I am only guessing, but perhaps the thin glass tubes, less than 3 inches
long, may have to do with some sort of therapy for tuberculosis.
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In a message dated 2/2/2013 4:23:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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I thought about light bulbs, but it seems unlikely to me that worker
housing in a mining town in the mountains would have been wired for electricity
so early. The place was abandoned in the 1890s.
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On Feb 2, 2013, at 2:13 PM, sent <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> although your date is earlier I would check electronic tubes for radios
etc....
> lightbulbs also possible
> also insulator
> have fun
>
> Conrad
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Doug Ross
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 1:28 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: clear glass tubes
>
> Could they be from the inside of a light bulb?
>
> Doug
>
> On 2013-02-02, at 10:19, Sarah Sportman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to identify a few artifacts we recovered from back yard
contexts in a 19th century mining town in the Adirondacks. We found six
fragments of thin, clear glass tubes. They are a little smaller in diameter than
a modern drinking straw and round in cross-section. All are broken and
each fragment is less than 3 inches long. The fragments came from the yards
of three different domestic sites, including a tenement house, a double
house, and the superintendent's house. The sites were occupied from the mid
1870s to the mid 1890s. Any help in identifying them would be greatly
appreciated!
>>
>> thanks,
>> Sarah
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