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  1. Suggestion Box - Box

    teal wooden suggestion box with hinged lid which opens at 1/4 part. Slot opening in top and lock on front. Holes on back to hang on wall.

    Record Type: Object

    Mh2016.1.131 Front
  2. Summer and Winter Coverlet - Coverlet

    Summer and Winter Coverlet, patterned and reversible. Blue and white Bound Coverlet with alternating pattern. Made on Davis Vail's (Stephen's Father) farm in Littleton and passed down to Sarah Vail Cutler and then later her daughter Harriet BVC Lidgerwood.

    Record Type: Object

    HS1991.172
  3. Surveyor Pole - Pole, Picket

    Red and white striped poles with metal foot and tip.

    Record Type: Object

    Mh2016.1.164 Closeup Bottom
  4. Surveyor Pole - Pole, Picket

    Red and white striped poles with metal foot and tip.

    Record Type: Object

    Mh2016.1.163-mh2016.1.165
  5. Surveyor Pole - Pole, Picket

    Red and white striped poles with metal foot and tip.

    Record Type: Object

    Mh2016.1.165 Closeup Bottom
  6. Surveyor Ruler - Scale, Surveyor's

    standard measure with compartment that slides open to fully extend, it has piece to control opening and closing that .157 is missing.

    Record Type: Object

    Mh2016.1.159
  7. Surveyor Ruler - Scale, Surveyor's

    standard measure with compartment that slides open to fully extend 107"

    Record Type: Object

    Mh2016.1.157
  8. Surveyor Ruler - Scale, Surveyor's

    standard measure with compartment that slides open to fully extend, it has piece to control opening and closing that .157 is missing.

    Record Type: Object

    Mh2016.1.158
  9. Surveyor's Ruler - Scale, Surveyor's

    "The Golden Rule" Surveyer Tool, yellow cardboard tube around wooden measuring pole. Numbers marked in red paint and black dash lines. Designed to extend but stuck.

    Record Type: Object

    Mh2016.1.161
  10. Surveyor's Ruler - Scale, Surveyor's

    Ruler in Canvas bag

    Record Type: Object

    Mh2016.1.160
  11. Surveyor's Tripod - Tripod, Surveyor's

    Tripod

    Record Type: Object

    Mh2016.1.156 Standing Side
  12. Surveyors Club, Wooden - Club, Froe

    Wooden Object unfinished surveyors club. A Froe Club is used to strike the long, thing blade of the Froe Tool, like a mallet. The Froe Tool is an L-shaped blade designed for precision cutting of wood along the grain for shingles or ground stakes.

    Record Type: Object

    Surveyors Club, Wooden
  13. Swan Eating Insect - Print

    Audubon print, Swan eating insect, no markings, Framed.

    Record Type: Object

    2004.11.14
  14. Sword, sheath, and sheath cap - Sword

    Civil War officer's saber (A), metal and leather hilt, steel blade, gold tassel. Leather sheath (B) and metal sheath cap (C) which has become detached from the sheath.

    Record Type: Object

    2011.015.0001.A
  15. Table Runner - Runner, Table

    Textile, Under lamp on Dough box table

    Record Type: Object

    2004.13.37
  16. Tanka of Figure in Red Robe - Painting

    1 Chinese gouache, "Tanka", Seated figure in red robe with gold floral and bird decoration in multicolors. Framed in black.

    Record Type: Object

    2004.12.32
  17. Telegraph Alarm - Telegraph

    Telegraph Alarm 7.5"L x 5.75"W x 7"H . Telegraph equipment mounted on wooden base, two cylinders mounted on a center post which protrudes from the wooden platform. Labeled on leather strip, "Guest's Telegraph Alarm". John H. Guest Electro Magnetic Burglar and Fire Alarm, patented July 14, 1868.

    Record Type: Object

    HS2011.3.1
  18. Telegraph Experiment - Painting

    Painting of three men using a telegraph, Samuel F.B. Morse, Leonard Gale and Daubney with telegraph in College of the City of New York offices. An interpretation of the scene Alfred Vail would have found walking in on the experiment. "From Western Union" handwritten on back of painting.

    Record Type: Object

    HS1971.006
  19. Telegraph Signal Electric, - Telegraph

    Telegraph Signal Electric, tap key with international code and instructions included

    Record Type: Object

    HS2009.7.1
  20. Telegraph Sounder - Telegraph

    Signal Electric Manufacturing Company Telegraph. Brass wood and metal. Numbered 20-0 HMS Manufacturing. 5.5"L x 5"W x 3.75"H

    Record Type: Object

    HS2012.14

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