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A fact from Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 August 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that one of the items on display at the Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts was George Washington's shaving brush?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts.

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Peale Museum

@TSventon Thought you would like this article given your interest in the Peale Museum. Best.4meter4 (talk) 23:49, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@4meter4:, I do, are you planning a DYK nomination, possibly involving George Washington's hairbrush? TSventon (talk) 16:47, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TSventon I think I would need to add more sources in order to take it to DYK. It was actually his "shaving brush" to be accurate.4meter4 (talk) 18:25, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I found History of Baltimore City and County, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day (John Thomas Scharf 1881) at Google books, obviously another good source would be helpful. According to that Edmund took over in 1844 not 1834, I don't know which is correct. TSventon (talk) 22:54, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@4meter4:, I have added a paragraph on the 1833 fire, which also has some details of the contents of the museum at the time. I am not sure how to do a Harvard reference for an anonymous newspaper article.

There is a Newspapers.com clipping of a report of the 1873 fire here

I would like to investigate Newspapers.com to see when the museum changed its name, but the Wikipedia Library link is down at the moment. The original name seems to have been "Peale's Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Paintings" and the 1833 article calls it the "Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts".

According to Revolver: Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America (Jim Rasenberger 2021 via Google books) the manager of the museum from 1831 to 1834 was Joseph E. Walker. Walker absconded after Samuel Colt gave him $150 to pay for prototype revolver parts. TSventon (talk) 20:04, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TSventon Sounds like a good addition. I trust any changes you choose to make. I put your name down as an author in the DYK nom.4meter4 (talk) 14:44, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

4meter4 I will go ahead and make some small changes. I assume you will be monitoring the article as it goes through DYK, so let me know if you disagree with anything. TSventon (talk) 14:51, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Will do.4meter4 (talk) 14:52, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

4meter4, I have been meaning to ask if you know how or whether the Peale’s Museum in Troy, New York, where George C. Howard performed a version of Uncle Tom's Cabin is related to the other Peale's museums. I don't really expect you to know. TSventon (talk) 00:22, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am not familiar with that museum.4meter4 (talk) 00:28, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:07, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that one of the items on display at the Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts (pictured) was George Washington's shaving brush?

Source: Mitchell, Charles (2024). The Golden Age of Baltimore Theater: A History from Shakespeare to Vaudeville. The History Press. p. 49. ISBN 9781467154482.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Marcedes Walker

Created by 4meter4 (talk) and TSventon (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 86 past nominations.

4meter4 (talk) 14:36, 19 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:32, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good. Nice work. AGF on the hook / source. @4meter4: The only thing I'd say to change is the link to James Murdock (actor), as that appears to have been a different actor from 100 years later. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:41, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BeanieFan11 and 4meter4: I have corrected James Murdock (actor) to James Edward Murdoch (also spelt Murdock) per Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia link. TSventon (talk) 22:21, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]