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Over the years we've all encountered a favorite artifact, either for its uniqueness to the collection, its significance in telling a story, or just because it is pretty cool.
Over the years we've all encountered a favorite artifact, either for its uniqueness to the collection, its significance in telling a story, or just because it is pretty cool.
Three dice found fairly deep in the privy (below three feet). The dice were loaded with little metal rods to favor certain numbers. How they ended up in the privy is speculation - lost or thrown in? Currently they are on loan to the Sacramento Underground Tour.
The glass and metal photo plates with ghostly image of a man. Thanks to student work and modern digital photography techniques, we were able to sharpen the image, maybe some day facial recognition will help us identify the man.
A shutter dog... not sure what that is? Look on historic homes, it holds the shutter in place.
A pretty little domino found in the privy, only one of its kind in the collection.
This bottle was corked with a bit of newspaper that was legible enough for our students to find a match using the newspaper digital archive at UC Riverside. The bottle, and its story, will soon be on display at the Sacramento Underground Tour.
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