Unidentified woman assisting a man as he makes a Nine Patch quilt. A pair of needle-nose pliers and a pair of scissors are on the table in front of the man.
"When This Cruel War Is Over," a popular Civil War song written by Charles Carroll Sawyer. 1st Lt. John A. Crutchfield wrote down the words to the song in Corinth, Mississippi, on May 22, 1864.
This page in Mitchener's diary from World War II includes a drawing of a stage, on which he has written, "Hereon have appeared backdrops - Remarkable in that they were constructed with very few materials...much ingenuity." Under productions, he...
Sheet music covers; Fictitious characters; Laundry; Weather; Clotheslines
Drawing of an angry-looking man in dressing gown and cap, with glasses perched on his forehead. He appears in the clouds above a clothesline holding laundry. On the ground are baskets, pails, an iron, and scrubbing brushes.
Engraving shows the approach of U. S. Gunboats to Fort Henry. Two Confederate ironclads can be seen at the right of the image. An engraving of R. E. A. Kimball and Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant are featured below the image.
Engraving of soldiers, equipment, and supplies being off-loaded from steamboats onto shore as seen from the deck of one of the ships. Columns of soldiers and horses, barrels, and wagons can be seen on the shore. Engravings of Major-General James...
Sheet music covers; Clothing & dress; Women; Singers
Oval lithograph with border of Jenny Lind (1820-1887), seated with hands folded, wearing formal dress and flowers in her hair. "Written and composed by A.F. Lindblad." "Rendered into English from the Swedish by J. Wrey Mould." Lithograph by Sarony...
Broadside featuring a phrenological chart of murderer "John A. Murril" as performed by Dr. A. Crane, Professor of Phrenology, in 1844. It rates Murril's strongest traits under the categories of propensities, feelings, sentiments, perceptives, and...
Circular featuring testimonials of "Gum Elastic Fire and Water Proof Asbestos Paint" on roofs, all attesting to its durabilitiy and cheapness. The advertisement says the paint is for sale by J. K. Trotter.
Engraving from "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" of the interior of Fort Henry showing groups of soldiers, tents, and the rampart walls. A small image of Camp Chase, Ohio, is also shown under the larger image of Fort Henry.
Print shows the explosion of a large caliber gun defending Fort Henry from naval assault. Wounded soldiers and a flotilla of attacking naval ships can also be seen. Reverse of print has articles, poetry, and news columns.
Photograph featuring the Giant See-Saw, a very popular attraction located in the midway of Vanity Fair at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. This shot taken from a nearby hill shows Spain's Palace of Illusions (Mirror Maze) on the left and the...
Print showing Federal soldiers assaulting Confederate troops in the forest around Fort Donelson. Reverse of print has articles, poetry, and news columns.
Spencer carbine repeating firearm. It holds seven .52 caliber cartridges in a tubular magazine that is housed in the buttstock. It was a popular firearm for cavalrymen because they could fire several times without having to reload after each...
Overall Bill, Star, and Dresden Plate quilts hanging from a clothesline. The focus is on the Star quilt and only small areas of the other two are visible.
Officer's sword made in Solingen, Germany. Van'ahn of guard (hand) that was popular in Germany. Officer quality, privately purchased, elaborate eagle on hilt. Foot officer's model.
Nan Ross standing in front of a Crazy quilt. The quilt was made between February and December 1898 by Nan, Mattie, and Sue Ross and their mother Elizabeth Charles Ross. It has the marriage date of Tom and Elizabeth Ross as well as the initials of...
