Herman J. Viola: Smith & Wesson .44 caliber revolver with shortened barrel and 

 ivory grips (1931.0332) . 



Virginia Hot Springs, Inc., The Homestead (through David Wm. Ingalls): 

 exercise bicycle designed by Dr. Max Herz and manufactured by The 

 KNY-Scheerer Company of New York (1986.0374). 



Robert M. Vogel: Automatic Rotary Cylinder toy printing press made by the 

 Cincinnati Time Recorder Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1930s (1983.0341); 

 Frank S. Betz wall cabinet electro-therapeutic device, ca. 1910; a 

 leucodescent lamp in a box with 3 filters; and a leucodescent lamp with 3 

 filters and a pulley counterbalance (1985.0967); Burroughs Model 9 adding 

 machine, 1905-20 (1986.0092). 



Maria von Mattheissen: 6 mounted black and white silver gelatin photographic 

 portraits of James Merrill, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Madame Alexander, 

 Nathaniel P. Reed, Mrs. Robert Young, and Morton Downey (1985.0901). 



Alice Dodge Wallace: academic gown from Oxford University, 1908, including 



robe, cap, hood, and patch, all worn by Shirley Townsnend Wing, 1885-1926 

 (1984.0841). 



Dorothy M. Wallace: 5-piece green velvet costume and a 3-piece white satin 

 costume worn by late 19th-century vaudeville performer Bessie Bonehill 

 (1986.0432). 



Maxine Cook Wann: button, 'Patriarchy, The Great Phallusy" (1986.0411). 



Edward J. Ward: Wesson rimfire pocket rifle with shoulder stock and fitted 

 case, 1870, and a Colt semiautomatic pistol with a holster, web belt, 

 magazine pouch, 3 magazines, and 2 cleaning rods (1983.0736). 



Wilcomb S. Washburn: green gym shorts, ca. 1930 (1985.0272). 



Teru Watanabe: calligraphic scroll of excerpts from the New Testament written 

 in Chinese by Tomoichi Watanabe in 1937 (1986.0598). 



Waterbury Companies, Inc. (through David S. Ebersole): 9 U.S. Post Office 

 Department button dies (1985.0213); 8 button dies for 2 pairs of coat 

 buttons and cuff buttons from both the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 

 Company and the Postal Telegraph Company (1985.0221); 2 button dies used 

 to make buttons for St. Elizabeth Hospital and the U.S. Customs Service 

 (1985.0246); 21 dies for making clothing buttons for various U.S. 

 government agencies (1985.0336). 



C. Malcolm Watkins: unglazed ceramic tile from San Antonio Mission in 



California, ca. 1320 (1978.0640); brass and silver-plated nickel lantern, 

 possibly fireman's lantern, ca. 1855 (1984.0283); water can with one 

 glass attached from Northern Railroad, ca. 1860; metal oil can from 

 NYNH&H Railroad, ca. 1900; and an inspection torch from B&M Railroad 

 (1984.0284). 



Hilda K. Watkins: 2-piece woman's dress worn by donor's mother, Clara Whitney 

 at the birthday ball for the Emperor of Japan, 1384 (1985.0733). 



Joan Pearson Watkins: niche with figure of St. Joseph and Holy Child Jesus, 



Philippine Islands, 19th century (1983.0074); 2 Chinese-American costume 

 elements and an oil painting of the Holy Child in a tin frame 

 (1983.0389); Chinese-American gate-leg table stained opaque red and a 

 Chinese-American shop sign, both made in California in the late 19th 

 century (1985.0844); pair of gray translucent galoshes for high-heeled 

 shoes, 1955-65 (1986.0426). 



Roberta C. Watrous: British medal by John Milton, October 4, 1777 (1984.1111). 



Tommy Wayman: polo helmet, autographed by Mr. Wayman (1984.0521). 



WE3CO Records (through Wayne E. Busoice) : phonorecord by Brooke Johns 

 (1984.0379). 



Wm. R. Weber: 2 California Market Merchandise Certificates issued in San Jose, 



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