A block of drift wood found on the sandy shores of Plum Island and paired with an ornate drawer pull and vintage typewriter parts.
Found object recipe box assemblage.
Found cigar box assemblage.
IMPERIAL SCHRADE SERIES: Located in Ellenville, NY, Imperial Schrade was one of the last names of a historic knife manufacturing company whose origins date back to the 1870's Ulster Knife Company. The boxes seen here were used to hold parts and tools on the assembly line and workers also used them to hold personal effects at their work station. The plant closed in 2004.
IMPERIAL SCHRADE SERIES: Located in Ellenville, NY, Imperial Schrade was one of the last names of a historic knife manufacturing company whose origins date back to the 1870's Ulster Knife Company. The boxes seen here were used to hold parts and tools on the assembly line and workers also used them to hold personal effects at their work station. The plant closed in 2004.
IMPERIAL SCHRADE SERIES: Located in Ellenville, NY, Imperial Schrade was one of the last names of a historic knife manufacturing company whose origins date back to the 1870's Ulster Knife Company. The boxes seen here were used to hold parts and tools on the assembly line and workers also used them to hold personal effects at their work station. The plant closed in 2004.
IMPERIAL SCHRADE SERIES: Located in Ellenville, NY, Imperial Schrade was one of the last names of a historic knife manufacturing company whose origins date back to the 1870's Ulster Knife Company. The boxes seen here were used to hold parts and tools on the assembly line and workers also used them to hold personal effects at their work station. The plant closed in 2004.
Objects found in and around neighborhood nine of Cambridge, MA.
In the summer of 2013, television celebrity chef Paula Deen was herself skewered and grilled and served up on the American news cycle for a season.
In 1951, Yolande Betbeze Fox roiled the Miss America Organization when, after winning the pageant, she refused to model a new line of bathing suits made by one of the organization’s chief sponsors, famously saying, "I’m a singer, not a pinup." Nearly seven decades later and after much drama, the swimsuit competition of the Miss America Pageant was finally put to an end in 2018.
Found telephone lineman repair box.