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Published Rush-seat chair Published Published
Published Image of Checker Board Quilt Published Image of Trunk

Trunk, (c. 1850), used by the Nikolas Daniel Walter family when they came to Illinois from Hanover Province, Germany.

Published
Image of Jet Brooch

Jet Brooch, (c. 1861 -1868), M.W. Galt & Bro, Jewelers, purchased in Washington D.C. by Sally Logan Lamon.

Published 		Image of German Staffordshire Plate

German transfer print plate provides clues to settler’s origins

Published 		Image of Staffordshire Plates Published
Image of plate fragment recovered from excavations at New Philadelphia, an African-American settlement in western Illinois. Published Image of plate fragment recovered from excavations at New Philadelphia, an African-American settlement in western Illinois. Published Image of hand-colored "Frolics of Youth" plate. Published
Image of Glidden Pharmaceutical bottle.

Springfield, Illinois

1869-1875

Embossed: “GLIDDEN & Co SPRINGFIELD ILL/DRUGGISTS”

Published 		Image of surgeon's amputation kit.

c. 1860
Illinois Legacy Collection, Illinois State Museum
Gift of Gerry Waite and the grandchildren of Dr. John Miles Waite, 1998.126a-b

Published 		Image of watch chain. Published
Image of parlor chair owned by former Governor Joel Matteson.

c. 1850-1855
Illinois Legacy Collection, Illinois State Museum
Gift of Dorothy Deneen Blow, 1951.21

Published 		Image of sewing machine.

c. 1861-1870
Illinois Legacy Collection, Illinois State Museum
Gift of Arlene Jay Robb in memory of her DeGroff Jay ancestors, 2012.102.0060

Published 		Image of silver spoon owned by Frances Todd Wallace, sister of Mary Todd Lincoln.

c. 1850
Illinois Legacy Collection, Illinois State Museum
Gift of Mrs. F. J. Patterson, 1971.35.750168

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