Historic New England

Wallet

Large tri-fold brown leather wallet. Two end sections have pockets, center section has folded flaps.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 222568

Accession Number: 2006.44.2698

Broom

Varnished wooden handle with bark; natural-colored broom corn tied with blue twine.

Date: 1880

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), twine

GUSN: 222569

Accession Number: 2003.4

Wallet

Brown leather wallet with two interior pockets.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 222571

Accession Number: 2006.44.2699

Shears

Small pair of metal shears with an etched wood grain design.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 222572

Accession Number: 2006.44.2711.1

Shears

Large pair of metal shears with an etched wood grain design.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 222573

Accession Number: 2006.44.2711.2

Sons of the American Revolution Medal

Personal medal commemorating the joining of the Sons of the American Revolution. The ribbon it is hung on is white on the edges, then a stripe of yellow, and the cener stripe is blue. The medal is topped by a bald egal and he is perched on the two sided medal. One side has an armed colonial, and the...

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, cloth

GUSN: 222575

Accession Number: 2006.44.2702

Steamer ticket

Green printed paper ticket for passage from Phillips Wharf to Lowell Island. Decorative border printed around text.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 222576

Accession Number: 2006.44.3365

Button

Large button with depiction of coat of arms with muskets surrounded by laurel wreath.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 222578

Accession Number: 2006.44.3363

Buttons

Pair of two buttons featuring the seal of the United States with an eagle holding an olive branch and arrows.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 222581

Accession Number: 2006.44.3364

Buttonhook

Buttonhook with an ivory handle with palm leaves and trees etched on it. There is a seperate carving that makes the handle look like it is being covered with a large palm tree leaf. Th metal for the hook is long and tapered and ends in a curved hook.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), metal

GUSN: 222582

Accession Number: 2006.44.2695

Button

Button featuring the seal of the United States with eagle holding an olive branch and arrows.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 222583

Accession Number: 2006.44.3364.1

Button

Button featuring the seal of the United States with an eagle holding an olive branch and arrows.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 222585

Accession Number: 2006.44.3364.2

Legal Advisor Selective Service System button

Button depicts a balancer of weights in the center. Surrounding the balancer is a ribbon with words on it. Bellow the balancer is a phrase.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 222586

Accession Number: 2006.44.2712

Button

Octagonal shaped button. The alternating colors are white, purple, and gold.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 222589

Accession Number: 2006.44.2704

Patria Club of Salem Medal

Medal hanging on a red, white, and blue ribbon. The top of the medal is adorned with a bald eagle with spread wings. On the face of the medal is a profile of George Washington.

Date: 1912

Maker: L.H. & Scovill (Manufacturer)

Material: metal, cloth

GUSN: 222592

Accession Number: 2006.44.3366

Patria Club of Salem Medal

Medal, hanging on a red, white, and blue ribbon. The top of the medal is adorned by a bald eagle with spread wings. On the face of the medal is a profile of George Washington.

Date: 1912

Maker: L.H. & Scovill (Manufacturer)

Material: metal

GUSN: 222595

Accession Number: 2006.44.3367

Coin

French coin dated 1882. The front has the profile of the head of a woman. The back has a ship's sail,mast, and oars, and surrounded by cat tails.

Date: 1882

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 222596

Accession Number: 2006.44.2709

Boy's Clubs of America Medal

Boy's Clubs of America commemorative medal. There is a seperate bar for fifteen years, twenty years, and for every five years until forty. At the bottom is a round medal hanging that has the crest of the Boys' Clubs of America. Behind the medals is a long red ribbon.

Maker: Dieges and Clust (Manufacturer)

Material: metal, cloth

GUSN: 222597

Accession Number: 2006.44.2701

Postage stamps

Two postage stamps adhered to a piece envelope. The stamps are printed in green ink. There is the profile of a man in military dress.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 222598

Accession Number: 2006.44.2697

Box

Blue oval box with a lid and handle. The object is light blue with a with a white flour in the center and white fleur-de-lise around the edges of the lid and bottom. The handle has white waves on its light blue background.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), paint (coating), cloth

GUSN: 222599

Accession Number: 2006.44.2710AB

Checkbook

Green rectangular travelers checkbook with gold writing on it. On the front cover, there is a black string attatched that can be use to wrap around the book. On the inside, there is one pocket on the right proper side.

