RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
2/3 Dollar, Continental Congress, 1776
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: paper money
note
date on object: 1776-02-17
date made: 1776
maker: Continental Congress
Hall & Sellers
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 8 cm x 6.2 cm x .01 cm; 3 5/32 in x 2 7/16 in x in
Credit line: Morton Stack
Topics: NNC Colonial Currency
NNC Continental Currency
30 Dollars, Continental Congress, 1778
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: early american paper money
note
date made: 1778
date on object: 1778-09-26
maker: Continental Congress
Hall & Sellers
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 7.4 cm x 9.4 cm x .01 cm; 2 29/32 in x 3 11/16 in x in
Credit line: B.M. Douglas
Topics: NNC Colonial Currency
NNC Continental Currency
3 Pounds, New Jersey, 1776
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: early american paper money
note
date on object: 1776-03-25
date made: 1776
maker: Collins, Isaac
place made: United States: New Jersey
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 6.6 cm x 12 cm x .01 cm; 2 19/32 in x 4 23/32 in x in
Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer L. Neinken
Topics: NNC Colonial Currency
20 Dollars, Rhode Island, 1780
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: early american paper money
note
date on object: 1780-07-02
date made: 1780
maker: Hall & Sellers
place made: United States: Rhode Island
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 7.3 cm x 9.1 cm x .01 cm; 2 7/8 in x 3 19/32 in x in
Credit line: Benjamin, Harvey G., and Norman Stack
Topics: NNC Colonial Currency
buckles, shoe
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Buckles, Shoe
Accessories Worn on the Body
Man
Buckle
Jewelry
Date made: 1780-1800
Measurements: overall: 1 13/16 in x 1 3/4 in x 5/8 in; 4.60375 cm x 4.445 cm x 1.5875 cm
Credit line: Gift of The National Association of Men's Sportswear Buyers
Topics: Men
buckles, knee
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Buckles, Knee
Accessories Worn on the Body
Man
Buckle
Jewelry
Date made: 1790-1810
Measurements: overall: 7/8 in x 5/8 in x 1/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 1.5875 cm x .635 cm
Credit line: Gift of The National Association of Men's Sportswear Buyers
Topics: Men
box
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Box
Accessories for the Selling of Clothing
Date made: 1780-1800
Measurements: overall: 3 in x 4 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 11.43 cm x 3.81 cm
Credit line: Gift of The National Association of Men's Sportswear Buyers
field telescope and case
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Field telescope and case
figurine, group
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: figurine, group
Date made: c. 1771
place made: France: Île-de-France, Mennecy
Measurements: overall: 7 5/8 in x 8 11/16 in x 5 11/16 in; 19.3675 cm x 22.0345 cm x 14.4145 cm
Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.
Hypocraty Discovered
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Figure Group
Date made: c. 1771
place made: France: Île-de-France, Mennecy
Dinner Plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Plate
Date made: c. 1780-1800
place made: Belgium: Wallonia, Tournay
Measurements: overall: 1 1/16 in x 9 1/4 in; 2.69875 cm x 23.495 cm
ecuelle; stand
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: ecuelle
stand
Ecuelle Cover
Ecuelle Stand
Date made: c. 1775
place made: France: Île-de-France, Sevres
Measurements: overall ecuelle and cover: 4 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in; 12.065 cm x 19.05 cm x 14.9225 cm
overall stand: 1 5/8 in x 9 3/8 in x 8 1/2 in; 4.1275 cm x 23.8125 cm x 21.59 cm
vest
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Vest
Main Dress
Vest
Man
Upper Body
Date made: 1795-1805
Credit line: Gift of the National Association of Men's Sportswear Buyers Fund
Topics: Men
Pocket Case of Drawing Instruments
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: drawing instruments, set of
date made: 1806
maker: Newton & Co.
place made: United Kingdom: England, London
Physical Description: brass (overall material)
steel (overall material)
ebony (overall material)
wood (overall material)
paper (overall material)
leather (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2.8 cm x 7 cm x 17.2 cm; 1 3/32 in x 2 3/4 in x 6 25/32 in
Credit line: Gift of C. B. Beyer
Topics: Drafting, Engineering
Science
Mathematics
Drawing Instruments
Description: This pocket-sized wooden case is covered with black shagreen, leather made from the skin of a shark or rayfish. On the paper lining the inside of the lid, a previous owner has written: N. O'CONNOR 2/12/1806. Ten drawing instruments were received with the case:
1) A 4-1/2" boxwood plotting scale with diagonal scales at each end. Above the plotting scale are scales divided to 0.12" and to 1/10". The other side has a scale of chords and architect's scales dividing the inch into 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, and 10 parts.
