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1. Wallet - Wallet

   Brown leather billfold with three inner sections and a notepad. Leather strap closure. Wallet was owned by Ferdinand Dobberstein. Ferdinand Dobberstein was born December 23, 1848 at Kazmierzewo, Gramaden, Posen, Prussia. He was apprenticed in the tailor trade. After his father died, when he was 25 years old, he came to America to join his mother and other family members living in Minnesota. He came to Hutchinson and worked in the tailor s...

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2. Warmer, Body - Toe warmer

   Heat factory adhesive Toe Warmer disposable warm pack. "Keeps Your Toes Warm Anytime...Anywhere; Non Toxic...Odorless...Air Activated." Instructions on back of packet for use on outside of socks worn inside shoes or boots with restricted air. Expiration date: 04/2018.

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3. Warmer, Foot - Foot Warmer

   Clark Heater #5B metal foot warmer/carriage or sleigh stove with two carrying handles. Has black carpet covering and side drawer with a half bar of unused charcoal in it. Maker's mark is on one end.

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4. Warmer, Foot - Foot Warmer

   "X-Radium" two piece foot warmer of black steel. Trademark: "X-Radium, Novelty Mfg. Co., Jackson Mich. U.S.A. Pat. Apl'd For". c.1904. Consists of a heating pad with holes on one side and a wire handle and a carpet covered foot rest receptacle. Old number 160. The "X-Radium" Foot Warmer was listed in the July 1904 Hardware Dealers Magazine, vol. 22, p. 250: "The Novelty Mfg Co., Jackson, Mich. are placing on the market the X-Radium Foot W...

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5. Warmer, Foot - Foot stove

   Metal foot stove/foot warmer upholstered with green carpet covering and shaped as a footrest. Made by HSB Company (Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Company, Chicago). The foot stove is metal with a tray for hot coals and side vents for controlling the heat. Belonged to Bernhard "Ben" and Emelia Retzlaff Steffen, grandparents of donor Leona Karg. The Steffens lived on a farm in Acoma Township until they moved into Hutchinson in 1951. Foot stoves ...

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6. Warmer, Foot - Wooden foot warmer

   Foot warmer/carriage or sleigh stove. From 1860s. Wooden frame with four corner spindles. Sheet metal box with decorative nail punching in shape of heart inside a circle. Larger ventilating holes on top. Hinged side door for accessing the inside fuel cup (missing). Original number 175.

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7. Warmer, Hand - 'Jon-e' giant size hand warmer

   "Jon-e" hand warmer. "Giant G. I. Size. Heats 2 days on 1 filling of fluid. Now Self Starting. Keeps You Warm; Lights Cigarettes, Too!" $4.95 fair trade. Chrome finish; red flannel drawstring bag; original box; instruction sheet. Made especially for servicemen, hunters, fishermen, spectators, skiers, outdoor workers, farmers, glfers, school children, policemen, sailors, newsboys, mailmen. Manufactured by Aladdin Laboratories, Inc., Minneapolis, M...

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8. Warmer, Hand - Hand warmer

   Nesco Hand Warmer Stock No. H-148 with maroon drawstring bag in original box. Made in Korea. Gibson price sticker. Enclosed flyer states handwarmer is ideal for fishing, golf, hunting, cycling, shopping, gardening, shooting, also football, racing and other sport spectators. Milkmen, transport workers, coalmen, postmen, commissionaires, policemen, etc. Contains special hole for lighting a cigarette.

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9. Washboard - Maid-Rite wash board

   Maid-Rite washboard. Made by Columbus Washboard Co., Columbus, Ohio. Wood frame; galvanized metal rubbing surface with corrugated spiral texture. The history of the Columbus Washboard Company started in 1895 when Frederic Martin Sr. started building washboards in his backyard for resale. These washboards were handmade and had a limited market. It has been estimated that fewer than 1,000 washboards were produced and sold in any of the first 3...

