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1. Cloth Diana Jemima Doll Cloth Diana Jemima Doll Advertising; Rag dolls; R.T. Davis Mill Company; African American; Stereotypes; American pop culture This is a printed cloth African American girl doll that is holding a smaller doll. The larger doll has printed dark eyes and red lips. She wears a polka-dotted coverall. "Diana Jemima" is written near...
2. New York Central Steam Locomotive #999; New York Central Steam Locomotive #999; Rail transportation; Railroads; Steam locomotives; New York City; Chicago, Illinois; Columbian Exposition; World records; Speed records The New York Central 999 steam locomotive and fuel car measure approximately sixteen feet tall, ten feet wide, and forty-eight feet long. The driving wheels are seven feet, two inches tall. The locomotive...
3. Palace of Fine Arts Palace of Fine Arts Art; Artwork; Oil on canvas; Architecture; Buildings; Paintings; Impressionism; World's Fair; Columbian Exposition; Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois An oil painting on canvas by Childe Hassam of the Palace of Fine Arts building at the World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. The painting measures thirty-five inches by forty-one inches....
4. Pioneer Zephyr Pioneer Zephyr Railroads; Rail transportation; Trains; Streamline design; Art Moderne; Art Deco; Diesel locomotives; World's Fair; A Century of Progress; Speed records; A streamlined stainless steel high-speed motor three-car train, powered by a 600 horsepower diesel engine. The train is 197 feet long. It weighs ninety-eight tons.
5. State Capital, Boston State Capital, Boston Boston, MA; Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844; Architecture The elegant State House, seat of Massachusetts government was designed by self-taught architect, Charles Bulfinch.
6. Illinois Central Rail-Road Company Offers for Sale Over 2,000,000 Acres, Selected Farming and Wood Lands Illinois Central Rail-Road Company Offers for Sale Over 2,000,000 Acres, Selected Farming and Wood Lands In Tracts of Forty Acres and Upwards, to Suit Purchasers, on Long Credits, & At Low Rates of Interest, Situated on Each Side of Their Rail-Road, Extending All the Way From the Extreme North to the South of the State of Illinois Railroad Land Grants--Illinois; Illinois Central Railroad; Agriculture; Farming This Illinois Central Railroad Company pamphlet is an advertisement for selling land. The first half of the pamphlet contains information on the railroad route; location of lands; prices and terms of payment;...
7. Secretary, belonging to Abraham Lincoln Secretary, belonging to Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Furniture; Victorian; Antebellum; Furnishings Tall secretary desk with glass front, four bookcases on top, enclosed bottom cupboard, fold-out desk tray. Bookcase has double doors wtih six panes of glass in each door, desk tray which is covered with...
8. Scientific Poultry Feeding and Management Scientific Poultry Feeding and Management Eggs--Production; Poultry--Feeding and Feeds; Poultry--Housing Trade catalog from the Grain Marketing Company entitled "Scientific Poultry Feeding and Management." Dimensions: 5.25"x8.5".
9. D.S. Morgan and Co. Agricultural Machinery and Novelties in Implements D.S. Morgan and Co. Agricultural Machinery and Novelties in Implements Agricultural implement industry; Agricultural innovations; Morgan, D.S. Trade catalog from D. S. Morgan and Company. Dimensions: 8" x 5.5".
10. Wm. Deering and Co. Manufacturers of Harvesting Machinery Wm. Deering and Co. Manufacturers of Harvesting Machinery Agricultural implement industry; Agricultural innovations; Deering, William Trade catalog from Wm. Deering and Company. Dimensions: 7.5 x 10.25
11. Swift Illustrated Swift Illustrated Meat industry and trade; Packing-houses; Beef packers; Margarine; Lard; Cleaning compound industry; Soap factories; Swift and Company Trade catalog from Swift and Company. Dimensions are 4.25" x 6".
12. Framed print of Henry Clay Framed print of Henry Clay Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Print; Prints; Art; Decor; Decoration; Clay, Henry Deep rectangular wooden frame contains print of Henry Clay. He wears a dark suit and large bow tie with a high-collared white shirt. L 15" x W 13 1/2".
13. Buick 1934 Buick 1934 Automobiles--United States; Buick--Automobile Photograph, b/w
14. Buick Four 1923 Buick Four 1923 Automobiles--United States; Buick--Automobile; Photograph, b/w
15. Atlas of Historic Tribes in Illinois: 1673-1832 Atlas of Historic Tribes in Illinois: 1673-1832 Indians of North America; Marquette, Pere Jacques, 1636-1675; Illinois; Maps; Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700; Illiniwek; Kickapoo Nation; Miami; Winnebago; Potawatomi Key to map of historic tribes in Illinois 1673-1832. It should be noted that the maps shown here are greatly simplified.
16. Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue for 1865, of Plows and Other Agricultural Implements and Machinery Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue for 1865, of Plows and Other Agricultural Implements and Machinery Agricultural implement industry; Agricultural innovations Trade catalog from Furst and Bradley. Dimensions: 8.75" x 5.75".
17. Paper Boy Doll Paper Boy Doll Paper dolls; Mass consumer market; McLaughlin's Coffee; American pop culture; Advertising; History This is a paper boy doll dressed in gray knee pants and a white blouse with a wide, frilly collar and a big red bow. He is carrying a toy whip behind him.
18. All-Bisque Japanese Baby Doll All-Bisque Japanese Baby Doll Japanese doll industry; American pop culture; Patent laws; All-bisque dolls; Japanese exports; World War I This is an all-bisque baby doll that has moveable arms. The doll has a painted face with features including black eyes, pink cheeks, red lips, and light colored hair.
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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