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- Ice Creepers, 1885-1930 - People strap creepers to their shoes and boots to travel safely over icy terrain. In the late 19th and early 20th century, these safety devices were commonly worn by workers who harvested ice. The pointed metal spikes dug into the ice when working on frozen lakes and ponds -- or on icy surfaces inside frigid warehouses where the ice was stored.
- 1885-1930
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Ice Creepers, 1885-1930
People strap creepers to their shoes and boots to travel safely over icy terrain. In the late 19th and early 20th century, these safety devices were commonly worn by workers who harvested ice. The pointed metal spikes dug into the ice when working on frozen lakes and ponds -- or on icy surfaces inside frigid warehouses where the ice was stored.
- Children's Polo Onesie -
- Collections - Artifact
Children's Polo Onesie
- "Baby for Biden" Onesie, 2019-2020 - Americans elected Joe Biden in 2020 to become the 46th President of the United States. Biden, a longtime senator and Vice President under President Barack Obama, won the crowded Democratic primary race and then chose his one-time challenger, California Senator Kamala Harris, as his running mate. The Biden/Harris team defeated the Republican ticket of incumbent President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
- 2019-2020
- Collections - Artifact
"Baby for Biden" Onesie, 2019-2020
Americans elected Joe Biden in 2020 to become the 46th President of the United States. Biden, a longtime senator and Vice President under President Barack Obama, won the crowded Democratic primary race and then chose his one-time challenger, California Senator Kamala Harris, as his running mate. The Biden/Harris team defeated the Republican ticket of incumbent President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
- Birds, Stuffed and Mounted by John Burroughs, circa 1865 - A lifelong birder, naturalist John Burroughs did not limit his study of feathered creatures to simple observation. He often actively collected birds on hikes, later stuffing and mounting his specimens in glass cases much like this one. Some of Burroughs' other taxidermy works include a fifty-bird exhibit for his wife's front parlor and an arrangement of Catskill Mountain birds for his mother.
- circa 1865
- Collections - Artifact
Birds, Stuffed and Mounted by John Burroughs, circa 1865
A lifelong birder, naturalist John Burroughs did not limit his study of feathered creatures to simple observation. He often actively collected birds on hikes, later stuffing and mounting his specimens in glass cases much like this one. Some of Burroughs' other taxidermy works include a fifty-bird exhibit for his wife's front parlor and an arrangement of Catskill Mountain birds for his mother.
- Children's "Original Mickey" Polo Onesie -
- Collections - Artifact
Children's "Original Mickey" Polo Onesie
- "My Mami is Voting Socialist" Onesie, 2024 - The Party for Socialism & Liberation nominated Claudia De la Cruz and Karina Garcia for its 2024 U. S. Presidential ticket. The far-left leaning party promotes a socialist system where poor and working people hold political and economic power. De la Cruz and Garcia, both mothers, educators, and political activists, received about .1% of the vote.
- 2924
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"My Mami is Voting Socialist" Onesie, 2024
The Party for Socialism & Liberation nominated Claudia De la Cruz and Karina Garcia for its 2024 U. S. Presidential ticket. The far-left leaning party promotes a socialist system where poor and working people hold political and economic power. De la Cruz and Garcia, both mothers, educators, and political activists, received about .1% of the vote.