Log dollar stamped E and F

Name/Title

Log dollar stamped E and F

Entry/Object ID

2024.20.01

Description

24"-wide slice cut off from a pine log. The slice is stamped 12 times with the letters "E" and "F" The slice is mounted on a wooden tray with trimmed edge for wall display. The slice has a large check (crack) and is attached to the backing tray with four metal clips. It is not known where the tree was felled or if a lumbering company marked the slice, which was sometime also called a log slug or, more colorfully, a log dollar because it was flat, circular and represented money.

Context

Another dollar in collection, 2023.42.01, is marked with an same-size F stamp.

Collection

1835 Logging and Lumbering

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.20

Source or Donor

Cummings, Sam

Acquisition Method

Donation, unconditional

Lexicon

Search Terms

log slug, log dollar

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Frame

Height

31 in

Width

30 in

Dimension Notes

The dollar is about 24 inches wide

Create Date

May 2, 2024

Update Date

May 6, 2024