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Artifacts from Wellesley Residential Life circa 1914
Images:
A picture of a plate from Wellesley College's Archives with the caption: "Classic Swellesley Plate"
A picture of the College Hall dining room with students sitting at tables from Wellesley College's Archives. The caption says "'Is there any fruit?' 'No.' 'Darn, should've checked Wellesley Fresh.'"
A picture of two students drinking tea in the Stone Davis common room from Wellesley College's Archives with the caption: "Stone-D Tea" and a small cartoon of a steaming tea cup.
Artifacts:
A rusted sardine can with the label: "A sardine can? Guess someone sneaked that into their dorm" and a small cartoon of a sardine can.
Fragment of blue willowware with the label: "Wellesley Blue Willowware (like the plate!)"
An early 20th century gaslight nozzle with the label: "Gaslight nozzle" and a small cartoon of a light.
An embellished ovular metal with the label: "the Handle of a Chest" and a small cartoon of a chest.
Two pieces of flat, embellished metal, one with a protruding circle and the other with a key hole, with the label "Doorbell + Lock."
A piece of fabric with the label, "Fabric."
Artifacts from Wellesley Academics circa 1914
Images:
A picture of Wellesley students in a chemistry laboratory from the Wellesley College's Archives with the caption: "Me & the girls doing titration" with a small cartoon of a bubbling flask.
A picture of Wellesley students in a chemistry laboratory from the Wellesley College's Archives with the caption: "'Do you know what we're doing?' 'Nope.'"
Artifacts:
Two rusted, horseshoe shaped stand. The larger stand has a metal wire across the two prongs. The label says, "Ring Stands (like for the beakers in your science class)"
A metallic diode with a large circle on the end and two smaller circles on the opposite end. The label says, "scientific diode (from physics lab)"
Stained class, possibly from chemicals, with the label: "Glass with (chemical) stains."
Thin, small, cylindric glass sherds, with the label: "shaped glass (possibly from a beaker)"
Five pot sherds with faint black designs on it, with the label: "Pot Sherds (College Hall teaching collection)"
Artifacts from Modern Wellesley after 1914
Artifacts:
A rubber shoe heel, with the label: "The missing (shoe) heel"
A dime (from 1962) and two nickels (from 1945 and 48), with the label: "Lost Change"
A fragment of a dining hall tray, with the label: "broken tray!! (a victim of the famous tradition? Who knows...)"
A pink golf tee, Trader Jose bottle cap, and a cigarette butt, with the label: "Modern Day (golf tee, trader jose (yes really), and a cigarette butt)"
A purple bottle of bubbles, with the label: "Super Miracle Bubble!!!" and a small cartoon of bubbles.
A bullet casing from World War 2, with label: "WW2 era bullet"
Three old scallop shells, with the label: "Shells from after the fire!!!" and a small cartoon of a shell.
Foundational Material from College Hall
Artifacts:
A box of melted glass, with the label: "melted glass"
A box of rusted nails with square heads, with the label "square nails"
A box of charred wood, with the label: "charred wood! (so cool!!!)"
Yellow floor tiles with linear grooves, with the label: "Floor tiles"
Two large pieces of black charcoal, with the label: "charcoal burnt wood (from College Hall)"
A piece of frosted glass, with the label: "special frosted glass!"
An engraved brick with the initials "R.A." and the label: "Brick (cool and engraved)"
Two chunks of white marble, with the label: "amazing marble!!!! (also from College Hall)"
Miscellaneous metals from WCHAP finds!
Artifacts:
A small piece of tin foil, with the label: "Tinfoil"
Four rusted nails, with the label: "Nails!!"
A small glass bead, with the label: "Glass bead"
A small, flat piece of slate, with the label: "Slate! from the roof"
A chunk of metal, with the label: "Miscellaneous Metal!"
A large chunk of greenish copper, with the label: "copper nugget"
A rusted, dented paint can, with the label: "Paint Can (from tower construction)"
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