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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.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • How we learn about communities
  • Antebellum Society and the Civil War
  • American Communities in History
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  
Subject / Keywords
  • Victorian  
  • Cane  
  • Lincoln, Thomas (Tad), 1853-1871  
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865  
Collection Publisher
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Rights Management Statement
Resource Identifier
LIHO 7228
Collection
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

Descriptive Information

TitleCane, from Lincoln Home
Coverage-Year1880/1900
DescriptionPlain 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".
InterpretationLabel 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.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • How we learn about communities
  • Antebellum Society and the Civil War
  • American Communities in History
Learning Standards16 History
Resource TypeStill image
SourceOn exhibit in "What a Pleasant Home Abe Lincoln Has" at Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Coverage-SpatialLate Victorian, Springfield, IL  
Subject / Keywords
  • Victorian  
  • Cane  
  • Lincoln, Thomas (Tad), 1853-1871  
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865  
Collection PublisherLincoln Home National Historic Site
Rights Management Statement
Resource IdentifierLIHO 7228
CollectionTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

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