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| Catalogue # | Title | Type | Subject | Description | |
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| 2013.241.2030 | Oil lamp with metal base and glass globe |
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| Oil lamp with metal base, brass stand and pressed glass globe with fanlike motif in poor condition. Globe was cracked and repaired in several places. | 
Description: Oil lamp with metal base, brass stand and pressed glass globe with fanlike motif in poor condition. Globe was cracked and repaired in several places. |
| 2014.286.2035 | Glass globe light fixture |
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| Light fixture. Glass globe from donor's kitchen ceiling light with connections and cap. White glass with two blue lines and pale blue band between them; brass base is painted beige. | 
Description: Light fixture. Glass globe from donor's kitchen ceiling light with connections and cap. White glass with two blue lines and pale blue band between them; brass base is painted beige. |
| 2016.342.2108 | Woven wool wall-hanging |
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| Woven wool wall-hanging, browns and tans suggesting mountains, made by GCI artist Treg Laurence ca. 1970-1980. | 
Description: Woven wool wall-hanging, browns and tans suggesting mountains, made by GCI artist Treg Laurence ca. 1970-1980. |
| 2014.273.2010 | Hooked rug with wading waterbird |
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| Rug. Hooked, yarn and jersey material, with note "...made by Eliza Stanley." White waterbird with yellow bill wading with cattails, mountains, and butterfly in background; brown border. Faded, torn, worn, repaired at some earlier time. Eliza Stanley b. 1888 and d. 1967. (Donor bought Eliza and Pink Stanley's house 1970.) | 
Description: Rug. Hooked, yarn and jersey material, with note "...made by Eliza Stanley." White waterbird with yellow bill wading with cattails, mountains, and butterfly in background; brown border. Faded, torn, worn, repaired at some earlier time. Eliza Stanley b. 1888 and d. 1967. (Donor bought Eliza and Pink Stanley's house 1970.) |
| 2002.78.1075 | Cherub Wall hanging |
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| Wall Hanging gifted to Jan Moss from Gaile Colby in 1992 to celebrate Jan's first Grandchild. | 
Description: Wall Hanging gifted to Jan Moss from Gaile Colby in 1992 to celebrate Jan's first Grandchild. |
| 2014.288.2043 | Straw whisk broom |
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| Straw whisk broom with metal and string binding, tag reads "Gift from Ladies Aid Society, ca. early 1900. | 
Description: Straw whisk broom with metal and string binding, tag reads "Gift from Ladies Aid Society, ca. early 1900. |
| 1000.0.1361 | Ornate metal picture frame |
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| Frame. Ornate Metal Picture Frame for 4" to 6" pictures | 
Description: Frame. Ornate Metal Picture Frame for 4" to 6" pictures |
| 2003.165.1186 | Stool for organ with red brocade top |
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| Artifact, organ stool red brocade top | |
| 2012.13.1532 | Clothes iron set |
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| Iron. Clothes iron set consisting of two flat irons, detachable wooden handle (one), and base stand. Irons are cast iron with writing "ENTERPRISE MFG CO, PHILA PA, NO 50", and are intended to be heated on a stove. Handle is interchangeable between both irons, so one iron can be used to press clothes while the other iron is being heated without a handle. Stand is cast iron with writing "ENTERPRISE MFG CO, PHILADELPHIA" | 
Description: Iron. Clothes iron set consisting of two flat irons, detachable wooden handle (one), and base stand. Irons are cast iron with writing "ENTERPRISE MFG CO, PHILA PA, NO 50", and are intended to be heated on a stove. Handle is interchangeable between both irons, so one iron can be used to press clothes while the other iron is being heated without a handle. Stand is cast iron with writing "ENTERPRISE MFG CO, PHILADELPHIA" |
| 1000.0.1302 | Wooden laundry stirrer |
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| Art, carved wooden laundry stirrer, made by Sam Chapman |
Description: Art, carved wooden laundry stirrer, made by Sam Chapman |
| 2012.13.1394 | Iron |
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| Iron. Electric Clothes Iron Set consisting of electric iron and matching base stand. Iron is 400 Watt "UNIVERSAL" model made by Landers, Frary & Clark, New Britain, Conn., USA. There is no matching electric cord. Base stand is unmarked. |
