Kirby House Wall Finds
Object/Artifact
Collection of items reported to have come "out of the walls" of the Kirby House.
1. Ball of cotton strips
2. White, round lace doily
3. Black fabric patterned bow tie
4. Small child's high top shoe
5. Larger child's high top shoe
6. Hand sewn lady's high top shoe decoration
7. Hand sewn doll's hat
8. "Account Book" pamphlet
9. "Second Reader" child's text
10. Partial pamphlet "Sexual Cures"
11. Pure Cane Sugar paper bag, empty
12. Brown glass bottle marked "Citrate of Magnesia"
13. Brass stencil for Tilton Commission Co." 247 Minneapolis
14. Wooden egg, perhaps for darning
15. spoon, corroded
16. small clear bottle
17. two pairs of steel latches
2022.92.01
Larry Gammons and Carl Jennings brought the items to the History Center in the 2010s
Hospitals, medical care and doctors
Winthers, Sally
2022.92
Gammons, Larry
Donation
Sec 1E Shelf S30
Kirby House/Community Hospital before 1960Gammons, LarryJennings, Carl 1938-2019
These items were inventoried by Victor Bella and photographed by Alec Butler in 2022
12/06/2022
08/16/2024