Physical Description:

stone (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 4 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 in; 10.795 cm x 6.35 cm x 2.54 cm

Object Name:

rock fragment

Associated place:

United States: Massachusetts, Plymouth

Date made:

1830

Description:

In the early 1800s, tourists visiting Plymouth Rock were provided a hammer so that they could take a piece of the rock as a souvenir. By 1880, what was left of the rock was fenced off within a memorial.

Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Virginia L. W. Fox, 1911

Location:

Currently not on view

Credit Line:

Virginia L. W. Fox

ID Number:

PL.012058

Catalog number:

12058

Accession number:

52309

See more items in:

Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection

Government, Politics, and Reform

Souvenir Nation

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-6364-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_523279