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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.
Dry sink from Early Victorian Springfield, IL
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Zinc-lined dry sink washstand. Bracket feet, bottom divided into panelled cupboard and two drawers, one false, one real, and side-by-side on top of cubboard. Interior has one section deeper than other. Hinged top folds down. L 30" x H 30 1/2" x W 17".
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...