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- Burnham's New Poultry Book, 1871 -
- 1871
- Collections - Artifact
Burnham's New Poultry Book, 1871
- Jigsaw Puzzle, "The Proposal," 1933 - Jigsaw puzzles contain interlocking pieces that creates a picture. A person fits the pieces together and then can take them apart when finished to start all over again. Einson-Freeman Publishing Corporation, the maker of this puzzle, was a significant puzzle manufacturer in the 1930s.
- 1933
- Collections - Artifact
Jigsaw Puzzle, "The Proposal," 1933
Jigsaw puzzles contain interlocking pieces that creates a picture. A person fits the pieces together and then can take them apart when finished to start all over again. Einson-Freeman Publishing Corporation, the maker of this puzzle, was a significant puzzle manufacturer in the 1930s.
- Broadside, "President Lincoln's Farewell Address to His Old Neighbors, Springfield, February 12, 1861" - One of the most memorable and emotional of Abraham Lincoln's speeches was his extemporaneous farewell to the citizens of Springfield, Illinois, on his departure to Washington. The speech was made on the train platform during a driving rainstorm. Three variations exist, one quickly penned by the President-elect as the train pulled out of the station; this version, published in <EM>Harper's Weekly</EM> on February 23, 1861, and printed as a memorial broadside in 1865; and a longer version published in the <EM>Illinois State Journal</EM> on February 12, 1861.
- February 12, 1861
- Collections - Artifact
Broadside, "President Lincoln's Farewell Address to His Old Neighbors, Springfield, February 12, 1861"
One of the most memorable and emotional of Abraham Lincoln's speeches was his extemporaneous farewell to the citizens of Springfield, Illinois, on his departure to Washington. The speech was made on the train platform during a driving rainstorm. Three variations exist, one quickly penned by the President-elect as the train pulled out of the station; this version, published in Harper's Weekly on February 23, 1861, and printed as a memorial broadside in 1865; and a longer version published in the Illinois State Journal on February 12, 1861.
- Hosiery Mending Kit, 1963-1968 -
- 1963-1968
- Collections - Artifact
Hosiery Mending Kit, 1963-1968