Unknown

Object

Title: Dried Leaves

GLC06359.69

circa 1973-1974

Fairness Industry Bank

Ephemera

Title: to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One undated sticker printed by Fairness Industry Bank to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead. Printed on the sticker was text, "Boycott (TV, Radio) Sponsors Who Defame The Presidency."

GLC09613.02.2079.06

circa 1930

Wills's Cigarettes

Trading card

Title: Trading card of Rebecca West

One trading card featuring Rebecca West dated circa 1900. Bust portrait of West. Part of a series of trading cards featuring famous British authors. West is number 38 in the series.

GLC08878.0838

1937

W.D. & H.O., Will, 1786-1901

Trading card

Title: [Print of David Young]

One Will's Cigarette trading card of Francis Brett Young. Item is #40 of the Famous British Authors Series. Contains a short biography of Young on the reverse side.

GLC08878.1062

20 August 1943

West, George A., 1921-2007

Ephemera

Title: [Sample of spruce bark]

One sample of spruce bark originating likely from Massachusetts. Written at the Westover Air Reserve Base

GLC09951.01.040.01

1992

unknown, fl. 1992

Object

Title: Rodney King Discovered America

One button with text that reads "Rodney King Discovered America." Pin has a white background with silhouette of three figures on one figure who is on their back.

GLC09973.04

1901

Object

Title: [Cut out the Whiskey & Ax of all Nations, 1901].

Title from object. A small metal "axe" with a loop for hanging, depicting temperance fighter Carrie Nation's caricature on "blade" of the axe. The messages are printed in various directions on the axe. The verso has an advertisement: "Buy Laurel Stoves & Rances Art Stove Co., Detroit, Mich."

GLC06365

circa 1800

Object

Title: [Slave shackles intended for a child]

Circa date previously estimated. Consists of two loops held together by a metal pin. Shackles were intended for a child.

GLC06151

circa 1820-1860

Object

Title: [Dog collar and chain, bearing the name "J. Davis No. 101"]

Circa dates are estimated. Chain link collar with locking device and key attached. Dimensions indicate open chain.

GLC06152

circa 1864

Clark, George W., fl. 1863-1865

Object

Title: U.S. Cavalry sabre, owned by Clark

GLC06167.17

1838

Object

Title: [Metal slave tag for porter number 743]

GLC05915

1840

Object

Title: [Metal slave tag for a servant number 94]

GLC05916

circa 1820-1860

Object

Title: [Chain link dog collar with owner's name, "S. Bixler," etched on brass front plate]

Circa date previously estimated as 1840-1860. This collar also resembles some of those worn in the earlier part of the nineteenth century. Contains a locking device to secure collar.

GLC05842

1783

Vose, Joseph, 1738-1816

Object

Title: [Society of Cincinnati gold enameled eagle medallion with 2 cuff links]

Accompanied by blue and white shirt cuff buttons or links.

GLC05849

1860

Object

Title: [Wide-awake election of 1860 campaign ribbon]

Republican campaign ribbon supporting Abraham Lincoln for President printed with "Wide Awake," and a large eye. Printed on white silk. Thousands of young men turned out in "Wide Awake" torchlight parades in support of Lincoln. The Wide Awakes are credited with helping Lincoln win the Republican presidential nomination at the Wigwam convention Hall in Chicago. Their stand against slavery helped bring the party to greater national attention.

GLC05865

1856

Object

Title: [Campaign ribbon on silk: "Old buck is coming"]

Faded pink silk ribbon with black ink images and text. Begins with an image of a buck (male dear), and the statement "Old Buck is Coming," referring to 1856 presidential candidate James Buchanan. Below the buck, the ribbon depicts blacks with knapsacks and a bear, apparently fleeing westward, with the exclamation "Fremont! Free Niggers! Off for the Rocky Mountains" (Buchanan's opponent, Senator John C. Fremont, argued that the government should prevent the spread of slavery into the new western territories). The next image on the ribbon portrays a pistol, and the exclamation "'National…

GLC05877

circa 1864

Object

Title: [Purple and blue "Union" paper folding paper lantern]

Lantern made from corrugated wove paper with cardboard top and base, hanging loop and internal metal candle holder. The paper is printed or painted with blue and purple (perhaps once burgundy or dark red), with the word "Union" printed twice as part of the design. Very fragile. Folded accordion style. Height if opened: approximately 23 cm.

GLC07096

1860

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Object

Title: Abraham Lincoln Republican candidate for President [medal]

Brass medal: "Abraham Lincoln Republican candidate for President / The great rail splitter of the west must & shall be our next President."

GLC07260

1864

Winder, Richard Bayly, 1828-1894

Object

Title: [Wallet owned by Richard B. Winder]

Inscribed in the wallet is "R.B. Winder Captain and A.Q.M. C.S.A [Assistant Quarter Master Confederate States of America]." Accompanied by three pieces of Confederate currency of the following denominations: $1, $10 and 20 bill (see GLC07271.07.02-.04).

GLC07271.07.01

1864

Kearsing, John H., 1836-1906

Object

Title: [Bone kerchief slide, carved by J. H. Kearsing, Co. D 43rd NY Volunteers]

Polished bone kerchief slide, etched on front "J. H. Kearsing, Andersonville Prison, 1864." On the back exterior of the ring is etched "Co. D 43rd N.Y.S.V." Kearsing was a prisoner in Andersonville.

GLC07271.08

1864

Hersey, William, fl. 1865

Object

Title: [Andersonville biscuit with accompanying tin]

Atop the metal tin, which held the biscuit, is a descriptive tag: "Brought From the Rebel Prison at Andersonville, Ga. by William Hersey of the 35th Regiment M.V.M. [Massachusetts Volunteer Militia] March 1865. Presented by G. N. Patten March 21 - 1865." The tin is 7 cm in diameter and 3 cm high. The biscuit is approximately 6.2 x 2.3 cm.

GLC07271.09

1864

Object

Title: [Snuff box made by Andersonville prisoners]

Hinged wooden snuff box.

GLC07271.10

1864

Mason, Albert, 1839-?

Object

Title: [Wood cane presented from one prisoner at Anersonville to another]

Wooden cane with a polished handle and an engraved metal label wrapped around it that reads: "Presented to Peter Quinn by Albert Mason a comrade and tent mate at Andersonville Prison, 1864." Quinn died at Andersonville on 8 October 1864.

GLC07271.11

circa 1882

Object

Title: ["Any holder but a Slave holder" potholder]

Based on the accompanying letter (GLC 7731.01), created by Miss Lena, who gave the potholder to Frederick Douglass as a gift after reading his narrative. Depicts two African Americans (one male and one female) holding hands and dancing against a caramel colored background. Text is stitched above and below the dancing figures. Appears to be a form of needlepoint stitching.

GLC07731.02

1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Object

Title: The Boys in Blue Want Abe to Stay

GLC07744