Collection Highlights
An Address to the inhabitants of the British Settlements in America, upon slave-keeping
Date:
1773
Object Number:
LIB.Y1773.RushAddress
Medium:
Paper, book
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Key on string
Object Number:
INV.8671jj
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Metal, jute
Dimensions:
overall (on string): 1 1/8 x 2 x 4 7/8 in. ( 2.9 x 5.1 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Silver-colored metal skeleton key on twisted jute string.
Gallery Label:
This skeleton key was among the items found in the footlocker of William H. Paine. Paine served as a surveyor with the Army engineers during the Civil War. Paine was responsible for devising systems and tools to better facilitate the surveyor's tasks, including patenting a coiled steel tape measure.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Isidore L. Rosenzweig, in Memory of Bessie and Isidore L. Rosenzweig, 1978
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
