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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
1003Woodlawn House Business Card, undated
  • Object, Identification Card, Business Card
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Dwelley, James R.
Woodlawn House Business Card, undated
Item:
  • 1003   
Type:
  • Object, Identification Card, Business Card
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
Creator:
  • Dwelley, James R.
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Description:
The Woodlawn Inn was built by George Henry Fernald for George and Edna Gilley, circa 1893. After Edna's death it was closed in 1909. James Ray and Ada Dwelley reopened the inn in 1911 and ran it for over 40 years. A business card for the Woodlawn House, with rates. People Mentioned: James R. Dwelley
2101Tiny wooden crate of wodden cranberries
  • Object, Containers, Crate
Tiny wooden crate of wodden cranberries
Item:
  • 2101   
Type:
  • Object, Containers, Crate
Description:
Sent to Jennie Jarvis by Phyllis Colson 1943 mail tag still attached
212019th Century Seaman's medicine chest with contents and a copy of Ritter's Medical Manual
  • Object, Furnishings, Household Box, Medicine Chest
19th Century Seaman's medicine chest with contents and a copy of Ritter's Medical Manual
Item:
  • 2120   
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Household Box, Medicine Chest
Description:
Chest owned and used by George Gilley (1848-191 _)of Islessford. See Islesford Historical Society Occasional Paper No. 1, June 1991.
2124Stanwood/Hadlock Bible
  • Object, Religious Text, Bible
Stanwood/Hadlock Bible
Item:
  • 2124   
Type:
  • Object, Religious Text, Bible
Description:
Bible found in the house built by Capt. Gilbert Hadlock and occupied by him, by Geoarge R. Hadlock and Elmer S. Hadlock. Inscription 'This Bible was presented to my father Capt. Edwin Hadlock by my maternal grandmother Mary Stanwood after my father's decease, by my mother Mary A. Hadlock Sept. 3, 1878. -Harvey D. Hadlock'
2125Town of CranberryIsles check stubs 1908-1910
  • Object, Pay Order, Bank Check
Town of CranberryIsles check stubs 1908-1910
Item:
  • 2125   
Type:
  • Object, Pay Order, Bank Check
Description:
In poor condition. Said to have been found in a museum trash can
212948-star American Flag
  • Object, Flag
48-star American Flag
Item:
  • 2129   
Type:
  • Object, Flag
Description:
The flag of Rockbound Grange#568 was active on Islesford From 1939-1979
21341899 Edition of the Holy Bible published by the American Bible Society
  • Object, Religious Text, Bible
1899 Edition of the Holy Bible published by the American Bible Society
Item:
  • 2134   
Type:
  • Object, Religious Text, Bible
Description:
Used by the Islesford Congregational Church from the time it was organized in 1898
21351896 edition of the Holy Bible published by the American Bible Society. New York.
  • Object, Religious Text, Bible
1896 edition of the Holy Bible published by the American Bible Society. New York.
Item:
  • 2135   
Type:
  • Object, Religious Text, Bible
Description:
Used by the Islesford Congregational Church from the time it was organized in 1898
2136Hymns of the Living Age, New York The Century Company, 1923. Inscribed: "Property of the Islesford Church, 1928"
  • Object, Hymnal
Hymns of the Living Age, New York The Century Company, 1923. Inscribed: "Property of the Islesford Church, 1928"
Item:
  • 2136   
Type:
  • Object, Hymnal
Description:
Used by the Islesford Congregational Church until the 1980's
2166U.S. Coast Guard uniform consisting of 1 hat with insignia, 2 dress jackets with insignia, 1 pair black trousers, 1 pea coat.
  • Object, Clothing, Uniform
U.S. Coast Guard uniform consisting of 1 hat with insignia, 2 dress jackets with insignia, 1 pair black trousers, 1 pea coat.
Item:
  • 2166   
Type:
  • Object, Clothing, Uniform
Description:
Uniform belonged to Faunce Bryant while he served in the U.S. Coast Guard Station on Islesford as a cook for most of the early 1940's.
2182George R. Hadlock's Naval officer's caps from World War I. White topped summer version and black topped winter version.
  • Object, Clothing, Cap
George R. Hadlock's Naval officer's caps from World War I. White topped summer version and black topped winter version.
