George Washington's Camp Stool at NMHT

ID: SIA RU000371 [75-16111]

Creator: Hofmeister, Richard K

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1975

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: January 1976, Image No. 75-16111

Summary

Folding camp stool (AF*79371M) used by General George Washington during the American Revolution.

Original film available in SIA Acc. 11-009.
Featured in the "Torch," January 1976.
Acquired by the Division of Military History at the National Museum of History and Technology, now known as the National Museum of American History, in 1975. The stool went on display in Armed Forces Hall in Washington's tent where it might have been used originally.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: January 1976, Image No. 75-16111

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

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United States

Black-and-white photographs

SIA RU000371 [75-16111]

8 x 10;