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Chinese box with stone inside. Period or Date: California Period - Mother Lode; Description: Carved rectangular whetstone fits inside wood box.

(D. Cooper, 3/96) According to the...

1849; 1964

Shovel, handle is replacement (?). Material: Iron with wood handle. Date: ca. 1849. Description: Shovel may be worn in half, very rusty. Used in 1849 at Reading's Bar, site of the first gold...

ca. 1850-1875

Two knives, steel blades with wood handles.

From History Information Station:

(see detail under H4148-42: Fork

ca. 1850-1875

Ten forks, nine have steel tongs and wood handles and one has sterling silver tongs and curved wood handle.

G: small kitchen knife with three tines and wooden handle.

(D. Cooper, 6/...

ca. 1850-1875

Ten forks, nine have steel tongs and wood handles and one has sterling silver tongs and curved wood handle.

F: (D. Cooper, 6/97) A carving fork with this number has a curved horn handle...

square. Material: wood; Color: light; Description: a wooden square stamped "A. D. Mercer"

From the History Information Station:

Object: Carpenter's square, stamped "A.D. Mercer...

screw drivers. Material: wood and metal. Description: These are shaped like the very first screw drivers. handle in good condition

jointer plane. Material: wood; Shape: long rect.; Color: brown; Description: manufactured but no marks found. blade and wedge missing.

From the History Information Station:

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1849

Wooden headstone of 1849.

(D. Cooper 1-95) Headstone reads: In Menory of James McDowell who departed this life on the 26th of May, 1849, aged 42 years. Per Dan Snyder of Sacramento,...

collected Nov. 24 - Dec. 17, 1913

Prospecting pan, carved out of wood. Used in early days in placer mining. Received from Henry Thompson, Stanfield Hill, CA

From the History Information Station

Object: Wooden "...

Chair for child,wood,factory made. Original arms have been removed.

From the History Information Station:

This little chair used to have arms, which means that for a child in the...

c. 1850

a,b,c 3 rusty knives a & c have wooden handles From the History Information Station: Object: Steel butcher's knife with wood handle, for all-purpose use. History: A knife had many uses....

chisel. Material: iron and wood; Description: a narrow chisel, manufactured by H Mort & Co. Sheffield nonesuch R. T.w. & J Walker, Stamped J.D. Bern" on the wooden handle.

collected Nov. 24 - Dec. 17, 1913

Mining rocker, wood. Used in placer mining. Received from Henry Thompson, Stanfield Hill, Ca. Used to separate gold from earth and gravel shoveled into it and mixed with water.

From the...

groving plane. Material: wood; Description: a groving plane with a metal keel for a bottom and a wooden side rail or guage. made by I & H soft/. made by Greenfield Tool Co. Reenfield, Mass...

1853

Hand pumper model. Description: (in case) Grissiam & Bailey working model of an 1853 hand pumper; wheels wood with polished brass surfaces; water tank wood with floral designs; pumping...

19th c.

Chinese tea box, unpainted wood, sliding top, legend of Chinese characters on top, 19th c.

From the History Information Station

Object: Chinese packing case, for shipping tea. The...

molding planes. Material: wood; Description: wooden molding plane made by Barry and Way, N York. no 1 1/4.

circa 1965

The dark wood sculpture shows a fist clenched in the black power sign, thumb folded over four fingers.

17th century

Painting. Description: Mexican Colonial painting of Santiago in battle; oil on wood; Saint James on grey horse. He is in armour with a red cloak, carrying white standard with red cross, and...

17-May-40

Trowel, ceremonial, silver metal with a wood handle. It is engraved with the following: "Mayor Wm. J. McCracken Occasion Corner Stone Laying Woodminster Memorial Amphitheater Oakland, Calif. May...

1875-1925

Group of artifacts excavated from and found at the site of the Old Oakland Project of Storek & Storek. Objects formerly exhibited at the Oakland Museum Storefront Museum.

1922

The donor is Erwin Strohmaier, a long time history docent and history guild member. The collection includes artifacts and photographs relating to the Gernhardt-Strohmaier Co., a stove business...

1979

Five cardboard fans. Description: a-e a. Colored square-shaped fan stapled to 10" wooden handle. On one side rendition of last supper; back has black printed as for Charles P. Bannon Mortuary...

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