T-stool, tobacco farming
name: label: maker
content: Via, Robert M.
notes: label: Description
content: This stool, referred to as a T-stool, was made from two wooden boards set at a right angle to form a “T” shape and nailed together with two nails. The seat portion is wider and shorter than the foot portion, which is narrower and longer. The foot sits on the ground and the worker balances on the seat. This stool was made by Robert M. Via (1906-83), the grandfather of the donor, Frank Robinson. It was used on his farm in Calvert County, Maryland, to weed tobacco beds (“grassing” in the local vernacular). Mr. Via raised 5-10 acres of Type 32 tobacco each season.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Location of Mr. Via's farm where this stool was used
content: United States: Maryland, Calvert
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Franklin A. Robinson Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0009.12
label: accession number
content: 2000.0009
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0009.12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: T-Stool
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 42 cm x 30 cm x 15.7 cm; 16 9/16 in x 11 13/16 in x 6 3/16 in