Items | Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

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Wheel, Spinning
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black painted wooden spinning wheel. Four turned legs mortised through a horizontal bench. Two turned poles support a large wheel with turned spokes. Two bobbin holders mounted on a flat bench. Hand forged iron hardware. Wooden pegs used on mortised joints. 37" high.
Print, Photographic (threshing scene)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph. Threshing scene on the Allen Grant Little farm, Hensley Township, Champaign County, Illinois. Image shows a threshing crew operating a steam thresher attached to a blower. Several full wagons are in the foreground, along with waterbarrels and a water truck.
Stove, Parlor
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black painted vast iron parlor stove with claw feet. Empire style. Retangular belly with two hinged doors in the front. Two square pillars up the sides with a rectangular top and ornate crown piece. Raised wheat sheaf and urn designs overall. Made by Ransom and Rathbone, Albany, NY. 1844.
Postcard of Abraham Lincoln's Log Cabin
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)taken to Chicago during the World's Fair by the Abraham Lincoln Log Cabin Association". This postcard was mailed August 14, 1910 from Chicago to El Paso, Illinois. On the reverse is a note and a cancelled one cent stamp.
Box, Ballot
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Wooden ballot box with a padlock and keys. One single wire and wooden handle on the front of the box. Slot cut in top of the box for a handle. 20.75" high.
Plow, Breaking
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Wood and wrought iron plow. Long, tapered, and slightly curved wooden beam with "V" shaped handles attached to the back of the beam. Long dished iron blade held in place with a forged iron screw and iron straps. The cutting blade is mounted to the beam and extends downwards to the tip of the blade. 132" long.
Machine, Sewing
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black cast iron Singer brand sewing machine in an oak vaneered case with a lid and two drawers per side. Cast iron bracket legs and treadle. Leather drive belt on the drive wheel at the side.
Tile, Drainage
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Long Ceramic Field Tile. Trumpet-shaped with flared end at the bottom. Tapererd with an enlarged ring and narrow fitting rim on the other end. Hand thrown.
Sweeper, Carpet
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Wooden long handled carpet sweeper with wooden handle. Rotating brush system attached to a steel roller. Four wheels in rotating assembly. Marked: "Bissel's Grand Rapids Cycoball Bearing".
Peeler, Fruit
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Apple Peeler. All iron with a wooden handle. Has a springloaded cutting device and turn handle. Attached to wooden base. 15.75" long. Has no patent date or marks.
Cabinet photograph of the wedding of Allen Grant Little and Florence Howard True
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Wedding photograph of Allen Grant Little and Florence Howard True. The photograph was probably taken on their wedding date, July 22, 1896. Allen ordered six copies of the photograph.
Planter, Hand
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)1. Homemade corn planter, painted blue. No distinguishing marks. Has handle, seed hopper and hand-lever. 2. Wooden planter. Long square body, flat on one side and tapers to a blunt point on the front. Tin panel on the nose. Single handle with a turned grip which raises and lowers to release seed through the nose. Wakefield Patent, Patent Date July 25, 1854.
Wrench, Automotive
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Two headed wrench, marked "Ford" on the obverse, "1917" on the reverse. Probably used for a Model T. Found in the Chesebro blacksmith shop.
Print, Card
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)3.75" x 2.325" political card with Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson on the front. From an engraving, fine detail. On the reverse in ink is written "Mr. E.A. Shult" and "Published by Golden and Sammons, No. 1 Clark St., Chicago" is printed on the reverse as well.
Monta' Mower
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Monta mower. Long (48.25) inch wooden T-shaped handle attached to a metal cutting unit by one large bolt. Nine disk-shaped gears are mounted on a horizontal shaft and attached by two brackets, each with a hole for oiling. Each of the nine gears rotates with the shaft by pushing the unit along the ground. Each of the rotating gears has 15 teeth, which engage cutting teeth, wh...
Typewriter
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Typewriter. Royal 10. Royal Typewriter, Co. New York, 1922. Black body trimmed in gold. Keyboard has 47 metal keys with white faces and black printing. The curved front of the carriage is printed with "Royal" in gold letters. Five adjustment buttons are at the front. Ribbon cartridges sit on both sides. Sides of the machine have two beveled glass square inserts which allow a...
Jack wagon
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Carved wooden wagon jack. Painted red. Forged base with two pronged feet and a plate on the side with a cogwheel and a twisted-shank handle. Forged bar inside the jack raises and lowers on the cog wheel mechanism. U shaped bracket swivels on top of the bar. "1855" is scribed on the top bar of the jack.
