Old ivy from Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Virginia
notes: label: Description
content: This piece of ivy belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Frederic W. Huidekoper of Washington, D.C. Frederic Huidekoper was a prominent figure in the American railroad and steel industries. This souvenir came to the museum along with Huidekoper’s collection of geological specimens gathered throughout the country during his railroad and steel days. Though the museum’s scientists pronounced the ivy as “worthless,” it was accepted as part of the collection.
label: Description
content: Gift of Mrs. Frederic W. Huidekoper, 1909
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Virginia, Mount Vernon
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Souvenir Nation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Frederick W. Huidekoper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.253303
label: catalog number
content: 253303
label: accession number
content: 49603
label: catalog number
content: 11196
objectType: label: Object Name
content: wood fragment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, ivy (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall approximately: 2 in x 2 in; 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm