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Photograph, Ambrotype

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

Tags: 19th Century, Arkansas, Communication, Fayetteville, Glass, History, Imagery, North America, People, Photographs, United States

Photograph, Ambrotype

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

Tags: 19th Century, Arkansas, Communication, Fayetteville, Glass, History, Imagery, North America, Photographs, United States

Trilobite

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

Tags: 19th Century, Cambrian, Fossils, Geology, North America, Paleontology, Paleozoic, Pennsylvania, United States

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…

Tags: 19th Century, Civil War, Distribution and Transportation, History, Water, Wood

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…

Tags: 19th Century, Food, Glass, North America, Tools and Equipment, 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…

Tags: 19th Century, Animals, Birds, Communication, Currency, Imagery, Money, North America, Pennsylvania, Plants, United States

Light Bulb

Tube-shaped tipped bulb, glass stem with getter. Two separate, probably carbonized bamboo, filaments looped over.

Tags: 19th Century, Furnishings, Glass, History, Lighting

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…

Tags: 19th Century, Arkansas, Ceremonial, Clothing, Communication, History, Lace, North America, Silk, United States, Weddings

Projectile

Iron, shell, James Type I for 14-pound rifled James cannon. Surface pitted with rust. Reportedly found near the National Cemetery in Fayetteville, AR. Patented by Charles T. James, 22 Feb 1856, patent #14,315.

Tags: 19th Century, Arkansas, Armaments, Civil War, Fayetteville, History, North America, Science and Technology, Tools and Equipment, United States, Washington County

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…

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

Browse Items (26 total)

Photograph, Ambrotype

Photograph, Ambrotype

Trilobite

Anchor

Tumbler

Coin

Light Bulb

Dress, Wedding

Projectile

Doll, George Glenn

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