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Object/Artifact

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

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Entry/Object ID

1.89.141

Description

Material: wood, ceramic, metal. Size: 4 3/4" W. x 4 3/4" L. Description: Dustin Collection #28 - wooden base hold terminals and pivots to form a single pole knife switch - porcelain knob handle - wooden pivot arm - three copper leaves over a plate form the contact end - small black label on pivot top printed with gold: "28". Incomplete.

Context

Part of the Fred G. Dustin Collection of Electrical Artifacts. This collection, originally displayed at the 1910 Electric Show in Minneapolis, was kept at Hodgson Hall for many years. In 1988-1989, it was dismantled, cleaned, and some items were taken to...(information has been lost). Transferred to the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis on 11 July 2006.

Cataloged By

Legacy Artifacts Import

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

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Nomenclature Sub-Class

Percussive Weapons

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Deaccession

D.1.89.141

Create Date

May 31, 1989

Update Date

November 21, 2024