Plymouth Rock fragment with painted inscription, 1830
date: label: date made
content: 1830
notes: label: Description
content: In the early 1800s, tourists visiting Plymouth Rock were provided a hammer so that they could take a piece of the rock as a souvenir. By 1880, what was left of the rock was fenced off within a memorial.
label: Description
content: Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Virginia L. W. Fox, 1911
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Plymouth
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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: Virginia L. W. Fox
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.012058
label: catalog number
content: 12058
label: accession number
content: 52309
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rock fragment
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: stone (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 in; 10.795 cm x 6.35 cm x 2.54 cm