18th Century; New England; New England - social life and customs; Cradles; Children's Furniture; Children's furniture; United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
As soothing beds for babies, rocking cradles have been popular in many cultures for generations. Made in New England, this cradle first held a baby about 1790. How is it different from baby beds today?
The Abalone is a salt water mollusk that lives along the western coast of North America along the intertidal and subtidal waters to a depth of about 60 feet. This animal has a strong muscular foot which it uses to attach itself to rocks. This...
AIDS (Disease); Wire craft; South Africa; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Plates (Tableware); Basket making; Handicraft
Wire basketry has a long tradition in South Africa. In the 1950s, telephone-wire baskets (or imbenge) became popular and have grown in popularity ever since. Among artists, the wire is known as "scooby-wire," or "scooby-do", or...
Archaeotherium was a pig like animal whose narrow head was covered in numerous knobs. From the shape of its teeth it is thought Archaeotherium could eat nearly anything from tubers (plants like potatoes) to dead animals. This specimen consists of...
Antislavery movements; Liberia -- History; 19th century
In the early 1800s, Americans continued to struggle with slavery. Though slavery was known as the “Peculiar Institution” of southern states, many northerners were also afraid of free African-Americans. Some white abolitionists, people who...
Apache Indians; Apache Indians--Social life and customs; Bags
Native American men and women used a variety of bags and pouches to contain many of life's necessities around the home and for travel. Bags were traditionally made from various animal hides and fur, as well as woven materials. Women usually...
Apache Indians; Apache Indians--Social life and customs; Bags
Native American men and women used a variety of bags and pouches to contain many of life's necessities around the home and for travel. Bags were traditionally made from various animal hides and fur, as well as woven materials. Women usually...
Apache Indians; Apache Indians--Social life and customs; Bags
Native American men and women used a variety of bags and pouches to contain many of life's necessities around the home and for travel. Bags were traditionally made from various animal hides and fur, as well as from woven materials. Women usually...
Apache Indians; Apache Indians--Social life and customs; Bags
Native American men and women used a variety of bags and pouches to contain many of life's necessities around the home and for travel. Bags were traditionally made from various animal hides and fur, as well as woven materials. Women usually...
Apache Indians; Apache Indians--Social life and customs; Bags; Card games; Playing cards
Native American men and women used a variety of bags and pouches to contain many of life's necessities around the home and for travel. Bags were traditionally made from various animal hides and fur, as well as woven materials. This particular pouch...
Apache Indians; Apache Indians--Social life and customs; Implements, utensils, etc.; Awls; Tools
Native American men and women used a variety of bags and pouches to contain many of life's necessities around the home and for travel. Bags were traditionally made from various animal hides and fur, as well as woven materials. Women usually...
Apache Indians; Apache Indians--Social life and customs; Implements, utensils, etc.; Awls; Tools
Native American men and women used a variety of bags and pouches to contain many of life's necessities around the home and for travel. Bags were traditionally made from various animal hides and fur, as well as woven materials. Women usually...
This is just one of the bones that made up the spinal column of the long neck dinosaur Apatosaurus. These dinosaurs could grow up to seventy feet long and weigh up to twenty tons. They lived during the Jurassic, about 213 to 144 million years ago,...
Birds; Animals, Fossil; Skull; South America -- History; Paleontology -- Tertiary
The Phorusrhacus is an extinct flightless bird often referred to as the “terror bird” because of its huge curved beak. This bird stood about 5 feet tall and was a major predator in South America during the Tertiary Period. Despite it’s...
Black, Edward, 1853-1871; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Drum; Indiana -- Biography; Crown Hill Cemetery (Marion County, Ind.); United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 21st (1861-1863)
Edward Black (1853-1871) of Indianapolis is believed to have been the youngest Civil War soldier. He enlisted as a drummer boy on July 24, 1861 in the 1st Regiment, 21st Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was eight years and almost two months old. He...
Black, Edward, 1853-1871; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Drum; Indiana; Indiana--Biography; Crown Hill Cemetery (Marion County, Ind.); United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 21st (1861-1863); Portraits
Edward Black (1853-1871) of Indianapolis is believed to have been the youngest Civil War soldier. He enlisted as a drummer boy on July 24, 1861 in the 1st Regiment, 21st Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was eight years and almost two months old....
Blastoids, commonly known as "Sea Lillies", are ancient animals very similar to starfish. They had a long stem like structure and a system of “roots” to hold them in the sediment of the sea floor. They spent their lives slowly...
Just half a turn and there's your worm proclaims the logo on this "Bob Bet Bait Box" made about 1935. The box was designed to fit over your belt, keeping worms handy and secure in the moveable barrel-shaped enclosure. What other bait...
During World War II most American factories manufactured goods for the war effort. Working long hours, men and women juggled the demands of family and work life – often worrying about loved ones fighting overseas. Following a tradition started in...
Caiman (Genus); Schneider's smooth-fronted caiman; Crocodiles; South America;
The Dwarf Caiman lives a semi-aquatic life, being found in swamps, ponds and lakes in Central and South America. They eat fish, crustaceans and mollusks. The length of adult males is about four and half feet long, with females being smaller. Adults...
