Slate pencils fused together in Chicago Fire, 1871
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1871
- Description
Bundle of about thirty slate pencils fused together and slightly curved. Pencils are mostly flat on both ends, but few are pointed, all are a light brown color.
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Artifacts (object genre)
Pencils (drawing and writing equipment)
Great Fire (1871 : Chicago, Ill.)
Disasters
Fires (events) - Location
- United States
Chicago (Ill.) - Type
- physical object
- Format
- Height: (1.5 in)Width: (5 in)Depth: (2.125 in)Slate (rock)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2017, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Slate pencils fused together in Chicago Fire, 1871. 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1835. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1871) Slate pencils fused together in Chicago Fire, 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1835
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1835>.