Description: Iron. Electric Clothes Iron Set consisting of electric iron and matching base stand. Iron is 400 Watt "UNIVERSAL" model made by Landers, Frary & Clark, New Britain, Conn., USA. There is no matching electric cord. Base stand is unmarked. |
| 2016.379.2142 | Ironing board |
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| Furniture. Ironing board. Large wooden ironing board ca. 1920s from Ella Spurling house. Grandmother of donor. |
Description: Furniture. Ironing board. Large wooden ironing board ca. 1920s from Ella Spurling house. Grandmother of donor. |
| 1000.0.1190 | Lampshade with roses |
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| Lampshade, 8 oval panels of taut waxy paper with lace applique roses on each, all fringed. From a GCI home. |
Description: Lampshade, 8 oval panels of taut waxy paper with lace applique roses on each, all fringed. From a GCI home. |
| 2018.413.2205 | Hooked rug "My Island Home" and book |
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| Hooked rug depicting The Western Way on GCI designed and hooked by Barbara N. Sanborn Joy for Acadia National Park 2016 centennial. Book: Images of Acadia, Hancock County Hookers Celebrating 100 Years of Acadia National Park, 2016: photography by Judith Burger-Gossart, Edited by Rosemary and Garry Levin (A Shutterfly book) | 
Description: Hooked rug depicting The Western Way on GCI designed and hooked by Barbara N. Sanborn Joy for Acadia National Park 2016 centennial. Book: Images of Acadia, Hancock County Hookers Celebrating 100 Years of Acadia National Park, 2016: photography by Judith Burger-Gossart, Edited by Rosemary and Garry Levin (A Shutterfly book) |
| 1000.0.1249 | Small metal kerosene heater |
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| Tool, small metal kerosene heater for warming or melting something | 
Description: Tool, small metal kerosene heater for warming or melting something |
| 1000.116.1130 | Tommy Sticker: brass candle holder with metal spikes |
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| Tool, "Tommy Sticker", a brass candle holder with metal spikes on the bottom and side, to be forced into a wooden wall, beam, etc. to provide light while leaving hands free | 
Description: Tool, "Tommy Sticker", a brass candle holder with metal spikes on the bottom and side, to be forced into a wooden wall, beam, etc. to provide light while leaving hands free |
| 2014.302.2058 | Table |
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| Table. Wicker, circular, beige; and table cloth: white with sunflower border. | 
Description: Table. Wicker, circular, beige; and table cloth: white with sunflower border. |
| 2013.227.1317 | School desk wood and cast iron |
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| Desk, school, wood and cast iron, marked "SCHOOL FURNITURE CO" and "1, PAYNO, G35887, PAT. PDG" |
Description: Desk, school, wood and cast iron, marked "SCHOOL FURNITURE CO" and "1, PAYNO, G35887, PAT. PDG" |
| 2017.382.2156 | Wooden commode |
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| 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. | 
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] |
| 1000.0.1309 | Taxidermist made Stuffed Pheasant |
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| Taxidermy, bird, stuffed pheasant, maker unknown | 
Description: Taxidermy, bird, stuffed pheasant, maker unknown |
| 1000.0.1323 | Small cast iron clothes iron |
| Tool, clothes iron, small cast iron, with "6" molded into the handle. Wire mesh holder below. | 
Description: Tool, clothes iron, small cast iron, with "6" molded into the handle. Wire mesh holder below. | |
| 1000.0.1341 | Hearth broom |
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| Household hearth Broom | |
| 1000.0.1223 | Lantern |
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| Lantern | |
| 1000.0.1366 | Kerosene lamp |
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| Metal kerosene lamp: silver color with pillowy milk glass shade |
Description: Metal kerosene lamp: silver color with pillowy milk glass shade |
| 2011.189.1396 | Chandelier |
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| Light fixture. hanging chandelier in good working condition circa 1928 (in association with item #1397 (estimated total value of items # 1396 & #1397 on 8/7/2011 is $100.00). First year of electricity on the island. |
Description: Light fixture. hanging chandelier in good working condition circa 1928 (in association with item #1397 (estimated total value of items # 1396 & #1397 on 8/7/2011 is $100.00). First year of electricity on the island. |
