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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…
Anchor
Part of Stock of Anchor of U. S. Congress Frigate, rectangular piece of wood consisting of many holes. Burnt by CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack, and persistently mid-identified by that name or as "Merrimac") off Newport News 3-8-1862. Wood was…
Bottle, Medicine
Collected from Ridge House in March 1972. Clear glass, partially restored; "Whitelow - Williams / Drug Co. / Fayetteville, ARK"
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
Coin
Coin from Sicily, Ferdinand II on obverse, diegi tornesi with crown on reverse. 1857, groove along edge, heavy weight, copper.
Tags: 19th Century, Communication, Currency, Europe, Imagery, Italy, Metal, Money
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
Dress, Wedding
Silk and lace white wedding dress.
Dress belonged to Ann Gertrude Johnson who married William Bradley Booker on October 28, 1896 in Columbus, Arkansas
2-piece fitted bodice that has 13 hook and eyes on interior placket, pleats from bottom to…
Dress belonged to Ann Gertrude Johnson who married William Bradley Booker on October 28, 1896 in Columbus, Arkansas
2-piece fitted bodice that has 13 hook and eyes on interior placket, pleats from bottom to…
Tags: 19th Century, Arkansas, Ceremonial, Clothing, Communication, History, Lace, North America, Silk, United States, Weddings
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…
Lid, Covered Dish
Lid depicting American Eagle with three eggs labeled "Porto Rica," "Cuba," Phillipines. Related to Spanish-American War.
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Dinosaur
Includes the 1st phalanx of 3rd metatarsal of right hind foot.