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a. Cradle used by the three youngest Lincoln boys
b. Object was most likely made by a furniture manufacturer in New York or North Carolina
c. Purchased by the Lincolns at John Williams Dry Goods Store in Springfield probably around the time Edward Baker Lincoln was born in 1846 and used by the Lincolns’ sons until at least 1854.
d. Proper Name: Cradle
e. Unknown carpenter or manufacturer
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a. Wooden bench owned by the Lincolns
b. Object was made in Springfield, IL
c. Object was made circa 1845 and used by the Lincolns until 1861
d. Proper Name: Settee or Bench
e. Object was made by local Springfield carpenter Solomon Conant
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Vase
The American Terra Cotta and Ceramic Company
c. 1904-1906
Earthenware
Condell Fund purchase. 1996.94
ILLINOIS LEGACY COLLECTION – ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM
Vase
Chicago Crucible Company
c. 1920-1932
Earthenware
Condell Fund purchase. 1989.24
ILLINOIS LEGACY COLLECTION – ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM
Vase
Haeger Potteries
c. 1940-1950
Earthenware
Gift of the Lincoln Land Depression Era Glass Club. 2000.32.1
ILLINOIS LEGACY COLLECTION – ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM
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Birds ashtray
The Dearborn Glass Company
c. 1957-1965
Fused glass
Gift of Michael Mueller. 2012.151.2
Blot square bowl
The Higgins Studio
c. 1951-1957
Fused glass
Gift of Michael Mueller. 2012.151.9
Arabesque bowl
The Dearborn Glass Company
c. 1957-1964
Fused glass
Gift of Michael Mueller. 2012.6.6
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Photoelectric relay made at Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, with the cooperation of the General Electric Co., and photoelectric cells by R. J. Cashman and W. S. Huxford, 1933. Courtesy of the Adler Planetarium.
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Moldboard plow (c. 1830 -1834), made in Connecticut. Illinois Legacy Collection, Gift of the Alan R. Smith family.
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Prisoner of war documents
Wartime nightmare
1942
Illinois State Museum, Illinois Legacy Collection
Gift of Nancy Batchelder Fryxell, 2013.77
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original desk from the floor of the Illinois State Senate
This desk was from the original furniture purchased and used in the current Senate Chamber of the State Capitol Building in Springfield.
circa 1888 - 1900
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c. 1830s-1860s
Illinois Legacy Collection, Illinois State Museum
Transfer from the Illinois State Historical Library, 1997.195
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1840
Illinois Legacy Collection, Illinois State Museum, X-0883
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