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![Parlor chair owned by former Governor Joel Matteson. Image of parlor chair owned by former Governor Joel Matteson.](https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/views_display/public/ISM_Bicen_Gov_Chair_Fire.jpg?itok=GGRPFpxf)
c. 1850-1855
Illinois Legacy Collection, Illinois State Museum
Gift of Dorothy Deneen Blow, 1951.21
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![Firemarks Image of firemarks.](https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/views_display/public/Insurance%20Plaques%20no%20text_150.jpg?itok=Yct0JmJg)
c. 1830s-1860s
Illinois Legacy Collection, Illinois State Museum
Transfer from the Illinois State Historical Library, 1997.195
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![Sewing machine. Image of sewing machine.](https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/views_display/public/Sewing%20Machine%20Front_150_5202.jpg?itok=ef9beObO)
c. 1861-1870
Illinois Legacy Collection, Illinois State Museum
Gift of Arlene Jay Robb in memory of her DeGroff Jay ancestors, 2012.102.0060
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![Silver spoon owned by Frances Todd Wallace, sister of Mary Todd Lincoln. Image of silver spoon owned by Frances Todd Wallace, sister of Mary Todd Lincoln.](https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/views_display/public/Wallace_Spoon_ShinyB_4976_150.jpg?itok=nCFNowUv)
c. 1850
Illinois Legacy Collection, Illinois State Museum
Gift of Mrs. F. J. Patterson, 1971.35.750168
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![U.S. Model 1842 musket. Image of U.S. Model 1842 musket.](https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/views_display/public/ISM_Bicen_Civil_War_Rifle_Wide%20%281%29.jpg?itok=rOtixwmP)
1843
Illinois Legacy Collection, Illinois State Museum
Gift of Mrs. Henry Delbridge, 1968.067.799057
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![Patent model for barb fence. Image of patent model for barb fence.](https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/views_display/public/barbed_wire_5733_150.jpg?itok=ryY6aAd5)
H.M. Rose
1873
wire, wood
Gift of Lyman Rose, 1954.020.703447
ILLINOIS LEGACY COLLECTION –ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM
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![Stereoscope owned by the Lincoln children. Image of Stereoscope owned by the Lincoln children.](https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/views_display/public/liho_273_at_at_1%20-%20Copy.jpg?itok=sSEGxYhY)
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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![Mary Lincoln's kitchen stove. Image of Mary Lincoln's kitchen stove.](https://story.illinoisstatemuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/views_display/public/Kitchen%201.JPG?itok=C-Y5qNB5)
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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