Geometric Model by Lois M. Parker, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Union of Four Cubes
date: label: Date made
content: 1938
label: date made
content: 1938 04 09
name: label: maker
content: Parker, Lois M.
notes: label: Description
content: This tan wooden model represents four intersecting cubes. A paper tag on the model reads: 97. Another mark reads: Lois M. Parker (/) 4-9-38 (/) No. 97. The model has a total of ninety-six faces.
label: Description
content: Compare 1979.0102.046 and 1979.0102.047.
label: Description
content: Lois M. Parker (1920-2004) was a native of Worcester, Massachusetts, whose father was an insurance agent. She took a high school course with A. Harry Wheeler in 1938. She went on to attend Colby Junior College in New London, New Hampshire, and then obtained bachelor and master’s degrees in music from the University of Michigan. Parker returned to Worcester, where she taught music at South High school for thirty years.
label: Description
content: For models by Parker, see 1979.0102.040, 1979.0102.046, and 1979.0102.048.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Census, graveyard, and yearbook records from ancestry.com.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Women's History
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Women Teaching Math
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louise D. Campbell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0102.046
label: accession number
content: 1979.0102
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0102.046
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Geometric Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.5 cm x 10.5 cm x 10.5 cm; 4 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in