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- William Henry Harrison Campaign Medal, 1840 - William Henry Harrison gained national fame in 1811 when he defeated a band of Native Americans at Tippecanoe near present-day Lafayette, Indiana. Though Harrison retired from the army in 1814, most Americans remembered his military service. When he ran for president in 1840, campaign slogans, songs and materials, such as this coin, constantly referred to Harrison as Tippecanoe.
- 1840
- Collections - Artifact
William Henry Harrison Campaign Medal, 1840
William Henry Harrison gained national fame in 1811 when he defeated a band of Native Americans at Tippecanoe near present-day Lafayette, Indiana. Though Harrison retired from the army in 1814, most Americans remembered his military service. When he ran for president in 1840, campaign slogans, songs and materials, such as this coin, constantly referred to Harrison as Tippecanoe.
- The DeMoss Family Lyric Bards, circa 1890 -
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
The DeMoss Family Lyric Bards, circa 1890
- Dining Car, Pennsylvania Limited, Pennsylvania Railroad, circa 1900 - Railroads took pride in their dining cars. They were expensive to operate, but quality food and service helped a railroad distinguish itself from competitors. For African Americans, working on a railroad dining car was one of the few avenues available to enter the Black middle class in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Dining Car, Pennsylvania Limited, Pennsylvania Railroad, circa 1900
Railroads took pride in their dining cars. They were expensive to operate, but quality food and service helped a railroad distinguish itself from competitors. For African Americans, working on a railroad dining car was one of the few avenues available to enter the Black middle class in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Portrait of Evangelist George Bascom, circa 1865 -
- circa 1865
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Evangelist George Bascom, circa 1865
- Union Army Officer, 1861-1865 - This carte-de-visite made by Francis Keeler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shows an unknown Union Army officer. Carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States during the Civil War, soldiers often sent these inexpensive images back home as a reminder to friends and family members of their loved ones in service.
- 1861-1865
- Collections - Artifact
Union Army Officer, 1861-1865
This carte-de-visite made by Francis Keeler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shows an unknown Union Army officer. Carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States during the Civil War, soldiers often sent these inexpensive images back home as a reminder to friends and family members of their loved ones in service.
- Union Army Field Officer, 1861-1865 - This carte-de-visite made by J. E. McClees of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shows an unknown Union Army field officer, about 1863. Carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, people exchanged and collected CdVs to help them remember family and celebrities.
- 1861-1865
- Collections - Artifact
Union Army Field Officer, 1861-1865
This carte-de-visite made by J. E. McClees of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shows an unknown Union Army field officer, about 1863. Carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, people exchanged and collected CdVs to help them remember family and celebrities.
- "Couriers of the Clouds. The Romance of the Air Mail," 1930 - Published in 1930, <em>Couriers of the Clouds</em> by Edward Shenton told the story of air mail through vivid illustrations. Regular service started in 1918, with flights operated directly by the U.S. Post Office Department. Eight years later, the Post Office began contracting with commercial air carriers. Air mail subsidized the growth of America's airline network.
- 1870-1930
- Collections - Artifact
"Couriers of the Clouds. The Romance of the Air Mail," 1930
Published in 1930, Couriers of the Clouds by Edward Shenton told the story of air mail through vivid illustrations. Regular service started in 1918, with flights operated directly by the U.S. Post Office Department. Eight years later, the Post Office began contracting with commercial air carriers. Air mail subsidized the growth of America's airline network.
- Major Charles F. Taggart, Pennsylvania 2nd Cavalry, 1861-1863 -
- 1861-1863
- Collections - Artifact
Major Charles F. Taggart, Pennsylvania 2nd Cavalry, 1861-1863
- Fruit and Vegetable Scale, Used by the Krasnoff Family at Eastern Market, Detroit, Michigan, 1923-1940 -
- 1923-1940
- Collections - Artifact
Fruit and Vegetable Scale, Used by the Krasnoff Family at Eastern Market, Detroit, Michigan, 1923-1940
- Lithograph, "San Mateo Ferry, Bolivia," circa 1855 -
- circa 1855
- Collections - Artifact
Lithograph, "San Mateo Ferry, Bolivia," circa 1855