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This radio was among the first radios to be powered using electricity or "socket power" and was designed by The Philadelphia Storage Battery Company (Philco) to replace earlier battery powered radios...

997.23.2

This iron was known in the 1800s as a "sad" iron, meaning "heavy." Sad irons were used when stoves became common in the home...

986.8.69

Hair crimpers like these were used by women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The crimpers were heated using flames from a stove...

986.23.97

This clock was used by the Tierney family of Bell's Corners. The Tierney family farms were located at lots 27 to 30 on concession 6 in Nepean...

996.29.1