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1772
Rush, Benjamin (1746-1813)
[Box for Benjamin Rush's Bible].
Bible presented by him to his daughter, Ann Emily Rush (see GLC04998.01 and GLC04998.02). Cloth that surrounded the bible is in the box.
GLC04998.03
14 October 1907
Oakes, George
to C. Bert Padon
Leather postcard with the phrase "Friends are like mellons shall I tell you why? To find one good, you must a hundred try." There are numerous names burned into the leather card.
GLC03136.106
5 June 1934
Unknown
The James Millikin University Thirty-first Annual Commencement of Decatur College and Industrial School
Comments found next to the name of Charlotte Oakes "Gold Delta Honor-Magna Cum Laude Kappa Key"
GLC03136.116
Calling card
Calling card of Miss Nellie W. Grant
GLC04360.026
DAR pin.
Daughters of the American Revolution pin; inscribed "212696" on verso.
GLC06196.196
1901
[Cut out the Whiskey & Ax of all Nations, 1901].
Title from object. A small metal "axe" with a loop for hanging, depicting temperance fighter Carrie Nation's caricature on "blade" of the axe. The messages are printed in various directions on the axe. The verso has an advertisement: "Buy Laurel...
GLC06365
Calling card of Mrs. S.F Richards
GLC06728.121
circa 1876
Ogden, Sarah Perot (b. 1831)
[An aid badge for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition]
A Woman's Christian commission aid badge for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. Hand engraved with the name "Sarah Morris Ogden" on the reverse.
GLC06559.155
1864
Great Central Fair ticket
Signed on the back by "Mrs. E. H. Ogden."A "Lady's Ticket" to the "Great Central Fair" in Philadelphia.
GLC06559.158
circa 1838
[Pair of abolitionist slave tokens]
One token, dated 1838, depicts a kneeling, shackled female slave, accompanied by the words: "Am I not a woman & a sister." Verso depicts a laurel wreath surrounding "Liberty 1838." Other token depicts a male figure with inscription "Am I not a man...
GLC08551
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