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Image of tramp art radio cabinet.

1911
Illinois State Museum, Illinois Legacy Collection
Gift of Gaylon Sprimont, 2011.134

Published 		Image of piano cover.

1892
Illinois State Museum, Illinois Legacy Collection
Gift of Zella Lewis & Earl S. Ramseyer, 1989.073.0001

Published 		Image of baluster, Ohio Building, 1893 Chicago World's Fair. 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

Published 		Image of Grand Busy Bee Disc Talking Machine.

c. 1906-1909
Illinois Legacy Collection, Illinois State Museum
Gift of Leslie Oldenettel in memory of Bernice Oldenettel, 1990.53.42

Published
Image of decorative wheat shaft in shadow box.

1904
Illinois Legacy Collection, Illinois State Museum
Gift of Larry H. Smith, 2011.082.0001

Published 		Image of Columbian Exposition crazy quilt.

Leonard F. Mitchell
1893
silk, velvet, satin, brocade
Gift of Peggy L. Gurach and Lynn Guarch-Pardo, 2004.201
ILLINOIS LEGACY COLLECTION - ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM

Published 		Image of enameled ware dinner bucket.

Dinner Bucket
Fancy fare for the working man
1915
Illinois State Museum, Illinois Legacy Collection
Gift of Lee I. Niedringhaus, 2006.149a-d

Published
Image of handmade magic lantern. Published Image of Anna Pottery pig flask, cotton handkerchief, fair ticket, and souvenir box from 1893 Worlds Fair.

Handkerchief
Maker unknown
1893
cotton
Gift of Nancy Batchelder Fryxell. 2013.77.12
ILLINOIS LEGACY COLLECTION – ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM
Souvenir box
Maker unknown
1893
glass, metal, satin
Gift of Shelley Stewart, 2008.83
ILLINOIS LEGACY COLLECTION – ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM
World’s Columbian Exposition ticket
Maker unknown
1893
paper
Found in Collection, x-885
ILLINOIS LEGACY COLLECTION – ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM
Pig flask
Anna Pottery
1893
stoneware
Gift of Margaret Kirkpatrick, 1965.14.745591
ILLINOIS LEGACY COLLECTION – ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM

Published 		Image of quilt made in 1889 to raise money for the Women’s Relief Corps, an auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. Published
Image of table runner brought to Illinois from Virginia, 1818. Published Image of portrait company salesmans sample case. Published Image of Abraham Lincoln's shaving mirror. Published
Image of Abraham Lincoln's Desk. Published Image of Stereoscope owned by the Lincoln children.

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

Published 		Image of Mary Lincoln's kitchen stove.

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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