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A Nazi Germany flag reportedly taken from Adolf Hitler's private yacht and given to Colonel William Addlemen Ganoe. The flag features a black, white and yellow swastika in the center of red fabric framed by yellow fringe.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Flag, World War II
Format: Flags/Pennants/Banners
Ceramic ashtray with white glaze and the Chi Omega crest.
Decade: 1950-1959
Subject: Ashtray
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
Green glass wine bottle with an image of West College on the label.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: West College (Old West)
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
Three pins, two are enamel and one is cloth. The cloth pin shows the college mascot, the Red Devil. The other two enamel are the College Seal in red and white with gold lettering and the doors of Old West.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: College Seal, Red Devil, West College (Old West), Pins
Format: Pins/Buttons
Pin for the Dance Theatre Group. Triangle shaped with three dancing stick figures.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts, Pins
Format: Pins/Buttons
An optician's apparatus, including a a pair of fitting glasses, 24 lenses in storage boxes and two spectrum aparatuses.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Scientific Equipment
Format: Scientific Equipment
Playing Cards with the C.O.T.E. logo and "Commission on the Environment at Dickinson College" printed in black on a white background.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Playing Cards, Sustainability
Format: Miscellaneous
White gold pocket watch engraved with initials of Mervin Grant Filler, which was a gift from Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Greek Life, Watch
Format: Miscellaneous
A brown marble desk set including a letter holder, an ink blotter, and and inkwell/pen holder. This set was used by President Karl Tinsley Waugh.
Decade: 1930-1939
Subject: Desk Set
Format: Miscellaneous
Round white button with “Dickinson College Democrats” and Democratic donkey in red.
Decade: 1950-1959
Subject: Buttons, Dickinson Democrats
Format: Pins/Buttons
Miniature portrait in watercolor set in a gold frame, of Dickinson College President John Mitchell Mason.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Portraits
Format: Artwork/Photography
Two sets of cut glass butter dishes with flower shaped handles, deep bowls, accompanying plates, and glass drains to separate ice from butter. This set reportedly belonged to Joseph Priestley.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: dish set
Format: Glassware/Ceramics
Flat glass ornament with printed gold College seal.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: College Seal
Format: Ornaments
Red plastic pin with “Dickinson” and plastic charms in shape of football and helmet, which belonged to Robert Faddis.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Athletics
Format: Pins/Buttons
A black iron embosser featuring a stamp of an owl, "Dickinson College" and a caduceus.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Embosser
Format: Miscellaneous
Tintype of a family, with hand-painted colors in a green display box.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Photography, Tintype
Format: Artwork/Photography
Small oval daguerreotype of unidentified woman in a brown carved box with red velvet interior.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Photography, Daguerreotype
Format: Artwork/Photography
A cream colored metal license plate frame with the college seal and "Dickinson College" in red.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: license plate frame
Format: Miscellaneous
A Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Dickinson College license plate. Number 00055 in navy blue and yellow.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: license plate
Format: Miscellaneous
Maroon felt banner with "AXP" and a border in white felt, which belonged to Bob Keuch, class of 1953.
Decade: 1950-1959
Subject: Greek Life
Format: Flags/Pennants/Banners
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority pin awarded to Dorothy Harpster.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Sorority Pin, Greek Life, Pins
Format: Pins/Buttons
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority pin awarded to Dorothy Harpster.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Sorority Pin, Greek Life, Pins
Format: Pins/Buttons
Phi Beta Kappa key awarded to Mabel B. Kirk.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Honor Societies, Key
Format: Pins/Buttons
Pi Beta Phi sorority pin awarded to Mabel B. Kirk.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Sorority Pin, Greek Life, Pins
Format: Pins/Buttons
Phi Alpha Pi sorority pin awarded to Mabel B. Kirk.
Decade: Unknown
Subject: Sorority Pin, Greek Life, Pins
Format: Pins/Buttons
