Cane, from Lincoln Home
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Descriptive Information
| Title | Cane, from Lincoln Home |
| Coverage-Year | 1880/1900 |
| Description | Plain turned wood cane with paper label attatched certifying authenticity. Rounded top, tapers slightly to rounded end. End has 1 cm turning hole in center. Most of paper label has flaked off. Thin decorative border, does not completely wrap around label. L 36 1/2" x Diam. 1" to 1/2". |
| Interpretation | Label reads: "...Witness to the fell(ing and cutting) up/into "Linc(oln canes" of the B)lack/walnut tre(e)... Farm/was for(merly) the... Home of Abr(aham L)incoln in Harristown Tow(nship)." Label discolored and somewhat unstable, with heavy losses. |
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| Learning Standards | 16 History |
| Resource Type | Still image |
| Source | On exhibit in "What a Pleasant Home Abe Lincoln Has" at Lincoln Home National Historic Site |
| Coverage-Spatial | Late Victorian, Springfield, IL |
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| Collection Publisher | Lincoln Home National Historic Site |
| Rights Statement | Copyright Not Evaluated |
| Resource Identifier | LIHO 7228 |
| Collection Title | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community) |
| Collection | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community) |
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