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ARTIFACTS TWO - BURKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MINI-MUSEUM
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​The artifacts below were, in January, 2017, in the Burke Historical Society Mini-Museum.
See "DELP FAIRFAX."  See something "McClellan."  Explore buttons and wonder "What is that?"
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201-204  Various pieces of chain with hooks.
 Vary in type and shape of links.
 Unknown use
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205 Item that appears shaped like a padlock, but no evidence of being able to use it as a lock
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206 Labeled scales -  very rusty  - one metal link attached in middle. Possibly used to weigh freight at train station
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207  Heavy item - perhaps cut from railroad track.  Fred Kielgard label on bottom.  More about Fred Kielgard in Graphics and Written.
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​208-210  Two horseshoes and one for mules.  Medium size horseshoe has a nail in it





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​​​211 Possible head for a hammer.
Possibly made of iron.
Only 4 inches long.
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​212 Small cube with flattened circular feature on the top.
 Possibly used as a weight.



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​213-214 Cannon ball fragments are very rusty.  Not clear if they are fragments from the same cannon ball

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​Two metal labels use possibly for shipping 
215   “DELP  FAIRFAX  - Note there are Delp family members who have lived  in Fairfax County



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     216   “______________ McClellan Washington City DC“  
         Handwritten in cursive and is very hard to decipher ​
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217  A variety of buttons -  Most of them are metal.  Between ¼ to ¾ inches in size.
    Some are Civil War era with  an eagle on them. Some are embellished with flowers. 
     One button says “button.”
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218 A basket full of  over a hundred buttons. Most of them are metal.  The material tops are gone.  Most of them are rusty and some are broken. 
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219 Around seventy metal buckles in various sizes, from 1 inch to three inches . Presumed to be belt buckles.
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221-222 ​Two metal badges that appear to have had a ribbon attached.  One says President. One says Excello Police followed by an unreadable word.
Research found that there is an Excello Police Department in Missouri. 
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​223-225 Three parts of metal Epaulets. Believed to be Union Army.
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