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This small tin once held parts for an Excelsior watch. The bottom of the tin is incised with "EXCELSIOR WATCH MATERIALS." The watch was manufactured by the New York Standard Watch Company of Jersey City, New Jersey and was recovered from Constitution Hall in Lecompton during excavations in 1988 by Kansas Historical archeologists and crew members.
Date: 1885-1929
Item Number: 457655
Call Number: 14DO321-5273
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 457655
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Business and Industry - Manufacturing
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Personal Gear - Pocketwatch
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Historic sites - Constitution Hall
Places - Other States - New Jersey
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