A rim style door lock made of a block of heavy steel is fitted with a large brass dead bolt. Painted black, it is surface mounted with 4 screws to a 1-inch thick block of unfinished, darkly soiled & oxidized wood, representing a door. Keyhole is cut through wood block, with no escutcheon and no key.
Small copper hand-cut flange is tacked to top edge of wood block for unknown purpose. Impression in wood and tack hole near bottom indicate a missing flange.
Earlier cataloging has lock assigned to above collection category -- indicating its origin as Farmers Bank
Strong losses of black paint with light corrosion on unpainted metal surrounding dead bolt. Unfinished wood is dark and soiled. Two plugged holes flank keyhole and a small tack hole is at center near bottom along with an impression in the wood of a missing metal flange such as the one at top.
Object ID
2002.143.7
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Leather case containing a set of 6 gauges used for determining outside diameter or f-stop of a camera aperture. Gauges are marked "f/11" through "f/64"
Push and pull plates from the double doors to the main ballroom of the Hotel Brunswick: A= pull plate with handle ('89187' on back); B= push plate ('89187' on back);
