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Posted: 3.3.2008
This section provides background information on the eight objects featured in this online guide, including curricular connections and National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Standards. For additional objects to explore, see the Roadshow Archive.
| Historical Period/Year | Object | Image | Appraisal Value | AR Category | Curriculum Connections | NCSS Standards |
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| Ancient Egypt's Late Period (664 to 304 B.C.) | Late-Period Egyptian Bronze FalconHollow-cast falcon statue that held a falcon mummy. |
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$12,000-$18,000 | Antiquities | • Ancient Egyptian history, religious beliefs, and burial practices • Mythology |
• Time, Continuity, and Change • Science, Technology, and Society • People, Places, and Environments |
| Circa 1795 | Eliza Law Custis Lap Desk, ca. 1795Lap desk, a portable desk, similar to a briefcase, given to Martha Washington's granddaughter Eliza Custis by the Marquis de Lafayette. |
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$30,000-$50,000 | Decorative Arts | • French alliance and the American Revolutionary War • Revolutionary War • George Washington • Presidents and their families • Class and literacy • Craftsmen and their crafts • Communication in the 18th century • Inheritance |
• Power, Authority, and Governance • Individuals, Groups, and Institutions • People, Places, and Environments • Production, Distribution, and Consumption |
| 1880s to1890s | Late 19th-Century American Indian Clothing (and other items)Collection of items, including adolescent dress, moccasins, knife scabbard, and pipe bag from several American Indian tribes in Oklahoma. |
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$33,000- $43,000 | Tribal Art | • American Indian life, culture, and history • Government policy on American Indians, including removal from their lands • Life on a reservation • American Indians and the pioneers |
• People, Places, and Environments • Power, Authority, and Governance • Individuals, Groups, and Institutions |
| 1863 | Civil War Archive, ca. 1863Diary, sewing kit, stencil, bone carvings, Bible flag, owned by a soldier from New York, who spent several years as a Confederate prisoner of war. |
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$9,500 | Arms & Militaria | • Civil War • Deserters • Prisoners of war |
• Power, Authority, and Governance • Individuals, Groups, and Institutions • People, Places, and Environments |
| 1893-1895 | Country Store Journals, ca. 1895Journals, logbooks, and ledgers from general store in Walle Township, North Dakota. |
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$1,500 | Books & Manuscripts | • Daily frontier life and westward expansion • Immigration |
• People, Places, and Environments • Production, Distribution, and Consumption |
| 1920 | Pioneer Packard Toy Pedal CarChildren's riding toy, modeled on Packard automobile. |
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$5,000-$6,000 | Toys & Games | • Toys through time | • Individual Development and Identity |
| 1950 | Mid-20th-Century Denim Levi's Advertising BannerBanner, silkscreened on denim, celebrating 100th anniversary of Levi Strauss blue jeans. |
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$1,800-$2,000 | Collectibles | • Advertising or fashion throughout history • The Gold Rush |
• Production, Distribution, and Consumption |
| 1983 | Andy Warhol Napkin Drawing, ca. 1983Butterfly sketch on napkin by famous American pop artist. |
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$20,000-$30,000 | Paintings & Drawings | • Art or Pop Culture | • Culture and Cultural Diversity |
