A piece of a metal lid, believed to be a cover for the glass viewing plate of a coffin, ca. 1870, unearthed during the digging of a crypt for Nellie D. Temple, April 1998. The piece has a curved end with a flat section and appears to have been an edge piece attached to 5.2 There is some dirt or other organic material encrusted on the item which, with pervasive rusting and pitting, is in poor condition.
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Three-dimensional, Coffins, Tombs, Cemeteries--City of Industry (Calif.), City of Industry (Calif.)--Homestead Museum--El Campo Santo
