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Photograph, Ambrotype

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

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Photograph, Ambrotype

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

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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…

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Pitcher

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Yellow/green molded and slipped earthenware pitcher. Cylindrical, molded in shape of ear of corn with shucks and stalk. Handle in form of stalk, in green, forming long rectangle where attached to body. Corn slipped yellow and shucks in green. …

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Plate

Molded and gilded whiteware child's plate. Small, scalloped edged plate with shell-edged molding on rim (follows scalloped edge). Gilding along lip and edge of well. Over glazed polychrome decal depicting two girls and a boy with a sled. Girl in…

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Plate

Molded and gilded whiteware child's plate. White. Small, scalloped edge with shell edge, molding along rim (follows shelled edge). Gilding on lip and along edge of well. Polychrome decal over glaze depicts two girls and a boy with a goat cart. A…

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Plate

Molded and gilded whiteware child's plate. Small, scalloped edge with shell edge; molding along rim (follows shelled edge); gilding on lip and along edge of well; polychrome decal over glaze depicts two girls and a boy with a goat cart. Girl in…

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Skate, Ice

Cast iron ice skate. Rusted, has a skate key tied to it.

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Banjo

Banjo belonged to Emory F. Church. Head is split, strings and tuning pegs missing.

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Light Bulb

Round tipped bulb, glass stem. Tightly coiled tungsten filament, two anchors.

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