RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
Nayona Square in Rome
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Peepshows - History
Arrival and landing at the Spinolischen Palace in Genoa
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Architecture, Historic Residences
Peepshows - History
Orphans' Home at the Spuy in The Haag in Holland
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Peepshows - History
Orphanages
Foundation of the Strasburg Cathedral built at the direction of Bishop Wernher in 1015
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Peepshows - History
Religion
View of Vienna
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Peepshows - History
Flood outside Vienna, February 28, 1784
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1784-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Peepshows - History
Ecology
Floods
Pure gold statues erected by King Nebukadnecar...
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1777-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Peepshows - History
Monuments
Domnicks, the marketplace next to the armory in Danzig...
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Economics
Fortifications
Peepshows - History
Diana's summer pleasure at a hunter's breast ...
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Peepshows - History
Representation of the terrible fire in New York, September 19, 1776
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1776-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 35 cm x 46 cm; 13 3/4 in x 18 1/8 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Peepshows - History
Fire Fighting
Pillnitz Castle of the Lord of Sachsen seen from the Elbe River at noon
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Architecture, Historic Residences
Peepshows - History
Spring in the Gardens of Elisa...
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Peepshows - History
Gardens
Noon
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Peepshows - History
Eagle Figure
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: figure
date made: ca 1800
place made: United States
location where used: United States
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 26 in x 20 in x 6 1/2 in; 66.04 cm x 50.8 cm x 16.51 cm
Credit line: The Eleanor and Mabel van Alstyne Marsh American Folk Art Collection
Topics: Art
Animals
Birds
Eagles
Description (Brief): Eagle figure. Made of painted wood. Wings spread stylized--flat process of wood, slightly hollowed out by carving, head facing right, black and white eyes, stright legs with no feeth, dark reddish brown back, beak, and crown; dark blue, stomach gray with black streaks.
Spread-Winged Eagle Figure
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Figure
figure
Date made: 1775 - 1825
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
location where used: United States
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
gold (gilt material)
paint (overall material)
wood, walnut (base material)
Measurements: overall: 21 in x 20 1/2 in; 53.34 cm x 52.07 cm
Credit line: The Eleanor and Mabel Van Alstyne American Folk Art Collection
Topics: Art
Animals
Birds
Eagles
Evening
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Peepshows - History
Night
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/16 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Peepshows - History
City of Mainz seen from the city of Bingen between the Rhine and Main Rivers
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Peepshows - History
View of Berlin armory square, site of the partially built church tower which collapsed, July 28, 1781
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Disasters
Peepshows - History
Religion
City of Bremen seen in the direction of the large bridge down the Wesser River
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1773-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Bridges
Peepshows - History
Little fish pond at Schitzenhoff in The Haag in Holland
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Peepshows - History
Loo Castle of the Prince of Orange in Holland
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Architecture, Historic Residences
Peepshows - History
View of St. Petersburg
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Peepshows - History
View of the bridge over the Maas River in Rotterdam
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Bridges
Peepshows - History
How the Dragon of Babylon was killed by the Prophet Daniel
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Bible
Peepshows - History
Religion
Siege and invasion of Bergen op Zoom by the Spanish
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Wars
Colonial America
Peepshows - History
Bremen and Neustad by the Weser River
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Date made: 1770-1790
place made: Germany: Bavaria, Augsburg
Physical Description: cloth (overall material)
ink (overall material)
paint (?? material)
paint (overall material)
paper (overall material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall: 36.5 cm x 46.5 cm; 14 3/8 in x 18 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of Arthur Gardner
Topics: Peepshows - History
A. White Tavern Sign
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Shop Sign
sign
date made: 1770
place made: United States
location where used: United States
Physical Description: paint (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 52 in x 25 1/2 in; 132.08 cm x 64.77 cm
Credit line: The Eleanor and Mabel Van Alstyne American Folk Art Collection
Topics: Art
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E. Crocker
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Shop Sign
date made: 18th century
place made: United States
location where used: United States
Physical Description: metal (overall material)
paint (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 72 in x 18 3/4 in; 182.88 cm x 47.625 cm
Credit line: Gift of Lispenard Seabury Crocker
T. Johnson Tavern Sign
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Shop Sign
sign
date made: 1804
place made: United States
location where used: United States
found near: United States: Rhode Island, Rhode Island
Physical Description: paint (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 35 1/4 in x 27 1/2 in; 89.535 cm x 69.85 cm
Credit line: The Eleanor and Mabel Van Alstyne American Folk Art Collection
Topics: Art
Advertising
Eagle Figure
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: figure
date made: 1800 - 1850
place made: United States
location where used: United States
Physical Description: paint (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 14 in x 33 in x 5 in; 35.56 cm x 83.82 cm x 12.7 cm
Credit line: Gift of Joel Barlow
Topics: Amusements
Art
Description: This figure was made of painted wood. It is a figure of an eagle with an anchor and clouds. It is painted black and gold. According to the accession file, this figure may have been used as a fire truck plaque.
