Southeastern Express Company receipt book, 1927.
#inthecollection #ephemera

Cast iron plug tobacco cutter in the collection. These cutters were used in general stores to slice through thick plugs of pressed chewing tobacco. #inthecollection

A vintage 1960s Captain Kangaroo Bunny Rabbit Crazy Faces Card Game manufactured by E. E. Fairchild Corp.
#inthecollection #bunny #crazyeights

Communication from P.D. Gwaltney Jr. and Co. Inc. via the Home Telephone Company, 1942. #inthecollection #SmithfieldVirginia

Divide and conquer.
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What do you call a story that one clock tells to another?
Second hand information.
#inthecollection #time

I love your random axes of kindness!
This is a late 19th century broad axe, also known as a hewing axe, used for squaring logs into timber.
#inthecollection #tool #timber

Windsor Castle Park and Cypress Creek, 1911, Smithfield, Va. #inthecollection

Windsor Castle, Smithfield, Virginia, 1911.
Original photo and colorized version.
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P.D. Gwaltney Jr. & Co., 1916 check.
#inthecollection #bank #check

Toledo Conservo stovetop steam canner and cooker. Patented in 1907, they were primarily used for canning, but they were also advertised to cook or steam entire meals. #dinnertime #goodfood #inthecollection

Stock certificate, Smithfield Farmers Inc., 1938.
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Photos from Isle of Wight County, Virginia, circa 1925.
#inthecollection #agriculture

Swag from Smithfield Farmers Inc.
#inthecollection #swag

Revised Ordinances, Smithfield, Virginia, 1874.
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IN THE COLLECTION

Letterpress printing block of the “Old Brick Church,” now St. Luke's Historic Church & Museum.

Letterpress printing blocks, also known as printing plates or ink block stamps, were used in traditional printing to transfer an image or text to paper.

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Promotional puzzle from @smithfieldfoods.bsky.social.
#inthecollection #puzzle

Button...button...who's got the button?
Cast pewter button, circa 1780, with the interlocking initials USA on face. From our Windsor Castle collection. #VA250 #button #inthecollection

Giddyup!
Wooden pack saddle, early 1900s.
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Central Hill Baptist Church, early 1920s.
#church #inthecollection

Smithfield Farmers Inc., as seen in this 1992 photo, promoted itself as providing "Southside Virginia with the most completely equipped Farm, Home, Garden and Building Supply Center." #farmers #photograph #inthecollection

Photo of St. Luke's Historic Church & Museum, Smithfield, Virginia, 1957.
#inthecollection #smithfieldvirginia

I can still hear you saying
you would never break the chain.
#FleetwoodMac #chain #inthecollection

A little hat trick to keep you feeling fedora-ble!
#hatstretcher #inthecollection

Ice Ice Baby. #inthecollection

Bottoms up! #inthecollection

Canceled check, Bank of Smithfield, Virginia, 1910.
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Ignite a conversation with this miniature cast iron coal bucket, 1930s. #inthecollection

Today is Save the Eagles Day.
This eagle in the collection once adorned the U.S. Army Gunboat Smith Briggs. Following the 1864 Battle of Smithfield, it was removed from the pilothouse before the vessel was set on fire. #Eagle #inthecollection

IN THE COLLECTION: Ferdinand VII 1810 Spanish Real.
Issued by New Spain (Mexico), these coins were used extensively in the U.S. until silver dollars were circulated. #coin #inthecollection