2) A 6" ebony parallel ruler with scalloped brass hinges.
3) A pair of 3-3/4" brass and steel fixed-point dividers.
4) A pair of 6-1/4" brass and steel dividers with a removable point.
5) A brass and steel pen point that fits the 6-1/4" dividers.
6) A pair of 5-14" brass and steel fixed-point dividers.
7) A 3" brass and steel drawing pen with a swiveling handle.
8) A lead pencil.
9) A metal joint tightener and file.
10) A brass gauge, unevenly graduated from 100 to 1,000 and marked "16 FT" on one side and unevenly graduated from 1,000 to 150 and marked "C 8 FT 6 IN" on the other. The first side is also marked: NEWTON & Co 3 FLEET S<sup>T</sup> NEAR TEMPLE BAR LONDON.
William and Frederick Newton were the partners of Newton & Company, which sold scientific instruments and lantern slides from 3 Fleet Street in London from 1851 until the 1930s, when the firm moved to Wigmore Street. In the 1950s, the company was renamed Newton Photographic Services Ltd. The gauge, joint tightener, and pencil likely date to the mid-19th century. The other instruments are consistent with the 1806 date written on the case.
The donor, civil engineer C. B. Beyer of Albuquerque, New Mexico, gave the instruments to the Smithsonian in 1953.
References: Science Museum Group, "Collections Online – People," http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/detail.php?type=related&kv=43411&t=people; Gloria Clifton, <i>Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851</i> (London: National Maritime Museum, 1995), 200.
fashion plate
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Fashion Plate
Date made: 1806
maker: Journal des Dames et Desmoiselles
Credit line: Gift of Historical Dresses Fund (15803600)
waistcoat front
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Waistcoat Front
Date made: 1790-1810
date made: 1800-1820
Measurements: overall length: 18 in; 45.72 cm
front, width: 4 1/4 in; 10.795 cm
Description: Boy's waistcoat foreparts of dark red and yellow ikat weave silk; connected by a band collar; black braiding (faded to brown) on each center front and around collar, with metallic gold braid centered on the black braid along the left center front; braid forms eight ball buttons along the right front (one button is missing), and 9 loops along the left front; lined with off-white wool; pink and red printed calico facing reinforces the left center front, behind the loops; similar to a dickey, this waistcoat never had a back.
French common press, Genard
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Press, printing
Date made: 1786
maker: Genard
place made: France: Île-de-France, Paris
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
brass (overall material)
iron (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 25 in x 29 in x 12 in; 63.5 cm x 73.66 cm x 30.48 cm
Topics: Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection
Communications
Description: This French-modified, bench-top common press was made by Genard of Paris in 1786. It includes a maker’s brass label, and includes a brass tympan frame that is not original. The press has a height of 27 inches, a width, at cheeks, of 11 inches, and a length of 24 inches (all excluding the lever). Its platen measures 7.75 inches by 5.5 inches: its bed measures 7 inches by 9.5 inches.
The press made its appearance at a time when the boldest of
the French press-makers led the world in trying to break out of
the wooden-press convention. It was built in Paris by Genard (whose first name is unknown), a mechanic working for Philippe-
Denis Pierres. Pierres was printer to the king, and usually is given
credit for the invention of the press. Genard may have stolen the
idea, but he was a good marketer and his presses were exported
to England under the name “Apollo.” This is the only known
surviving Genard press (a full-size Anisson press—a rival
“improved” wooden press—is housed at the Imprimerie Nationale in
Paris).
The press is bench-sized with a relatively massive wooden frame,
an iron screw, and a series of levers and counterweights to lighten
the pressman’s work and give a one-pull impression. To lower
the platen, the long hand lever is pushed down, instead of being
pulled horizontally in the usual way. Thus torsion is eliminated,
along with the need to brace the press in its place. A combination
of coil springs, counterweight and a large leaf spring return the
impression assembly and levers to their starting point.
The press carries an original brass tag recording its presentation
to the French Academy in 1787:
Fait par Genard Serrurier Machiniste Seul Invanteur des Presses a Lévier a un Coup et sans Etansson, et Présenteé à Mrs de Laccadèmie en 1787.
