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[Postal card]

Blank postal card from Decatur Novelty works, Faries & Oakes, Boiler Makers and Machinists, Decautr, Ill.

GLC03136.086

[Wedding invitation]

GLC03136.095

[Japanese 1917 calendar]

GLC03136.102

to C. Bert Padon

Leather postcard with the phrase "Friends are like mellons shall I tell you why? To find one good, you must a hundred try." There are numerous names burned into the leather card.

GLC03136.106

The James Millikin University Thirty-first Annual Commencement of Decatur College and Industrial School

Comments found next to the name of Charlotte Oakes "Gold Delta Honor-Magna Cum Laude Kappa Key"

GLC03136.116

[pocketbook]

bound in blue leather. Contains paper and cloth.

GLC02750.478

Wax seal

GLC03107.05293

to Sarah Kendall

Three small stones enclosed with GLC02915.72.01

GLC02915.72.02

[Charm]

A fabric heart charm, pinned to a note(GLC02915.75.01). the fabric is streached over a heart shape with a small fabric loop on the top.

GLC02915.75.02

[Anchor button]

Round in shape. Contains the image of an anchor. Transmitted with a certificate of discharge for Jonathan Mury, who served on board the frigate Alliance 6 December 1781- 13 April 1783 (refer to GLC01450.655.01). Date inferred from certificate of...

GLC01450.655.02

[Tin case]

Case for "Documents And Commission; & c." Possibly belonged to Doctor John Lorimer.

GLC01450.807.07.04

[Crest]

Small crest on a piece of glossy paper.

GLC02150.39

[Three Virginia state uniform buttons]

Three Virginia state brass uniform buttons. [Manufactured by Waterbury Button Co. in Cheshire, CT]. Buttons bear the seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia, probably belonging to Edward R. Archer while in the service of the Confederate States [Virginia...

GLC01896.202

[Jeffery Family Seal]

Jeffery Family Seal. Red stone intaglio with a stylized "J".

GLC01896.203

[Package receipt for Caleb Mortimer]

Adams Express Company's Army & Soldiers' Package Express receipt. Package sent to Lieutenant Mortimer, Folletts Battery, Halls Hill, Virginia.

GLC01898.23

Radical Union Ticket.

For William G. Brownlow for Governor of Tennessee. Lists John Eaton Jr. for Superintendent of Public Instruction, R.R. Butler for Congress and for State Senate, PPC Nelson. Also has blank space for Representative, and Floater.

GLC01919.02

[Hard Times tokens].

Tokens satirizing President Andrew Jackson. Issued after Jackson opposed re-chartering of the Bank of the United States, resulting in a depression.

GLC01994.03

[black fabric swatch #4]

GLC02248.02.08

[Blue twill fabric sample]

GLC02248.03.03

[Red leather pocketbook]

GLC02176.52

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One set of stickers sent by Elisabeth Von Groidl to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated circa January 1974. Von Groidl's is against the impeachment of President Nixon. The stickers call for a boycott of t.v. and radio Sponsors who defame Nixon.

GLC09613.02.3758.03

Stamp Album

One stamp album printed by the U.S. Printing Government Office for $0.25 bonds.

GLC09619.001

Mileage Ration Coupons

One undated mileage ration coupon pack belonging to a registered vehicle owner by the name of Hitt.

GLC09619.002

The Modern War and Reference Map

One item identified as a Fold-O-Globe patented by Gerald A. Eddy dated 1943. Contains four pages of different sections of the world showing every continent. Specifically notes the Axis presence throughout the war.

GLC09619.007

[Statue of Abraham Lincoln]

One statue of Abraham Lincoln seated on a white chair with two children. The American flag is positioned behind them.

GLC10046