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This foot warmer is a metal container with carpet on top that could be filled with some hot coals from a stove or fireplace fire. The foot warmer would have most likely been placed in front of Clara Barton’s chair under her desk as it is exhibited today. A coal burning stove is behind her desk. This foot warmer is not original but Clara Barton may have had one like it.
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Details
- Title: Foot Warmer
- Contributor: Clara Barton National Historic Site National Park Service
- Original Source: http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/clba/exb/Homelife/PersonalBelongings_Dinnerware/CLBA2339_footWarmer.html
- Source: Clara Barton National Historic Site
- National Park Service Catalog Number: CLBA 2339
- Measurements: L 36.5, W 18.9, H 8.5 cm
- Materials: Metal, fabric
- Date: c 1885
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