Natural Resources
The natural resources collections offer centuries of evidence about how Americans have used the bounty of the American continent and coastal waters. Artifacts related to flood control, dam construction, and irrigation illustrate the nation's attempts to manage the natural world. Oil-drilling, iron-mining, and steel-making artifacts show the connection between natural resources and industrial strength.
Forestry is represented by saws, axes, a smokejumper's suit, and many other objects. Hooks, nets, and other gear from New England fisheries of the late 1800s are among the fishing artifacts, as well as more recent acquisitions from the Pacific Northwest and Chesapeake Bay. Whaling artifacts include harpoons, lances, scrimshaw etchings in whalebone, and several paintings of a whaler's work at sea. The modern environmental movement has contributed buttons and other protest artifacts on issues from scenic rivers to biodiversity.
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Fanciful Electric Light Shade
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- est. 1899
- 1914-1915
- maker
- Macbeth-Evans Glass Company
- ID Number
- CE.914
- catalog number
- 914
- accession number
- 58571
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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chimney, lamp
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- about 1914
- ID Number
- CE.215
- catalog number
- 215
- accession number
- 57114
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Finished Lamp Font
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- est. 1899
- 1914
- ID Number
- CE.231
- catalog number
- 231
- accession number
- 57114
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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chimney, lamp
- Description
- This lamp chimney was purposely left unfinshed as part of a series of lamp chimneys that illustrate the various stages of manufacture of lamp chimneys at Macbeth-Evans Glass Company. This particular one is listed as "Number 2 Pearl Top" and demonstrates how a lamp chimney looks in the factory before it is sent for crimping.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- circa 1899-1915
- 1914-1915
- about 1914
- ID Number
- CE.214
- catalog number
- 214
- accession number
- 57114
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Electric Light Shade
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- est. 1899
- 1914-1915
- maker
- Macbeth-Evans Glass Company
- ID Number
- CE.809
- catalog number
- 809
- accession number
- 58456
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Electric Light Shade
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- est. 1899
- 1914-1915
- maker
- Macbeth-Evans Glass Company
- ID Number
- CE.891
- catalog number
- 891
- accession number
- 58571
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Red Railroad Lantern Globe
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- est. 1899
- 1915
- ID Number
- CE.911
- catalog number
- 911
- accession number
- 58571
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Clear Automatic Signal Glass
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- est. 1899
- 1915
- ID Number
- CE.918
- catalog number
- 918
- accession number
- 58571
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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One of the first examples of optical glass made in the USA
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1914
- est. 1899
- ID Number
- CE.240
- catalog number
- 240
- accession number
- 57114
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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One of the First Pieces of Optical Glass Manufactured in the USA
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- est. 1899
- 1914
- ID Number
- CE.238
- catalog number
- 238
- accession number
- 57114
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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One of the first examples of optical glass manufactured in the USA
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- est. 1899
- 1914
- ID Number
- CE.239
- catalog number
- 239
- accession number
- 57114
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Blue Bull's Eye for a Railroad Lantern
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- est. 1899
- 1915
- ID Number
- CE.913
- catalog number
- 913
- accession number
- 58571
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Red Bull's Eye for a Railroad Lantern
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- est. 1899
- 1915
- ID Number
- CE.912
- catalog number
- 912
- accession number
- 58571
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Red Bull's Eye for an Automatic Signal
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- est. 1899
- 1915
- ID Number
- CE.920
- catalog number
- 920
- accession number
- 58571
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
-
chimney, lamp
- Description
- This lamp chimney is part of a series of lamp chimneys created to show the different stages of manufacture at the Macbeth-evans Glass Company. This particular one has a flared top opening with 1/4" beaded rim.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- about 1914
- maker
- Macbeth-Evans Glass Company
- ID Number
- CE.211
- catalog number
- 211
- accession number
- 57114
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Electric Light Shade
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- est. 1899
- 1914-1915
- maker
- Macbeth-Evans Glass Company
- ID Number
- CE.808
- catalog number
- 808
- accession number
- 58456
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Electric Light Shade
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1915
- maker
- Macbeth-Evans Glass Company
- ID Number
- CE.899
- catalog number
- 899
- accession number
- 58571
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Lamp Chimney
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1914
- about 1914
- ID Number
- CE.216
- catalog number
- 216
- accession number
- 57114
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Blue Railroad Lantern Globe
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- est. 1899
- 1915
- ID Number
- CE.896
- catalog number
- 896
- accession number
- 58571
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Lamp chimney left unfinsihed to demonstrate a particular stage of manufacture
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- est. 1899
- 1914
- ID Number
- CE.222
- catalog number
- 222
- accession number
- 57114
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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