Objects

59 results found. Records searched: 59

1. "Cyclone" broadcast seeder - Seeder, Hand Centrifugal

   A canvas bag with a canvas shoulder strap attached to a wooden frame (painted orange), with a hand crank operating a rotating platform by a gear and crank system. The bag is printed in black ink: "Cyclone-trademark- Seed Sower - patented 1925 made at - Urbana, Indiana-USA" a paper tag attached inside wood frame gives operating instructions.

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2. "Roche de Boeuf" - Art

   A print copy of a watercolor, titled "Roche de Boeuf", by Jim White. This is a signed and numbered copy: 8/250. This is a winter scene of Roche de Boeuf and the Interurban Bridge on the Maumee River, in Waterville, Ohio. Snow and a snow fence are shown in the foreground on the Lucas County side of the river, looking across to the Wood County side. This seems to be one of a number of copies, perhaps donated to WHS to sell. Copy no.9 of 250 has ...

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3. "Tuttle 1898, Waterville, OH" - Sculpture

   A canal boat plaque marked "Tuttle" 1898 Waterville, Ohio. On the back is written: Sculptor, R. Parsil, #7 Series #1.

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4. Adding Machine - Machine, Adding

   A hand-operated adding machine, with a 7 x 9 array of numbers keys plus 5 fuction keys on the right side, with the operating handle on the far right side of the machine. A printing tape roller and paper roll are at the top center. Red & white letters on front of base read " R.C. Allen-Business Machines". Silver letters on the front top read " R.C. Allen ( 95?)". (can't read)

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5. Apple crate - Crate, Shipping

   Wood apple crate, marked "Dick Farnsworth Orchards", next slat down says "Native Mfg. Co./Lewisville, Rt 2/Ohio

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6. Blickensderfer Model 8 Typewriter - Typewriter

   This antique typewriter, with a metal letter cylinder on a wooden base, is a Blickensderfer Model 8 typewriter, made in Stanford, Connecticut. Introduced in 1908, this model was a consdierable success. About 20,000 of the Model 8 units were sold, through 2017, accounting for about 10% of all Blickensderfer model typewriters sold. Note that the layout of the letters on the keys is different than the standard (QWERTY) keyboard letter layout of t...

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7. Butter Churn - Churn, butter

   A rounded-bottom rectangular wooden tub with iron straps at each end with a handle on top. It has 3 wooden legs and a wooden lid with cross supports and a single knob handle in center. One end reads: "Union Churn - 1st premium awarded at the Ohio, Ind., Mich, Wis., Illinois and New York State Fairs in 1865, 1866 and 1868" Mfg. by Union Mfg. Co., Toledo, Ohio". The assembly is incomplete: handle and paddle are missing.

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8. Camera - Camera, folding

   A wooden camera with leather bellows, detachable lens, frosted glass back, brass adjusting screws, rubber bulb (no cable), marked as Rochester View - Rochester Optical View and Camera. This camera belonged to John Findlay Torrence Isham, a local amateur photographer, and was used to take pictures with glass-plate negatives.

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9. Case for Duplicator - Case

   A large sheet metal cover, square at base and rounded at top, with a wire and wood carrying handle attached. The cover is painted black, with gold lettering near top and has clamps at the base to attach to the rotary printing machine 1994.009.001. Lettering says "Rotary Neostyle No. 8-F".

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10. Cast Iron Fire Starter Pot - Fireset

    A small black cast iron fire starter pot, with three small legs, a lid, and a wire handle. This pot would be filled with a flammable liquid to facilitate fire lighting or transfer, and would be found on the hearth or near a wood stove.

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11. Chautauqua Industrial Art Desk - Desk, portable

    A wooden (possibly walnut) portable desk made up of two parts connected by a heavy wire bracket, with two springs inside upper part. The lower desk part is a flat wood surface on one side and a green painted on chalk slate on the other. The upper part contains a paper scroll with art forms, lettering guides, musical scales and other types of information and has a storage compartment below the scroll. There is an "American Resources" map glued on ...

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12. Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad Bridge, Waterville, Ohio - Drawing

    A pen and ink line drawing of the Waterville Interurban Bridge and Roche de Boeuf, black on white, signed by the artist, George L. Wagner, and numbered 299 of 300. The drawing is mounted in a narrow black frame and matted with a 2" wide black matte. This perspective is looking south southeast from the bank of the Lucas County side of the Maumee River, near Waterville, Ohio.

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13. Cream Separator - Separator, Cream

    A large, very heavy, machine consisting of an upright cast iron frame with a long crank arm and handle attached to a gear mechanism which causes an internal shaft to rotate. Attachments include a large aluminum bowl (13.75" diameter by 7" deep), an inverted funnel shape piece, housing a spinner, and under that a piece with two long spouts.

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14. Cultivator, walking - Cultivator, walking

    A hand-guided, walk-behind horse-drawn cultivator. The wrought iron "J" shaped metal portion has a long forward portion with loop, to attach a horse harness, and diverges into three down-curving branches with a 4" cultivator blade on each branch. Wood handles, curved at the upper end, are attached to the metal work, at the bottom, with bolts. This device was made by Charles Graf, at his blacksmith shop, for John M. Brown.

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15. Farm Wagon Model - Model, patent

    Farm wagon model built by Albert Graf in 1895, a blacksmith, as a model for a patented axle steering mechanism. The back wheels measure 20" and the front wheels measure 16". The box is painted green, the wheels orange and yellow, with black accents. The restoration of this wagon to original specification and colors was done by Andrew M. Harvey III (see notebook 2001.017.1)

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16. Fire extinguishers - Extinguisher, Fire

    Wire rack holding three blue glass diamond design sided bottles; 2 large and 1 small. The 2 larger ones contain a liquid and solid fragments - all three have clay or ceramic stoppers in various stages of deterioration. Bottles are flat on four sides. From the 1870s through the early 1900s, when a small fire broke out in the interior of the home, a glass orb, known as a fire grenade, was taken from a wall mounted bracket, and thrown at the base ...

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17. Frame, contact printing - Frame, camera

    A wooden frame with brass clips on back and 2 trap doors hinged in middle. It is used as a developing holder for the exposed glass-plate negative. The back is made in halves so that one half can be raised occasionally during the printing process to ascertain the progress of developement.

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18. Frank Farnsworth Fruit Farms - "pick your own CHERRIES 3¢ a pound" - Poster

    This advertising poster depicts a man climbing a ladder to pick cherries from the tree.

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19. George Stevens's Spanish Castle at Roche de Boeuf - Carving

    A relief wood carving of the George Stevens's Spanish Castle at Roche de Boeuf, carved by Herbert Hover in 1992 (signed and dated on back). Made as a wall hanging. Brass plaque on bottom "George Stevens's Spanish Castle at Roche de Boeuf - Built 1923- Demolished 1967"

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20. Grinder - Grindstone

    A 19" diameter grinding wheel, about 2.5" wide with an iron axle through the center, mounted on a heavy wooden frame, which is rectangular and 4-legged. One end of axle is fitted with a crank to operate. Iron mounting bracket embossed with a No. 17 on each side of wheel

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