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a. Stereoscope owned by the Lincoln children
b. Purchased by Abraham Lincoln from Jack Hough, a Springfield furniture dealer, around 1860.
c. Object was made around 1859 in New York, NY and used by the Lincolns from late 1859/early 1860 to 1861
d. Proper Name: Stereoscope
e. Patented by Alexander Beckars and James Lee
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a. Kitchen stove owned by Mary Lincoln
b. Object was made in Buffalo, NY
c. Object was purchased by the Lincolns on June 9, 1860 from Eli Kriegh’s store in Springfield, IL, and used by them until Feb. 8, 1861
d. Proper name: Royal Oak Cook Stove
e. Manufactured by Jewett & Root Stove Works, Buffalo, NY
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c. 1875-1880
Illinois Legacy Collection, Illinois State Museum
Gift of Mrs. F. J. Patterson, 1971.35.746797
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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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General Grant on Horseback
ca. 1880-1888
hand-carved and painted wood
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Earl Richards, Springfield, Illinois
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Ca. 1889-1914
Embossed “THE John Bressmer/ Co./ SPRINGFIELD, ILL” and “C.L.G. CO”
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“Meet me at Broadwell’s.”
They said this in “Young Mr. Lincoln’s” time – and they say it today.
~“Young Mr. Lincoln” was a theater production advertised in 1939.
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Springfield, Illinois
1880-1897
Embossed “J.B. BROWN/DRUGGIST/&/BOOKSELLER/SPRINGFIELD/ILL”
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