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Slate Board

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1840-1890

GUSN

GUSN-4534

Description

Plain rectangular wooden frame rabbeted at corners and encasing a black slate.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tablets
maple (wood)
slate (rock)
maple (wood)
Maple
Slate
CHALKBOARD

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

8.5 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.743

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