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Whatnot (corner stand) : Object 1860-1869.
- Format:
- 3D object
- Series:
- African American Communities.
- African American Communities
- Language:
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Houses on Hunterfly Road (New York, N.Y.).
- Shelving.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2015.
- Summary:
- Four shelves in black walnut with turned finials and four turned legs. Each shelf has a coarse fretwork back. On the shelves are: ink well, pen, crochet hooks, glasses, glass case and some books. Copy of 'The North Star' newspaper, Rochester, NY, folded on bottom shelf.
- Notes:
- 1860s Hunterfly Road House, 1702 Bergen Street.
- The small bone or ivory crochet hooks were discovered behind the mantelpiece of this house by Tom Paske. Books depicted are 'A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin', by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1899 edition, id ref 2004.13.10) and 'Sesame and Lilies' by John Ruskin (id ref 2006.151.01). This second book is inscribed To Hattie, from Helen. It consists of a collection of lectures from the 1860s on the roles of men and women in society.;AMDigital Reference: 2004.09.01 (whatnot); 2007.04.26 (eyeglasses).
- Description based on online resource (viewed on March 1, 2023).
- OCLC:
- 1379426758
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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