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| Date: | 1809 |
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| Description: | Embroidered sampler of a map of the United States. |
| Date: | 1800 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Punch paper "Home Sweet Home" sampler. |
| Date: | 1801 |
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| Description: | A silver letter seal, which belonged to Charles Langlade. |
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| Description: | A red, fringed Indian (Native American) pouch with fabric patches that read "U.S. Army" and "POW-MIA". |
| 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: | 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. |
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| Description: | This earthenware bowl, which was designed by Susan Frackelton and thrown by George Ohr, is squat and bulbous. It is red with mottled green glaze on the ext... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| 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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| Description: | This is a Polish paper cutting, an art form known as wycinanki, featuring a floral/flower design. |
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| Description: | Case for George Fairfield sixth plate ferrotype/tintype. |
| Date: | 1853 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 2016 |
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| Description: | A beaded dance bag, which was once presented to General J.C. Starkweather by a Menominee Indian. |
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| Description: | A fabric, block-printed wall hanging featuring in its design a deer, the sun, and evergreen trees. |
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| Description: | Stoneware bowl with a clear glaze on gray clay. Exterior has raised grape clusters in blue and painted blue underglaze. Interior surface has hand-painted b... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Stoneware vase is ovoid-shaped with a flared rim. It is gray with a salt-glaze. The dark brown on the lower body and the top of the neck may be caused by a... |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | A pair of Reebok baby shoes, beaded by Ho-Chunk artist Linda Lucero. The beads are glass and the shoes were probably never worn. |
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