Gun tool after salts have been removed and after chemical cleaning
In this blog post we’ll continue the discussion about one of USSMonitor’s枪清洁工具,并经过保护处理。
Review
In Part I,我讨论了枪械工具的目的以及如何开发枪工具的治疗计划。Part IIdelved into what steps were taken to preserve the textile found on the iron handle. I also touched on the去除盐的重要性从海洋考古对象以及如何对复合有机和无机物体调节脱盐过程。最后,我解释了我们如何在保护中稳定浇灌的木材。Read more
We’ve had our fair share of animal interactions in the Conservation Lab. With the Park surrounding the Museum, and the tank farm (outdoor tanks for storing large objects) so close to the woods, we expect to get the occasional turtle, goose, or squirrel coming to inspect our work. What we didn’t expect was to have a several-year-long battle with….bluebirds.
对于那些不知道的人来说,蓝鸟是小的,鲜艳的鸟类,在高大的树木中筑巢,每年夏天都有2-4汤匙(他们产卵的时间)。我的继母爱蓝鸟,每年在后院的一个蓝鸟家庭设立一个鸟舍,所以我总是为这些羽毛的朋友留意。Read more
Image of USS Monitor’s Port Dahlgren gun. Photo courtesy of The Mariners’ Museum and Park
Cannon Tools
你可能已经熟悉了我们Monitor’s大勒格枪支。They are a key part of the history ofMonitor,我们已经完成了一些重要的保护步骤,以便最近完成在达格兰人的治疗。你可能不那么熟悉的是用来维护大勒格兰枪的工具,而他们在美国使用Monitor。
在上面的图像中,您将看到几个历史古炮炮和装载工具的插图。1)海绵将浸入水中,并沿着大炮枪管射击,以在烧制后熄灭火花。2)蠕虫从孔中清洁了布料粉袋的未燃烧片段。3)钢包最初用于装载粉末,但在墨盒袋中使用后,它们用于从枪口中提取负载。4)夯锤密封盒和球在桶中。5)刮刀和搜索者用于清洁枪。6)手梯有助于移动枪支,并调整枪的高度。(来自Albert Manucy,炮兵通过年龄(政府印刷办公室,1949年)。所有这些工具都将用于维持大勒格兰枪Monitorand generally used each time the cannon was fired.Read more
Officers and enlisted women of 3rd WAC Co. are shown in front of company area. Accession Number P0003/01-#F-10899
Changing Perspectives during WWII
如前面的一些博客所述,第二次世界大战是美国历史上第一次允许妇女在外面以任何主要能力正式进入军队护理。这一变化将许多白色,中产阶级女性带入劳动力的劳动力,并为否则将被拒绝的工作中的女性和颜色人民的机会。妇女的军队or WAC (originally the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps) was the only one of these groups to integrate women into its corresponding military branch fully. However, in the 1940s, there were much stricter ideas of gender norms, gender expression, and heteronormativity. This meant there was significant pushback against the idea of women joining the military, as this was viewed as the epitome of masculine spaces. As a result, many suggested that women did not belong in the military, despite many women joining the WAC (and其他groups) and excelling in their new roles.
诽谤运动
关于加入军队可能意味着什么的妇女有很多担忧。1943-1944之间的诽谤运动,大约1-2岁在形成WAC / WAAC之后,声称加入WAC的女性是混杂或女同性恋者。这些谣言来自几个地方。一个是关于WACS的突出报纸文章,声称WACS将获得免费的预防性设备,就像男性GIS所做的那样。然而,这本质上是错误的,军队中的女性被拘留的许多双重标准之一。Read more