Rug, braided, oval; starting in the center, predominantly green, brown, and orange patterned loops grow larger, then the colors change to blue, pink, brown, and red, culminating in a black border; colors in each loop change even within the loop; the fourth and fifth loops from the outside have become disconnected, and several other loops are loose.
Description: Rug, braided, oval; starting in the center, predominantly green, brown, and orange patterned loops grow larger, then the colors change to blue, pink, brown, and red, culminating in a black border; colors in each loop change even within the loop; the fourth and fifth loops from the outside have become disconnected, and several other loops are loose.
Description: Scale, the arms part of a balance weighing scale. Item was dug up close to Mickey Macfarlan's shed (the old Post Office in Preble's time) ca. 1970
Woman's hand fan, silk with ivory spreaders, apparently worn with "going away" skirt and jacket outfit (see 2009.11.1180 and 2009.11.1942). One of the accessories said to have been worn with the "going away" outfit of Hannah (nee Dick) Macfarlan for her honeymoon trip. Married 21 April 1869 in Philadelphia.
Description: Woman's hand fan, silk with ivory spreaders, apparently worn with "going away" skirt and jacket outfit (see 2009.11.1180 and 2009.11.1942). One of the accessories said to have been worn with the "going away" outfit of Hannah (nee Dick) Macfarlan for her honeymoon trip. Married 21 April 1869 in Philadelphia.
Tool, spoke shave, metal, similar to a plane, for scraping thin shavings off irregular wooden objects such as spokes of a wheel; makers mark: MADE IN USA, NO 151
Description: Tool, spoke shave, metal, similar to a plane, for scraping thin shavings off irregular wooden objects such as spokes of a wheel; makers mark: MADE IN USA, NO 151
Box, large wooden packing box with rope handles on the ends, one long side has a broken off piece; box is nailed together with no lid; marked "GLOVE" BRAND RUBBERS (picture of a left hand)
Description: Box, large wooden packing box with rope handles on the ends, one long side has a broken off piece; box is nailed together with no lid; marked "GLOVE" BRAND RUBBERS (picture of a left hand)