The press was in the collection of André Jammes (France), and
then Colin Franklin (England), from whom it was acquired for
the Museum.
Purchased in 1992
Citation: Philip Gaskell, "A Census of Wooden Presses," in Journal of the Printing Historical Society 6, 1970 (census no. F2*, p. 10); James Moran, Printing Presses, 1973, p.43; Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
"Franklin" common press
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: press, printing
press, printing; Printing; Relief; Flatbed Platen
Date made: ca 1720
referenced: Franklin, Benjamin
Franklin, James
Watts, John
Murray, John M.
maker: unknown
place made: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
iron (overall material)
steel (overall material)
brass (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 78 in x 30 1/2 in x 57 in; 198.12 cm x 77.47 cm x 144.78 cm
Publisher: Harris, Elizabeth M.. Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection
Topics: Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection
Communications
In Pursuit of Life, Liberty, and Happiness
Description: The "Franklin" English common press dates from about 1720. It includes English box hose and guide boards, but is missing its gallows, tympan, frisket, and bar catch. The press has a height of 78 inches, a width, at cheeks, of 30.5 inches, and a length of 57 inches. The platen measures 12 inches by 18.5 inches.
The "Franklin" press shows evidence of use, numerous small changes, and fixes made over the years, but is, overall complete. It carries two brass labels. The larger, dated June 1833, describes Benjamin Franklin's re-visit to the Watts shop in 1768, when he ordered a gallon of porter for the printers and toasted his old press. The second, dated November 1841, records the presentation of the press to John Murrray by Harrild & Sons of London.
The 1833 plaque reads: "Dr. Franklin's remarks relative to this press made when he came to England as agent of the Massachusetts in the year 1768. The Dr. at this time visited the printing office of Mr. Watts of Wild Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, & going up to this particular press (afterwards in the possession of Messrs Cox & Son of Great Queen Street of whome it was purchased.). This address'd the men who were working at it. "Come my friends we will drink together: it is now forty years since I worked like you at this press, as a journeyman printer. The Dr. then sent for a gallon porter & he drank with them. "Success to printing." From the above it will appear that it is 108 years since Dr. Franklin worked at this identical press. June 1833"
Purchased from Felicia and Frank Tucker, 1901. Felicia and Frank Tucker were John Murray's widow and new husband.
Citations: Philip Gaskell, "A Census of Wooden Presses," in Journal of the Printing Historical Society 6, 1970 (census no. 4, p. 26; Elizabeth Harris and Clinton Sisson, The Common Press (Godine, Boston, 1978; Elizabeth Harris, "Printing Presses in the Graphic Arts Collection," 1996.
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sword
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Sword
sword
Date made: 18th century
Measurements: overall, sword: 2 1/2 in x 3 3/8 in x 34 1/4 in; 6.35 cm x 8.5725 cm x 86.995 cm
Credit line: Charles Bremner Hogg Jackson
An Introduction to Natural Philosophy, Vol 1
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Book
relief
Book; Bookbinding
Date made: 1788
Associated Name: Franklin, Benjamin
publisher: Dobson, Thomas
graphic artist: Nicholson, William
originator: Franklin, Benjamin
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 20.2 cm x 12.8 cm; 7 15/16 in x 5 1/16 in
An Introduction to Natural Philosophy, Vol. 2
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Book
Relief Processes
relief
Etching
Book; Bookbinding
Date made: 1788
Associated Name: Franklin, Benjamin
publisher: Dobson, Thomas
graphic artist: Nicholson, William
originator: Franklin, Benjamin
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 20.2 cm x 12.8 cm; 7 15/16 in x 5 1/16 in
The History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light, and Colours
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Book
book
Date made: 1772
maker: Priestley, Joseph
place made: United Kingdom: England, London
Measurements: overall: 27 cm x 20 cm x 6.5 cm; 10 5/8 in x 7 7/8 in x 2 9/16 in
Credit line: Albert Boni
Topics: Photography
Books and reading
Description: A book about the Science and Philosophy of Vision, Light, and Colours. First Volume of the history of all the branches of experimental philosophy. A Biographical chart of discoveries in front and 173 illustrations in the back. 812 pages plus index. 1772. New cloth binding, blue.