Maker: Cook's and Wagons - Lits (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product), cloth

GUSN: 222604

Accession Number: 2006.44.2700

Thumbtacks

Green rectangular piece of wood with nine holes and three silver headed thumbtacks.

Maker: SOLIDHED (Manufacturer)

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating), metal

GUSN: 222605

Accession Number: 2006.44.2706

Crock

Gray stoneware crock with lid. Blue bird on front. Stamped "Bullard and Scott, Cambridgeport, Mass."

Date: 1850-1859

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 311614

Accession Number: 1945.171A

Spectacles

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311616

Accession Number: 1945.219

Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311618

Accession Number: 1945.247

Dominoes

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311620

Accession Number: 1945.84

Comb

An ivory comb with two different sizes of tines.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 311621

Accession Number: 1946.346.2

Hairbrush

A small brush with an ivory handle and horsehair bristles.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), horsehair

GUSN: 311622

Accession Number: 1946.346.4

Purse

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311623

Accession Number: 1946.522

Scale

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311624

Accession Number: 1946.535

Tray

One of three nesting trays.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311625

Accession Number: 1933.1049B

Apple Peeler

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 311626

Accession Number: 1998.5973

Apple Peeler

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311628

Accession Number: 1998.5974

Cast Iron Glue Pot and Box of Glue

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron, glue, cardboard

GUSN: 311629

Accession Number: 1998.5975.1-.2AB

Measuring Spoons

No description

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 311651

Accession Number: 1998.5980

French Fry Cutter

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 311652

Accession Number: 1998.5989

Box of Sandwich and Cake Cutters

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, metal

GUSN: 311653

Accession Number: 1998.5990.1AB-.8

Teabox paper

Five sheets of tea or tea box paper. Thin, tissue-like paper covered with silver metallic foil.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 302613

Accession Number: 2001.281.1265.1-.5

Bandbox

Oval pasteboard bandbox with lid, covered in wallpaper. Bandbox [a] wallpaper designs include: castle with mountain, trees, livestock scenery and landscape on blue ground. Lid [b]: paper designs include floral motif, light blue ground color. The wallpaper is block-printed.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 269270

Accession Number: 2001.281.1AB

Retracto Electric Clothes Iron Cord Set in Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, paper (fiber product), cloth

GUSN: 311663

Accession Number: 1998.5991A-C

Red Star Cleaning Powder in Box

Two boxes of Red Star cleanser.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, cleaning compound

GUSN: 311664

Accession Number: 1998.5995.1-.2

Jar of Maxwell House Coffee

Stippled glass jar with paper label for Maxwell House coffee. Lid advertizes: George Burns and Gracie Allen Two Great Stars in a Great Radio Show! Thursday Night NBC Maxwell House Coffee Time"

Date: 1946-1949

Maker: Owens-Illinois Glass Co.

Material: coffee (food, dye), glass (material)

GUSN: 311665

Accession Number: 1998.5998

Bon Ami Powder in Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311666

Accession Number: 1998.6000

Salvation Army Mercy Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 311667

Accession Number: 1998.6004

Box of Swan's Down Bicarbonate Soda

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, sodium bicarbonate

GUSN: 311668

Accession Number: 1998.6005

Homemade Laundry Sprinkler Made from Olive Oil Bottle

Homemade laundry sprinkler made from S.S. Pierce olive oil bottle.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), metal, corks (stoppers)

GUSN: 311687

Accession Number: 1998.6006AB

Crinkle Baking Cups

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 311688

Accession Number: 1998.6008

Pencil

Silver pencil marked "Edwin Forest Leighton". Belonged to donor's father.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311689

Accession Number: 1933.1199

Box of Knox Gelatine

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: gelatin, paper (fiber product), cardboard

GUSN: 311690

Accession Number: 1998.6012

Spool of Thread

Small spool of white thread. (Inside drawer of 1934.2241 thread winder).

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311693

Accession Number: 1934.2241D

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