Object Details
maker
Parker, Lois M.
Description
This tan wooden model represents four intersecting cubes. A paper tag on the model reads: 97. Another mark reads: Lois M. Parker (/) 4-2-1938.
Lois M. Parker (1920-2004) was a native of Worcester, Massachusetts, whose father was an insurance agent. She took a high school course with A. Harry Wheeler in 1938. She went on to attend Colby Junior College in New London, New Hampshire, and then obtained bachelor and master’s degrees in music from the University of Michigan. Parker returned to Worcester, where she taught music at South High school for thirty years.
For models by Parker, see 1979.0102.040, 1979.0102.046, and 1979.0102.048.
Reference:
Census, graveyard, and yearbook records from ancestry.com.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Louise D. Campbell
Date made
1938
date made
1938 04 02
ID Number
1979.0102.048
accession number
1979.0102
catalog number
1979.0102.048
Object Name
Geometric Model
Physical Description
wood (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 10.6 cm x 10.6 cm x 10.6 cm; 4 3/16 in x 4 3/16 in x 4 3/16 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Women's History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_905075