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Railroad porters, Chicago and North Western Railway

Slave Sale Broadside

Sparkling Sunlight on the Mississippi; Fantaisie de Concert for Pianoforte

Bowl

Sanborn Map, Urbana, Illinois

Whaling tools II

Piggyback' service, Chicago Great Western Railroad

Hupmobile 1938

Franklin Four-Door Sedan 1922

Combining corn

LaSalle Town Sedan 1930

Jack wagon

View Southwest from the First Pylon, Temple of Luxor

Museum and Santa Fe Railroad Model

State Capital, Boston

Penguins on Dassen Island, near Capetown, South Africa

Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen in the Valley of The Kings, near Thebes, Egypt

Chevrolet Master DeLuxe Business Coupe 1938

Clay Pot

Madison' Projectile Points

Grooved axe

Incan vessel with monkey motif

Gun Lock Plate

Sanborn Map, Urbana, Illinois

Lincoln Ox Yoke

Moonlight on the Mississippi; Morceau de Salon

A Kickapoo Vocabulary; compiled by Milo Custer

The Great Temple, Abu Simbel

Colonnade of the Great Hypostyle Hall in the Temple of Karnak, Thebes

Entrance to the Great Temple, Luxor

Incan ceramic vessel in form of a fish

Great Sphinx of Gizeh

Nash 1934

Whaling tools I

Welded rail, Chicago Great Western Railroad

Meskawki Lodge

Inca piece of embroidered poncho (robe)

Aztec shield

Voyageur holding paddle

Whalecraft

Railroad porters, Chicago and North Western Railway
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Slave Sale Broadside
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Credit Sale of a Choice Gang of Slaves, Comprising Mechanics, Laborers, etc. The sale, Tuesday, February 5, 1856, by J. A. Beard and Maj. J. a. Beard, auctioneer, was held for the settlement of a co-partnership of railroad contractors. The description of the sale of "A Very Valuable Gang of Slaves," is: "Belonging ot a co-partnership and sold to close the same. The said slav...
Sparkling Sunlight on the Mississippi; Fantaisie de Concert for Pianoforte
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Cover page of sheet music.
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.
Sanborn Map, Urbana, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sanborn map of four block area of Urbana, Illinois.
Whaling tools II
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing, pen and ink
Piggyback' service, Chicago Great Western Railroad
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Hupmobile 1938
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Franklin Four-Door Sedan 1922
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing for an advertisement
Combining corn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)In a John Deere 4400 combine, Darrell Beehn harvests corn near Shirley, Illinois, in September 1995.
LaSalle Town Sedan 1930
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
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.
View Southwest from the First Pylon, Temple of Luxor
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black and white stereograph slide, T 237 from Tour of the World, vol 5 and 6.
Museum and Santa Fe Railroad Model
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Museum and Santa Fe Railroad exhibit consists of 1,200 feet of track running through a 3,000 square-foot landscape representing, the Great Plains, the Arizona desert and Grand Canyon, and California. Sprawled across the model landscape are a suburban village, an elevated highway, a commercial grain elevator, a cement factory, an oil field and refinery, an orange grove, a...
State Capital, Boston
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The elegant State House, seat of Massachusetts government was designed by self-taught architect, Charles Bulfinch.
Penguins on Dassen Island, near Capetown, South Africa
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black and white stereograph slide T245 from series "Tour of the World".
Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen in the Valley of The Kings, near Thebes, Egypt
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black and white stereograph slide, T238 from Tour of the World series, vol 5 and 6.
Chevrolet Master DeLuxe Business Coupe 1938
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing for an advertisement
Clay Pot
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This clay pot was used by the Mississippian Indians. An important use was food storage.
Madison' Projectile Points
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Four small to medium-sized thin triangular arrowheads. The points are usually like isosceles triangles in shape, or more rarely, equilateral triangles.
Grooved axe
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The grooved axe was a tool used by the Archaic Indians. It was made of stone.
Incan vessel with monkey motif
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Noth coast whistling pot. Single spout tanware pot with monkey motif. Flat bottom with flared spout in center of top. A scroll pattern and lines surround the base of the spout. Vertical lines are painted from shoulders to base of pot. A raised monkey head with outstretched arms are on one side of pot with curved tail and legs on opposite side.
Gun Lock Plate
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This gun lock plate is made of iron. It was a trade item - white settlers traded the gun plate to the Kickapoo.
Sanborn Map, Urbana, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sanborn map of Urbana, Illinois. Shows area bordered on the west side by Broad, and on the east side by S. Race.
Lincoln Ox Yoke
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Wooden ox yoke crafted by a young Abraham Lincoln during his years in New Salem. The frame is made of wood from the original flooring of Lincoln's Springfield home.
Moonlight on the Mississippi; Morceau de Salon
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Cover page of sheet music for piano.
A Kickapoo Vocabulary; compiled by Milo Custer
Multi-Page Item | 5 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is a 5-page document, "A Kickapoo Vocabulary
The Great Temple, Abu Simbel
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black and white photograph showing the colossal statues flanking the entrance to the temple. 1857. Francis Frith, the photographer, was a world-wide traveler. He made a series of trips to the Nile region in Egypt from 1856 to 1860.
Colonnade of the Great Hypostyle Hall in the Temple of Karnak, Thebes
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black and white stereograph slide, #T 236 from Tour of the World, vol. 5 and 6.
Entrance to the Great Temple, Luxor
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black and white photograph of the entrance to the temple, 1857.
Incan ceramic vessel in form of a fish
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Ceramic greyware vessel with a mold impressed design and rounded bottom. A spout in the center flares at the top and has four ceramic "spikes" on either end at the base of the spout. The "tail" is bent to one side and curves upward. Vessel is 5 1/2" tall and 8" long.
Great Sphinx of Gizeh
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black and white stereograph slide, #T 233 from Tour of the World, vol 5 and 6.
Nash 1934
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Whaling tools I
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing, pen and ink
Welded rail, Chicago Great Western Railroad
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Meskawki Lodge
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Traditional house form utilized by Woodland Indians of the Great Lakes Region. Meskwaki settlement near Tama, Iowa. 1905.
Inca piece of embroidered poncho (robe)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Piece of woven poncho (robe), wool with embroidery. 33 x 21 cm.
Aztec shield
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Shield, wood and leather, decorated with a feather mosaic. Height 29.5 inches.
Voyageur holding paddle
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing by Frederic Remington of a voyageur holding his paddle, which is almost as tall as he is. His other hand is hooked onto his braided sash, which typically held pipes, pouches of tobacco, and other supplies. A vest, leather footgear, and a jaunty cap with a tassel complete his outfit.
Whalecraft
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing, pen and ink

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