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Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Antique sewing machine from the Moorfield Storey house
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Needlework Machine, Sewing Machine
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Antique sewing machine from the Moorfield Storey house
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Sewing Machine, hand/foot-operated "A & S" sewing machine on cast iron stand with three drawers and wooden work surface table and matching wooden box-like cover; the right drawer is loose and not attached to the base; all three drawers are filled with sewing notions; the sewing machine is from the Moorfield Storey household.
Wallpaper uncovered during renovation of Ladies Aid
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Wall Covering, Wallpaper
  • Object, Furnishings, Decoration
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Wallpaper uncovered during renovation of Ladies Aid
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Wallpaper, uncovered behind old cabinets during renovation of Ladies Aid building, July 2000. Green and gold and tan textured pattern on paper. (See also 2000.79.568 (A) and (C) from the nearby Dowling/Meyers house; same pattern but with linen backing.)
Wallpaper on plasterboard, circular remnant
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Wall Covering, Wallpaper
  • Object, Furnishings, Decoration
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Wallpaper on plasterboard, circular remnant
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Wallpaper on plasterboard, circular remnant from Selim house with circle for the stovepipe of a Glenwood N cooking stove cut out of center. Deep red wallpaper with floral design. Pertinent to the early 19th-century cape house study underway 2014 (part of the parsonage house shoes project (see 2015.304.2062). The house was moved across Cranberry Road from its early 19th-c location ca.1944. Plasterboard/drywall with paper on both faces with no felt layers began ca. 1910-1930 in U.S. Mickey Macfarlan recalls this house was dragged and winched with a capstan using a big tree stump. Charles "Bunny" Storey worked all summer relocating the house and dynamiting the new site. He could hear the rock debris falling down. [show more]
Ornate metal picture frame
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Frame, Picture Frame
  • Object, Furnishings, Decoration
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Ornate metal picture frame
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Frame. Ornate Metal Picture Frame for 4" to 6" pictures
Hooked rug with diamond pattern
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Object, Furnishings, Rug, Flatweave, Rag Rug
  • Object, Furnishings, Rug
Hooked rug with diamond pattern
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Hooked rug with diamond pattern 38"x60"
Matchbox
Tremont Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Matchbox
  • Object, Furnishings, Matchbox
  • Other, Heat
  • Other, Home labor
  • Other, Housework
  • Other, Kitchen Tools
  • Other, Lighting
  • Other, Match Box
  • Other, Matches
  • Other, Metalwork
Matchbox
Tremont Historical Society
Description:
Thin Stamped Metal Matchbox with Hole for hanging on Wall, With Hinged Lid
Hooked Rugs C. B. Murphy Sold to Summer People
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Object, Furnishings, Rug
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Hooked rug with modified diamond pattern
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Object, Furnishings, Rug, Flatweave, Rag Rug
  • Object, Furnishings, Rug
Hooked rug with modified diamond pattern
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Hooked rug with modified diamond pattern Dimensions 27.5"x53.5"
Blue pitcher with wash basin and vase
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Vessel
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Blue pitcher with wash basin and vase
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Blue pitcher with wash basin and vase. Labeled : Ada Rice Set
Steamer trunk
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Steamer trunk
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Steamer trunk with metal bottom with inset wheels, reinforced metal corners and edges, wooden slats on all sides including top and bottom to protect the exterior sides, a leather handle on each short side (one handle broken), with remains of two paper shipping labels: on the bottom, RECEIPT COLLECT 353551 WAYBILL LABEL BOSTON MASS AMERICAN RAILWAY EXPRESS NOV ??? 18; on the short side, unreadable; written inside on the bottom: C.M. Gott
Clothes iron set
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Clothes iron set
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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"
Wooden laundry stirrer
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
  • Sam Chapman
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Wooden laundry stirrer
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Art, carved wooden laundry stirrer, made by Sam Chapman
Iron
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Iron
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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.
Antique telephone with wooden box and hand crank
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Telephone
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Antique telephone with wooden box and hand crank
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Telephone, antique, wooden box with hand crank, with metal handset and base attached by cord. This type of telephone would have been in use before direct dial in 1952. You would pick up the receiver, crank the handle on the wooden box - for example to make one short and two long rings to reach a certain party. You paid for every call, but if you wanted to "cheat" you could set up a time with the person you're calling and then just do one quick ring to get him. (Memories by Mickey Macfarlan.) [show more]
Vintage Red Bucket unknown age
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Vintage Red Bucket unknown age
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Bucket. Unknown object, a red bucket repurposed for an unknown use
Ironing board
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Household Accessories
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Ironing board
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Furniture. Ironing board. Large wooden ironing board ca. 1920s from Ella Spurling house. Grandmother of donor.
Lampshade with roses
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Lighting Fixture
  • Object, Furnishings, Decoration
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Lampshade with roses
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Lampshade, 8 oval panels of taut waxy paper with lace applique roses on each, all fringed. From a GCI home.
Bird nest under a glass bell-like jar
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Other Object
  • Object, Furnishings, Decoration
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Bird nest under a glass bell-like jar
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Bird nest. Real bird nest under a glass bell-like jar, with smaller than official size paper Hitty in the nest (no crows). Nest probably a prop collected by Wini Smart.
Postcard with photograph of Hooked Rug
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Object, Furnishings, Rug
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Postcard with photograph of Hooked Rug
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Safe
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Object, Furnishings, Safe
  • Object, Furnishings, Safe
  • Hall Safe and Lock Co
Safe
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Came from Gilpatrick's Wharf and Store.
Furniture Idea Sketches
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Object, Furnishings, Bed
  • Object, Furnishings, Table
  • Roc Caivano
Furniture Idea Sketches
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
bed, table, coat rack ideas.
Photograph Hooked Rug
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Object, Furnishings, Rug
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Photograph Hooked Rug
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Philip Clifton Rich Desk
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Object, Furnishings, Desk
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Philip Clifton Rich Desk
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Philip Clifton Rich built this desk and chair using wood from the last of the original trees at the Southwest Harbor Library. The trees were removed in 2006.
Photo Rug by Clara Murphy
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Object, Furnishings, Rug
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Photo Rug by Clara Murphy
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Birch bench with green cushion
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Object, Furnishings, Bench, Garden Bench
  • Object, Furnishings, Bench
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Birch bench with green cushion
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
One of five wooden benches with cushions