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Framed display containing 23 artifacts attested to as deriving from a historical American landmark, consisting of 20 door keys, two nails, and a flag fragment, all of which are accompanied by period slips with handwritten captions indicating origin or location of the respective artifact. Mounted and framed together to an overall size of 16.25 x 17.25.
The key captions read: “Battleship Maine,” “Valley Forge,” “Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.,” “Marshall House, Alexandria, Va., Ellsworth Shot,” “Fort Sumter,” “Confederate Capitol, Richmond, Va.,” “Mount Vernon,” “Lee Mansion, Arlington, Va.,” “Lincoln House, Springfield, Ill.,” “White House, Washington, D.C.,” “U.S. Grant’s house, Galena, Ohio,” “‘Glen House,’ White Mountains, NH,” “‘Tip Top House,’ Mt Washington, NH,” “Engine House, Harpers Ferry, Va.,” “Gettysburg, Penn,” “Lookout Mt, Tenn.,” “Antietam, Md.,” “Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba,” and “Bull Run Battlefield, Virginia.”
The caption for the two nails: “Nails from woodwork, Old Fort Ticonderoga, Vermont.”
The flag fragment: “This fragment of rebel battle flag picked up in rifle-pit near Petersburg, Va., April 2nd, 1865, Corp. Goodwin, Co. ‘C’ 1st Me Vet. Vols.” In overall fine condition, with some damage only to the mount.
