Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Washing supplies
Object Number:
2002.1.1487
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
10 3/8 x 5 7/8 x 1/4 in.
Description:
This wood panel was the top insert in a metal hand washboard. This panel reads on one side in red and black "The Brass King/ Top Notch Soap Saving Sanitary Front Drain/ Do Not Rub Hard The Board Will Do The Work". And on the reverse "National Wash Board Co./ No. National 802/ Memphis, Chicago, Saginaw."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
