On View
Making a Way Gallery
Exhibition
Making a Way Out of No Way
Manufactured by
Hanks Stove & Range Company, American, 1901 - 1981
Used by
Hope School, 1925 - 1954
Date
1925-1954
Medium
iron , wood
Dimensions
H x W x D: 60 × 21 × 21 in., 223 lb. (152.4 × 53.3 × 53.3 cm, 101.2 kg)
Description
An iron wood-burning stove used in the Hope Rosenwald School. The stove is in several distinct pieces: stove body, ash box, base, transition piece, lid, small top piece, three long pipes, one short pipe, stove pipe adapter, cirular pipe piece, two rods, and a box of six screws, five nuts, and a pin. The pieces are probably a combination of iron and tin, and the base is wood. A stamp into the ash box reads "HANKS STOVE & RANGE CO. / ROME / GA."
Place used
Pomaria, Newberry County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Place made
Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Type
stoves
Topic
American South
Education
Segregation
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Hope School Community Center, Pomaria, SC
Object number
2010.22.11a-o
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57912076a-ea3a-4df7-b8ff-a93bf6bf7419

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