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Image of a Cooper's Hawk study skin. Published Image of Carolina Parakeet study skin. Published Image of Chicago Academy of Sciences' Laflin Building. Published
Image of Chicago Academy of Sciences bird watching class. Published Image of patent model for barb fence.

H.M. Rose
1873
wire, wood
Gift of Lyman Rose, 1954.020.703447
ILLINOIS LEGACY COLLECTION –ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM

Published 		Image of one of five copies of Gettysburg Address, written by Abraham Lincoln. 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

Published 		Image of the cradle used by the Lincoln children.

a. Cradle used by the three youngest Lincoln boys
b. Object was most likely made by a furniture manufacturer in New York or North Carolina
c. Purchased by the Lincolns at John Williams Dry Goods Store in Springfield probably around the time Edward Baker Lincoln was born in 1846 and used by the Lincolns’ sons until at least 1854.
d. Proper Name: Cradle
e. Unknown carpenter or manufacturer

Published 		Image of bench from Lincoln's home.

a. Wooden bench owned by the Lincolns
b. Object was made in Springfield, IL
c. Object was made circa 1845 and used by the Lincolns until 1861
d. Proper Name: Settee or Bench
e. Object was made by local Springfield carpenter Solomon Conant

Published
Image of mourning bodice worn by Mary Lincoln.

c. 1875-1880
Illinois Legacy Collection, Illinois State Museum
Gift of Mrs. F. J. Patterson, 1971.35.746797

Published 		Image of printed report of the Burch divorce case. Published Image of Photoelectric Relay.

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.

Published
Image of Peanut Roasting Machine Published Image of Blue violet and White Oak Published Image of Carolina Parakeet Published

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