White cotton wicks for kerosene lamps, varying lengths and widths. Some have blue ticking down middle. All stored in a square cardboard box covered in white paper.
Date: 1880-1920
Maker: unknown
Material: cotton (textile)
GUSN: 21234
Accession Number: 1998.4176
Misc. parts to lids to canning jars. Some tin rims, mostly flat tin lids and tin lids w/ grooved sides. Some were pieces used to clamp lid shut.
Date: 1860-1900
Material: tin (metal)
GUSN: 21235
Accession Number: 1998.4177
Lids to canning jars, mostly clear glass, some tinted blue. All round, varying sizes.
Date: 1860-1930
Material: glass (material)
GUSN: 21236
Accession Number: 1998.4178
Frosted glass chimney. Round w/ small flared rim at top and frosted design of circles and grape clusters.
Material: frosting, glass (material)
GUSN: 21237
Accession Number: 1998.4179
Frosted glass chimney. Round w/ thin neck and flared and scalloped rim. Frosted in floral pattern.
GUSN: 21238
Accession Number: 1998.4180
Frosted glass chimney. Round w/ straight rim and frosted in floral medallions.
GUSN: 21239
Accession Number: 1998.4181
Whisk broom, hand-held. Straw secured by three horizontal stitchings near top. Straw gathered at top to form handle. Handle secured by wire. Tin cap at very top w/ hook for hanging. Cotton covering stitched over half of broom.
Material: straw (plant material)
GUSN: 21240
Accession Number: 1998.4182
Kerosene lamp w/ round clear glass globe w/ embossed geometric and floral detail. Globe set into cast iron pedestal base w/ similarly embossed detail.
Date: 1860-1880
Material: casting (process), glass (material), iron (metal)
GUSN: 21241
Accession Number: 1998.4183
Kerosene lamp, clear glass painted green and covered w/ small floral medallions. Slender fluted base and a slender oval globe w/ a hole in top for attaching a burner.
Material: glass (material), painting (coating)
GUSN: 21242
Accession Number: 1998.4184
Pierced pine board. Two piercings at center of board: shaped like long rods w/ circular ends. Pine unfinished.
Date: 1860-1890
Material: piercing, pine (wood)
GUSN: 21243
Accession Number: 1998.4185
GUSN: 21244
Accession Number: 1998.4186
GUSN: 21245
Accession Number: 1998.4187
Milk glass light shade, 3/4 of a circle. Rimmed circular piece at top through which light bulb is inserted.
Date: 1920-1940
GUSN: 21246
Accession Number: 1998.4188
Flat wooden board to which sign can be attached. Unfinished wood set at bottom into a notch in ceramic ball-shaped stand.
Date: 1890-1920
Material: wood (plant material)
GUSN: 21247
Accession Number: 1998.4189
Two identical cast iron objects, possibly legs to a stove or other object. Incised line around edges and at bottom that resembles a cabriole foot. Flat top w/ a handle-like protruding end.
Material: casting (process), iron (metal)
GUSN: 21248
Accession Number: 1998.4190AB
Turned treen fragment. Cylindrical wooden piece w/ open ends. Molding at center where piece narrows.
Material: turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)
GUSN: 21249
Accession Number: 1998.4191
Cast iron wrench. Handle w/ concave middle connected to hook (V-shaped). Wrench w/ grooved pieces for operating.
GUSN: 21250
Accession Number: 1998.4192
Cast iron wrench. Handle w/ concave middle connected to semi-circular wrench head w/ hollow center into which an iron grooved piece w/ side clasp is fixed.
GUSN: 21251
Accession Number: 1998.4193
Tall and narrow wooden box. No lid. Dove-tail joinery visible at sides.
Date: 1850-1880
GUSN: 21252
Accession Number: 1998.4194
Wooden box, rectangular, advertising dairy tablets on its painted sides. Joinery visible at sides. No lid.
Date: 1900-1930
Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)
GUSN: 21253
Accession Number: 1998.4195
Wooden box, constructed of unfinished planks secured by nails and bracing pieces (wooden) at sides. Gap where front and back pieces meet bottom. No lid.
GUSN: 21254
Accession Number: 1998.4196
Wooden box. long and narrow. No lid. Product information painted on sides, but now illegible.
GUSN: 21255
Accession Number: 1998.4197
Low and rectangular paper box (actually once a lid to another box) filled w/ smaller boxes of lids and rubber rings for canning jars.
Date: 1950-1970
Maker: Ball Brothers Company (Maker) Julius Garfunkel & Co. (Maker)
Material: aluminum (metal), paper (fiber product), rubber (material)
GUSN: 21256
Accession Number: 1998.4198
Paper box filled w/ solid chunks of white wac for sealing canning jars. Box is white w/ blue lettering and illustrations. 1 wax bar.
