Old twig basket full of spool blocks from the American Thread Co. in Lakeview Plantation. The blocks would have been made into spools for thread. John Joseph Willinski Sr. worked there after arriving from Poland in 1913. Given to his son, Vernon Willinski, then to his grand daughter and son in law, Sheila and Torrey Ellis at John Joseph's camp on Big Boyd Lake in Orneville, Maine.
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Nancy Willinski
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Big Boyd Lake, Old twig basket, Spool Blocks, American Thread Co., Lakeview Plantation