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10. Washboard - Washboard

    No. 825 Silver Prince washboard. Sold only by G. Sommers & Co., St. Paul, MN. The washboard sports a wooden frame and a metal rubbing surface with "corn row" furrows and distinctive herringbone pattern corrugated flutes. There are five wooden ribs on the backside. The traditional washboard is usually constructed with a rectangular wooden frame in which are mounted a series of ridges or corrugations for the clothing to be rubbed upon. For 19th-...

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11. Washcloth - US Army washcloth

    Olive drab terry cotton washcloth. Belonged to Lowell H. Baysinger who used it in Korea. Lowell was born September 29, 1923 at Fernando, the son of Myron & Martha Kaping Baysinger. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1942. He was drafted June 19, 1946 by the U.S. Army and discharged May 9, 1947. His basic training was at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He was stationed in Pusan, Korea with the 6th Division Artillery. He worked as a sales cler...

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12. Watch, Pocket - Gold pocket watch with key-Fred Hutchinson

    Gold pocket watch with key. Watch has Roman numerals and hour, minute and second hands. There is an image of a deer etched on the clock face and images of buildings and two churches etched on the back. Watch was found with Hutchinson Family items. Hutchinson Leader, October 4, 1946: "The watch was originally the property of Fred Hutchinson who gave it in an early day to the late Bowman McEwen. Mr. McEwen gave it to his wife as a wedding gift ...

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13. Waterer, Poultry - Glass chicken waterer

    Glass chicken waterer with top jar that fits on a round base. Duraglass quart jar. Patent No.126997 on base.

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14. Wax, Sealing - Sealing wax

    Box for one pound Higgins No. 2 American Express Sealing Wax. Higgins Ink Co., Inc, Brooklyn NY. Originally had 10 sticks superfine; now contains 10 small pieces of red wax sticks of 3 sizes. The wax was a necessary item to seal the envelope of election returns. They would sew across the opening in the envelope and then heat the wax with a lighted candle and put a large drop of wax on the envelope opening, then press with an election seal, s...

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15. Weathervane - Metal weathervane

    Metal weathervane with red tipped arrow and black & white image of a cow. Attached to lightning rod 2021-0015-001 from a chicken barn at the Milton Schwarze farm in Sumter Township, McLeod County, Section 25.

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16. Wedge, Splitting - Splittiing wedge

    Splitting wedge. Belonged to Nels Torgrimson, Bergen Township, and was stored in handmade carpenter's chest 2011-0090-001.

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17. Well, Water - Wooden Wishing Well

    Miniature wooden wishing well. Made of split wood to resemble logs with wooden framework inside for a pulley, crank and bucket. Bucket is carved from a piece of a tree branch.

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18. Wheel, Spinning - Wooden spinning wheel

    Wooden spinning wheel (flax wheel) painted black. Belonged to Oliver Tews' grandmother and came from the estate of Oliver's parents Albert & Dorothy Jacobson Tews. Complete except for distaff, drive band and flyer whorl pulley. Turned spokes and legs. Three extra bobbins.

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19. Wheel, Spinning - Wooden spinning wheel

    Wooden spinning wheel (flax wheel). Complete except for distaff, drive band and flyer whorl pulley. Turned spokes and legs. Possibly belonged to S. S. Beach.

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20. Wheel, Surveyor's - Surveyor's measuring wheel

    Surveyor's measuring wheel. Used to measure the acreage of fields by the Agroci;tira; Stabo;ozatopm amd Cpmservatopm Servoces (ASCS) and Farm Service Agency (FSA), Glencoe. MN. Maker's mark: "Cederholm Measuring Wheels, Measure Every Foot of the Globe", Cederholm Manufacturing Co., Bastrop, Texas. Metal wheel painted red with gauge on handle. Carl Cederholm invented these wheels in the 1930s. They were manufactued in So. Worthington, MA throu...

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