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Cup plate made of pressed glass. Cup plates are coasters that provide a place to rest a tea cup while leaving space for a light snack. Teacup plates originated in England in the early 1800s and went out of fashion in the second half of the 19th century [1] (Barber puts the peak of popularity in the US at 1840s [2]), with a brief reappearance in the first third of the 20th century as bridge ...
Early American molded glass refers to glass functional and decorative objects, such as bottles and dishware, that were manufactured in the United States in the 19th century. . The objects were produced by blowing molten glass into a mold, thereby causing the glass to assume the shape and pattern design of the m
Glass plate [s 2] Cathedral Rock: 1861 Carleton Watkins: Yosemite National Park, California, United States Albumen print [s 3] The Dead of Antietam [h] 1862 Alexander Gardner: Antietam, Maryland, United States Large-format glass plate Showing the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam—the deadliest single day in the American Civil War [s 3] [s 4]
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The Etowah plates, including the Rogan Plates, are a collection of Mississippian copper plates discovered in Mound C at the Etowah Indian Mounds near Cartersville, Georgia. Many of the plates display iconography that archaeologists have classified as part of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (S.E.C.C.), specifically "Birdman" imagery ...
#28 A Voyage And American Metric System In the early years of the United States, there was a strong desire to replace the British units of measurement, and Jefferson sought French assistance to ...
Unworked copper nugget. The native copper, as well as the technique of cold working it, is believed to have come from the Great Lakes area, hundreds of miles to the north of the Cahokia polity and most other Mississippian culture sites, although the copper workshops discovered near Mound 34 at Cahokia are so far the only copper workshops found at a Mississippian culture archaeological site. [5]
Presidential inaugurations mark some of the most defining moments in U.S. history, allowing presidents to establish traditions and reinvigorate the American people. Some inaugurations make history ...