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| Title | Mouse Nest, recovered from Lincoln Home restoration |
| Coverage / Year | 1871 to 1879;
Victorian, Springfield, IL |
| Description | Artifacts recovered from mouse nest during 1987-88 Lincoln Home restoration, including the mice. Newspaper, wood, grass, plaster materials; white satin ribbon; newspaper; two square-cut nail heads; paper and carpet bits; various wallpaper patterns; book/magazine pages; lime-green knit fabric; string/twine; dated newspaper (1871&74; 76&77); milled lumber chunks. |
| Interpretation | Shows the great variety of items that can be stored by industrious mice. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | American Communities in History; Antebellum Society and the Civil War; How we learn about communities |
| Learning Standards | 16 History |
| Author or Creator | House mice |
| Source | Found in the Front Hall ceiling cavity, Lincoln Home, Springfield, IL |
| Subject / Keywords | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Pest; Household; Artifact; Mouse |
| Collection Publisher | Lincoln Home National Historic Site
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | LIHO 6680 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 5465151262003_6680.jpg |
