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Gown, Commencement
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…
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
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…
Starting in the 1960s, I. Roberta Bell, a Chicago school teacher, created a set of 26 dolls to help teach African American history to…
Tags: 19th Century, 20th Century, African American History, Art, Ceramics, Children, Clothing, Communication, Green, History, Illinois, Imagery, North America, Orange, People, Recreation, School, Tan, Toys, United States
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…
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…
Tags: 19th Century, Animals, Birds, Communication, Currency, Imagery, Money, North America, Pennsylvania, Plants, United States
Album, Woodblock Prints
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…
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
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
Lower Cambrian. 28 millimeter adult. Collected 1880-1890's.
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Basket
Small woven basket with a flat handle.