Hoe on a long wooden handle. Hoe consists of flat rectangular steel piece connected to handle via a curved steel neck.
Date: 1890-1930
Maker: unknown
Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)
GUSN: 21390
Accession Number: 1998.4669
Shovel w/ a long wooden handle. Shovel does not have sides, but has a slightly concave center. Handle is curved at the bottom for easier lifting.
GUSN: 21391
Accession Number: 1998.4670
Lawn or garden edger w/ a long wooden handle. D-shaped handle support at top consisting of wood and steel. Rounded steel spade at bottom forms edger.
Date: 1880-1920
GUSN: 21392
Accession Number: 1998.4671
Pitch fork. Wooden handle w/ D-shaped hand support at top consisting of wood and steel. 4-tined fork.
GUSN: 21393
Accession Number: 1998.4672
Pitch fork. Wooden handle w/ D-shaped hand support at top consisting of wood and steel. 5-tined fork.
GUSN: 21394
Accession Number: 1998.4673
Shovel w/ a wooden D-shaped handle. Simple shovel head.
Maker: Seamans Co. (Maker)
GUSN: 21395
Accession Number: 1998.4674
Rectangular wooden box w/ open top and a leather bail handle fixed at center. Black letters painted on side advertise product information.
Date: 1890-1920
Maker: The Brown Fence & Wire Co. (Maker)
Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)
GUSN: 21396
Accession Number: 1998.4675
Rectangular wooden box w/ an open top, roughly-hewn. Two dividers fitted inside create four separate compartments.
Date: 1860-1890
Material: wood (plant material)
GUSN: 21397
Accession Number: 1998.4676
Oval wooden garden basket w/ arched wooden handle; simple weave w/ hoop around top rim.
Date: 1900-1940
Material: wood (plant material), weaving
GUSN: 21398
Accession Number: 1998.4677
Oval wooden garden basket w/ broken handle. Low sides and plain weave. Wider piece nailed as a rim.
GUSN: 21399
Accession Number: 1998.4678
Long bamboo pole used for fishing. No ornamentation. Very thinly tapered at the end.
Material: bamboo (material)
GUSN: 21400
Accession Number: 1998.4679
Wooden fishing pole. Metal bands at handle end and at center. 2 nails near handle for attaching line. Tapers at end.
GUSN: 21401
Accession Number: 1998.4680
Hay rake w/ long wooden handle. Rake is a long wooden bar w/ 24 turned wooden teeth (4 of which are missing) set into one side. 3 semi-circular iron loops from handle to rake head to provide support.
GUSN: 21402
Accession Number: 1998.4681
Rag mop on a wooden handle. Rags secured to handle via an adjustable metal frame.
GUSN: 21403
Accession Number: 1998.4682
Wooden mop handle w/ steel tip for securing a mop head. Top consists of a flat tongue-like piece and a matching plate fitted together by an adjustable screw.
GUSN: 21404
Accession Number: 1998.4683
Tin dust pan (once japanned) attached to slender wooden handle w/ hook at end for hanging. Vertical ribbed grooves in pan. Used for coal and ashes.
Date: 1870-1890
Maker: Cutter & Evans (Maker)
Material: tin (metal), wood (plant material)
GUSN: 21405
Accession Number: 1998.4684
Fire grill. Consists of two steel rectangular grill racks of evenly-spaced slender rods. Racks connected at bottom and are attached at top to 2 handles w/ rounded tips.
Material: steel (alloy)
GUSN: 21406
Accession Number: 1998.4685
Dust broom w/ a long wooden handle. Whisks are set into groove in wooden bar and are secured by a thin wire strip.
Material: straw (plant material), wood (plant material)
GUSN: 21407
Accession Number: 1998.4686
Cast iron poker for use w/ a stove. Handle end has spiral piece over the central pole. Tip is hooked for poking. Loop at top of handle for hanging.
Material: casting (process), iron (metal)
GUSN: 21408
Accession Number: 1998.4687
Round basket, wooden, w/ high bail handle fixed at center. Vertical reeds are the widest; horizontal reeds at mid-section of basket are very thin.
GUSN: 21409
Accession Number: 1998.4688
Wooden extension ladder in 2 sections. 7 turned rungs on each section. Framing consists of 2 solid vertical planks on each section. Adjusts via metal braces.
Date: 1950-1970
GUSN: 21410
Accession Number: 1998.4564
Wooden sawhorse. Consists of a solid plank fixed horizontally between two legs at each side. Legs are further secured by square stretchers.
