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1. 'The Best States Right' political cartoon from the New Hampshire Republican; 'The Best States Right' political cartoon from the New Hampshire Republican; house
2. Local Indian Traditions Local Indian Traditions Kickapoo Nation; Custer, Milo, 1880-; Bloomington, Illinois; Indians of North America Milo Custer's 1914 account of local indian traditions (7 pages).
3. Champaign County Fair Champaign County Fair Buildings; Champaign, Illinois; Celebrations; Festivals; Fairs; Midway, Champaign County Fair, 1978.
4. University of Illinois Ceramics Building, Urbana, Illinois University of Illinois Ceramics Building, Urbana, Illinois Urbana, Illinois; Buildings; Education; Technology; Ceramics 105 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana.
5. Graves Mallard Drake Decoy Graves Mallard Drake Decoy Decoys; Ducks; Carving; Hunting; Illinois River; Graves, G. Bert, 1887-1956 A carved and painted mallard drake decoy; a lead keel weight on the bottom reads "B GRAVES DECOY CO". The decoy has a green head with a yellow-green beak, a white ring around the neck and a brown chest....
6. Print: Our Good Earth Print: Our Good Earth Prints; Lithographs; Landscape; American Regionalism; Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946; Farmers; Farm life; Children; Childhood & youth A print of a brawny farmer standing in a wheat field on a windy day, flanked by a young girl and boy and grasping three wheat stalks in his right hand. His head is turned toward his left. Two buildings...
7. Print: Loading Corn Print: Loading Corn Prints; Lithographs; Landscape; American Regionalism; Benton, Thomas H., 1889-1975; Corn; Harvesting; Carts & wagons A print of two workers loading harvested corn onto a mule drawn wagon amidst five shocks of corn stalks, probably late afternoon. A stream is visible in the right foreground. More fields rise in the middle-ground...
8. Graves Mallard Hen Decoy Graves Mallard Hen Decoy Decoys; Ducks; Carving; Illinois River; Hunting; Graves, G. Bert, 1887-1956 A carved and painted mallard hen decoy; a lead keel weight on the bottom reads "B GRAVES DECOY". The body is painted various shades of brown with a dark patch on the wings. The head is turned back with...
9. Painting: Illinois River Painting: Illinois River Painting; Landscape; Oil on canvas; Krafft, Carl, 1884-1938; Riverboats A painting of two riverboats on a wide expanse of river past bluffs rising from the far shore. Two tall trees rise up left of center on the near shore, where two figures leaning on a rail fence look out...
10. Painting: Coastal Sunset and Mountains Painting: Coastal Sunset and Mountains Painting; Seascape; Oil on canvas; Folk art; Krans, Olof, 1838-1916; Immigrants A painting of a sun setting beyond a mountainous coastline with a number of boats hugging shore on right. Black and white birds perch on a group of large rocks extending into the picture from the left...
11. Perdew Fancy Duck Call Perdew Fancy Duck Call Ducks; Decoys; Hunting; Perdew, Charles, 1874-1963; Carving; Illinois River A wooden duck call with carved decoration of three ducks (one hen and two drakes) in flight around the body. The initials DGB (Donald G. Beste) are carved in strong relief on one end. A light green plastic...
12. Painting: Lady in a Garden Painting: Lady in a Garden American Impressionism; Painting; Oil on canvas; Palmer, Pauline, 1867-1938 A painting of a woman seated in a shaded part of a garden setting. She holds an Oriental parasol and wears a multi-color Oriental robe over a white gown. A table and another chair is beyond her. Dimensions...
13. Painting: Untitled (Illinois River) Painting: Untitled (Illinois River) Painting; Landscape; Oil on canvas; Waycott, Hedley, 1865-1938; Illinois River; A painting of an autumnal view of the Illinois River as seen from a grassy bluff in the Prospect Avenue area of Peoria, with the river in the background, three tall trees extending beyond the picture frame...
14. Milburn Electric Car Milburn Electric Car Automobiles; Cars; Electric automobiles; Transportation; Land transportation; Toledo, Ohio A black and blue two-passenger, two-door electric car. The car has a tiller for steering, two headlights, one taillight, and four rubber tires.
15. Illustration of work in the United States Arsenal at Watertown, Massachusetts Illustration of work in the United States Arsenal at Watertown, Massachusetts United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women Reproduction of the cover of Harper’s Weekly from July 20, 1861. Dimensions: 10"x15.5".
16. Work Pays America Work Pays America United States. Works Progress Administration; Federal Arts Project; Federal aid to the arts--United States; WPA; Posters, American--20th century Poster, color, 71 x 56 cm.
17. Model of the Lincoln Home, Stage 3 (1855-1861) Model of the Lincoln Home, Stage 3 (1855-1861) Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Home; Models; Household; Housing By 1855, the Lincoln home, little changed from the cottage purchased twelve years earlier, proved to be too small for the growing family. Lincoln hired local builders, Hannon and Ragsdale, to remodel the...
18. Ambrotypes and daguerrotypes of Abraham Lincoln Ambrotypes and daguerrotypes of Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Photographs; Ambrotypes; Daguerrotypes Various ambrotypes and daguerrotypes of Abraham Lincoln
19. Lamp, whale oil Lamp, whale oil Whale; Whales; Oil lamp; Whale oil; United States; Light; Lighting device; Ship; Iron Whale oil lamp. This iron standing lamp has an open cylindrical reservoir which cants (swings).
20. Lamp, whale oil Lamp, whale oil Whale; Whales; Oil lamp; Whale oil; United States; Light; Lighting device; Ship; Iron Whale oil lamp. This iron standing lamp has an open cylindrical reservoir which cants (swings).
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