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Pastoral Needlework Scene

Date: 1800
Description: Needlework scene on silk worked in colored silk thread using running and crewel stitches. The hands and faces of the figures are watercolor on paper. Sce...
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Home Sweet Home Sampler

Date: 1877
Description: Punch paper "Home Sweet Home" sampler.
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Mourning Badge with Grant Image

Date: 07 23 1885
Description: Mourning Badge with the image of Ulysses S. Grant.
Print

Georgia Lottery Ticket

Date: 1845
Description: Georgia Lottery ticket from 1845 authorized by the Legislature for the benefit of Fort Gained Academy.
Print

Connecticut State Lottery Ticket

Date: 1826
Description: Connecticut State Lottery ticket for the benefit of the Bishop's Fund.
Print

Virginia State Lottery Ticket

Date: 1827
Description: Virginia State Lottery ticket for the benefit of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company.
Print

Louisiana State Lottery Ticket

Date: 1888
Description: Ticket for the quarterly twenty dollar drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery Company.
Photograph

Beaded Baby Bonnet

Date: 1856
Description: Knitted baby bonnet made with tan cotton yarn and decorated with glass beads.
Photograph

Blue Baby Mittens

Date: 1827
Description: Baby mittens knitted of blue and white wool yarn.
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Framed Leaves

Date: 1860
Description: Skeletonized leaves in oval frame.
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Langlade Letter Seal

Date: 1801
Description: A silver letter seal, which belonged to Charles Langlade.
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Singer Advertising Card Box

Date: 1893
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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White Women's Shoes

Date: 1811
Description: A pair of off-white, kid leather women's shoes with shirred ribbon decoration on the top. They were most likely worn by Sylvia (Putnam) Hamilton (donor Gra...
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Paris Exposition Fan

Date: 1878
Description: A handheld fan made of wood and cloth. This fan depicts the event it was made to commemorate — the 1878 Exposition Universelle held in Paris, France. The f...
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Commercial Club of Boston Menu

Date: 06 27 1885
Description: Menu for a dinner at the Parker House, given by the Commercial Club of Boston for the Commercial Clubs of Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis. Imprinted on ...
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Carsten Tank

Date: 1832
Description: Copper plate physiognotrace of Carsten Tank, the father of Nils Otto Tank of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Subject faces left (proper right) wearing a coat, tie, a...
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Stuart Mears Fargo

Date: 03 08 1898
Description: An album page featuring five circular portraits of Stuart Fargo. At center is a head and (bare) shoulders portrait of him at age eight months. At the four ...
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Stuart at Bedtime

Date: 1899
Description: A decorated album page features a photograph of Stuart Fargo at age two years. He is wearing a nightgown and is barefoot. There is a wicker chair on the le...
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Case Cover for Governor William Barstow Daguerreotype

Date: 1853
Description: Case (opened to show front and back) for daguerreotype made to resemble a bound book. Mother-of-pearl decoration on front in the form of flowers, stems and...

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