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1885
Unknown
Untitled
1 Grover Cleveland medal
GLC01990.02
24 August 1865
Unknown (1808-1875)
[Leather Valise/Pouch]
Lather valise/pouch contained a pardon for Payne and a transmittal envelope and letter. GLC00044.07.01-.03
GLC00044.07.04
1861-1877
1 ribbon
Blue and black.
GLC02744.261
1 piece of cloth
Capt A. Comstock witten in black
GLC02744.265
27 May 1861
3 Calling Cards for the Hammonds
One for Lucy, one for Hiram and one stating when Mrs.Hammond will be home.
GLC02744.333
1927
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)
Gold liberty coin
Coin ca. 32 mm diameter. Collateral to FDR gold order
GLC01983.03
3318
Clark & Co.
Liberty $5 coin: Pike's Peak gold. Denver. Five D. [by Clark & Co.]
Gold coin, collateral to Lincoln letter ending private coinage, GLC 1989. This coin comes from the last series minted privately at Denver by [Gruber] Clark & Co.
GLC01989.02
circa 1832-1844
[Hard Times tokens].
Tokens satirizing President Andrew Jackson. Issued after Jackson opposed re-chartering of the Bank of the United States, resulting in a depression.
GLC01994.03
15 March 1867
For Emma (A Calling Card)
Other side reads: Remember thy creator?
GLC02751.49
18 May 1882
Berkeley St. Congregational Church
Oriental Reception
Card advertising an address by George May Powell at the Berkeley St. Congregational Church.
GLC00687.089
circa 1871-1881
[Name cards for Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Hemans and Nancy Abraham]
Two different name cards, one for Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Hemans and another for Nancy Abraham. The two cards are held together by a small piece of ribbon.
GLC02429.02
[Small card with bible qoute from Children's Hymn Book]
Behold, I stand at the door and knock...
GLC02171.08.3
[n.d.]
Two cards with pressed flowers commemorating the baptisms of Thomas and William Hall; with envelope.
GLC02234.44
1871
U.S. Mint
[Medal of Abraham Lincoln to commemorate the Emancipation Proclamation]
Medal series of the U. S. Mint. Bronzed copper. High relief image of Lincoln based on Barber portrait. With words "Abraham Lincoln President of the United States." On verso, "Emancipation Proclaimed Jan. 1, 1863."
GLC08764
Tag for Mayers' Furniture
GLC09400.611
circa 1840-1850
[Shackles]
These shackles resemble those used during the mid-1800s. Handwrought iron, consisting of two leg shackles linked by a flat iron plate. Could have been used for slaves, but also might have been used in a jailhouse for criminals.
GLC05338
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
1856
Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890)
Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Press. Fremont. [Fremont & Dayton election ribbon]
White printed ribbon depciting Fremont as the explorer, mounted on a horse and pointing? to the left.
GLC05510
circa 1800
[Slave shackles intended for a child]
Circa date previously estimated. Consists of two loops held together by a metal pin. Shackles were intended for a child.
GLC06151
Dog tag
Dog tag without chain, inscribed "Hilldring, John H. 07420 Lutheran."
GLC06196.127
GLC06196.129
Pendant.
Steel pendant with a school crest on the front, and "Cardinal Spellman" engraved on back.
GLC06196.182
1865
[Wrapper for 19th United States Colored Troops accounts for March & April 1865]
GLC06133.08
circa 1859
[Twenty Star American "Abolitionist Flag"]
Large American cotton flag with only 20 stars. Fragile. The flag consists of 9 alternating red or white cloth strips sewn together with 20 somewhat irregular stars. The blue field is mottled and the flag has staining. The flag is identified as an...
GLC05762
[Campaign ribbon on silk: "Old buck is coming"]
Faded pink silk ribbon with black ink images and text. Begins with an image of a buck (male dear), and the statement "Old Buck is Coming," referring to 1856 presidential candidate James Buchanan. Below the buck, the ribbon depicts blacks with...
GLC05877
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