Flask, Powder
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Brown leather tear-drop shaped flask with a brass nozzle and powder measure built in. Spring-loaded lever opens the base, then the flask. Raised picture of a dog (a retriever) under a tree is on both sides of the body. Flask has a wire loop on the bottom for a strap.
Cutter, Sugar
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sugar cutter made from iron with a wooden handle. Made by AK and Sons.
Screwdriver
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Hand made screwdriver with 5" oval handle. Painted black with a twisted head. 13" long.
Destruction of Hood's Ordinance Train
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Reproduction of a black and white photograph of the Destruction of Hood's Ordinance Train. Source: Barnard, George N. Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign, Embracing Scenes of the Occupation of Nashville, the Great Battles around Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain, the Campaign of Atlanta, March to the Sea, and the Great Raid through the Carolinas. New York, 1866. Dimensio...
Bowl
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Round wooden bowl. Made from a burl of a tree. Has been carved out -- not turned. There is a repair made with tin on one side which covers a crack which extends over the lip and to the base.
Typewriter
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black Hammond typewriter on a wooden base. Missing wooden top section. Marked "Hammond Multiplex." See "Interpretation" for information on how the typewriter helped women enter the workforce in the United States.
Cone, Sugar
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Large cone of solid sugar. Wrapped in blue paper and tied with a twisted cord. 10.25" high.
Two tine iron fork
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Two tine iron fork with horn handle. Splits in the horn, and a stain on the handle base. 6.5" long
Projectile Point
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Off-white colored stone projectile point. Equilateral shaped head with a notched stem and a lower flared base. Sharp edges on two sides and point. Probably late Hopewell/Woodland period.
Comb, Hair
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Dark brown and gold streaked hair comb. Eight long teeth, ornately carved crest with pierced and carved dragon design which wraps around itself. Scroll-vine design around the edge.
Lamp, Kerosene
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Tin down-draft Argand Kerosene Lamp. Has a tall cylindrical chimney that is attached to a cup-shaped font by a 2.125" projection which has been soldered on. At the top of the font is a flat slot with a wick stem in the center. Surrounding this stem is a multi-petal ridge with many holes. The lamp is fixed to the base like an inverted dish. On the underside there are three so...
Patriotic ribbon
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Patriotic ribbon in red, white, and blue. Bow at the top with one white, red, and blue streamer. Red streamer has the following inscription: "July 4th 1908, Daisy Hickman, Gifford, '08".
Negative, Glass-plate
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Partial glass plate negative. Picture of Zay Wright in the yard standing under a tree. She is dressed in a white ruffled mid-length dress. She's wearing white sandals with heels, stockings, and has a large white bow in her hair. She is holding a book and is wearing a bracelet and a necklace.
Postcard of American troops, Paris, France
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Postcard of American troops parading in Paris on July 4, 1918. The color guard carrying an American flag has just made a left turn. Spectators are on the right side. This card is an American Red Cross Post Card. It was never sent.
Print, Photographic (threshing scene)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Threshing scene on the Allen Grant Little farm, Hensley Township, Champaign County, Illinois. Right to left, Allen Grant Little and son Harvey. Charles V. True Jr. (no hat), Wylie True, and Kirker True. A steam thresher hooked to a blower stands in the foreground, on the right-hand side is a single horse buggy next to a wagon. Harvey Little carries a water jug.
Candlestick
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Tin hog-scraper style candlestick. Has a round concave base with a tin cylinder protruding upwards from the center and a flattened lip with a short flat handle. 5" high. Candle drippings cover the entire base and cylinder. The height adjustment lever on the stand is missing.
Lamp, Oil
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Tin whale oil miner's lamp. Small cylindrical shaped whale oil lamp with a removable cap and a wick tube in the center. The bottom of the lamp has a sharp "v" shaped point which has been soldered on to the base for sticking the lamp into posts or beams. There is a small air vent beside the wick tube on the cap.
Lantern, Candle
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Pierced tin lantern with a white and black streaked horn window on a hinged door. Cylindrical body with a flat base and cone-shaped crown of pierced tin. Ribbed flat tin bracket and loop riveted to bracket on the top. 14.5" high.
Candlestick, Miner's
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Wrought iron miner's candlestick with adjustable candle holder and spike for driving into the wall of a mine.

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