Author: Joseph Priestley. Publisher: J. Johnson
Inside the cover on the first page of the original document is the name Irwin G. Priest, 1926. Priest is responsible for many articles in the Journal of the Optical Society of America and served as its President 1928-1929.
breeches
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Breeches
Date made: 1780-1790
user: Palmer, Noyes
used in: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
United States: Connecticut, Stonington
Measurements: waist, without gusset: 77 cm; x 30 5/16 in
overall length at side: 61 cm; 24 in
fall width--top edge: 17.4 cm; x 6 7/8 in
fall width, across base: 28.9 cm; x 11 3/8 in
fall height: 13.3 cm; 5 1/4 in
pocket welt, waistband: 2.4 cm x 9.2 cm; 15/16 in x 3 5/8 in
waistband width, cb: 7.4 cm; 2 15/16 in
waistband width, side: 8.9 cm; 3 1/2 in
waistband width, cf: 15.3 cm; 6 in
gusset, cb, length at spread edge: 13.5 cm; 5 5/16 in
buttons, fall, knee, side pocket: 1.5 cm; x 9/16 in
buttons, cf: 2.1 cm; x 13/16 in
leg opening, length: 22.2 cm; 8 3/4 in
button span, leg opening: 12.5 cm; 4 15/16 in
Description: Breeches of palest pink (mostly faded to white) cotton twill, printed in brown and red with a small repeat pattern of rayed spots alternated with dots; cut with a moderately narrow curved and flared two-button fall, and a very wide fork; sufficient lap under the fall front was gained by adding rectangular extensions along the left and right sides of the opening; three-button center front opening, with the lowest button hidden under the fall; all buttons are self-covered discs which have been bent into an arch; pocket welt in right waistband is set at an angle; one pocket at each side, contained between lining and outer fabric; each pocket opening is covered by a flared panel which fastens at the outer corner to a button on the waistband; two pairs of worked eyelets laced with a leather thong flank a vent at the center back of the very wide waistband; breeches are fully lined with heavy natural-colored linen; back legs are pieced along inseams between crotch and thigh; four buttons at each knee; the buttonhole sides of the knee openings are faced with a better grade of white linen than the rest of the lining; each knee is finished with a knee band that is extended into a long pointed tab at the front (buttonhole) side of the leg opening, and a short, slightly set-back tab at the back leg; the fall and pocket panels are top-stitched, as well as showing the stitches along the edge that join the lining to the outside fabric.
waistcoat
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Waistcoat
Main Dress
Waistcoat
male
Upper Body
Date made: 1780-1790
purchased from: Ginsburg, Cora
worn by: Palmer, Noyes
Description: Off-white ground of twill weave, printed with small diagonal geometric figures of brown, some with red centers; band collar; CF opening, fastens with 12 covered buttons and 12 long, sewn buttonholes, those at the top slanting slightly upwards; bound pockets, R & LF; six narrow tape ties attached at R & LB, 3 down one side and 3 down the other; lined in off-white linen; measures 22.5" down CB.
Form a set with breeches (1989.0428.005) The waistcoat has received considerably more wear (and extensive laundering) so the design is much more faded. The waistcoat would have been more fashionable than the other items in 1783 when Noyes Palmes (1732-1783) died. Perhaps his son, Noyes Palmer (1754-1807) wore it. Perhaps the effect of the waistcoat and breeches together was too startling for Noyes Palmer (1754-1807) to wear and, as a result, he wore the waistcoat more often than the breeches. After 1783 it was also more fashionable to wear coat, waistcoat, and breeches each made of different fabrics.
waistcoat
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Waistcoat
Date made: 1770-1785
wearer: Palmer, Noyes
purchased from: Ginsburg, Cora
Measurements: center back: 29 in; 73.66 cm
Description: Natural-colored linen(?) printed all over with brown circles surrounded by rays; twelve self-covered buttons; two double-scallop pocket flaps are decorative only (waistcoat is without pockets); diagonal hem with center front corners blunted between the lowest button and base; lined with natural-colored linen; backed with gray linen; vents in side seams at base; center back is open from shoulders to base, with eleven pairs of eyelets.
