Plymouth Rock fragment with painted inscription, 1830
Plymouth Rock fragment with painted inscription, 1830
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- Description
- In the early 1800s, tourists visiting Plymouth Rock were provided a hammer so that they could take a piece of the rock as a souvenir. By 1880, what was left of the rock was fenced off within a memorial.
- Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Virginia L. W. Fox, 1911
- Object Name
- rock fragment
- date made
- 1830
- associated place
- United States: Massachusetts, Plymouth
- Physical Description
- stone (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 in; 10.795 cm x 6.35 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- PL.012058
- catalog number
- 012058
- accession number
- 52309
- Credit Line
- Virginia L. W. Fox
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection
- Souvenir Nation
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Exhibition
- Souvenir Nation
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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"It's a wonder to see such a relic exists! Thanks for keeping such artifacts for those of us to see hundreds of years later. It really adds to one's education to see such things in real tangible terms versus just reading about them in history books. Now with the internet access, I canshow others what is real along with their heritages, etc."
gloria A. Rogers
Tue, 2014-05-06 12:15
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