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Ghana Fertility Figure (Akua'ba)
Ghana; Africa; Sculptures; Dolls; Asanti culture
Carved wooden female figure is an abstraction, with a disproportionally large head. The cylindrical body stands on a short base and the tapering arms extend straight out from the body. The head is a nearly...
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Boeing 40B-2 Air Mail Plane
Air transportation; Aircraft; Airplanes; Transportation; Airmail; Biplanes; Engines; Radial engine; Postal service
A single-engine biplane. The fuselage is painted green and gray and its wings are red and gray. Wing construction consists of solid spruce wooden poles routed out for lightness, spruce ribs and a plywood...
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Wooden Water Pipe
Water; Pipes; Water supply; Water system; Plumbing; Chicago, Illinois;
This water pipe is two sections of hollowed-out wooden logs connected by a smaller wooden tube that bisects the center of each log. The dimensions of the two large wooden logs are ten inches in diameter....
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Junkers Ju-87B-2 Trop. 'Stuka'
Attack aircraft; Attack plane; Aircraft; Dive bombers; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations; Airplanes; Air transportation;
The Junkers Ju-87B-2 Trop. 'Stuka' is a large gullwing-shaped German dive-bomber used during World War II. Its sides and upper surfaces are painted dark forest green with tan sand patterns. Black and white...
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Landscape with Birch Trees
Transportation; French Colonial Period; Fur trade; Voyageurs; Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909
Drawing by Frederic Remington. Paper birch trees grow well in the cool climate of the upper Great Lakes. The bark, which peels off in large sheets, can be used to make canoes.
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The room where Lincoln died
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865; Petersen House; Ford's Theater;
The Petersen rooming house was across the street from Ford’s Theater. Lincoln was carried there after he was shot. He lived through the night and died early the next morning.
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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).
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University of Illinois Observatory, Champaign, Illinois
Champaign, Illinois; Buildings; Education; Observatory
904 S. Mathews Avenue, Champaign.
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Torpedo the Axis!
World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain; War posters, Great Britain; World War II
Poster, color, 20 x 30 in., issued by The Admiralty and printed for H. M. Stationery Office.
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Illinois Central Locomotive, The 'Mississipi'
Railroads; Locomotives; Illinois Central Railroad; Steam locomotives; Rail transportation; World's Fair; Columbian Exposition; A Century of Progress; Civil War; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois;
The 'Mississippi' is a relatively small locomotive, even for its day. The locomotive's smokestack is twelve feet high, seven feet wide, and fourteen feet long. Behind the locomotive's engine is a flatcar...
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Boeing 727 Jetliner
Airplanes; Jets; Jetliners; Air transportation; Aircraft; Commercial air travel
The Boeing 727 passenger jet is thirty-four feet tall, 137 feet long, with a wingspan of 110 feet. When the plane is empty it weighs 80,602 pounds; at full capacity with crew, passengers, and cargo, it...
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Ancient Brick Collection
Archaeology; Ur (Extinct City); Iraq; Mesopotamia; Middle East; Cuneiform; Cuneiform inscriptions; Sargon I; Sargon II; Sumarians
A collection of eight ancient clay bricks. Each brick has a cuneiform inscription: 1. "To Nannar, eldest son of Enlil, his king, Urnammu, the mighty man, priest of Erech, King of Ur, King of Sumer and...
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John Luneen Souvenir Scrapbook
Postcards; Scrapbooks; Columbian Exposition; World's Fair; Ferris wheels; Souvenirs;
The John Luneen journal and souvenir scrapbook has forty-four pages. The front and back covers are covered with marbleized paper. The journal is filled with postcards, maps, and commercial fliers from...
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Photograph of 104th United States Colored Infantry
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; African American Soldiers
U. S. 104th Colored Infantry at Ft. Tillinghast, South Carolina, F. Guard. There is a hand written inscription in the negative signed with initials "W.M.S." which are those of William M. Simons, 2nd Lieutenant...
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Photograph of 104th United States Colored Infantry
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; African American Soldiers
U. S. 104th Colored Infantry at Ft. Tillinghast, South Carolina, F. Guard. There is a hand written inscription in the negative signed with initials "W.M.S." which are those of William M. Simons, 2nd Lieutenant...
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An engraving of Kady Brownell in Army Clothing
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women; Brownell, Kady
A black and white engraving of Kady Brownell from the book: Moore, Frank. "Women of the War: Their Heroism and Self-Sacrifice." Hartford, Conn.: S.S. Scranton & Co., 1866. She is wearing an army costume...
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Modern whaleship 'Baleana'
Whales; Whaling; Whale; Whaleship
Drawing, pen and ink
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Edward R. Cole, maker of whalecraft
Whales; Whaling; Whale; Whaling--Tools
Photograph, b/w
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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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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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