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(TR)1965.1112 - Jar

This is a wheel-thrown salt-glazed stoneware pot with a circular bottom and slightly flared sides. The rim flares out horizontally and is incised. There is an incised line encircling the pot below the rim. A tight sine wave decorates the middle with a looser wave along the bottom. This piece is possibly Cain pottery from Sullivan County, Tennessee. There are parts of the rim and side missing, and one crack has been repaired. There are no make...

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(TR)1965.116.017.a/b - Pitcher

This ceramic white pitcher (a) with green and yellow accents has a lid (b) that covers the spout as well as the opening. The lid has a small handle, and the body has one larger handle. The bottom is stamped with "Semi Vitreous / Edwin M. Knowles / China Co."

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(TR)1965.1201 - Jar

This is a large spun jar that functioned as an advertising piece for Keystone Pottery. The jar is salt-glazed with cobalt decoration. One side is stamped with the following: "MADE BY C.F. DECKER / PROPRIETER OF KEYSTONE POTTERY / CHUCKY VALLEY / WASHINGTON CO. TENN / SEPT. 16, 1884." Large floral decorations surround the stamp, including a small tulip underneath. A cobalt wavy line with dots circles the top of the vessel. Two twisted rope-style h...

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(TR)1965.136 - Trap, Animal

Large bear trap handmade by John Beals, from Embreeville, Tennessee. It is said that thirty-nine bears were caught in this trap.

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(TR)1965.158 - Button

This is a set of two brass buttons (a & b). The buttons depict hunt scenes on the front. One button includes an image of a dog running, while the other button depicts a bird standing. Both buttons offer floral, Rococo-esque designs that encircle the central images. Rococo, when used as an adjective, describes architecture and/or art that is characterized by an elaborately ornamental Late Baroque style of decoration. Rococo stylings were most p...

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(TR)1965.165 - Lamp

John Dunlap Monongahela Valley miner's oil-wick cap lamp or face lamp. The oil-wick cap lamp for miners was invented in Scotland around 1850. Until the invention of the carbide lamp in 1910, oil-wick cap lamps like this one were the primary source of cap lights for miners. The small handle or hook on this lamp was attached to a miner's cap and used to provide light in the mines. The small font contained oil fueled with the wick that is placed ...

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(TR)1965.171 - Scale

This is a steelyard scale or steelyard balance. Scales of this nature are comprised of a straight-beam balance with arms on one side for weighing and a moveable counterweight on the opposite side. Note that the scale is suspended in this photo to show how the scale was once used.

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(TR)1965.255 - Quilt

This is a block quilt made of green brocade squares alternating with beige floral squares with pink flowers. The quilt is attached to the backing with red yarn ties that are visible on the front. Decorative embroidery stitches outline each square in multiple colors. A pink flower is minimally embroidered in the center of each green square. The backing is made of pink, green, orange, and white cotton flannel. There is no batting inside.

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(TR)1965.258 - Broom

This is a handmade broom, a reproduction of a historic broom. The handle is whittled. The sweep is made of broomcorn that has been dried for several days.

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(TR)1965.496 - Painting

This painting titled "Positano" by Philip Moose depicts an abstracted city-scape primarily in blues and white with streaky blocks of other colors going vertically arcoss the horizontal middle. Positano is a village in Italy off of the Amalfi Coast. ...

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(TR)1965.505 - Painting

This oil painting is titled "Black Brothers." The central image is a rural mountainous landscape in the foreground, with two black mountain silhouettes visible in the background. This painting was displayed in Dr. Paul Stanton's office during his service as ETSU's President from 1997-2012. There is some debate as to which mountains are depicted and referred to as the "Black Brothers" in this painting. In-house research has found that there...

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(TR)1965.543.001.a - Bayonet

This is a British Pattern 1876 Martini-Henry socket bayonet. This bayonet is indicative of British bayonet designs in that it has a blade "shoulder," whereas American bayonets of this period did not include a "shoulder." The bayonet has a corresponding sheath (.b).

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(TR)1965.543.001.b - Sheath

This is a bayonet sheath that was used during the Spanish-American War.

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(TR)1965.550.001 - Dress

This white cotton and lace dress has flared sleeves, buttons down the center front, and a dust ruffle on the bottom.

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(TR)1965.550.004 - Dress

This linen garment is likely a child's dress. It has mother of pearl round buttons and a scalloped collar with embroidered edges. The collar continues onto the back with a scalloped flap, similar to the flap collar on a sailor suit.

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(TR)1965.550.013 - Blouse

This is an Edwardian lingerie blouse or shirtwaist with a high collar. It is made of white cotton lawn with lace insertion. The high collar is held upwards with wavy wrapped wire attached vertically along several points on the inside. The blouse has white buttons down the back and sets of vertical pintucks. The fabric is gathered at the waist. The front botton edge of the blouse comes down in a "V" shape in the center, as the popular "pouter pige...

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(TR)1965.550.022 - Hat

This purple velvet hat has two dyed ostrich plumes attached to it and draped over the crown. On the inside of the hat, it reads: "Hart & Houston, Johnson City, Tenn." It is speculated that the name "picture hat" derives from the way the broad brim frames the wearer's face to create a "picture." Purple was one of the symbolic colors for the women's suffrage movement in the United States.

