Knife

Object/Artifact

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Knife

Entry/Object ID

45.17.4

Description

Knife and Sheath. (a) Knife. Material: metal. Size: 7 3/4" L. Description: metal blade; handle wrapped with black and red material; silver metal butt. (b) Sheath. Material: leather, metal. Size: 7 1/2" Description: leather sheath; metal rivets around edge; silver metal snap at end; engraved on snap: "Marble, Gladstone, Mich"; engraved in leather: "A G".

Context

Knife possibly belonged to a brother of Clarence. Clarence E. Graham editor and farmer. Born in New York 22 December 1841. Son of John L. Graham. Enlisted in Company D, Second Wisconsin cavalry in 1863. Moved to a farm in Freedom Township 9 January 1866 and purchased the Argus and was postmaster. 1881 moved to Waseca and purchased the Waseca Radical. Died at his farm in Alton, 11 January 1904.

Cataloged By

pauline

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Knife

Nomenclature Class

Multiple Use T&E for Materials

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Create Date

September 21, 2017

Update Date

November 21, 2024