GUSN: 21411
Accession Number: 1998.4565
GUSN: 21412
Accession Number: 1998.4567
GUSN: 21413
Accession Number: 1998.4568
Wooden sawhorse. Consists of a solid plank fixed horizontally between two legs at each side.
GUSN: 21414
Accession Number: 1998.4566
White cotton bag with blue and red lettering and central image of man on running horse. Bag unfinished at opening.
Date: 1870-1900
Maker: Revere Sugar Refinery (Manufacturer)
Material: cotton (textile)
GUSN: 21566
Accession Number: 1998.3149
GUSN: 21567
Accession Number: 1998.3150
White cotton bag with blue lettering. Bag unfinished at opening.
Maker: American Sugar Refining Company (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 21568
Accession Number: 1998.3151
White linen bag, no markings, no drawstring.
Material: linen (material)
GUSN: 21569
Accession Number: 1998.3152
Needlework motto on punched and printed background: "Wisdom is Strength". Both have reflective material behind canvas. Framed as a pair with 1998.5924 in heavy walnut frames.
Date: ca. 1880
GUSN: 21570
Accession Number: 1998.5925
White canvas tote bag w/ large handle on one side. Unfinished handle sewn on w/ black thread.
Date: 1880-1910
Maker: Possibly Tucker, Jane Armstrong, 1866-1964 (Maker)
Material: canvas, hand sewing
GUSN: 21571
Accession Number: 1998.3153
Pair of framed enlarged photographic portraits of man and woman, touched up with crayon; elaborate gold frames in wheat and feather pattern.
Material: photographs
GUSN: 21572
Accession Number: 1998.5926.1
Brown floral linen bag w/ blue and pink mums over brown leaves and dark brown background. Unfinished edge at opening.
Material: hand sewing, linen (material)
GUSN: 21573
Accession Number: 1998.3154
White linen bag w/ unfinished edges. Sewn w/ white braided thread.
GUSN: 21574
Accession Number: 1998.3155
GUSN: 21575
Accession Number: 1998.5926.2
White cotton feed bag with black lettering and image of chicken and two farmers on front.
Date: 1900-1920
Maker: The Park & Pollard Co. (Manufacturer) Buffalo Bag Co. (Manufacturer)
Material: cotton (textile), machine sewing (technique)
GUSN: 21576
Accession Number: 1998.3156
Small bronze reclining rabbit, long ears raised; green patina.
Maker: McClelland Barclay (Maker)
Material: bronze (metal)
GUSN: 21577
Accession Number: 1998.5927
White canvas tote bag w/ handle attached at sides. Center of handle is bunched together.
GUSN: 21578
Accession Number: 1998.3157
White cotton bag, unfinished edges, no drawstrings.
Material: cotton (textile), hand sewing
GUSN: 21579
Accession Number: 1998.3158
White muslin bag, crinkled fabric. No markings, no drawstring.
Material: hand sewing, muslin
GUSN: 21580
Accession Number: 1998.3159
Plaid cotton bag w/ white background, red and blue plaid. No drawstring.
GUSN: 21581
Accession Number: 1998.3160
White cotton feedbag w/ blue and red lettering w/ image of seal in center.
Maker: Blue Seal Grain Products (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 21582
Accession Number: 1998.3161
White muslin bag w/ drawstring closure. No markings.
Date: 1890-1910
GUSN: 21583
Accession Number: 1998.3162
White cotton bag w/ unfinished edges. No markings, no drawstring. White braided thread used.
GUSN: 21584
Accession Number: 1998.3163
White canvas feedbag unmarked w/ 2 open ends (one unfinished).
Material: canvas, sewing (process)
GUSN: 21585
Accession Number: 1998.3164
Twin-size mattress ticking for cot. Off-white cotton cover over stuffing.
Material: cotton (textile), sewing (process)
GUSN: 21586
Accession Number: 1998.3165
Worn Middy blouse of white cotton. Ribbed sailor's collar.
Date: 1860-1880
GUSN: 21587
Accession Number: 1998.3166
Worn Middy blouse of white cotton. Ribbed sailor's collar. Blue collar and cuffs and 2 pockets in front.
GUSN: 21588
Accession Number: 1998.3167
Worn Middy blouse of white cotton. Eyeholes for lacing up front and bottom of sides.
GUSN: 21589
Accession Number: 1998.3168
White canvas shirt(B) and pants(A). Drawstring pants w/ 2 pockets and 2 buttons on front. Shirt w/ large collar w/ 2 buttons at chest and one breast pocket.
Maker: Owen Moore & Co. (Manufacturer)
Material: canvas
GUSN: 21590
Accession Number: 1998.3169AB