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Floorboard Fragment

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1700-1799

GUSN

GUSN-103449

Description

Wood floorboard fragment with green paint on one side and remnants of white paint on the reverse.

Details

Descriptive Terms

FLOORBOARD

Inscription

"REMOVED AUGUST 1968 FROM FRONT HALL FLOOR OF / COFFIN HOUSE, FOR HEAT REGISTER NEXT TO STAIR. / MORGAN W. PHILLIPS" (Label)

Additional Identification Number

3177

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Newbury, Massachusetts

Dimensions

3 in x 17 1/2 in x 7/8 in (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

2008.1.2.9

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