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Laundry Stove
Identifier:
1990.46.14a-kDescription:
Black, pot-bellied stove w/bracket around mid-section to hold sadirons for heating. Turned legs bolted into square base that tapers up to a rounded mid-riff. Flat stove top w/two griddles & a flue collar (no stovepipe). Seven sadirons & a griddle handle included.;On face of ash door: 'QUAKER/NO 98/BUCKWALTER STOVE CO/ROYERSFORD PA.' The flatirons are numbered in various ways. Under base: 'ORIENTAL'..;USA: Michigan, Grand Rapids. Blodgett estate, Robinson and Plymouth Rds..;USA: Michigan, Grand Rapids. Blodgett estate, Robinson and Plymouth Rds..Date:
1876 – 1900Materials:
IronDimensions:
25" h 2" w 21" dCurrent Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 2Source:
Gift Of Mrs. Edith BlodgettExhibit/Program:
Grand Rapids Cleans Up (2001 – 2003)Related Entities:
Buckwalter Stove Company (creator) Edith Blodgett (donor)Alternate names: Mrs. John Blodgett
Edith Irwin Blodgett was born on September 29th, 1916 to Dr. Thomas Charles and Grace Irwin in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She graduated from Grand Rapids Junior College and later attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in Boston, Massachusetts before beginning a position in New York City where she met and married William Ferris in 1942. After World War II, the couple moved to Albertson and then Syosset, Long Island until William passed away around 1965. She returned to Grand Rapids and married John W. Blodgett Jr. in 1967. Edith was a member of the Grand Rapids Symphony Board and also supported the New World Quartet, The Blodgett Artists series at Harvard, the GRSO (Visiting Artists Series, sponsorship of percussion chair, etc.), Camp Blodgett, D.A. Blodgett/Jones Home, Blue Lake Arts camp, Grand Valley piano scholarships, Aquinas College, The Civic Theatre, Blodgett Hospital Nursing School, Planned Parenthood, and many other organizations. She passed away in Grand Rapids on April 2nd, 2012.