Some years ago I had some involvement with an historic ranch that had a number of pieces of large machinery stored outside and fully exposed to the weather.  They used thin metal tags, ones that were soft enough that a ball-point pen would depress the metal, so you could "write" an accession number on it.  The catch is, there are lots of places to tie such a tag onto a piece of machinery--is this a possibility with your architectural elements?

BTW, I believe the tags were purchased from a gardening supply shop; their intended use was to identify garden plants.



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Tim McShane, Assistant--Cultural History
Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery
1302 Bomford Crescent S.W.
Medicine Hat, AB   T1A 5E6
(403) 502-8587
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>>> [log in to unmask] 5/20/2004 12:48:55 PM >>>
I was wondering how one would go about tagging objects
made of stone.  I'm interning with an institution that
hasn't done much accessioning over the past few years
and hasn't had a curator in over a decade.  I'm
preparing some info about a large collection of
objects that had formerly adorned various buildings in
the pittsburgh area, and decided it would be a good
idea to formally accession them so that those who
follow me will have an easier time with the info.  I'm
wondering how I should mark the objects.  They're made
of stone or concrete, and will be exposed to the
elements throughout the year.

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Jason

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