Bas-Relief of Lady with a fan
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: figure
date made: 18th century
place made: United Kingdom: England
location where used: United States
Physical Description: paint (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 19 in; x 48.26 cm
Credit line: Gift of Joel Barlow
Topics: Amusements
Art
Description: This carving was made of painted wood. It is a bas-relief carving of a woman with fan. Of English origin.
Joseph Octave Plessis...
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Etching
date made: ca 1807
original artist: Schipper, Gerritt
place made: Canada
location where used: Canada
Physical Description: ink (overall material)
paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 33.8 cm x 24.2 cm; 13 5/16 in x 9 17/32 in
Topics: Communications
Religion
The New-England Primer Improved, 1922
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Book
date made: 1808
associated date: 1808
printer: Brynberg, Peter
place made: United States: Delaware, Wilmington
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 3 5/8 in x 3 in x 1/4 in; 9.2075 cm x 7.62 cm x .635 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. James D. Givens in memory of Sue Hamilton Jewell
Topics: Education
Description (Brief): The New England Primer was the first reading primer designed in the American colonies. It is considered one of the most successful textbooks of the 18th century and continued with improved editions into the 19th century. Alphabet verses teaching morality lessons concerning good and evil comprise much of the book. Many of the teachings can be found from the King James Bible as well as Puritan ideals. Secular alphabet passages came later. The New England Primer also contained a catechism with questions and answers about faith and prayers. First published by Benjamin Harris in 1686 in Boston, the book was found in many homes along with the Bible. Modeled after British primers that had been created to educate the illiterate during the Reformation, this primer was nicknamed "The Little Bible of New England" and was used in early colonial schools such as Boston Latin School. Versions varied locally with the selection of lessons, and publisher and bookseller advertisements were included in many.
This is a 71 page hand bound edition published in 1808 and later reprinted in 1822 by Peter Brynberg (1755?-1816). Brynberg had a bookstore in Wilmington, Delaware. He published the Christian Repository and the Wilmington Gazette 1791-1799 with partner Samuel Andrews), and printed educational and religious books. His business was at Fourth and Shipley Streets.
Most primers were small to fit in a child's hand; this one is 3 5/8 inches x 3 inches. Unfortunately missing its hardcover and part of the last page, which has an inscription in verse and a signature of the owner from 1822. It has black block illustrations to accompany the morality lessons and the alphabet verses.
Mormon Ceremonial Apron
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Apron
date made: 1800 - 1890
place made: United States: Utah, Salt Lake City
used: United States: Utah, Salt Lake City
Physical Description: silk (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 18 in x 17 1/2 in; 45.72 cm x 44.45 cm
Credit line: George Woltz
Topics: Latter Day Saints
Religion
Latter Day Saint churches
Masonic Apron "I. Gist"
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: apron, fraternal
apron, Masonic
date made: ca 1800
user: Gist, Independent
Physical Description: silk (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 17 1/2 in x 18 3/4 in x 1/8 in; 44.45 cm x 47.625 cm x .3175 cm
Topics: Freemasons
Masonic Apron "Republican 1794"
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: apron, fraternal
apron, Masonic
date made: ca 1800
associated date: 1794
Physical Description: leather (overall material)
silk (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 11 in x 13 5/8 in; 27.94 cm x 34.6075 cm
Topics: Freemasons
Masonic Ribbon and Rosette with Past Master's Jewel
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: sash and pendant
emblem
date made: 1807
wearer: Myers, Mordacai
Associated Place: United States: New York, New York
Physical Description: silk (overall material)
silver (part: pendant material)
Measurements: overall: 3 5/8 in x 32 in x 1/4 in; 9.2075 cm x 81.28 cm x .635 cm
Credit line: Estate of Cassie Mason Myers Julian-James
Topics: Freemasons
Description (Brief): Americans of all classes sought ways to respond to the growing complexity and diversity of U.S. cities in the 1800s. Some formed voluntary associations, such as fraternal orders, to help create communal bonds, offer mutual aid to members, and support charitable work in the larger community.
