Collection Highlights
Fort Hamilton Polka Redowa
Date:
1852
Object Number:
PR.020.1.1
Medium:
Color Lithograph.
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Bootjack
Object Number:
Z.147
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 × 15 × 5 in. (10.2 × 38.1 × 12.7 cm)
Marks:
typed: paper tag attached to bootjack: "E. B. CHILDS"
Description:
Bootjack with wooden base raised in low block; foot-shaped wooden panel rests on cast iron hinge and spring; both affixed to base; pressing on panel causes iron heel holding pincers to grasp.
Credit Line:
Gift of E. B. Childs
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
