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![Long piece of parchment with written text and a dark crease down the middle.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2022-05/treaty.JPG.webp?itok=zGN22pTq)
Jessamy Gloor
Third Treaty of Prairie Du Chien between the U.S. and the Winnebago Tribe
![Two red leather buckets decorated with eagles bearing blue shields with scissors. Banners in their beaks read "Mechanic Fire Society"; banners in their talons read "William P. Gookin."](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/34834.jpeg.webp?itok=U1Jxearo)
Object Story: Pair of Fire Buckets
These buckets were kept in the home of William Gookin, a tailor, and are decorated to show his family’s membership in the Mechanic Fire Society of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
![Black velvet cap in the shape of a pointed oval, with beadwork in blue, white, green, yellow, and red forming flowers and stems all over; made by a Haudenosaunee woman.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/36622_0.jpeg.webp?itok=W67P6sVB)
Object Story: Niagara Beadwork Hat
This hat was created by a Haudenosaunee craftsperson in the mid-nineteenth century.
![Large, oval, pine and maple box, smooth and plain with six fingers forming a side seam and a chrome yellow finish.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/35355.jpeg.webp?itok=nBCMoT0e)
Object Story: Oval Shaker Box
This large oval box was made at the Shaker community in New Lebanon, New York.
![Oil painting of the profile of a steamship on the water in front of green hills; the boat is flying an American flag and towing a sloop with a tall mast, the sloop's back half cut off from view by the edge of the canvas.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-06/L2015-41-175v2%20-%20frame%20cropped%20out%20to%20use%20as%20Object%20%282%29.jpg.webp?itok=Cr8zwggO)
Object Story: The Steamboat "Peter Crary"
A highly-detailed “ship portrait” of a steamboat pulling another vessel.
![Tall grandfather-style clock in a wooden case painted to resemble different types of wood grains.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-07/L2015-41-23v2.jpg.webp?itok=vIfYx1rr)
Object Story: Federal Tall Case Clock
A seven-foot tall grandfather clock from around 1820 with inner gears and clockworks made of wood.
![Two embroidered fabric pockets in the shape of small sacks with multicolored flame-like patterns stitched neatly in combinations of red, green, blue and yellow.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-07/L2015-41-64v3.jpg.webp?itok=pf-fnGTD)
Object Story: Pair of Pockets
Pair of needlework pockets for women.
![Quilt with overall checkerboard pattern, alternating between cream and red-toned squares; each square consists of many skinny strips of varying colors.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/36827.jpeg.webp?itok=rMZGtSBg)
Object Story: Log Cabin, Light and Dark Quilt
A Log Cabin pattern quilt made by an unrecorded artist in the late nineteenth century.
![Large wooden spinning wheel with spokes attached to one end of a simple bench-like structure with a pulley device attached to the other end.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-05/33890.jpeg.webp?itok=e4HUt48p)
Object Story: Spinning Wheel
A "great wheel" for spinning wool into thread.
![Brass lamp that resembles a large candlestick with a reservoir and two wick holders at the top in the shape of a V.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-07/33801.jpeg.webp?itok=TI-w81_3)
Object Story: Lamp
A brass lamp with two burners made for burning oil.