Collection Highlights
Poems, Henricus Selyns
Date:
1659-1686
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Selyns
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Historical Artifacts
Contents of traveling desk
Object Number:
Z.1017a-L
Date:
1850-1944
Medium:
Wood, metal, glass, plastic, twine, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 11 x 4 1/4 in. ( 11.4 x 27.9 x 10.8 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on pencil: "DIXON'S / AMERICAN / GRAPHITE / SM-No.2 / 142"
stamped: on pen: "I. D. BELCHER & CO. / BIRMINGHAM / No 68"
stamped: on comb: "[F?].R. Comb Co's UNBREAKABLE Goodyear 1851/ No. 181"
cut out: in stencil: "R. C. HAMLIN"
in relief: on
Description:
Contents of traveling desk (1944.110); includes unsharpened lead pencil ("a"), ink pen ("b"), plastic comb ("c"), sheet metal stencil with name of "R. C. HAMLIN" ("d"), rectangular metal stamp with cone-shaped handle and corrugated underside ("e"), cylindrical opaque white pressed glass jar missing screw-top lid ("f"), collection of three (clothing?) buttons ("g"), silver-colored plastic handle ("h"), safety pin ("i"), twine ("j"), rectangular wooden bar ("k"), and miscellaneous documents, including photographic negatives, (2) photographs, and schedule for the Long Island Railroad for June 28, 1911 ("L").
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Dr. James Hamlin MacIvor
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