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(TR)1965.550.027 - Shoe

This pair of white leather lace-up shoes (a & b) are low cut. The heels are French heels. The eyelets are metal.

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(TR)1965.550.028 - Shoe

This pair of silver ladies shoes (a & b) have silk brocade with silver trim. The shoes have a strap across the ankle with a silver button and a straight Cuban heel.

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(TR)1965.552.002 - Dress

This garment appears to be a late Victorian mourning dress made of black velvet, ecru silk, and cotton. The Victorians had stringent rules regarding mourning including what colors and fabrics the mourner could wear and for what length of time depending on relation to the deceased. The presence of lighter colors means that this dress is likely from the "half-mourning" period, the third and final stage of mourning. The black velvet and ecru lac...

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(TR)1965.559.002 - Pamphlet

This pamphlet is titled "Practical Lessons in Newspaper Illustration, Volume Two, Pen and Ink Drawing." It was published by The School of Illustration in Chicago, Illinois in 1899. The School of Illustration was founded by Frank Holme. It is remembered as a short-lived institution that trained artists who heavily influenced the field of design. The School of Illustration operated from 1898 to 1904.

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(TR)1965.568 - Book

Holy Bible. The artifact has a dark brown cover with yellow pages and the artifact once had a latch attached. On the front cover, the words "HOLY BIBLE" and "American Bible Society" are embossed across the middle. The back of the cover page has written: "Wm. Matherly was BoRNed [sic, born] july the 4 1862 was mared [sic, married] to Elisibeth [sic, Elizabeth] good in September the 25 in 1889 By Parson hanshaW" in black ink and pencil. The sam...

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(TR)1965.591 - Book

This book is a copy of the Thesaurus Linguae Sanctae [.]: sive concordantiale lexicon hebraeo-latino-biblicum [.]. This text was authored by William Robertson and was originally published in 1680 in London, England. Experts have helped determine that the pagination in this book is slightly varied from copies of the 1680 original text, indicating that this book is not a copy of the original edition from 1680. Several pages and portions are miss...

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(TR)1965.592 - Magazine

This is a copy of the June 1889 edition, Volume XCV (95), of "Peterson's Magazine." The magazine was focused on women and offered recipes, fashion advice, fashion plates, do-it-yourself crafts, news, poetry, and stories. The cover to the magazine is detached. It has flowers and branches along each side and an image of the goddess Athena below. The cover reads as follows: "Peterson's Magazine, June 1889 Vol. XCV / terms. / two dollars a -year ...

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(TR)1965.593 - Magazine

This is a copy of the May 1889 edition of "Peterson's Magazine." The magazine was focused on women and offered recipes, fashion advice, fashion plates, do-it-yourself crafts, news, poetry, and stories. The cover to the magazine is missing. Instead, the first page has an advertisement for Colgate & Company, "the oldest and largest American toilet soap makers and perfumers." The back page has advertisements including: Colton's Select Flavors, ...

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(TR)1965.594 - Magazine

This is a copy of the April 1889 edition of "Peterson's Magazine." The magazine was focused on women and offered recipes, fashion advice, fashion plates, do-it-yourself crafts, news, poetry, and stories. The cover to the magazine is missing. Instead, the first page has advertisements for Indian Silk Punjums, W. L. Douglas Shoes, Dr. Wilbor's Compound of Pure Cod Liver Oil and Phosphates. The back page has advertisements for stamping and embro...

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(TR)1965.595 - Magazine

This is a copy of the March 1889 edition, Volume XCV (95), of "Peterson's Magazine." The magazine was focused on women and offered recipes, fashion advice, fashion plates, do-it-yourself crafts, news, poetry, and stories. The cover to the magazine is detached. It has flowers and branches along each side and an image of the goddess Athena below. The cover reads as follows: "Peterson's Magazine, March Vol. XCV / terms. / two dollars a -year / ...

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(TR)1965.596 - Magazine

This is a copy of the September 1892 edition, Volume CII [102], of "Peterson's Magazine." The magazine was focused on women and offered recipes, fashion advice, fashion plates, do-it-yourself crafts, news, poetry, and stories. The cover has an image of a vine on the left side and reads: "Peterson's Magazine / published monthly / two dollars a-year / invariably in advance / 20 cents per copy / established 1843 / entered as second-class matter ...

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(TR)1965.597 - Magazine

This is a copy of the December 1891 edition of "Peterson's Magazine." The magazine was focused on women and offered recipes, fashion advice, fashion plates, do-it-yourself crafts, news, poetry, and stories. The cover to the magazine is mostly destroyed except for the center which reads: "50th / 1891 / Charles J. Peterson / [damaged] ...erson Magazine Co. Publishers / [damaged] ...stnut St. Philadelphia." The first page is visible underneath t...

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(TR)1965.598 - Magazine

This is a copy of the August 1891 edition, Volume C (100), of "Peterson's Magazine." The magazine was focused on women and offered recipes, fashion advice, fashion plates, do-it-yourself crafts, news, poetry, and stories. The cover is damaged and has an image of a vine on the left side. What remains reads: "Peterson's Magazine / Terms / two dollars a- [damaged] / invariably in ad... [damaged] / 20 cents per [damaged] / Midsum...[damaged] / Nu...

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