2" W x 1.25" H Description: Box, small wooden box carved from one piece of wood, and with separate sliding cover, for lancet 1000.153.1131
1000.0.1307	Wire metal basket	Object, Containers	Object, Other Object	Basket, wire metal basket	Wire metal basket Catalogue #: 1000.0.1307    Type: Object, Containers Subject: Object, Other Object Materials: Metal Description: Basket, wire metal basket
1000.153.1131	Medical, lancet, spring loaded	Object, Medical, Surgical, Surgical Knife, Lancet	Businesses, Medical Business	Tool, medical, lancet, spring loaded, for bloodletting or lancing boils; previously owned by the donor's father. Item #1215 is custom box for it.	Medical, lancet, spring loaded Catalogue #: 1000.153.1131    Type: Object, Medical, Surgical, Surgical Knife, Lancet Subject: Businesses, Medical Business Materials: Wood Size: 2.5" L x 1.25 W Description: Tool, medical, lancet, spring loaded, for bloodletting or lancing boils; previously owned by the donor's father. Item #1215 is custom box for it.
1000.18.191	Dinner ticket for Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid	Object, Ticket	Organizations, Civic	Dinner ticket, for Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid dinner	Dinner ticket for Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid Catalogue #: 1000.18.191    Type: Object, Ticket Subject: Organizations, Civic Materials: Paper Description: Dinner ticket, for Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid dinner

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