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
Canning jar, clear glass. Glass lid fastened by metal clasp.
Date: 1858-1930
Maker: Ball Brothers Company (Maker)
GUSN: 21109
Accession Number: 1998.4060
Canning jar, clear glass. Tin lid fastened by metal clasp.
Maker: T. Speedwell Farms (Maker)
GUSN: 21110
Accession Number: 1998.4061
GUSN: 21111
Accession Number: 1998.4062
GUSN: 21112
Accession Number: 1998.4063
GUSN: 21113
Accession Number: 1998.4064
GUSN: 21114
Accession Number: 1998.4065
GUSN: 21115
Accession Number: 1998.4066
GUSN: 21116
Accession Number: 1998.4067
GUSN: 21117
Accession Number: 1998.4068
GUSN: 21118
Accession Number: 1998.4069
GUSN: 21119
Accession Number: 1998.4070
Canning jar, clear glass. No lid.
GUSN: 21120
Accession Number: 1998.4071
Date: 1895-1930
GUSN: 21121
Accession Number: 1998.4072
GUSN: 21122
Accession Number: 1998.4073
GUSN: 21123
Accession Number: 1998.4074
GUSN: 21124
Accession Number: 1998.4075
GUSN: 21125
Accession Number: 1998.4076
Date: 1915-1930
Maker: Owens-Illinois Glass Co. (Maker)
GUSN: 21126
Accession Number: 1998.4077
GUSN: 21127
Accession Number: 1998.4078
GUSN: 21128
Accession Number: 1998.4079
Maker: Smalley, Kivlan, & OnThank (Maker)
GUSN: 21129
Accession Number: 1998.4080
GUSN: 21130
Accession Number: 1998.4081
Whisk broom, hand-held. Straw whisks secured by three horizontal bands of stitching. Straw at top forms a small handle. Exterior of handle wrapped in wire and cotton. Tin cap at very top w/ small metal hook for hanging.
GUSN: 21131
Accession Number: 1998.4082
Steel top to a beater. Consists of round lid w/ grooved edge for screwing onto beater. Turning mechanism at top of lid and handle at side. Top turning mechanism connected to shaft that runs through lid. End of shaft connected to beater plate.
Material: steel (alloy)
GUSN: 21132
Accession Number: 1998.4083