Hall, John H., 1781-1841 (creator); Harpers Ferry Armory (U.S.) (manufacturer)
Full length wood stock. Round barrel, smooth bore. Front and rear sights, rear sight is one of the left. Steel ramrod inserted in stock. All metal parts of steel. Large trigger guard and directly in front is a trigger like lever which when...
Rifle; .54 caliber breech loading carbine; maker's marks read "JOSLYN FIREARMS CO/STONINGTON, CONN./1864"; The found rifled barrel, hinged breech block, lockplate, hammer, lanyard ring, stock band, trigger guard and belt plate are made of steel, ...
The large hammer, rifled round barrel, octagonal, at tang, lockplate, two stock bands, lanyard ring, swivel ramrod, butt plate are of steel. The stock cap and trigger guard are made of brass. It has a full length medium stained walnut wood stock....
White leather softball with TOBER ROCKVILLE CONN OFFICIAL SOFTBALL KAPOX CORE stamped by the manufacturer in black ink. Also an eagle motif on the ball. Grain Leather 16 inch electric welt 950 (manufacturers's mark)
View of a crowd of politicians during a session of the 1888 Republican National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, 1888. Illustration published in Harper's Weekly.
Aerial view of buildings at 333 North Michigan Avenue and 360 North Michigan Avenue (also known as the London Guarantee Building). View is looking south from the Tribune Tower toward Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, May 2, 1950.
Images of a group of people touring Yosemite National Park in California. Includes views of individuals and groups, on foot and in cars, posed in front of giant sequoia trees, probably at Mariposa Grove.
Nitrate negatives taken by photographer Adam Clark Vroman at the World's Columbian Exposition on October 15, 1893. Collection also includes two negatives dated October 16, 1893, of the bear pit at Lincoln Park Zoo and a bridge in Lincoln Park....
1 campaign banner, 4 pole spools Oil on canvas. Campaign banner. Oil painting on cotton of Abraham Lincoln. Lettered by hand "Union Lincoln Club, of Montgomery County (Illinois)". Hung on rollers with acorn knobs.
Union/wide Awakes/Headquarters/Stuyvesant Institute./For President/Abraham Lincoln./For/Vice-president/Hannibal Hamlin. In red letters below: It is written in the Book of Fate, that/ABRAHAM LINCOLN shall be the /next President of the United...
Two silver half-dollar coins attached to a card by one half inch wide black ribbon and sealed with black wax using George V. Rutherford's seal with the old English letter "R" accompanied with four affidavites stating that they were placed on...
Three in one picture of Abraham Lincoln, General Ulysses S. Grant and General Philip Sheridan. Grant and Sheridan are printed on the front and back of the sheet, cut into narrow strips and mounted on the surface of the Lincoln portrait in such a...
Carriage painted black with line trim. Extensively restored, the carriage has two doors with windows, two rounded front windows with one rectangular window in center, and one small window in the back. Below windows on the doors are interlaced...
a) Spool bed made of walnut, both head and foot board have spool turned posts and spindles. Headboard has flat top rail triangularly arched.; b) Straw mattress.
Abraham Lincoln mourning banner. Buff colored paper broadside mounted to canvas backing, printed in black inside black border, “WE MOURN/Our Country’s Loss.
White cambric banner printed with wreath surrounding black inscription: "With Malice toward none with Charity for all A. Lincoln"; green oak leaves wreath, script enclosed within black border.
Skeletonized movement may have once been exposed with glass cover; Roman numerals, porcelain face; 1 replaced hand (fleur de lis); 18K gold case; brass inner case; Swiss quality flat hair spring; 14 jewel movement; Key watch with lid, key...
Black top hat with black grosgrain ribbon 1/4 inch wide with bow on left side, and lining of beige striped sateen. Printed in gold on lining: "George Hall, Springfield, Ill." Above which is an eagle with rays, arrows and leaves in claws, with...
Ticket from the World's Columbian Exposition encased in glass. Glass has "761942" imprinted on surface. Accession record: Ticket. Admission ticket to the "World's Columbian Exposition" for Chicago Day, Oct. 9, 1893. Ticket is serial number 86893,...
Advertising sign for Prager Beer - Atlas. Black background sign with a 1.5" border. The name "Prager" runs diagonally across the left side of the sign, painted in yellow with a red and gold border. At the upper right of the sign is a 13-inch...
View of the Court of Honor from the Statue of Chicago, looking west towards the Administration Building, at the World's Columbian Exposition world's fair, Chicago, Illinois, 1893.
Aerial view of the crowd in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, gathered for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963.
Aerial view of the funeral cortege for assassinated Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in Atlanta, Georgia, April 9, 1968. The image shows a crowd of supporters and mourners following King's casket as it is processed through the...
Aerial view, taken from an overpass, of the crowds following and watching the casket of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as it is processed through the streets during his funeral in Atlanta, Georgia, April 9, 1968.
Overhead view showing Martin Luther King Jr.'s casket being carried through the streets filled with crowds gathered to watch the funeral procession in Atlanta, Georgia, April 9, 1968.
Aerial view of the Maxwell Street market looking east from the roof of 733 West Maxwell Street, Chicago, Illinois, July 1945. View includes shop sign of Gabel's clothing store.
Aero Club of Illinois (creator); Central Printing & Engraving Co. (printer)
Color poster advertising Aero Show at Cicero Field, organized by the Aero Club of Illinois in 1912. Depicting flying airplanes in the background of rising sun.
