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Object Name |
Basket, Picnic |
Catalog Number |
2006.4.14 |
Date |
ca. 1930 |
Material(s) |
Wood; brass; wool; |
Dimensions |
H-17 W-14 D-20 inches |
Description |
This is a large oval wooden picnic basket. The top is slightly wider than base. a.) The basket has two "U" shaped wood handles that swing back to provide access to the basket. There is a 1" wide curved band of wood around the rim that is nailed in place. There are two pieces of 1" wide green canvas strapping fixed under the opposite sides of the rim. One end of the belt has a metal buckle and the other has a reinforced metal tip for fastening the two pieces together. There is a 1" wide curved wood band nailed to the base. The body of the basket is constructed of woven rods placed with 1 3/4" wide vertical slats spaced 3/4" apart all the way around. The interior is insulated with tin plating. b.) The lid is a double hinged removable lid with brass hardware and straight-head screws. It opens in opposite directions. It is gasketed with wool nailed into place around the outer edge. |
Notes |
The original Woodburn farm in Woodford County totaled 2,000 acres purchased in 1790 by Robert Alexander. By 1990 the acreage had been divided among Airdrie, Binderton, Lanark, and Woodburn farm, all owned by descendants of the original Alexander. Woodburn was brought to national prominence as a thoroughbred breeding operation in the 1850s and 1860s by his son, Robert Aitcheson Alexander, who did more for the cultivation of purebred stock than any other man in America, according to William Warfield as quoted in Giants of the Turf. Between 1861 and 1882 the farm dominated the American turf to an unequaled extent. Though breeding less than 5 percent of the nation's thoroughbred foals from 1868 to 1880, it bred 54 percent of the winners of the Belmont, Travers, Saratoga, Jerome, and Dixie stakes in those years. Over the years the Alexander family maintained Woodburn farm mansion along with its library, now in the KHS rare books collection, and many artifacts that pertain to the family and the history of animal husbandry on the farm. |
Collection |
Dr. Alexander J. Alexander Collection |
Subjects |
Baskets Baskets, Picnic Picnic baskets Picnics |
Search Terms |
Woodburn Farm Woodford County (Ky.) |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |