Kirby House Wall Finds

Name/Title

Kirby House Wall Finds

Entry/Object ID

2022.92.01

Description

Collection of items reported to have come "out of the walls" of the Kirby House. 1. Ball of cotton strips 2. White, round lace doily 3. Black fabric patterned bow tie 4. Small child's high top shoe 5. Larger child's high top shoe 6. Hand sewn lady's high top shoe decoration 7. Hand sewn doll's hat 8. "Account Book" pamphlet 9. "Second Reader" child's text 10. Partial pamphlet "Sexual Cures" 11. Pure Cane Sugar paper bag, empty 12. Brown glass bottle marked "Citrate of Magnesia" 13. Brass stencil for Tilton Commission Co." 247 Minneapolis 14. Wooden egg, perhaps for darning 15. spoon, corroded 16. small clear bottle 17. two pairs of steel latches

Context

Larry Gammons and Carl Jennings brought the items to the History Center in the 2010s

Collection

Hospitals, medical care and doctors

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2022.92

Source or Donor

Gammons, Larry

Acquisition Method

Donation

Location

* Untyped Location

Sec 1E Shelf S30

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Kirby House/Community Hospital before 1960, Gammons, Larry, Jennings, Carl 1938-2019

General Notes

Note

These items were inventoried by Victor Bella and photographed by Alec Butler in 2022

Create Date

December 6, 2022

Update Date

August 16, 2024