Ballot Box

Object/Artifact

Cascade Locks Historical Museum

Name/Title

Ballot Box

Entry/Object ID

93.122.1

Description

Ballot Box made of a metal drum with two flared spices of metal to keep the round drum from rolling. There is a locking door on the to of the drum that has a handle attached. Notes with the ballot box reads, "Original Ballot Box from Hood River Country. Incorporated June 23, 1908. Cascade Locks is in Hood River Country. Coutery H.R. Museum."

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Geo. D. Barnard & Co. Manufacturing

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Front, top and back of drum.

Transcription

Front- Geo D. Barnard & Co. Manufactures St. Louis Mo. Top- Geo. D. Barnard & Co. MFR's. Pat. APL'D For. Back- General N (?)

Language

English

Material/Technique

Painted

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Box, Ballot

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Container, Ballot

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Device, Voting

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Organizational Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

14-3/8 in

Width

14-1/4 in

Length

23-5/8 in

Circumference

44-1/8 in

Materials

Material

Metal

Material Notes

Solid metal

Colors

Color

Black, Gold, Red, Gray

Color Notes

Box is painted black with with gold detail and font with red stripe. The black paint is worn and exposing a gray rusted metal surface.