Bird cage
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Iron, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 7 in. ( 30.5 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Tinned sheet bird cage with handle and three paw feet.
Object Number:
INV.5297
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
12554
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Magic lantern slide
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 9 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 7.9 x 23.8 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Glass magic lantern slide with comical polychrome image of five boys playing triangle, watering can, boot jack, and hoops as instruments.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Arthur Gardiner
Object Number:
1936.527
Marks:
printed: lower left corner: "E.P."
printed: lower right corner: "2."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
12174
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Magic lantern slide
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 9 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 7.9 x 23.8 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Glass magic lantern slide with comical polychrome printed image of six soldiers and one woman.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Arthur Gardiner
Object Number:
1936.525
Marks:
printed: lower left corner: "E.P."
printed: lower right corner: "9."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
11835
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bobsled
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Wood, metal, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 89 in. ( 32.4 x 31.8 x 226.1 cm )
Description:
Wooden bob sled with elongated oval top above two pairs of runners; front runners with pivoting mechanism; rope at front.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. John E. Parsons
Object Number:
1959.100
Marks:
stencilled: on underside of body: "SLAZENGER/NEW YORK"
Gallery Label:
Bobsledding was developed in Switzerland in the late 1800s when runners were attached to a toboggan to get greater speed down the famous runs at St. Moritz. The new sled was so named because early racers believed they could increase their speed by bobbing their bodies back and forth. The first bobsled run in the United States was built at Lake Placid, New York for the 1932 Winter Olympics, and American bobsledders took the lead in world competition through the 1950s. This bobsled, with a pivoting mechanism for steering, was made by Slazenger, a British sporting goods manufacturer more familiar today for its tennis equipment.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
11653
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Music box
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Wood, brass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. ( 18.4 x 31.8 x 31.8 cm )
Description:
Music box with hinged lid, small windup handle at base of front.
Credit Line:
Gift of Garrett H. Winter
Object Number:
1946.61
Marks:
printed: on piece of paper, with message in English, French, and German: "Patented/Steel tongue mu-/sical boxes with/changeable music/sheets. Play any/number of tunes./While playing the/instrument must be/closed."
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this music box belonged to the mother of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
11307
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stereoscope
Classification:
Date:
1870-1880
Medium:
Wood, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 10 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. ( 45.7 x 26 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Dual viewing stereoscope.
Object Number:
INV.216
Marks:
printed: on plaque: "Alex Beckers/New York/Patents/April 7, 1857/March 1 & 29, 1859/April 12, 1859/Dec 13, 1859."
printed: on paper label: "Alex Beckers/Patents/May 29th, 1866/Jan 25 th, 1870"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
11194
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stereoscope
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1878
Medium:
Wood, glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 5 x 5 1/4 in. ( 8.9 x 12.7 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Hand-held stereoscope with a folding, metal, accordian-style, and wooden stereograph holder, folding turned handle and a wooden mask with two square glass viewing lenses.
Object Number:
Z.2862
Marks:
stamped: on the wooden stereograph holder bar: "PATENTED/ JUL. 5 1870 & MAR 20 1878"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1878
eMuseum Object ID:
9997
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sled
Classification:
Date:
1850-1875
Medium:
Wood, iron, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 37 x 17 in. ( 27.9 x 94 x 43.2 cm )
Description:
Wooden sled; two runners with strips of iron nailed to bottom; iron forms curl at each end; flat seat with U-shaped cutout at front; handle grips at sides; all painted red (worn) with outlines in black; "Fremont" painted in black across top of seat.
Credit Line:
Gift of Howard R. Barton
Object Number:
1941.916
Marks:
stencilled: in black on top of seat: "FREMONT."
Gallery Label:
This sled belonged to Edward Rittenhouse Barton, the father of the donor. According to the donor, the name "Fremont" stencilled on the seat of the sled refers to John C. Frémont, a Presidential candidate in 1856.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
9012
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Walrus tusk carved w/cribbage board & sea mammals
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Ivory, pigment
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 3/8 x 3 x 3/4 in. ( 44.1 x 7.6 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Cribbage board carved from walrus tusk ornamented with carved figures of fish, seals, and walruses.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Object Number:
1943.246
Gallery Label:
After examining the collection on 2/24/2013, Stuart M. Frank, curator of the New Bedford Whaling Museum, believes this tusk could likely be attributed to Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea. Branches of the Yup’ik tribes created scrimshaw pieces to sell or barter as souvenirs in the early twentieth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
8351
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ice skates (pair)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1840-1860
Medium:
Wood, steel, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 11 in. ( 8.3 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Pair of ice skates with steel blades attached to wooden base; leather ankle and toe straps secured with metal buckles; two small spikes at front of base and large screw at rear for attaching skate to bottom of shoe.
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Thatcher T.P. Luguer
Object Number:
1950.323ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
7890
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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