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Object ID 2006.0008.137
Accession# 2006.0008
Object Name Tongs, Ice
Description Iron ice tongs used to pick up blocks of ice. From the Brown family collection.
Date 1800s
Search Terms G.A.R. Hall
Ice
Ice tongs
Collection Robert L. Hunker G.A.R. Collection
People Hunker, Robert L.
Brown Family
Brown, David
Marks, Dora Welshonse Brown
Subjects Ice
Icehouses
Catalog date 08/09/2006
Catalog type History
Collector Robert L. Hunker
Count 1
Credit line Robert L. Hunker
Dimensions H-4 W-10.5 L-22.5 inches
Home Location G.A.R. Hall Museum
Material Iron
Provenance From the Brown family collection. David and Dora Welshonse Brown, Robert L. Hunker's grandparents, used the tongs in their store in Acme, Pennsylvania in the late 1800s.
Recfrom Hunker G.A.R. Collection
Site G.A.R. Hall Museum
Site # 31
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