BENCH
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CITY HALL BENCH
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1990
- Materials
- WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19980048002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CITY HALL BENCH
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1990
- Materials
- WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 90.1
- Length
- 50.5
- Width
- 152.0
- Description
- A LARGE OFF-WHITE PAINTED OAK BENCH WITH A SEMI-OPEN BACK AND PAINT CHIPS FALLING OFF AROUND ALL FOUR LEGS. NO VISIBLE DISTINCTIVE MARKINGS.
- Subjects
- FURNITURE
- Historical Association
- FURNISHINGS
- POLITICS
- History
- BENCH WAS FOUND IN BASEMENT BATHROOM OF OLD CITY HALL BUILDING. BENCH WAS RECOVERED BY MUSEUM ALONG WITH COLLECTION ON REQUEST OF CITY BUILDING OFFICIALS WHO FEARED THAT HALL EMPLOYEES WOULD STEAL CITY PROPERTY DURING THE RELOCATION OF HALL OPERATIONS. OFFICIALS FELT THAT EMPLOYEES MIGHT BELIEVE CITY PROPERTY WAS THEIRS IF IT HAD BEEN IN THEIR OFFICE FOR TWENTY YEARS (EG. ARTWORK). OFFICIALS CALLED THE MUSEUM OVER IN THE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DEMOLITION OF THE HALL IN ORDER TO INVENTORY SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY AND EVACUATE IT. THE BENCH'S ORIGINAL USE IS NOT KNOWN.
- Catalogue Number
- P19980048002
- Acquisition Date
- 2002-02
- Collection
- Museum
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