Historic New England

Salted mixed nuts container

Rectangular tin container w/ hinged lid for salted mixed nuts. Painted gold outlining and image of squirrel. Ground painted "sponge" appearance.

Date: 1950-1995 ?

Maker: Squirrel Brand Company (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 26701

Accession Number: 2001.93

T-Shirt

Boy Scout T-shirt with white ground, green printed circular image of bobcat, mountain and water and inscription. Green banded neck.

Date: 1982

Maker: Devknit (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), polyester

GUSN: 26702

Accession Number: 2001.98

T-Shirt

Boy Scout yellow short-sleeve T-shirt with circular inscription printed in red and iron-on patch of bobcat in center.

Date: 1983

Maker: Sneakers (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), polyester

GUSN: 26703

Accession Number: 2001.99

Boy Scout T-Shirt

Boy Scout short-sleeve T-shirt with arch-shaped inscription with image of bobcat and campsite. T-shirt ground light blue; inscription dark blue.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: Platinum T's (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), polyester

GUSN: 26704

Accession Number: 2001.100

Cub Scout Cap

Cub Scouts cap. Blue with six yellow corded stripes at top. Yellow and blue Cub Scout patch at front with image of wolf.

Date: 1976-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 26705

Accession Number: 2001.101

Handkerchief

Den Mother handkerchief. Blue and yellow printed cotton. Images of boy scouts doing various activites: salute, swimming, planting tree, singing, mowing the lawn, feeding rabbits, dancing.

Date: 1976-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), transfer printing

GUSN: 26706

Accession Number: 2001.102

Tenderfoot Necktie

Scout Master tie. Red silk cord with brass tipped ends and circular pendant with eagle and boy scout symbol = Tenderfoot.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), silk (textile)

GUSN: 26707

Accession Number: 2001.103

Hingham Meetinghouse

Oil on panel by Winckworth Allan Gay of the Meetinghouse of Hingham, Massachusetts. Large yellow building with steeple sits atop a lush green lawn. Carved gilt frame.

Date: 1845

Maker: Gay, Winckworth Allan (American painter, 1821-1910) (Artist)

Material: oil painting (technique)

GUSN: 26708

Accession Number: 1990.149

Socks

Package with 2 pairs of Boy Scout socks. Cotton. Green w/ red cuffs.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: unknown

Material: acrylic (plastic), cotton (textile), nylon

GUSN: 26709

Accession Number: 2001.29

Neckerchief

Cub Scout neckerchief. Triangular. Cotton. Yellow with blue band and wolf cub. Scout insignia with wolf.

Date: ca. 1976

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 26710

Accession Number: 2001.50

Neckerchief

Triangular Cub Scout neckerchief. Cotton. Yellow with faded blue band and wolf cub.

Date: ca. 1976

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 26711

Accession Number: 2001.49

Sash

Sash. Order of the Arrow. White cotton sash with silk embroidered red arrow. Metal snap for closure.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 26712

Accession Number: 2001.32

Belt

Boy Scout belt. Green woven belt with brass buckle. Boy Scout insignia.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), wool (textile)

GUSN: 26713

Accession Number: 2001.43

Pair of Socks

Pair of Boy Scout socks. Green with red cuffs. Cotton.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 26714

Accession Number: 2001.28AB

Pair of Socks

Pair of Boy Scout socks. Green with red cuffs. Cotton.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 26715

Accession Number: 2001.27AB

Knot Slide Scarf

Webelos knot slide. Brass. Rectangular with overlapping arms for "slide" on back. Webelos insignia on front with part of insignia with green paint.

Date: 1976-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 26716

Accession Number: 2001.64

Knot Slide Scarf

Boy Scout knot slide. Metal with Boy Scout insignia. Metal formed to look like knotted ropes.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 26717

Accession Number: 2001.37

Ribbon

Battleroad Fall Encampment ribbon. Silk white ribbon. Gold inscription. Image of Revolutionary figure.

Date: 1983

Maker: Russell Badge Mfg. Co., Inc. (Maker)

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 26718

Accession Number: 2001.33

Ribbon

Camporee and Scout-o-rama ribbon. Silk orange ribbon. Silver inscription.

Date: 1984

Maker: Russell Badge Mfg. Co., Inc. (Maker)

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 26719

Accession Number: 2001.34

Ribbon

Mass. Jam ribbon. Silk purple ribbon. Gold inscription.

Date: 1985

Maker: Hodges Badge Co., Inc. (Maker)

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 26720

Accession Number: 2001.35

Neckerchief

Boy Scout neckerchief. Cotton. Purple with white applied banding.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 26721

Accession Number: 2001.36

Boy Scout Sash

Boy Scout sash with twenty-one embroidered merit badges hand-stitched on. Green cotton sash. Badges: photography, medical, wildlife, swimming, cooking, recycling, life guarding, rowing, etc.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), hand sewing

GUSN: 26722

Accession Number: 2001.10

Neckerchief

Minuteman Troop Leader Development neckerchief. Red with blue inscription. Cotton. Boy Scout insignia with image of Revolutionary figure.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 26723

Accession Number: 2001.40

Neckerchief

Minuteman Council neckerchief. Yellow with red, brown and white inscription. Cotton.

