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| 1462 | Snowy Egret |
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| Description: Miniature adult on driftwood base stands erect, neck [?] back, head up, glass eyes, metal legs, feet, and crest feathers, painted details. Signed on lower right of base "Gilley." |
| 1531 | Ruffed Grouse |
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| 1618 | The art of wood carving. |
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| Description: Published by D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc. |
1559 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from C. G. Wellington |
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| Description: Letter typed on Kansas City Star letterhead from Executive Editor Clarence G. Wellington thanking Wendell Gilley for carved birds sent on behalf of Frank S. Land. | |
| 1526 | Canada Geese |
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| Description: Pair of Canada geese on driftwood base ; "McInnes" written on underside of base ; stamped "1950" |
| 1524 | Ring-necked Pheasant |
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| Description: Slightly larger than miniature; male ; signed and dated "Gilley '57" on front top corner of driftwood base |
1558 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Goodwin J. Knight |
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| Description: Thank you letter from the Governor of California thanking Wendell Gilley for a carving of a quail, which he placed on his desk in the Governor's Mansion. | |
1557 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from J. Edgar Hoover |
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| Description: Letter typed on FBI letterhead and signed by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in gold ink thanking Wendell Gilley for the gift of carved bobwhites sent on behalf of Frank S. Land. | |
1552 | Letter from Frank S. Land to Wendell H. Gilley. |
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| Description: Letter from the founder of the Order of Demolay, Frank S. Land, instructing Wendell Gilley to choose and send carvings to Harry S. Truman, Dr. Frank Stanton, president of CBS, Leon Leonidoff, producer of Radio City Music Hall shows, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and White House aide Bernard Shanley. The cost of the five carvings was $250. | |
| 1275 | Black-capped Chickadee Pair |
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| Description: Two chickadees, near life size, on driftwood, both with glass eyes, metal legs and feet, carved and painted detail ; both upright, left chickadee has head down. Signed, dated on rear of base "Gilley '58". |
| 1235 | Mallard Drake Box |
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| Description: Six-board pine box, lap-joined and nailed, with clear acrylic finish ; rounded-edge lift cover, carved underneath to set in box cavity. Five-inch long mallard is screw-mounted lengthwise in the center of cover ; has two curled lead-strip tail-curls, glass eyes. Marked "Made for Hilda and Hulda Bragdon" on underside of box. Signed "Made by Wendell Gilley" and dated 1950 (in a circle). |
| 1316 | Little Blue Herons |
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| Description: Juvenile standing with wings raised on branch, adult standing on base ; signed "Gilley" on right rear corner of base ; no date |
1422 | Blue-winged Teal, Pair |
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| Description: Photograph of a pair of blue-winged teal carved by Wendell Gilley. Marked "Sec. of Treas. Robert Anderson 1958" on reverse. | |
1423 | Cinnamon Teal, Pair |
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| Description: Photograph of a pair of cinnamon (?) teal carved by Wendell Gilley. Marked "Sam Rayburn" on reverse. "1958" written in blue ballpoint lower right corner. | |
| 1357 | Ring-necked pheasant |
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| 1342 | Canada Goose |
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| 1338 | Woodcock |
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| 1320 | Canada Goose |
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| 1319 | Canada Goose |
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| 1276 | Bald Eagle with Fish |
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| 1273 | Laughing Gull |
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| 1246 | Spotted sandpiper |
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1232 | Wendell H. Gilley holding Official Seal of the State of Maine, 1955 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley holding the carving of the Maine state seal he carved for the Northeast Harbor Public Library |