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Drawstring purse

Description: Drawstring purse of hand-loomed or woven cotton in navy blue floral-inspired linear design. Twisted cord of white and blue. Unlined. No labels. Measurements: Width: 10 1/4" Height: 10 1/4" Depth: 1/8"
Date: 1850
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Sunbonnet

Description: Sunbonnet of black silk taffeta. The brim of the hat has 6 shirred hoops with deep padding in between, and a ruffled edge of the same fabric. At center back of neck, on the tail of the hat, is a flat bow of black silk taffeta, and the ties are of black silk taffeta ribbon. The crown is lined with brown glazed cotton fabric. The TFC thanks Rebecca Jumper Matheson for her research on this object.
Date: 1850
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Miniature Koran Leaves

Description: 3D scanned models of leaves from a miniature Koran. Housed in rectangular brass(?) locket with oval applied lenticular illustration on cover showing bearded male figures in robes.
Date: 2016
Item Type: Refine your search to only Dataset
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Folding fan

Description: Folding fan. Bone guards and sticks (14) both lightly carved. The white gauze leaf has a hand-painted rose garland design. Measurements: 38 cm. across extended; Guard: 21 cm. long x 3 cm. wide.
Date: 1850/1899
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Aaron

Description: Biography of Aaron, first High Priest of Israel. Written for children, with an emphasis on submission to God's will. Bound in illustrated wrappers.
Date: 1853/1857
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Spectacles

Description: Pair of folding glasses. Silver mounted glasses with small oval lenses. Earpieces fold via a swivel rivet and terminate in tear-drop-shaped loop. No marks. Loose lens wrapped with spectacles. Measurements: 4 1/2" wide x 1" high; earpieces 6" long extended, 4" long folded.
Date: 1801/1850
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Skeleton map shewing [sic] the position and connections of the Michigan Southern Rail Road (from Monroe and Toledo to Chigago) with the several great rail road routes to the Atlantic Seaborad and New York City via the South Shore of Lake Erie.

Description: Map shows proposed and existing railroads across states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, "Pensylvania," and part of New York with measured distances between some major cities and towns along the routes. Includes legend. Scale not given.
Date: 1850
Creator: W. Endicott & Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

British provinces in North America.

Description: Map shows major cities and geographical features for "Hudson Bay Company's Territory," Canada East and Canada West, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Labrador and Newfoundland. Inset: "St. Lawrence River from Montreal to Quebec." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:10,140,000].
Date: [1850..1870]
Creator: Wells, J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

A new map of the United States of America.

Description: Map shows railroads, major cities and towns, routes of exploration, major roads, areas of Native American habitation, and battlefields. Includes "explanation" and notes. Insets: "Gold region of California" and "District of Columbia." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale not given.
Date: 1850
Creator: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from the 1850]

Description: Letter written by an unidentified author. The letter is extremely faded. It appears that the author is concerned about the fate of the Confederacy; Clara's involvement in church and school; and family news and expressions of affection.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David W. Fentress]

Description: Letter from Maud C. Fentress to her son David discussing news from Bolivar, Tennessee. The letter is extremely faded and hard to read. The last page of the letter can be read in places and is not as faded as the beginning of the letter. It appears to be that on this last page Maud is discussing the marriage of Clara Bills and her departure to Williamson County. Maud discusses her servants Anne and Eliza, one of whom has 7 children who belonged to Maud, but who are now free. She expresses her w… more
Date: 1850~
Creator: Fentress, Maud C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Andreaus Berndt

Description: Color copy photograph of a black and white portrait of a bearded man, identified as Andreaus Berndt. According to accompanying information, Andreaus is the father of Helvig J. Berndt. He is wearing a heavy buttoned-up coat and is gazing to his right. Just below his vignetted image, the photograph has been torn; the pieces have been put back together for the purpose of this copy photograph. Below the original portrait, the portrait maker's signature reads: C.M. Lund, Toftlund.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lund, C. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Simon Anderson Thyssen Portrait

Description: Portrait of Simon Anderson Thyssen. He is wearing a dark suit and tie and has a beard. The photograph is on a mat, and there are water stains on the back. According to accompanying information, Thyssen remained in Denmark.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society
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