Lock from the office of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Lock from the door of the office of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton in the old War Department building in Washington, D. C. The lock mechanism has a white polished stone knob and is marked "D. M.& Co." This object is part of the General Edward D. Townsend Collection of relics of the War of 1812, Mexican War, and Civil War. Townsend was the principal executive officer of the War Department during the American Civil War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used
content: United States: District of Columbia
topic: label: Subject
content: Army
label: Subject
content: Government
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.18984
label: catalog number
content: 18984
label: accession number
content: 62555
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lock
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: stone (knob material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: knob: 1 3/4 in; 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, box as stored: 7 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 19.05 cm x 8.89 cm x 3.175 cm