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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2002.046.3
Collection
General Collection
Description
One of a set of three toiletry tools with mother-of-pearl handles and steel shanks. Most of tool length comprises a stout file. Tip extends to a shart point for cleaning fingernails. Shell handle widens and flattens out to a rounded terminal.
Year Range From
1875
Year Range To
1900
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Museum West
Storage Wall
CC N
Storage Cabinet
Unit 10
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Subcategory
Toilet Article
Object Name
File, Nail
Material
Mother of Pearl, Steel
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2015-01-16
Condition Notes
Metal is darkened with tarnish and there is slight soiling.
Object ID
2002.046.3
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2002.046.3
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Hannah Bosley, corn doctress of Columbia
Object ID
1-02-01-11
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Hannah Bosley, corn doctress of Columbia
Description
Cabinet card. Hannah Bosley, corn doctress of Columbia.
Year Range From
1888
Year Range To
1892
Creator
Taylor, William Curtis
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Bosley, Hannah
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
African American women
African Americans
African Americans--History
Free Black people
Search Terms
African American Women
Cabinet cards
Free persons of color
Medicine
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
2.5 x 3.5 inches
Print Size
4.125 x 7.5 inches
Object ID
1-02-01-11
Negative Number
yes
Images
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