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Whitney Home Gymnasium
DateDimensionsAccession_numberMaterials
1882H: 58 3/4" W: 30" D: 9"368.a-.g.1-.5Wood, metal, rope, and brass
Oak case with iron dumbbell shaped weights (5) on ropes to be pulled, eight sets of wooden dumbbells and pair of Indian clubs. Metal plate: "Whitney Home Gymnasium / Rochester, N.Y., Patent Apl. F.'R. 1882". Brass rail at each end of top.
Whitney Home Gymnasium
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