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sampler
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Sampler
date made: 1801
associated date: 1801
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Groveland
Physical Description: cloth, linen (overall material)
fiber (overall material)
glass (frame material)
wood (frame material)
Measurements: overall-framed: 20 1/2 in x 17 in x 5/8 in; 52.07 cm x 43.18 cm x 1.5875 cm
Credit line: Gift of Delsy D. Conwell
ceiling ornament, church
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Ceiling Ornament, Church
Date made: 1771
location where used: Canada
Physical Description: paint (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 50 in x 39 in; 127 cm x 99.00006 cm
Topics: Religion
beam fragment
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Entablature Fragment, Church
beam fragment
date made: 1790
place made: United States: New Mexico
location where used: United States: New Mexico
Physical Description: paint (overall material)
wood (overall material)
carved (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: beam fragment: 24 1/2 in x 17 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 62.23 cm x 43.815 cm x 8.89 cm
maul
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Maul
Maul; Woodworking; Striking & Prizing Tools; Hand Tools
Measurements: overall: 75.4 cm x 19 cm x 22 cm; 29 11/16 in x 7 1/2 in x 8 11/16 in
Credit line: Estate of John Paul Remensnyder
chair, side
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: chair, side
date made: 1800 - 1825
associated person: Dexter, Timothy
place made: United States: Massachusetts
Measurements: overall: 38 1/4 in x 21 1/4 in x 22 1/2 in; 97.155 cm x 53.975 cm x 57.15 cm
overall: 38 19/32 in x 21 1/2 in x 19 in; 97.9932 cm x 54.61 cm x 48.26 cm
Credit line: Bequest of Dr. John Watt, Jr.
Topics: Furnishings
Tavern
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Application
Date made: 1796
associated person: Bowker, William
place made: United States: New Jersey, Cumberland
Measurements: overall: 12 3/8 in x 7 7/8 in; 31.4325 cm x 20.0025 cm
Topics: Food habits
Samuel Slater's Spinning Frame
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: spinning frame
Date made: 1790-1793
inventor: Slater, Samuel
Slater, Samuel
Place Made: United States: Rhode Island, Pawtucket
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 61 in x 104 in x 36 in; 154.94 cm x 264.16 cm x 91.44 cm
Credit line: Gift of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry
Publisher: Nation of Nations, A
Topics: Manufacturing industries
Industrialization
Textiles
Description: The Smithsonian's first label for Slater's Spinning Frame was written by textiles curator Frederick L. Lewton in 1912 for an exhibition in the United States National Museum in Washington, D.C.:
"This 48-spindle spinning machine, the oldest piece of cotton machinery in America, was built by Samuel Slater, and first operated by him on December 20, 1790, at Pawtucket, Rhode Island. One hundred years later, 1890, it was lent to the city of Pawtucket for exhibition at the Cotton Centenary, a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of cotton spinning by power machinery on the Western Hemisphere, and yarn was spun on it by an old man who had tended the spinning frame in the 'Old Slater Mill' when he was a boy. In 1876, it was exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, and in 1885, was lent by the National Museum for exhibition at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans. Presented by the Rhode Island Society For The Encouragement of Domestic Industry."
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Education * Organization * Emancipation
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Poster
affiliated union: International Workers of the World
maker: International Workers of the World
place made: United States: New York, Ithaca
made at: United States: New York, Ithaca
Measurements: overall: 17 in x 11 in; 43.18 cm x 27.94 cm
Credit line: Margolies
Topics: Princeton Posters
Labor unions
Socialism
Communism
labor issues
Description: The International Workers of the World, IWW, also informally known as the "Wobblies" is a labor organization founded in 1905. The IWW opposed the American Federation of Labor (AFL) acceptance of capitalism. The philosphy of the IWW is described as "revolutionary industrial unionsim" and has ties to socialism and anarchist labor movements.