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Lamp, old schooner or boat running light
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Lamp
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Lamp, old schooner or boat running light
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Lamp, old schooner or boat running light found in archives 2016. Wood, thickly layer of green paint with layer of red underneath, clear semi-circular glass lens, two wires running from inside lamp to exterior. Would likely have sat starboard (right) side as the light is painted green. A red light would sit on the dock (left) side so you can see which direction the boat is going even in the dark.
Easter Service held on March 30
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Easter Service held on March 30
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Poster. Easter Service Sunday March 30 (no year), Arthur Forrester and William Goldberg led the service; lunch served in the Ladies Aid. Hand drawn lilies, cross, and text, mixed media with cut-outs of flowers.
Crazy Quilt Preble House
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
  • Other
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Crazy Quilt Preble House
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Quilt. Colorful wool, cotton, flannel, and jersey fabrics made of geometric and freeform shapes and patterns including plaids, tweeds, and solid colors. Reverse side is a solid rough beige cotton with pale blue stripes; there are decorative beige yarn ties along the blue stripes with a few pink yarn ties interspersed. Edges are folded in and machine (?) hemmed, there is no border. Possible ornate script initials - one of which is may be an "L". Some discoloration and stains. This quilt is one of two recovered from the Preble House. (See also quilt 1000.140.1138 from the same 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]
Hilda Spurling Interview Oct. 1984
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Oral History
  • People
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Hilda Spurling Interview Oct. 1984
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Minidisc, audio, interview of Hilda Spurling by Georgie Ware, 8 Oct 1984
Eyeglasses from Sam Bulger's house
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Personal, Eyeglasses
  • People
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Eyeglasses from Sam Bulger's house
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A pair of old eyeglasses found in Sam Bulger's house, now the Barbara Donald trust house
Patchwork quilt
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
  • People
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Patchwork quilt
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Quilt. Patchwork of browns, blues, greys, and black tweeds, wool, and polyster 4.5" x 4 3/4" squares with a 4.75"-5" grey border. Reverse is same grey fabric as border stitched to border on seams. This quilt may have been a gift of Sue Lyman, allegedly made of fabric from old men's suits.
Washcloths crocheted by Postmistress Marjorie Phippen ca. 1970s
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Towel
  • Object, Other Object
  • Marjorie Phippen
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Description:
Fabric. Two crocheted, cotton washcloths: white with green scalloped edge and white with pink scalloped edge. Both made by Marjorie Phippen ca. 1970s and purchased by donor at Ladies Aid Fair in 1970s or '80s. Marjorie was the postmistress for years on GCI.
Winter boat sled
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - United States
Winter boat sled
Islesford Historical Society