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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
18735Copy of the Jessie's Ships Log
  • Other, Ship's Log
  • Unknown
Description:
10 typed page Computer print out of Charles William Eliots sloop the "Jessie" from July 8, 1873-Sept 21, 1873
3441Cobbler's Bench
  • Other, Cobbler's Bench
Description:
Cobbler's bench and tools, which included spools for thread, a cloth bag with scraps of newspaper, thin wooden sticks, loose square-headed nails. Many pegs have been hammered into the surface of the bench.
14664Cobbler's Bench
  • Other, Cobbler's Bench
Description:
Cobbler's bench with replacement and broken legs and trestle. Originally had a wooden seat with spindle back attached.
17628Shoe Rasp
  • Other, Shoemaker's Rasp
  • ca.1780
Description:
Wood handle joining iron. Iron shaft ends in flat oval piece with corrugated underside.Donor info - used by Daniel Somes to scrape pegs from inside of boots during the 1780s.
12192Cobbler's Peg Cutter
  • Other, Shoemaker's Rasp
Description:
Long wood handle with long iron rod attached to end. Triangular blade at end of rod. Marked, “M.F. Norcross”. According to Skip Brack at the Liberty Tool Museum, this tool was used by a cobbler to clip the excess from wooden pegs in shoes. He also said the name Norcross referred to the owner, not the maker.
14654Model of "Blanchard Lumber Mill"
  • Other, Architect's Model
  • pre-2003
Description:
Model of "Blanchard Lumber Mill" built by Hazen Blanchard. Was on exhibit at Somesville Museum; probably taken to storage at GHMM (AB, 7/5/12)
17509Level
  • Other, Carpenter's Level
Description:
Dark red stained wood. One hole for hanging in end. Vertical and horizontal level. Marked, “#104 Stanley Rule and Level Co., New Britain Conn USA Trademark”.
12175Cobbler's Peg Cutter
  • Other, Shoemaker's Rasp
Description:
Long wood handle with long iron rod attached to end. Triangular blade at end of rod. According to Skip Brack at the Liberty Tool Museum, this tool was used by a cobbler to clip the ends from wooden pegs in shoes.
11674Slate board for keeping track of sailboat racibng results
  • Other, Slate
Description:
This is a medium-sized school slate. It measures 21 inches by 13 inches. It is framed in wood and has rounded corners. Each corner has a metal bracket bracing it. The back of the slate is wood too. There are numbers 1-12 along the left hand side. There are lined columns with headings written in cursive, for example, courses, winds and remarkes. Charlotte Singleton says it is a "Racing Results Board," presumably for sailboat racing. [show more]
11477Logbook of Ship Mindoro, 1875
  • Other, Ship's Log
  • 1875
Description:
Logbook of the ship Mindoro, April 1875, Notes on course, wind, and sea conditions.
5256Ship's Log
  • Other, Ship's Log
Description:
Log of unknown ship; date uncertain, but very interesting and worth researching.
5255Ship's Log
  • Other, Ship's Log
Description:
Log of unknown ship; date uncertain, but very interesting and worth researching. Per donor, received them from his cousin [unnamed]; marked folders are from the Northeast Harbor Library--no need for the MDI H.S. to keep them.
4276Iron Shoe Stand
  • Other, Cobbler's Stand
Description:
Iron shoe last and stand. Markings on stand, "Pat'd Dec 23, 1890". Stand 12" high, base 6" X 3.5". Shoe mold 6.75" X 2.5".
4275Iron Shoe Stand
  • Other, Cobbler's Stand
Description:
Iron shoe last stand
1814Cooper’s Froe
  • Other, Cooper's Froe
Description:
Wooden handle with curved blade attached at 90 degree angle. Used for splitting barrel staves. (May have had another use in barrel making, AB, 11/20/2014) Blade: 15 3/4 " long, 1 3/4" wide Handle: 7 1/2" long