Healy and Bigelow's Kickapoo Indian Cough Cure' Unearthed from property at 432 Old Post Road by Aurora Smith. Could have belonged to Eager. See Box 35, #2004a-062. Currently on display in the corner cupboard in the east Vestibule.
Portable dovetailed writing box with copper hook and eye latch; including school papers of George Carn? Cross from West Worthington, probably the Osgood School. Note sewn booklet and handwriting exercise. (Identify Bob Randall). Cross reference…
MOLDY. a box configuration, covered in cloth; leather handle on one side, has metal corners all around, clip openers in four places, unclipped part reveals dials and inner workings of the radio. Paint is spattered on it, top is hinged in the middle…
1923 - 1924 vintage 'home brew' radio. Used by Wisner about 1933. He served as an aviation/radio man in the Navy in WWII and the Korean War. Wisner lived as a youngster on the 'Perry Cady' farm on Parish Road in West Worthington. The set includes…
Helen Magargal tells the story that Horace Bartlett learned to made baskets from a Native american, no date?, for his basket shop when it was at 'the Spruces.' This basket is wood splint with handle; it is tacked around the top edge. Currently on…
Wooden Stool - seat with three legs plugged into it, crude carving. Box nails embedded all over top; bent under seat into seat; once painted. Used for milking?
Label: 'Ice tongs used by Louis Zarr from about 1922 to 1934 (over). They filled ice houses for many Worthington families for their ice refrigeratirs,' Cast iron: 2 tags written in ink by MZ.
Cast iron kettle, once painted black. This is a cast iron pit bottom kettle. For stove-top use. Embossed H F Co 8 on the bottom The bottom rim is imprinted H F Co. 812. Handle
has a coil at grip . It is not known where this kettle was used.
Probably used at Burr Farm. it was used when opening a hay mow which is a section of a barn used to store loose hay. Tool used primarily during the 19th century. Currently on display in main room.
Once belonged to Franklin Burr. Crude wood handle, sophisticated hook and chain. George Ashley, October 15, 2006, said that the metal locking device on the staff was put into the ring in the nose of the bull so the worker didn't need to get too close…
Measurements are at bolt on upright section. 29' to jack curve. This wagon jack was used to raise ragons so wheel hubs could be greased. George Ashley explained, October 15, 2006, that this jack was a clever device made of wood to be used to lift a…
This hay fork is on loan from Catherine Rude-Sena until further notice. This hay fork is smaller in size, has a wooden handle, and a metal tyne base. It is currently on display in the main room of the Historical Society building.
This sap bucket is on loan from Catherine Rude-Sena until further notice. It is painted red on the exterior and silver inside. It was used for gathering sap in the early days of sugaring in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
This grain paddle is on loan from Catherine Rude-Sena until further notice. It is made entirely of wood for fear of sparking fires with any metal parts.