Date: 1983

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 26724

Accession Number: 2001.39

Neckerchief

Minuteman Council neckerchief. Light blue with dark blue trim. Multi-colored image [yellow, red, green, white] with landscape, tent and bobcat head. Cotton.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 26725

Accession Number: 2001.41

Badge

Progress Toward Ranks badge with beads. Plastic. Webelos symbol, wolf and bear. White, yellow, and red colored diamond badge with yellow and red beads hanging in strings below.

Date: 1976-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 26726

Accession Number: 2001.52

Tea Bowl

Blue transfer-printed pearlware tea bowl. Floral motif. Dual medallions featuring deer.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 27283

Accession Number: 1914.290

Hoe

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 27284

Accession Number: 1914.767

Strap Hinge

Tapered strap; oval or bean head at end. Barrel side only.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27285

Accession Number: 1915.1

Latch set, with pull (BLake type) thumb lever, latch bar, and keeper. All with remnants of yellow paint except latch bar. a) pull: large patterned top escutcheon. Smaller bottom, turned-up edges on the handle. b) thumb lever: round head. c) latch bar: flat stock; tapered; painted black. d) sta...

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 27287

Accession Number: 1915.9A-D

Candle Mold

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27290

Accession Number: 1915.20

Waistcoat

Single breasted waistcoat with shawl collar; seam at waist; cream ground with blue medallions, with seated figure and banners with French text, emblem of the Order of the Garter; yellow cotton lining; tan cotton back; buckle and tab closure.

Date: ca. 1851

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, padding (process), polishing, silk (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 27291

Accession Number: 1915.25

Map

No description

Date: 1832

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 27292

Accession Number: 1915.26

Small Straw Braiding Exhibit

Straw braiding exhibit inside cardboard box bottom (a) and cover (b). Cardboard box interior is lined with red fabric. Examples of straw braids and related tools affixed to fabric with handwritten paper labels.

Maker: unknown

Material: straw (plant material), cloth, paper (fiber product), metal, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27293

Accession Number: 1915.27AB

Splint

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27294

Accession Number: 1915.28

Splint

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27295

Accession Number: 1915.29

Golf Ball

Golf ball with exterior molded with pattern of raised circles.

Maker: unknown

Material: rubber (material)

GUSN: 27296

Accession Number: 1915.31

Dressing Gown

Dressing gown.

Date: 1862-1864

Maker: unknown

Material: transfer printing, silk (textile), taffeta, wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 27297

Accession Number: 1915.32

Dress

This brick red wool challis gown printed with repeating oak leaf and acorn motifs closes down the front with metal buttons. The collar and cuffs are lined with striped silk.

Date: 1875-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, transfer printing, taffeta, wool (textile)

GUSN: 27298

Accession Number: 1915.33

Dress

Green and cream checked cotton and wool dress. Bodice boned, padded and lined with linen. Ten green covered buttons with hook and eye closure. Three bands of strapwork at each shoulder and cuff. Long sleeves; pocket on right side. Pointed waist; pleated around waist. Hem lined with linen and green ...

Date: 1863-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 27299

Accession Number: 1915.34

Skirt

Skirt of printed windowpane gauze with multi-colored floral bunches on a cream ground. With box pleats at front; cartridge pleats at back stiffened with light blue canvas. One plaid band midway. Hem has printed plaid border with larger floral bunches. Bound with green wool tape. Waist lined with...

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), gauze, transfer printing, silk (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 27300

Accession Number: 1915.35

Hood

Black silk satin with pink quilted silk trim; one wire hoop and four cane hopps (wire hoop at front for support/shape); horseshoe shaped brim has decorative quilted panel of pink silk with scalloped, ruched edge, and diamond pattern quilting; the rest of the hood is black satin; long neck ruffle wit...

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: quilting, satin, silk (textile)

GUSN: 27301

Accession Number: 1915.40

Bonnet

Striped dark green silk bonnet with alternating patterns of solid and dotted rows, trimmed with an emerald green pleated ribbon with small checkered edges along the front of the brim and bottom of the crown as well as where the brim meets the crown. It is adorned with a bow of the same ribbon on rig...

Date: 1860s

Maker: unknown

Material: quilting, silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 27302

Accession Number: 1915.41

Portrait of Colonel Charles Baron

Miniature portrait of a man with a powdered wig. Watercolor on ivory in an oval, gold frame. The sitter is Colonal Charles Baron, a Revolutionary war doctor and the great-grand-uncle of the donors.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27303

Accession Number: 1915.46