Horace Kephart's box_(a) cardboard box - top (a1) and bottom (b1) with metal reinforcement corners; with "ONE No. 1918 Wardway Food Chopper Montgomery Ward and Co. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back Chicago Kansas City Ft. Worth St....
Horace Kephart's box (a) cardboard box - top (a1) and bottom (b1) with metal reinforcement corners; with "ONE No. 1918 Wardway Food Chopper Montgomery Ward and Co. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back Chicago Kansas City Ft. Worth St....
(029 a) Case for landing net; with "I-D-L LANDING NET: STEEL COLLAPSING FRAME WITH 12 INCH BAMBOO HANDLE"; very worn - stained, and seams are ripped, insect holes in fabric; label on case is in very poor condition; cotton; tied at one...
Tackle box; Metal tackle box painted black with an assortment of fishing hooks and lures; stamped on the inside of the lid "THE STANDARD TACKLE BOX MADE BY THE ARMSTRONG MFG. CO. HUNTINGTON, W. VA." There is a metal divider separating the...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 25th Infantry Regiment, Co. B; Malvern Hill (Va.), Battle of, 1862
M.W. Parris, Petersburg, Virginia, to Jane Parris, July 3, 1862. Parris writes of the battle at Malvern Hill, Virginia, on July 1, 1862, which was part of the Seven Days’ Battles (June 25 - July 1, 1862). He lists the names of fellow soldiers...
The second National Conference on Handicrafts met at Penland School of Crafts, August 26 - September 4, 1940. The event was co-hosted by Penland and the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, though most of the documentation of the conference seems...
This photograph depicts regional crafts exhibited at the meeting of the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers held in Knoxville, Tenn., March 1930. The Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild held its first official meeting in conjunction with the...
This photograph depicts regional crafts exhibited at the meeting of the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers held in Knoxville, Tenn., March 1930. The Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild held its first official meeting in conjunction with the...
This undated black and white promotional photograph shows different kinds of pewter pins and earrings produced by the Penland Weavers and Potters sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "Pewter; 1. dogwood ear bobs,...
Tomlinson gun cleaner kit (for a 20 gauge shotgun); a red cardboard box with a yellow label which contains a metal holder (length 3 3/4") with two brass patches (length 3 1/4") and 2 separate patches; with "TOMLINSON GUN...
(087) Canvas-covered canteen without lid; round; has steel hooks on sides for a shoulder strap (missing); canvas stained and torn at bottom; metal somewhat rusted; (125) Olive green canvas/ rubber cover; to hold a bottle(?); with "Airubber...
(061 a) Shaving mirror with (b) case; Framed mirror with wire stand; light canvas case with white metal snap and divided and stiffened pocket inside; mirror glass clouded; mirror has cardboard backing with "15¢"; case is soiled; mirror...
(005) metal tang sight with 2 screw holes for rifle mounting. Small peep sight with scored metal grip below; peep area hinged to mount area; Rifle "peep" sight; with inscription; the first line of inscription "Marbles" has been...
(047) Straight razor (c); Boxed razor (a - top of box) (b - bottom of box) with steel blade and plastic handle; blade stamped "O.B.M. A. KASTOR BROS. GERMANY"; box stamped: "OUR BEST MAKE, A. KASTOR & BROS. GERMANY. PRICE...
Spout; metal spout with attached spout cap; cap attached with metal chain; spout includes cork stopper for a bottle; spout below cork is divided on inside.
(a) Knife; 4" blade; wood handle with 3 pins; spear point pattern; (b) case; leather; with an eagle and rosettes stamped in the leather; case held together with stitching and 2 copper rivets; known and sold as the "Kephart Knife";...
(031) Waterproof metal container - Shaving stick case; aluminum cylinder that opens on both ends by unscrewing in the middle; with "The JB Williams Co - Pat 8-15-16 Willams' Double Cap shaving stick Large size Regd. Nos. 419742 684613...
Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain); Railroad stations -- North Carolina -- Yancey County
A handwritten caption identifies this photograph as 'Railroad station top of Mt. Mitchell.' On the side of the rail cars is the wording 'Mt. Mitchell Railroad.'� In the 1910s a logging railroad on Mt. Mitchell in Yancey County, North Carolina,...
Captain J. M. Cathey, in camp near Weldon, North Carolina, to his father, Col. J. Cathey, February 15, 1864. Captain Cathey writes of his personal feelings and concerns, his health, recent events, the reenlistment of fellow soldiers for additional...
