Wood-burning stove from the Hope School
date: label: Date
content: 1925-1954
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Hanks Stove & Range Company, American, 1901 - 1981
label: Used by
content: Hope School, 1925 - 1954
notes: label: Description
content: An iron wood-burning stove used in the Hope Rosenwald School. The stove is in several distinct pieces: stove body, ash box, base, transition piece, lid, small top piece, three long pipes, one short pipe, stove pipe adapter, cirular pipe piece, two rods, and a box of six screws, five nuts, and a pin. The pieces are probably a combination of iron and tin, and the base is wood. A stamp into the ash box reads "HANKS STOVE & RANGE CO. / ROME / GA."
place: label: Place used
content: Pomaria, Newberry County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Segregation
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Hope School Community Center, Pomaria, SC
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.22.11a-o
objectType: label: Type
content: stoves
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: iron , wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 60 × 21 × 21 in., 223 lb. (152.4 × 53.3 × 53.3 cm, 101.2 kg)