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Mold, Cigar
Identifier:
163385Description:
Two-part, wood cigar mold, with space for ten cigars. Upper section has wood pin on each end, which fit into holes on each end of lower section. Individual pieces held together with small nails.;"DUREX" and "412458" etched into side of lower half. Miller Uubiu Co. text line printed on side of upper section, but partially indecipherable. (See 163385 Inscription field for full text example.) |Date:
1880 – 1920Materials:
WoodDimensions:
1.6" h 13.1 | 13.1" w 4.5 | 4.5" d; 1.65" hCurrent Location Status:
On ExhibitSource:
Gift Of Estate Of Dr. Ruth HerrickExhibit/Program:
Newcomers: The People of this Place (after 2008)Related Entities:
Miller Uubriu and Peters Manufacturing Company (creator)Alternate names: Miller Uubriu Manufacturing Company Estate of Dr. Ruth Herrick (donor)
Born on July 6, 1895 in Ohio, Ruth Herrick became known as one of the first women physicians in Michigan. She studied at the University of Chicago Medical College and at Blodgett Memorial Hospital. Afterwards she began her practice in 1931 in Grand Rapids. She was an avid collector and took a strong interest in archaeology, having lectured at the Greenfield Village Museum and wrote and published a book entitled "Greentown glass: the Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company and allied manufacturers (1959)". In 1961 she cooperated with the Kent County Medical Society in compiling a historic medical collection. She retired in 1973 and later passed away after an automobile accident on June 7, 1974, with many of her assets bequeathed to the Public Museum.