Collection Highlights
Pictorial map of New York and vicinity, showing the suburban towns, and railroad and water communications
Date:
1871
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M32.3.10.1
Medium:
Black ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Luce Center
Apple parer
Object Number:
1957.132
Date:
ca. 1863
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 × 11 1/2 × 6 in. (12.7 × 29.2 × 15.2 cm)
Marks:
cast: in low relief on a semi-circular sprocket: "PATENTED/OCT 6, 1863"
cast: in low relief on body: "84", "87"
Description:
Hand-held cast iron apple with semi- circular sprocket controlling gears rotating both sprindle with three- pronged fork, and also position of knife; wooden handle; missing blade.
Credit Line:
Gift of E. Lawrence Sampter
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
