Objects

32 results found. Records searched: 32

1. Animal, Mechanical - 1950

   Yellow tin wind-up goose with red beak and orange feet. Three wheels on bottom of toy. Goose has two oval shaped wings that flap when toy is wound up. Key for winding is separate from toy. Goose has blue details on wings and red, green, and gold flowers on its neck. Item includes the wind-up key and original box. Box is green cardboard with cartoon geese on sides and top. Top has Chinese writing and word "GOSLING" in navy blue.

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2. Animal, Mechanical - 1955

   Lithographed tinplate bird. The bird has a wind-up pecking mechanism. "MADE IN JAPAN" is stamped on the underside.

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3. Animal, Mechanical - 1955

   Lithographed tinplate horse with cowboy. The rider is made of plastic. The horse has a wind-up galloping mechanism. The front hooves of the horse have recessed plastic wheels while the back hooves are black rubber. "MADE IN JAPAN" is written across the belly of the horse. The horse's tail is made from synthetic fabric. The horse's ears are black plastic.

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4. Animal, Mechanical - 1955

   Plastic toy dog with wind-up mechanism. The dog is light brown with large white spots, blue eyes, and a blue collar. Two wheels on the toy. When wound up the dog "runs" across the table on the wheels and its tail spins.

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5. Animal, Mechanical - 1970

   Tin cowboy on horse with lasso. Toy can be wound up so it moves across the table, horse's tail wags and lasso spins when wound. Toy is in four pieces - horse, cowboy, lasso, and key for winding. Original box is included. Horse is brown with white spots. Has a green and yellow saddle. Cowboy has blue pants and a red shirt with green bandana around his neck. Wearing a red hat. His face and hat are plastic - rest of toy is tin. Key and la...

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6. Bag, Doctor's - 1920 circa

   Doctor's bag used by Dr. Perry Clayton in the 1920s and 1930s. This bag carried much of the equipment and medicine used by Dr. Clayton during his housecalls to families in the Pastville community. The bag is black cowhide leather with a metal clasp at the top. When clasp is open, the top of the bag opens out to display a leather lined interior with pockets around the edges to store medical supplies. Wear is apparent on the seams of the bag as wel...

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7. Bar, Ribbon - 1944

   World War II - ribbon bar with three ribbons awarded to Lt. (jg) Clair N Hanley: 1. Philippines Liberation Ribbon with 1 star 2. American Campaign Ribbon 3. Asiatic-Pacific Area Ribbon with 2 stars 1. Philippines Liberation Ribbon: The ribbon is 1 3/8 inches wide and consists of the following stripes;1/2 inch yellow, 1/8 inch white, 1/8 inch blue, 1/2 inch yellow. One 3/16 inch bronze star. 2. American Campaign Ribbon: The American Campa...

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8. Cabinet, Hoosier - 1900 circa

   Large wooden piece of furniture found in the kitchen of the George C. Alberts farmhouse before the house was torn down in January 2010. The lower part is made of three closed cabinets with two shelves each. The upper piece is three open shelves that span the width. The interior of the cabinet has been painted several times, but the exterior has remained unpainted. The current interior paint color is white.

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9. Candlestick - 1900 ca.

   Cast bronze figural candlestick in the form of a stag. It is approximately 12 inches high. The antler tines hold two candles.

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10. Chair - 1965 ca

    Painted wooden side chair. Chair splat is decorated with gold stencil design of acorns, oak leaves, and berries. In addition there are gold-stencilled downward facing arrows on stiles. The legs are turned and decorated with gold bands. Hand-woven rush seat made from the female leaf of the common cattail plant, Typhon latifolia. The leaves are woven directly to the frame. The chair, is a revival, made after the Hitchcock Chair Company was revive...

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11. Clupea harengus - 50,000,000 bp

    Fossilized herring in sandstone matrix. Typewritten paper tag on back reads, "HERRING LOWER EOCENE 50,000,000 YEARS OLD".

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12. Funnel - 1920 ca

    White enamelware funnel with blue rim. Item has a place of origin stamped on the handle. The funnel was made in Germany.

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13. Granite - Unknown

    Pink granite is the commonest of all intrusive igneous rocks. It has a total silica content greater than 65%, and a minimum quartz content of 20%. Granite is coarse-grained with crystals larger than 5 mm in diameter. It forms at considerable depth in the earth's crust.

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14. Necklace - 1500 yrs. bp.

    Beads recovered from grave site. Unglazed clay beads of various shapes -- 6 leaf -shaped, 2 flower-shaped, 1 bird, 25 tubular beads (34) total. These items were strung on dental floss by Harlan Grover, the man who found them in his corn field. *Because the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) is designed to protect sensitive cultural material, the example used here is entirely fictitious. The artifact depicted an...

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15. Painting - 1948

    Unfinished portrait of a woman wearing a large hat with pink and green feathers and a blue ribbon tie. Her face stands out from the darkness of the hat. The background is unfinished and the lower portion of the picture is largely unpainted. The signature appears in the lower right area. The canvas is very lightly painted using the dry brush technique. In many areas the original pencil sketch and the texture of the canvas are evident through the p...

    Record Type: Object