Purchased over 50 years ago by a member of the Fiedler family who worked for Archer, Daniels, Midland (ADM), traveled to India on company business and acquired this shawl. Workmanship reflects Spanish and Italian shawl weaving but shawls produced in Spain and Italy are square whereas this is rectangular. A suggestion was made that possibly a Por...
Shops in India often have hanging in their entrances a lemon and chili peppers as a good luck symbol. This silver reproduction was given as a wedding favor.
Uterine sound. One side of handle is scored metal, the other side is wood; rounded probe tip; sound body contains the following graduated markings:"2 1/2""3 1/2""4 1/2""5 1/2""6 1/2""7 1/2" and "8 1/2" each spaced an inch apart.
Creator:
Simpson, James Young, 1811-1870
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Probe. One side of handle is ridged metal, the other side is smooth metal; rounded probe tip. Neck of probe has markings:"3""4""5""6""7" and "8" each spaced an inch apart. Includes manufacturer markings:"HASLAM"
Creator:
Sims, J. Marion (James Marion)" 1813-1883
Contributor:
Fred Haslam & Co
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
The bukhani is the piece of cloth wrapped over a groom's turban and head to protect the jewelry worn while riding a horse to the wedding.Silk embroidery thread on cotton cloth.
The bukhani is the piece of cloth wrapped over a groom's turban and head to protect the jewelry worn while riding a horse to the wedding.Cotton embroidery thread on cotton cloth.
A female singer performs a piece for CCW radio, station WEBC, while musicians and the audience watch. A small sign below the portrait on the wall reads "Fitger's," which was a brewery in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Portrait of General Sir Charles Warren, GCMG, KCB, FRS (7 February 1840-21 January 1927), an officer in the British Royal Engineers by the London Stereoscopic Company.
Creator:
London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Black and white photograph of both Sir John Dankworth and Dame Cleo Laine. Signed: "To the Minnesota Orchestra- We enjoy ourstay with you - Much love, Cleo Laine and John Dankworth"
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Performing Arts Archives.
Portrait of John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (30 April 1834 - 28 May 1913), known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, a Victorian polymath and Liberal politician. The portrait was taken by the London Stereoscopic Company Limited.
Creator:
London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Portrait of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton (4 September 1829 - 1 July 1906), an English temperance campaigner and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1859 and 1906.
Creator:
London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
