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D. Boon Cilled a Bar (Daniel Boone)

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Description: A beech tree with the inscription, "D. Boon cilled a bar. 1760" carved into it. The tree was located up to the 1880s near Boone's Creek, Tennessee.
Magazine or Periodical

IH Refrigeration Takes Broad New Strides

Date: 01 1947
Description: Cover of International Harvester World magazine showing a woman standing next to an International Harvester freezer. International Harvester also ma...
Document

International Harvester Stock Certificate

Date: 1906
Description: International Harvester Company stock trust certificate. American Bank Note Company.
Map or Atlas

Spines of Crown Collection of American Maps

Date: 1908
Description: Five volumes of the Crown Collection of American Maps, plus an index, showing the spines of these books.
Manuscript

Country Life at Syene

Date: 01 1913
Description: Cover of manuscript keepsake souvenir scrapbook titled "Country Life at Syene." The photograph of canned items and bins of fruit and vegetables in the cell...
Manuscript

Kitchen and Bathroom Scenes

Date: 01 1913
Description: Page from manuscript keepsake scrapbook containing an image of a kitchen stove and of a toilet. Caption below the kitchen stove reads: "Some of the machine...
Manuscript

Scrapbook Page - Bridge and Canoes

Date: 1900
Description: A scrapbook page containing two images; one of a train passing over a trestle bridge and the other of people in two canoes.
Manuscript

The First Paris Trip

Date: 1917
Description: A page of snapshots with handwritten captions of Paris scenes and friends visiting Paris. Part of a scrapbook of photographs from Stevenson's service in Wo...
Manuscript

Storm Snapshots

Date: 1917
Description: A page of snapshots with handwritten captions showing scenes at sea during a storm. Part of a scrapbook of photographs from Stevenson's service in World Wa...
Manuscript

Peasant Girl and Cathedral

Date: 
Description: A page of snapshots with handwritten captions depicting a peasant girl at Daoules, France and the cathedral at Chartres. Part of a scrapbook of photographs...
Manuscript

The Evolution of a Soldier

Date: 1917
Description: Four photographs with handwritten captions. The photograph at top left is a group portrait with a caption that reads: "Soon after reaching Waco, the 1st Wi...
Manuscript

Christmas Day

Date: 1917
Description: A scrapbook page containing three photographs of John A. Commons (presumably) in his World War I uniform, standing with another man with a Christmas tree, ...
Manuscript

Stockbridge and Munsee Indians Treaty, Page 1

Date: 01 08 1825
Description: The first page of the handwritten treaty between the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians.
Manuscript

Stockbridge and Munsee Indians Treaty, Page 2

Date: 01 08 1825
Description: The second page of the handwritten treaty between the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians.
Manuscript

Stockbridge and Munsee Indians Treaty, Page 3

Date: 01 08 1825
Description: The third page of the treaty between the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians.
Manuscript

Reasons Why You Should Use Co-operative-Made Goods

Date: 1887
Description: A list of nine reasons to use co-operative-made goods, entitled "Reasons Why You Should Use Co-operative-Made Goods in Preference To All Others". This was ...
Manuscript

To The Knights of Labor of America

Date: 04 29 1886
Description: A proposal to the Knights of Labor of America regarding organizing a Linen Collar and Cuff Manufactory.
Manuscript

Co-operative Fair

Date: 02 1886
Description: A formal announcement of a Co-operative Fair that was held in March of 1886.
Manuscript

Co-operative Collars and Cuffs

Date: 1887
Description: Advertisement for K. of L. Brand Co-operative Collars and Cuffs showing illustrations of collars. It includes the statement "The Only Union Made Collars".
Manuscript

Thomas Phillips

Date: 
Description: A woodcut image of Thomas Phillips, the general president of the Boot and Shoe Workers International Union, accompanying his biography.

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