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re;1846;003;si (originals Dartmouth Realia, common box viii)

== Description of the Artifacts ==

'''Five Substitute Nails.''' Oxidized Iron, or iron alloys, various sizes 8 cm. – 2.5 cm. Substitutes for Nails from Dartmouth Hall “salvaged from the fire,” Unavailable for an exhibition at the Hood Museum, 2003, curated by the Main Street Museum.
*1. and 2. From the Tip-Top Building (Smith Bakery Building), White River Jct., Vermont. 
*3. and 4. from the former Hartford Woolen Company Warehouse in Hartford Village, Vermont.
*5. from Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia.

==Historical Context==

<blockquote>"120 years old when it burned in February of 1904, the center of College life was Dartmouth Hall, a wooden structure which housed recitation halls, the chapel (attendance at which was mandatory until well into the 20th century), and student housing. The loss of this building was significant for it was considered be the “last visual link with the early college.” 
: —Dartmouth Hall vertical file. Dartmouth Special Collections. </blockquote>
 
Originals stored in plastic bag in Dartmouth Realia Collection, Special Collections.