Crib, 1769
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  Photo courtesy of Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library |
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 "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World," Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary traveling exhibition, 2005-2008 "An Image of Benjamin Franklin," University Hospital Antiques Show, 1963. Usually displayed in the Patuxent Room, Winterthur Museum. 
 ."An Image of Benjamin Franklin," Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital Antiques Show, 1963. The catalogue does not contain detailed object entries; however, the crib is listed among the objects in the Loan Exhibit and (barely) visible in a photograph of the installation. Talbott, Page, ed., Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World (New Haven and London: Yale University, 2005) (companion book to exhibition of same title)
 According to family tradition, the crib was used by Franklin's grandson, Benjamin Franklin Bache (1769-1798), and descended in his line to Louisa Johnston Bache Castle (Mrs. J. M. Castle, II), who gave it to the Winterthur Museum in 1978. |
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