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Image of ancient corn cob and modern-day corn.

Compare the size of ancient corn cob with modern-day corn.

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.

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Rush-seat chair Published 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.

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Image of Jet Brooch

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

Published 		Photo of WWI helmet; framed photo of Kent Hagler

WWI helmet, (1917) worn by by Kent Hagler (shown in framed image) during his service in France.

Published 		Image of core sample of original U.S. Route 66 pavement Published
Image of German Staffordshire Plate

German transfer print plate provides clues to settler’s origins

Published 		Image of Staffordshire Plates Published Image of the Tilden Meteorite Published
Image of Alligator Snapping Turtle skull Published Image of Peanut Roasting Machine Published Image of Milton Jones hanging noose Published

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