Item:
  • 2182   
Type:
  • Object, Clothing, Cap
Description:
Caps were found in bad shape. They have been cleaned, laundered and restored (See framed photo of George Hadlock in uniform including winter cap)
2192A runnng light from the USn blimp K-140100
  • Object, Water Transporation, Watercraft Lamp, Watercraft Running Light
A runnng light from the USn blimp K-140100
Item:
  • 2192   
Type:
  • Object, Water Transporation, Watercraft Lamp, Watercraft Running Light
Description:
This running light and the attached fabric were salvaged by Mr. Tebbetts who served as the Quartermaster on the Uss Haigler YTB-327 which vessel towed the wreck of the K-14 into Bunker's Cove on July 4, 1944. Mr. Tebbetts has also furnished copies of Photos and testimony as to his role in the salvage operation. (Small wood sample, given by Helen Merrill in August 1996.)
2206Quilted bedspread designed for a 4 poster bed Made by Aunt Mitilda Spurling, Cranberry Isles, Me
  • Object, Furnishings, Bedcover, Bedspread
Quilted bedspread designed for a 4 poster bed Made by Aunt Mitilda Spurling, Cranberry Isles, Me
Item:
  • 2206   
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Bedcover, Bedspread
Description:
Matilda wa the grandmother of"Chummie" Spurling. She was born Matilda Young, Daughter of Josiah and Rosalana(Guptil) Young Married Joseph W. Spurling, was the father of Arthur and of Warren A."Bert" Spurling both of whom married and lived their libes on Little Cranberry Island.
2212Earle Spurling's fiddle
  • Object, Musical, Musical Instruments
Earle Spurling's fiddle
Item:
  • 2212   
Type:
  • Object, Musical, Musical Instruments
Description:
Earle played his fidddel in the Bangor High School band and for dances ath Islesford and Elswhere. Jim Bright found it in a closet in the apartment occupied by Earle's cousin Winslow Bunker before his death.
2216Green souvenir glass from Islesford, ME
  • Object, Other Object, Souvenir Object
Green souvenir glass from Islesford, ME
Item:
  • 2216   
Type:
  • Object, Other Object, Souvenir Object
Description:
Note inside the glass from the woman who donated it.
2245Note basket whittled by crew at the Life Saving Station from cigar boxes.
  • Object, Containers, Basket
Note basket whittled by crew at the Life Saving Station from cigar boxes.
Item:
  • 2245   
Type:
  • Object, Containers, Basket
Description:
From the home of Ben & Kate Campbell
2247WWII Sailor's Cap
  • Object, Clothing, Cap
WWII Sailor's Cap
Item:
  • 2247   
Type:
  • Object, Clothing, Cap
Description:
Stenciled R.D. Chemlen or Ghemlen 2049-967. Perhaps a sailor at the Coast Guard Station when there were large numbers there in 1944/45.
2248Drum, played in the Islesford Grammar School Band 1945 and 1946
  • Object, Musical, Musical Instruments
Drum, played in the Islesford Grammar School Band 1945 and 1946
Item:
  • 2248   
Type:
  • Object, Musical, Musical Instruments
Description:
Victor DuPlississi was band master. Everyone played something from Humersoos and wash boards to drums.
2249miniature banjo
  • Object, Musical, Musical Instruments
miniature banjo
Item:
  • 2249   
Type:
  • Object, Musical, Musical Instruments
Description:
played in the Islesford Grammar School Band in 1945 and 1946.
2260Branding Iron
  • Object, Writing, Branding Iron
Branding Iron
Item:
  • 2260   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Branding Iron
Description:
Iron used by Lawrence Beal to brand his name LOBeal and his license number onto wooden lobster traps and buoys.
2263Milk Bucket
  • Object, Containers, Vessel, Bucket
Milk Bucket
Item:
  • 2263   
Type:
  • Object, Containers, Vessel, Bucket
Description:
Irving Spurling was the island's last farmer and his mother, Aunt Nell, used to use buckets like this in processing the milk for sale.
22643 legged milking stoosl
  • Object, Furnishings, Stool
3 legged milking stoosl
Item:
  • 2264   
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Stool
Description:
Irving Spurling and earlier Islesford farmers used stools like this when milking their cows. This stool may have come from Woodlawn where Ray Dwelley had a cow in the 1920s-30s.
2265Wash Board
  • Object, Maintenance, Washboard
Wash Board
Item:
  • 2265   
Type:
  • Object, Maintenance, Washboard
Description:
Used for scrubbing clothes when they were being washed by hand. This may have come from Woodlawn.
2266Clothes stick
  • Object, Other Object
Clothes stick
Item:
  • 2266   
Type:
  • Object, Other Object
Description:
this was used to stir clother in a washtub. It may have come from Woodlawn.
2283Fernald or perhaps Dwelley family Christening Gown
  • Object, Clothing, Dress, Gown
Fernald or perhaps Dwelley family Christening Gown
Item:
  • 2283   
Type:
  • Object, Clothing, Dress, Gown