Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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| Vinaigrette | 1840-1880 | Z.1710g-m | |
| Sword w/scabbard | 1896 | 1933.125ab | |
| Naval officer's sword and scabbard | ca. 1854 | 1936.460ab | |
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Arrowhead excavated at Revolutionary War barracks | 1500-1650 | INV.6100.13 |
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Comb excavated at Revolutionary War barracks | 1760-1783 | INV.6100.14 |
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Apothecaries' weight excavated at Revolutionary War barracks | 1760-1783 | INV.6100.15 |
| Nails and spike excavated at Revolutionary War barracks | 1760-1783 | INV.6100.138-140 | |
| Lead fragment excavated at Revolutionary War barracks | 1760-1783 | INV.6100.143 | |
| Sword w/scabbard: wilderness...Appomattox C.H. | ca. 1861 | 1926.61ab | |
| Fragments of drinking glasses (2) excavated at Revolutionary War barracks | 1760-1783 | INV.6100.141-142 |
