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Eyeglasses

2019.22.1

Cardboard viewer to safely view the 1932 eclipse. Patented by Derick Studio in Orleans, Vt.
One side has a map showing where in New England and New York the best views will be, with the total eclipse forecast for the Northeastern corner of Vermont. The other side explains why an eclipse takes place and notes the safety of the filter for viewing the sun for extended periods without damage to the eyes.

Here is a 2017 write-up about the eclipse of 1932. The path of totality ran across the Northeast.

From: https://streetsofsalem.com/2017/08/20/the-great-new-england-eclipse-of-1932/

"This eclipse cut a diagonal swath through New England from Montreal to Provincetown, and people converged in the White Mountains, Cape Ann and Cape Cod for viewing: there were special eclipse “packages” and special eclipse trains, and more than one observer pointed out that the frenzy was serving as a distraction from the Depression. In Salem, the shops closed at 1:00 in the afternoon on the 31st (which was a Wednesday), as everyone departed for Gloucester–apparently not content to be in the 99% zone! The headlines leading up to the 1932 eclipse were not too different than those today: watch out for your eyes, watch out for your chickens (perhaps there was more emphasis on chickens then), the best viewing places, why the scientists are so excited. I do think there was more “eclipse ephemera” produced then, but it was a period of paper.

The viewing experience seems to have been uneven across New England on August 31, 1932: clouds and rain prevailed in some places, inspiring my favorite September 1 headlines: Long Awaited Eclipse is Partially Eclipsed (or some variation thereof). I have no doubt that people had fun on the New Haven Railroad’s special Eclipse Train, however, on which they could see night-time when it’s day in New England as you play. Strange things were reported for days afterwards: chickens (very sensitive to eclipses, apparently) laid eggs that bore an imprint of the corona, which appeared on several glass windows around the region as well. In my hometown of York Harbor, Maine, the artist Henry Russell Butler, who had traveled across the country in order to capture the previous three eclipses on canvas, was thrilled to see one appear in his backyard. Photography had long been able to capture eclipses, but paint still worked too."

Lighter

2011.63.11a-c

Cigarette lighter in gold gift box.
(a) Silver cigarette lighter with etching of a monument with "METRO" carved in center and in lower right corner: "Rouleau Granite Co., Inc." Printed below is: "ROULEAU GRANITE CO./ BARRE, VT./ PH. GR 6-4891" Cover folds back on hinge to expose actual lighter. Engraved on bottom of lighter: "BARLOW/ Windproof Design No. 17592 Japan".
b= Gold box cover
c= Box bottom has purple suede liner with space for lighter.

Match Safe

1973.30

Rectangular metal match safe with an enamel wrap. The wrap is printed on one side with a photograph of two men and the inscription, "Always Found at CITY HOTEL". The other side is printed with an image of a stamped envelope addressed to "K. W. Morse, Barre, VT" with the return address, "CITY HOTEL, H.C. Jones, Clerk."

Matchbox

2004.58.82a-b

The cover is made of thin cardboard and features a green foil top with a gold embossed catamount and the words "VERMONT CATAMOUNTS" also in gold. The ends of the cover are open to slide the box into, and strikers cover the front and back edge of the cover. The bottom of the cover is made of a gold-tone paper with gold grid lines and the words "Made in Sweden" printed in black ink. The interior box is made of plain white cardboard and has a gray interior.

Produced to advertise the sports teams of the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont

Matchbox Cover

2022.58.3

White ceramic matchbox cover printed on one side with the image of a hermit thrush over a silhouette of the state of Vermont. The word, "Vermont", in decorative script runs along the bottom. The top is open for inserting a matchbox, and there is an oval hole in one side to allow the striking strip to be accessed.

Pennant

2011.68.4

Red felt pennant with white lettering and a white band at wide end, four green tassels at wide end, and also at wide end an oval multi-colored scene of a granite quarry. Below the oval, in white letters: "LARGEST GRANITE CENTRE IN THE WORLD" and to the right, extending to the pointed end: "BARRE, VT." Stapled to upper corner at wide end is a small price tag from the M. H. Fishman Company with the price: "19 cents"

Pennant

2009.46.1

Navy blue wool felt pennant printed with the seal of the Lake Champlain 350th Anniversary Festival and the words, “LAKE CHAMPLAIN”. They seal consists of a scene of four people in a canoe, two wearing traditional European dress and two wearing indigenous American dress. The group is superimposed over an aerial map of the lake, and encircled by the words, “1609 350TH CHAMPLAIN ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL 1959”.

Produced to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the first sighting of Lake Champlain by a European

Pennant

2024.12.4

Small pennant from the Rock of Ages Museum. The dark blue pennant has white felt edging and ties along the short side and white printed lettering that reads "ROCK / OF / AGES" in a circle to the left, wider section and "WORLD'S LARGEST / GRANITE QUARRY" in increasingly smaller print towards the pointed end.

Pennant

2015.37.1

Small Vermont pennant with bright colors (red, Turquoise, yellow, orange,green).

Playing Cards

1957.29

Deck of 53 cards showing scenes of Vermont. The back of each card has a picture of Vermont State capital with state seal and border of state flower, the red clover. The deck is in its original green box, which has the gold label, "VERMONT "THE GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE" SOUVENIR PLAYING CARDS 53 Views of Especial Natural and Historic interest PUBLISHED BY CHISHOLM BROS. PORTLAND, MAINE."

Snuffbox

2012.32.1

Oval, straight walled brass snuffbox with a hinged top. The hinge is not at the edge but 3/8"th of an inch in from the edge. On the back side of the hinge is "VT" engraved and on the other side of the hinge, on the large part of the lid is the "Eye of Providence" or "all-seeing" eye with rays going downward. Lid has a 3/16" wide lip.

Solar Eclipse Burlington Paper Glasses

2024.20.1

Paper/cardboard mix glasses with glossy black-ish plastic windows. Black with chromatic rainbow waves and skyline delineations of Burlington, VT.

Solar Eclipse Montpelier Paper Glasses

2024.21.1

White to dark blue paper glasses with square black-ish plastic windows with images of stars invoking the night sky. The interior is white with a depiction of the sun eclipsing on the nose bridge.

Donated by Kate Philips