Alchometer

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00354
Location
Shelf 26

A black tin case containing an alchometer apparatus, with instructions, consisting of a glass graduated cylinder, a metal tube and clip, a small candle, a small glass orb and a glass flask. This apparatus was developed by Chemistry Professor Ernest Vuilleumier as a way to test liquids for alcohol, which could be used by law enforcement during the years of Prohibition. 

Lancet, c.1790

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00283
Location
Shelf 25

A brass medical instrument believed to have been used by Benjamin Rush to bleed his patients for medical treatments.

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Nazi Flag

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00274
Location
Shelf 9 (housed with AC 00272-00273)

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. 

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Machete and Sheath

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00245
Location
RR 01 (housed with AC 00246-00247)

A short sword with a carved gray-green bone handle and a light brown embossed leather sheath.

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Fan

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00302
Location
Shelf 20 (housed with AC 00297-00308)

A collapsible wooden fan with the slats connected by white fabric. On each slat there is a signature from a member of the Class of 1870.

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TMI React-or Board Game, 1979

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00690
Location
Shelf 2

A board game in which the objective is to lose radiation and perform a cold shut-down of a nuclear reactor. The game was created by Adam, Diane, and Edward Sandnes. The box features an illustration of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant. 

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Letter Sweater, c.1930

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00511
Location
RR 02 (housed with AC 00491-492, 00512)

An off-white knit wool letter sweater with a big red varsity letter "D" sewn onto the front. The sweater was worn by Edward Johnson (Class of 1932), captain of the varsity football team. 

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Pistols and Bullets

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00334
Location
Shelf 26

Two small four barreled pistols, each of a different design and color of the handle, with a box containing five bullets.

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