Glass Ballot Jar with Lockable Wooden Housing, 1884
date: label: Date made
content: 1884
name: label: maker
content: Amos Pettibone
notes: label: Description
content: The glass ballot jar became a symbol of democratic self-government. This 1884 glass ballot jar is typical of the transparent devices used to secure paper ballots.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: used
content: Voting
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0024.01
label: accession number
content: 1999.0024
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0024.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ballot box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brown; colorless; brown; red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass; brass; wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 12 in x 13 in; 30.48 cm x 30.48 cm x 33.02 cm