Table of Contents
200@200 : August - World of Arts and Culture
- Portrait
- 2001.1.1
- Portraits by Horace Rockwell
- Torso portrait of young man wearing dark jacket, necktie; bushy hair; left arm over back of red chair (only post is visible). Oil on canvas, relined. OG-style wood frame, dark stained, varnished.
Jesse Vermilyea (1809-1846) portrait attributed t... View Full Record
- Window, Leaded
- 2002.29.2
- Hanna Homestead Stained Glass Window
- Section of stained glass, background pieces are pink and amber blended together. At the top there are two floral sections with green leaves and sections of amber & white blended, near the middle are more green leaves.
According to the donor,... View Full Record
- Medal
- HE 42
- Medal with Case
- Bronze colored medal suspended from two bronze bars and red ribbon. In brown leather case.
Presented to Charles Nestel by Queen Victoria. Inscribed: "By command appearance of her most gracious Majesty the Queen and 40 members of the Royal Fa... View Full Record
- Dollhouse
- HTY 75 A
- Carnahan Family Dollhouse
- Furnished in the period of 1886. Wood. Divided into 6 rooms; entrance hall center with stairway to second floor. Kitchen on right, dining room on left. Upper hall center with parlor on the left and bedrooms on right. Aldrich family, father, moth... View Full Record
- Drum, Snare
- 2008.19.1 A
- Neighborhood Band Snare Drum
- Metal body and rim edge; black band over heads; 10 metal lugs; tension control screw; tension strings on bottom; bottom head torn (when received from donor); triangular bracket attached to side. Maker label reads in part "Lyon & Healy Musical Instr... View Full Record
- Plate, Spinning
- 83.106.7
- Ruth Budd Spinning Plates
- Shiny chrome spinning plate used by Ruth Budd in her aerial act; center of plate has slight conical shape where rod would be placed in middle,
1 5/8" H x 9" dia.... View Full Record
- Grille, Window
- 93.43.1
- Majestic Theatre Ticket Window Grille
- Grille, brass; scrollwork designs; 7 finials at top; slot at bottom for exchanging money and tickets.
Ticket window grille from Majestic Theatre.... View Full Record
- Block, Printing
- 83.31.28
- Esther Freese Woodcut Printing Block
- From old card: 1 block which was cut by Esther Freese. The picture is of two birds which are black. It is attached to a very light wood. It is nailed down. The birds are carved out. This block was cut at the first art school in Fort Wayne. Informatio... View Full Record
- Charter
- 2016.0.3 A
- Civic Symphony Orchestra
- Original charter (14-1/4" x 16-1/2") signed by 171 charter members of the Fort Wayne Civic Symphony Orchestra Society, many of them prominent persons in the community. It reads: "We, the undersigned, recognizing the vital importance of a symphony or... View Full Record
- Register
- INV 4540
- Allen County Fort Wayne Historical Society Register
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- Slipper, Ballet
- 64.151.3 A, B
- Child's Satin Pointe Slippers
- From old card: Child's ballet shoes of light pink satin, badly worn; dirty pink tie bow on front of shoes; thin, narrow sole marked "9 C."... View Full Record
- Jacket
- 2014.7.1 A
- Engineer John Costume
- Heavy blue & white striped cotton; bottom hem falls to mid thigh; 4-button front; brass buttons with 4-leaf clover design and "Oshkosk B Gosh" lettering. Four front pockets, one with cloth "Oshkosh B' Gosh" label.
Part of outfit worn by John Sieme... View Full Record
- Guitar
- 83.76.4
- Joe Taylor Guitar
- Wood body, 6-string; red plastic panel below strings. Pearl diamond and "M" inlay decorationl. Label "John Miller Guitars-------Banjos. In brown leather case with purple velvet lining; storage box w/lid inside.
Made in Fort Wayne by John Mas... View Full Record
- Poster
- 2010.17.2
- Fine Arts Festival Poster
- Heavy stock paper with ink or painted design. Four concentric blue circles surrounding " World of Arts;" two Art Nouveau style women flanking " 1972 Fine Arts Festival" in blue lettering; blue border surrounds women and lettering; date of May 25-29 a... View Full Record
- Montage
- 2011.5.13
- Cafe Johnelle Shadowbox Advertisement
- Wood box with a gold-color frame attached to front; brass light fixture at top. Contains a 3-D image of restaurant interior with picture of painting of Nicke Spillson, wall decorations, flowers & wine on back wall; table setting in foreground with f... View Full Record
- Bust
- 84.21.1
- Little Turtle Bust
- Sculptured head of Little Turtle. Head of cold poured bronze alloy.
Formed in the mold originally created by Hector Garcia for the ten foot sculpture of Little Turtle commissioned by the Fort Wayne Am. Rev. Bicentennial Commission, 1975-1976.... View Full Record
- Record, Phonograph
- 85.16.1
- "In Concert at the Embassy" Record
- "In Concert at the Embassy. Dick Clark." Recorded live at the Embassy Theatre's second Dick Clark Benefit Concert for the Arts on May 12, 1984, by Sweetwater Sounds, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Jazz music performed by instrumentalists Dick Clark (Greater... View Full Record