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
Revolver box
Object Number:
INV.8671wx
Date:
1852-1880
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 9 x 4 1/8 in. ( 3.8 x 22.9 x 10.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: on label inside lid: "No. 3 -- 38 CAL. REVOLVER, / MANUFACTURED BY / E. REMINGTON & SONS, ILION, N. Y. / (SMOOT'S PATENT.) / DIRECTIONS FOR USE..."
Description:
Dark green cardboard revolver box with lid; box found nested, directions for use printed on exposed label.
Gallery Label:
This revolver box belonged to Lt. Col. William H. Paine, who served as a surveyor in the Army during the Civil War. It was found among the items in his footlocker. 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.
