Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Farm implement
Object Number:
Z.980
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 1/4 x 69 x 19 in. ( 69.2 x 175.3 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Farm implement consisting of long rectangular wooden plank with two wooden wheels at one end and squared vertical post mounted above axle; horizontal iron bar, which is hooked on one end and bent on the other end to form a handle, threaded through hole in top of post; wheels wrapped with bands of iron.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