Date: 1965-1975
Maker: Gulf Oil Corporation (Maker)
Material: paper (fiber product), wax
GUSN: 21257
Accession Number: 1998.4199
Paper box filled w/ solid chunks of white wac for sealing canning jars. Box is white w/ blue lettering and illustrations. 4 wax bars.
GUSN: 21258
Accession Number: 1998.4200
Small clear glass jar w/ cork top. Narrow neck w/ raised bands and rim.
GUSN: 21259
Accession Number: 1998.4201
Circular stove pipe cover, embossed paper painted gold. Bust of man at center; banded rim w/ foliate detail. Nail hole in top.
Material: embossing, paper (fiber product)
GUSN: 21260
Accession Number: 1998.4202
Clear glass lamp shade. Circular dome w/ smaller openings for base and rim. Rim opening is fitted w/ a cork covered in white cotton.
GUSN: 21261
Accession Number: 1998.4203
Paper sign advertising ice, nailed on top of wooden plank. Paper is white w/ black letters.
Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)
GUSN: 21262
Accession Number: 1998.4204
Low and rectangular wooden box. Joinery visible at sides. Grooves in top of sides for sliding lid. Lid no longer intact.
GUSN: 21263
Accession Number: 1998.4205
Wooden cigar box. Rectangular w/ a hinged lid. Edges covered in paper in geometric pattern.
GUSN: 21264
Accession Number: 1998.4206
Wooden cigar box. Rectangular w/ a hinged lid. Paper border around edges w/ brand information painted on wood.
Date: 1901
Maker: Ward Roberts Inc. (Maker)
GUSN: 21265
Accession Number: 1998.4207
Square wooden box. Joinery visible at sides. No lid.
GUSN: 21266
Accession Number: 1998.4208
Small wooden cigar box w/ a removable lid. Box exterior and interior lid covered in paper detailing brand information. Small metal hinge on box lid.
GUSN: 21267
Accession Number: 1998.4209
Wooden cigar box. Rectangular w/ a (once-hinged) removable lid. Paper labels w/ brand information on box.
GUSN: 21268
Accession Number: 1998.4210
Airway sanitary system. Consists of a metal canister w/ knob at top and shaft at bottom. Shaft open-ended at one end and wire mesh at the other. Stored in original cardboard box.
Date: 1900-1920
Maker: Air-Way Electric Appliance Corp. (Maker)
Material: cardboard, steel (alloy)
GUSN: 21269
Accession Number: 1998.4211
Wooden cigar box. Rectangular w/ high sides and a (once-hinged) removable lid. Paper labels w/ brand information on box.
Maker: Hull Grummond & Co. (Maker (Design))
GUSN: 21270
Accession Number: 1998.4212
Section of fishing line w/ hook at end. Wound into ball around folded piece of paper.
Material: string (fiber product)
GUSN: 21271
Accession Number: 1998.4213
Section of fishing line w/ hook at end. Wound into ball around piece of wood.
GUSN: 21272
Accession Number: 1998.4214
Bug sprayer. Round tin can w/ domed lid and narrow spout from which spray is poured.
Date: 1925-1960
Maker: The Winfield Manufacturing Co. (Maker)
GUSN: 21373
Accession Number: 1998.4651
Bug sprayer. Metal cylinder w/ pump handle at end. Top of cylinder has attached glass or metal canister that holds spray.
Maker: The E. C. Brown Co. (Maker)
Material: glass (material), tin (metal)
GUSN: 21374
Accession Number: 1998.4652
GUSN: 21375
Accession Number: 1998.4653
GUSN: 21376
Accession Number: 1998.4654
Maker: Gulf Refining Co. (Maker)
GUSN: 21377
Accession Number: 1998.4655
Aluminum bug sprayer. Consists of pitcher w/ one side handle and spout. Short spout.
Date: 1920-1950
Material: aluminum (metal)
GUSN: 21378
Accession Number: 1998.4656
Aluminum bug sprayer. Consists of pitcher w/ one side handle and spout. Long spout extending from bottom of pitcher.
GUSN: 21379
Accession Number: 1998.4657
Pick ax. Long wooden handle that is tapered at the top. Handle set into iron ax end, symmetrical and pointed.
Material: iron (metal), wood (plant material)
GUSN: 21380
Accession Number: 1998.4658
GUSN: 21381
Accession Number: 1998.4659
Iron crowbar. Fluted edges and a J-shaped hook w/ a notch in center.
Date: 1880-1930
Material: iron (metal)
GUSN: 21382
Accession Number: 1998.4660
Iron crowbar. Round w/ a wide notch (V-shaped) in one end and a pointed tip at other.
GUSN: 21383
Accession Number: 1998.4661