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Fan
Fan

Fan

Original OwnerOriginally owned by Hotel Taft American, built in 1911
Dateabout 1915
MediumPaper, with metal handle and fabric tassel
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height excluding tassel x width x depth): 8 15/16 x 1 1/4 x 1/2in. (22.7 x 3.2 x 1.3cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of the Lutz Children's Museum
Object number2005.148.3
MarkingsThe exterior edge of the fan, down by the metal handle, has "HOTEL TAFT, NEW HAVEN, CONN" stamped on one side.
On View
Not on view
Ashtray
Hotel Taft
about 1940-1960
Woman's Purse
Elizabeth Blakelock
1979-1981
Gift of Gennaro J. Capobianco, 2005.180.84  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
19th-20th century
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Allen II, 2003.18.3, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Doma…
Ella Clarinda Pitkin
1888
Bequest of Robert H. Schutz, Jr., 1991.60.2  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Cincinnatus Anthony Taft M.D.
before 1884
Brushes 2006.92.1 through .5.
The Fuller Brush Company
Gift of Carolyn Locke de Kanter, 1996.146.9a,b  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Katherine Entress Locke
1940-1970