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200@200 : April - Traveling the Crossroads
- Compass
- 87.49.1
- Captain Asa Fairfield Mariner's Compass
- From old card: Dark wood case with hinged cover and small hook; paper dial, iron needle with brass stop set in wood; cover glass set in brass ring. Top of cover marked with spots and stains.
Donor believes this originally belonged to Asa Fairfi... View Full Record
- Saddlebag
- HI 175
- Col. Thomas W. Swinney's Saddlebag
- From old card: Belonged to Col. Thomas W. Swinney. His initials "TWS" on bags. Brown leather.
This artifact has been double numbered: HI 175 and HT 17.... View Full Record
- Beam
- INV 4538
- Gronauer Lock Remnant
- Remnant of Gronauer Lock... View Full Record
- Note, Private Bank
- INV 3608
- Wabash and Erie Canal Land Office Note
- Currency. $2.00 from The Wabash and Erie Canal Land Office.... View Full Record
- Fragment
- HL 37
- Piece of Lima Plank Road
- From old card: Piece of oak wood from a plank of the old Lima Plank Road, which went from Fort Wayne to Lima, Indiana (now Howe). This plank was found 14 feet deep in muck north of Laotto when excavating to get a solid base for the paved road. The... View Full Record
- Daguerreotype
- HP 435
- First Balloon Ascension Daguerreotupe
- Said to be a daguerreotype of the first balloon ascension in Fort Wayne, 1859, during Civil War times. Shows view of a town with open space set off by high white fence; flag pole in center; balloon partly filled on right; crowds milling about.... View Full Record
- Model, Instructional
- HT 1
- Pennsylvania Railroad Steam Locomotive Model
- From old card: Complete working model of Pennsylvania Railroad Steam Locomotive, including tender and track; includes pieces of coal. Numbers on side of locomotive and tender: #565. "Charles Benoy" on copper plate attached to side of locomotive.... View Full Record
- Bicycle, Ordinary
- HT 22
- Ordinary Bicycle
- From old card: Columbia light roadster bicycle used c. 1884. Height of large wheel from floor to top (diameter) is 57 inches. Total height 63 inches; 27 inches across handlebars.... View Full Record
- Rail
- 2000.37.1
- Robison Park Rail
- Section of railroad track, corroded metal; I- shaped, but wider at bottom than at top.
Found by the donor along the site of the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company Robison Park line, 50-75 yards north of the site of the Germania Park su... View Full Record
- Plate, License
- INV 1597
- Leather Automobile License Plate
- Automobile License plate. Fair. Mark. Leather, rough condition, "B-30-IND."... View Full Record
- Ribbon, Commemorative
- 85.24.24
- Lincoln Highway Parade Ribbon
- Red, white and blue cloth; printed on front in black ink: "Lincoln Highway Celebration Reception Committee Vice-President Marshall."... View Full Record
- Medal
- HAV 1.20
- Art Smith Medal
- Silver Maltees-style cross medallion with propeller shaped cross pieces. Corners are filled with notched arrow shapes in groups of three. Center is a red set in stone, garnet? Inscribed in each propeller: "To Mister --- Art Smith --- Tokyo, 10 --... View Full Record
- Sock, Wind
- HL 17
- Charles Lindbergh Air Sock
- From old card: Cloth bag, white (4" x 15") with yellow cloth tail (4" x 56-1/2") used to drop message (HL 19) of greetings from Charles Lindbergh over Fort Wayne on August 10, 1927. More in accession file.
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- Stamp, Postmark
- 2007.0.2
- First Flight Inaugurating Air Mail Service, Fort Wayne Indiana Stamp
- Square wood stamp body finished in a reddish-brown color, handle is also wood but painted black, stamp attached to bottom is black rubber, says: First Flight Inaugurating Air Mail Service, Fort Wayne Indiana, P.O.D. Route AM 27, December 6 1930." In... View Full Record
- Toy
- 2009.39.10
- Fort Wayne Transit Toy Bus
- Red and cream colored painted metal toy bus with plastic wheels that spin; "FWT" painted in cream colored paint on side; bus is bent in middle and has some chipping paint; underside of bus printed "ADVANCE PROD CO" on one end and "OHIO" on the other.... View Full Record
- Shovel
- 91.18.3
- Souvenir Groundbreaking Shovel, Nickel Plate Elevation
- Small shovel, sheet metal painted grey; flat rectangular shovel blade, rolled handle marked "Nickel Plate Elevation December 15, 1953 Fort Wayne, Indiana."
Given out at the ground breaking of the elevation work. Souvenir shovel presented by For... View Full Record
- Tricycle, Gasoline
- 2009.31.1
- Fort Wayne Police Department Gasoline Tricycle
- AMF Harley Davidson motorcycle trike; two shades of blue; two cylinder; large black seat; windshield marked "207"; speedometer marked "police special"; rearview mirrors; red and white lights; yellow signals; large trunk for battery. Engine # 5A4462... View Full Record