Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools

Deseret

Deseret

Maker William Ward Date of Creation 1853โ€“85 Location Manti, Utah Materials White Oollytic Limestone Institution State of Deseret (Utah) Credit Line N/A Accession Number N/A Photo Credit National Park Service The State of Utah is represented within the Washington...

Dollhouse

Dollhouse

Maker James Butcher Date of Creation c. 1940 Location 3006 Eleventh Street NW, Washington, D.C. Materials Wood, plastic, glass, paper, electrical wiring, fabric, metal, paint Institution National Building Museum Credit Line Gift of Catherine Meyers Fitz Randolph &...

Transit

Transit

Maker John Bird, Scientific Instrument Maker Date of Creation c. 1760 Location London, England (Used in Pennsylvania) Materials Brass, Glass, Wood Institution City of Philadelphia Credit Line Independence National Historical Park Accession Number INDE-00001/Catalog...

Never Again

Never Again

Maker Mary Jackson Date of Creation 2007 Location Charleston, South Carolina Materials Sweetgrass and Palmetto Institution Gibbes Museum of Art Credit Line Gift of the Braithwaite Family Accession Number 2017.005 Photo Credit Rick Rhodes Photography Artist Mary...

Thermos

Thermos

Maker Aladdin Industries Date of Creation 1950s Location Made in Nashville, Tennessee Materials Steel, plastic Institution Arab American National Museum Credit Line Husain Mohamed Muflahi Accession Number 2004.72.05 Photo Credit Arab American National Museum Husain...