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William Henry Harrison: Pine Tree Log Cabin Brooch, ca. 1840

William Henry Harrison: Pine Tree Log Cabin Brooch. Very attractive and rare 1" x 3/4" brass brooch depicting the log cabin, cider barrel and pine tree. Most unusual. From the Scott W. Dolson...

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William Henry Harrison: A Most Unusual Cider Barrel Bronze Campaign Brooch....

William Henry Harrison: A Most Unusual Cider Barrel Bronze Campaign Brooch. Made of heavy bronze, with remnants of original pin on verso. The only example we can recall seeing. 30 mm x 41 mm and in...

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Zachary Taylor: Mourning Rosette. ca. 1850

Zachary Taylor: Mourning Rosette. 3" black silk crepe rosette with 1 1/4" x 1 1/2" engraving of "General Taylor" attached in the middle. This same engraving, we believe, was used on a Taylor campaign...

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Hannibal Hamlin bust stick pin, ca. 1860.

Hannibal Hamlin bust stick pin, ca. 1860.Heritage Auctions

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George McClellan: Gem Albumen Badge with Ribbon. ca. 1864

George McClellan: Gem Albumen Badge with Ribbon. Gem albumen (20 mm x 26 mm) of McClellan in civilian clothes, suspended from a red, white and blue silk ribbon. Superb condition. A definite campaign...

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Thanksgiving Day: The Union Altar. Harper's Weekly, December 05, 1863.

Thanksgiving Day: The Union Altar.  Harper's Weekly, December 05, 1863.  Smithsonian Libraries. 

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Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, 1864. Harper's Weekly, Dec. 31, 1864.

Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, 1864.  Harper's Weekly, Dec. 31, 1864.  Smithsonian Libraries. 

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Thanksgiving day menu for Astor House, New York City November 23, 1848.

55.377.12Astor House. Gentlemen's OrdinaryDATE:1848Menu for November 23.Museum of the City of New York 

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Currier & Ives: Home to Thanksgiving, 1867

58.300.97Currier & IvesGeorge Henry Durrie (1820-1863)Home to Thanksgiving.DATE:1867Museum of the City of New York

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Blue & cream silk pagoda sleeve day dress, ca. 1850s-60s.

(Beautiful fabric pattern. Terrible display photos.) Blue & cream silk pagoda sleeve day dress, ca. 1850s-60s.  via eBay.  

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Presumed to be a wedding portrait, ca. 1850s.

Presumed to be a wedding portrait, ca. 1850s.  Unidentified, unattr.  Modern colorization by Klimbim. 

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Portrait of Szidónia Deák, 1861

Alajos Györgyi Giergl (1821–1863)Portrait of Szidónia DeákDate: 1861Medium:oil on canvasDimensions:Height: 72.8 cm (28.7 in). Width: 56 cm (22 in).Current location:  Hungarian National GalleryImage via...

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Portrait einer Dame im braunen Kleid (Portrait of a Woman in a Brown Dress),...

Anton Boch sen. (1818–1884)Title: Portrait einer Dame im braunen Kleid (Portrait of a Woman in a Brown Dress)Date:1861Medium:oil on canvasDimensions:55 × 41 cm (21.7 × 16.1 in)Current...

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Portrait of a Lady, 1861. Ferdinand Krumholz

Ferdinand Krumholz (1810-1878)Title:Portrait of a LadyDate:1861Medium:oil on canvasDimensions:79 × 63 cm (31.1 × 24.8 in)Current location:UnknownInscriptions:Signature bottom right: Krumholz

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A Mother with her Three Children and their Spaniel by a Decorated Folding...

Adolph Diedrich Kindermann (1823–1892)English: A Mother with her Three Children and their Spaniel by a Decorated Folding Screen in an Interior.Date1861Mediumoil on canvasDimensions58 × 46 cm (22.8 ×...

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Portrait of the Actress Fanny Janauschek, 1861

Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901)English: Portrait of the Actress Fanny JanauschekDeutsch: Bildnis der Schauspielerin Fanny JanauschekDate:1861Medium:oilCurrent location: Städel museumImage via Wikimedia

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Portrait of Anei Enescu, oil on canvas, 1861

Română: Mişu PoppPortretul Anei Enescu, ulei pe pânză, 1861.  (Portrait of Anei Enescu, oil on canvas, 1861.)Date:1861Image via Wikimedia 

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Der Bazar, January 1861.

Der Bazar, January 1861.  Image via Google Books. 

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Christmas scene: Der Bazar, January 1861.

Christmas scene: Der Bazar, January 1861.  Image via Google Books. 

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Santa's Workshop, 1856

Santa's WorkshopThompkins H Matteson1856Private collectionPainting - oil on canvasHeight: 64.77 cm (25.5 in.), Width: 77.47 cm (30.5 in.)Image via the Athenaeum

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