Stereocard Box
date: label: date made
content: 1875 - 1885
label: date made
content: late 19th c.
notes: label: Description
content: Open-top, rectangular, fretwork box divided widthwise into two, equal-size compartments. Consists of five sawn panels for the sides and divider, plus a plain, inset panel for bottom; exposed mortise-and-tenon and nailed construction. Front and black panels feature a perched, plumed bird in a circle at center flanked by reverse-image, frondlike leaves, while divider has inward-facing eagles over a lancet motif and ends each have two vertical plumes of serrated leaves. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Long Island
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0049.03
label: accession number
content: 1982.0049
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0049.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: walnut (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in; 11.43 cm x 21.59 cm x 14.9225 cm