Dates: Created: circa 1890 - circa 1910
Places: Weimar, Germany
Oblong dish made in Germany, featuring a scene from Buffalo, Minnesota, circa 1890-1910. Retailed by jeweler Fred Green of Buffalo.

Dates: Used: circa 1850 - circa 1950
Places: Minnesota, United States
White enamel pitcher with blue lip, trim, and handle.

Dates: Created: not earlier than 1875 - not later than 1899
Places: Stanchfield, Isanti County, Minnesota, United States
Quilt made of three widths of hand woven wool in a twill weave of light yellow brown cotton warp and dark grayish brown wool weft. Filled with a wool batt. Backing is two widths of (lighter than) deep red, black and white cotton print. Hand quilted through all layers with dark grayish brown cotton thread in vertical and horizontal rows at the sides and diagonal rows through the center. Binding is worn away leaving batting exposed at edges. The cotton fabric is worn away in many places. Embroidered initials in red thread at one corner P.O.L. [?]. [All National Bureau of Standards colors].

Dates: Created: not earlier than 1875 - not later than 1925
Places: Vineland, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States
This rectangular Ojibwe finger-woven wool yarn bag has a brownish gray nettle fiber warp and tan, orange, black, pink and green wool yarn wefts which form three wide horizontal bands of geometric patterns on either side. The bottom seam is sewn with commercial tan thread; there are no side seams. A yellowed paper tag tied to the rim is marked "HD Ayers/ MADE OF NETTLE FIBER/ WARP/ WOOF MADE OF RAVELLED YARN/ BLANKET BAG" and stamped "MILLE LACS/ INDIAN TRADING POST/ ONAMIA, MINNESOTA". Woven on a non-tension loom.

Dates: Created: circa 1875 - circa 1899
Places: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
J.A. Thompson's brass counterfeit coin detector, circa late 19th century.

Dates: Created: circa 1875 - circa 1925
Apothecary's balance scale, dated to the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Dates: Used: not earlier than 1850 - not later than 1899
Places: Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, United States
Tri-fold tan leather mens wallet.

Dates: Created: circa 1860 - not later than 1920
Places: Minnesota, United States
Small pocket, possibly watch pocket, made from fabric and decorated in raised floral beadwork. Made by Iroquois Indians circa 1860-1920.

Dates: Created: circa 1875 - circa 1925
Pair of leather moccasins decorated with floral beadwork on velvet. Made by Ojibwe Indians circa the late 19th to early 20th centuries.

Dates: Created: circa 1875 - circa 1925
Pair of children's leather moccasins decorated with beadwork. Made by Cree Indians circa the late 19th to early 20th centuries.

Dates: Created: circa 1890 - not later than 12/1912
White and pink cotton quilt in Cherry Basket (or flowerbasket) pattern. White ground, pink baskets. Backed in plain white quilt. Made by Abby Jane Gray for her granddaughter, Alice Brill.

Dates: Created: not earlier than 1877 - not later than 1947
Places: Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States
Red Wing--------------------- white glazed stoneware low butter jar. With hairline crack. In company advertising, any crock size 6-gallons or smaller could be referred to as 'butter jars.' Available in both 'low' and 'high' heights, these popular stoneware pieces were sold in a range of sizes, from 1 or 2 quarts to 20 pounds!

Dates: Created: not earlier than 1883 - not later than 1906
Places: Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States
Minnesota Stoneware Co. albany slip preserve/snuff jar. For long-term storage, Red Wing preserve jars were necessary for the process of canning or packing food. Sold in a variety of styles and covers, these jars were in production until the 1940s.