waistcoat
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Waistcoat
Main Dress
Waistcoat
male
Upper Body
Date made: 1785-1797
purchased from: Ginsburg, Cora
possibly worn by his son: Palmer, Noyes
waistcoat
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Waistcoat
Main Dress
male
Waistcoat
Upper Body
Date made: 1785-1797
purchased from: Ginsburg, Cora
jacket
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Jacket
Date made: 1790-1805
Crucifixion Of Jesus Christ
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Icon
date made: 18th century
place made: Russia
Measurements: overall: 15.5 cm x 9.5 cm x .25 cm; 6 3/32 in x 3 3/4 in x 3/32 in
Topics: Religion
Orthodox Eastern Church
Crucifixion Of Jesus Christ
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Icon
date made: 18th century
place made: Russia
Measurements: overall: 25.5 cm x 11.3 cm x .26 cm; 10 1/32 in x 4 7/16 in x 3/32 in
Topics: Religion
Orthodox Eastern Church
Crucifixion Of Jesus Christ
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Icon
date made: 18th century
place made: Russia
Physical Description: metal, "bronze" (overall material)
cast (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 11.5 cm x 7 cm x .215 cm; 4 17/32 in x 2 3/4 in x 3/32 in
Topics: Religion
Orthodox Eastern Church
Crucifixion Of Jesus Christ
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Icon
icon, crucifix
date made: 18th century
Measurements: overall: 16.2 cm x 9.8 cm x .43 cm; 6 3/8 in x 3 27/32 in x 5/32 in
Topics: Religion
Orthodox Eastern Church
Saint Nicholas Of Mojaisk
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Icon
date made: 18th Century
place made: Russia
Physical Description: metal, "bronze" (overall material)
cast (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 10.3 cm x 18 cm x .17 cm; 4 1/16 in x 7 3/32 in x 1/16 in
Topics: Religion
Orthodox Eastern Church
The Dormition Of The Mother Of God
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Icon
date made: 18th Century
place made: Russia
Physical Description: metal, "bronze" (overall material)
cast (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 9.8 cm x 8.5 cm x .21 cm; 3 27/32 in x 3 11/32 in x 3/32 in
Topics: Religion
Orthodox Eastern Church
The Mother Of God: Joy Of All Who Sorrow
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Icon
date made: 18th Century
place made: Russia
Physical Description: metal, "bronze" (overall material)
cast (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 10 cm x 12.4 cm x .2 cm; 3 15/16 in x 4 7/8 in x 3/32 in
Topics: Religion
Orthodox Eastern Church
The Nativity Of Jesus Christ
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Icon
date made: 18th Century
place made: Russia
Physical Description: metal, "bronze" (overall material)
cast (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 10.4 cm x 12.2 cm x .2 cm; 4 3/32 in x 4 13/16 in x 3/32 in
Topics: Religion
Orthodox Eastern Church
Saint Nicholas Of Mojaisk
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Icon
date made: 18th Century
place made: Russia
Physical Description: metal, "bronze" (overall material)
cast (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 10.9 cm x 10 cm x .24 cm; 4 9/32 in x 3 15/16 in x 3/32 in
Topics: Religion
Orthodox Eastern Church
Saints Julitta And Cyricus And Three Icons
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Icon
date made: 18th Century
place made: Russia
Physical Description: metal, "bronze" (overall material)
cast (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 6.8 cm x 10.1 cm x .17 cm; 2 11/16 in x 3 31/32 in x 1/16 in
Topics: Religion
Orthodox Eastern Church
Smolensk Mother Of God
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Icon
date made: 18th Century
place made: Russia
Physical Description: metal, "bronze" (overall material)
cast (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 6.9 cm x 10.1 cm x .21 cm; 2 23/32 in x 3 31/32 in x 3/32 in
Topics: Religion
Orthodox Eastern Church
The Mother Of God: Comfort Of All Who Sorrow
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Icon
date made: 18th Century
place made: Russia
Physical Description: metal, "bronze" (overall material)
cast (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 5.1 cm x 7.7 cm x .22 cm; 2 in x 3 1/32 in x 3/32 in
Topics: Religion
Orthodox Eastern Church
Saints Julitta And Cyricus And Five Saints (The Seven Saints)
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Icon
date made: About 1800
place made: Russia
Physical Description: metal, "bronze" (overall material)
cast (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 5.9 cm x 5 cm x .48 cm; 2 5/16 in x 1 31/32 in x 3/16 in
Topics: Religion
Orthodox Eastern Church
The Mother Of God Of The Sign
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Icon
date made: 18th Century
place made: Russia
Physical Description: metal, "bronze" (overall material)
cast (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 6.3 cm x 4.2 cm x .21 cm; 2 15/32 in x 1 21/32 in x 3/32 in
Topics: Religion
Orthodox Eastern Church