Collection Highlights
Wonderful Willie! : What he and Tommy did to Spain / sketches and rhymes by L.D. Bradley.
Date:
ca. 1899
Object Number:
LIB.PZ7.B66.W6
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Compass
Object Number:
1952.13
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Steel, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 19 3/8 x 5/8 in. ( 12.7 x 49.2 x 1.6 cm )
Marks:
struck: on each pin joint: "DRG"
Description:
Steel compass; steel bar with brass stops at termini; two steel pins with marked spherical brass joints which allow them to slide across the bar.
Gallery Label:
The maker, David R. Griffith, was a naval maritime constructor in the Civil War.
Credit Line:
Gift of Frederick Griffith
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
