Search Results for: Personal Artifacts

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	Cane c. 1903 1917.01 This cane was a retirement gift to Samuel Lamb (1821-1908) one of the longest serving attorneys inGreenfield, Massachusetts.
	Carpet Bag 1840-1850 1964.07.01 Known as a "carpet bag" because it is fashioned from the heavy carpeting ordinarily seen on floors, this leather-handled bag, complete with a metal lock, was owned in Bennington, Vermont.
	Reticule 1815-1820 1990.001 This drawstring bag, known as a "reticule," was used as a purse.
	Pocketbook c. 1835 1986.12b This leather pocketbook was purchased by a South Deerfield, Massachusetts, man in 1835, just as manufactured leather pocketbooks were beginning to be distributed in the United States.
	Wallet c. 1930 1986.25.01 This wallet was made in the South Deerfield, Massachusetts, plant of the Arms Manufacturing Company in 1930. The plant operated in South Deerfield until soon after 1948.
	Riding Crop c. 1919 1999.16.500.02d Julia D.S. Snow of Greenfield, Massachusetts, had this riding crop or swagger stick custom-made for her dress uniform when she served as a U.S. Army nurse during World War I. It was not a standard part of the uniform.
	Spectacles 1770-1780 1889.30.41a This type of eighteenth century spectacle frame was developed by Benjamin Martin in the 1750s.
	Spectacles 1760-1780 MH.F.278 These spectacles are very typical of those used in the eighteenth century.
	Pocketbook 2002.29.501 This pocketbook, or wallet, is a flat leather folding case for money or personal papers that can be carried in a pocket or a handbag.
	Steamer Trunk c. 1850 2002.33.12 This steamer trunk contains bags and jars of dry paint pigments.

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