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  Compare the size of ancient corn cob with modern-day corn. 
 
    
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Field guide to common birds: Top row l to r: American goldfinch, brown thrasher, downy woodpecker, gray catbird. Center row: blue jay, Carolina wren, house wren, baltimore oriole. Bottom row: Great crested flyatcher, northern cardinal, American robin, song sparrow. 
 
    
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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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