Name/Title
Harper's Fly Trap, Ca. 1901Entry/Object ID
1981.97.1Description
Acc, No. 81.97.1
Subject Category: Business(Grocery Store)
Date or period: 1901
Object: Fly trap
Description: It rests on three legs. It is covered with a metal screen. Interior is coneshaped screen.
Size: It is 173 inches high. Bottom circumference is 11 inches and it tapers to top 8 inches.
History of Object: This fly trap was used in front of Hickman's Grocery Store. Located on Webster Street and Railroad Avenue (now Lincoln Avenue). This was about 1904.
Acquired from: Ben Jost
Date: 1953 1954Interpretative Labels
Label
3/2/2020 MvL: current label:
FLY TRAP
CIRCA 1904
This fly trap was used by Hickman's Grocery Store located at the corner of Webster St. and Lincoln Ave.