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| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Cover of a box produced by The Singer Manufacturing Company, which holds "Costumes of All Nations" souvenir cards, created for the 1893 World's Columbian E... |
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| Description: | A red, fringed Indian (Native American) pouch with fabric patches that read "U.S. Army" and "POW-MIA". |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Autochrome Lumiere plate box cover that originally contained four plates (plaques). |
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| Description: | A rosary made of wooden (probably) beads and a dark, metal cross. |
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| Description: | A seashell which served as a religious font in a church. |
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| Description: | A wooden folding ruler for measuring, with a portion broken off. |
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| Description: | A ukulele made of koa wood and a Bull Durham cigar box. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Front side of a coin made for International Harvester to celebrate the "Reaper Centennial." The event commemorated the one hundred year anniversary of the ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Back side of a coin made for International Harvester to celebrate the "Reaper Centennial." The event commemorated the one hundred year anniversary of the t... |
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| Description: | Button bearing a Christmas tree logo and the slogan "No more shopping days 'til peace." |
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| Description: | Photograph of sculpture of a hand entitled "Idleness," created by Vinnie Ream Hoxie. |
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| Description: | Label from a Fromm Golden Glory Fox fur. The company's insignia is a stylized fox head. |
| Date: | 02 10 2010 |
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| Description: | Fan made in 1900-1915 by Duvelleroy, was crafted of Paris silk, mother-of-pearl, paint and sequins. It features an image of lovers looking at a statue of t... |
| Date: | 05 04 2010 |
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| Description: | A girl doll dating back to 1890-1900. She is painted brown, and wearing a striped coat over a flowered dress. |
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| Description: | A silk banner for the Communist League of America's New York Branch. The Communist League of America was founded in 1928 as a section of Leon Trotsky's Int... |
| Date: | 07 27 2010 |
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| Description: | A pair of bright pink, leather baby shoes with pale pink ribbons, made in 1851. |
| Date: | 07 27 2010 |
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| Description: | A sampler made in Ohio in 1850 with the alphabet in both upper and lower case stitched on it. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Small button tag on a string promoting "Republican, General Douglas MacArthur for President." |
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| Description: | A feather, likely from Old Abe. It was found among unsorted material in an envelope marked "Old Abe's feather for Helen". There is no information on who ... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin campaign pin for Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Nance Garner's 1936 run. It reads "Roosevelt Garner Club, Wisconsin." |
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