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  • Tags: 19th Century

Gown, Commencement

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Black commencement gown, approximately 4 ft. long (just above ankle length). Tapered arms. 2 fasteners (metal) at top. Arms ruffled at shoulder. "V" cut neck, no collar. Full length slip, blouse (both white). Slip bordered with lace, front…

Tumbler

Color: blue/opalescent throughout.
Shape: cylindrical with straight walls. Flat rim. Flat base with around rim. Beneath is a horizontal band of 14 vertical bars that swirl to left at top and to the right at bottom. 3 horizontal bands of stars at…

Doll, George Glenn

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Doll of George Glenn. Cowboy, 1870, African American male, tan cowboy hat, green sweater, and orange gun hoister.

Starting in the 1960s, I. Roberta Bell, a Chicago school teacher, created a set of 26 dolls to help teach African American history to…

Coin

Russian 3 kopeks coin.
Face: Romonov coat of Arms, border with cyrrilic script, 3, 1876, wreath.

Coin

United States 1 cent.
Face: An eagle in free flight appears in the center, with the words "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" around the upper half of the coin. The date 1857 at bottom.
Back: A wreath of corn, cotton, wheat, and tobacco tied with a…

Album, Woodblock Prints

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Album bound in heavy brown paper with a wooden spine. The binding exhibits a star-motif.

The album holds 48 pages of woodblock prints. Most of the prints are attributed to one of the late great print masters of the Edo period (1603-1868), Utagawa…

Lid, Covered Dish

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Lid depicting American Eagle with three eggs labeled "Porto Rica," "Cuba," Phillipines. Related to Spanish-American War.

Photograph, Ambrotype

Photographic image on glass. Portrait of a woman on a 1/6th plate. Unmounted.

Photograph, Ambrotype

Photographic image on glass. Portrait of a man on 1/6th plate. Has black background painted on back. Unmounted.

Trilobite

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Lower Cambrian. 28 millimeter adult. Collected 1880-1890's.