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personal hygiene , Pipes , curler , hairpin , buckle, belt , pin , marble
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

personal hygiene , Pipes , curler , hairpin , buckle, belt , pin , marble

Date1937-1945
Mediumwood, metal, glass, plastic
ClassificationsGeneral Collection
Credit LineGift of Ronald WalksHorse, in Memory of James Hatsuki Wakasa
Object number2000.195.1
Description30 relics, ranging from a woman's hairpin to bottle opener, recovered from the former site of Topaz by Ronald B. WalksHorse.
1. Block 35 area; man's pipe bowl
2. Block 23 area; tooth or talc powder can
3. Block 23 area; woman's metal curler for hair
4. Block 29 area; woman's hairpin
5. Block 35 area; woman's lipstick cover
6. Block 29 area; child's blue plastic submarine toy
7. Block 12 area; coat belt buckle, corroded
8. Block 12 area; men's shoe heel tap
9. Block 12 area; spectacle lens
10. Block 35 area; 5 safety pins
11. Block 14 area; baby bottle stopper lid
12. Block 14 area; clothes pin
13. Block 14 area; half of scissors, corroded
14. Block 35 area; 6 1/2 child's marbles
15. Block 11 area; end of toothbrush
16. Block 11 area; buckles off galoshes
17. Block 10 area; woman's lipstick container
18. Block 10 area; condiment fork, pronged portion
19. Block 10 area; pocket watch casing
20. Block site of elementary school; part of pencil and eraser
21. School site; electric fuse
22. Block 32 area; 2 barracks door keys
23. Block 32 mess area; bottle opener
24. Block 32 area; ceramic sherd
25. Block 32 mess area; teaspoon, corroded
26. Block 32 area; haircomb, warped
27. School site area; glue bottle, empty
28. Mess 29 area; baking power measuring cup, corroded metal
29. [bag mislabeled as 30] Block 29 area; Laughter [brand] cologne bottle
30. Block 29 area; decorative brass coat button.

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