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OHS 1-22-11 (1)
The trompe l'oeil L&C murals on the side of the OHS building welcomed us.
Date: 01/22/2011
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OHS 1-22-11 (2)
OHS curator Kim Buergel described the four L&C items in the collection.
Date: 01/22/2011
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OHS 1-22-11 (3)
Woodburn boy scouts get a close-up look at precious L&C artifacts.
Date: 01/22/2011
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OHS 1-22-11 (4)
The whale bone carved with "M Lewi". "Found in the Cove area of Seaside near an old Indian burial ground which had been excavated sporadically by local diggers for many years. The bone came from a hole five feet below ground level."
Date: 01/22/2011
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OHS 1-22-11 (5)
Meriwether Lewis's branding iron (he marked trees with it). OHS accession records state: “Found in 1892, 1893, or 1894, by Lineaus Winans of Hood River, Oregon, on or below one of the Memaloose Islands before the Columbia River dams inundated the area.”
Date: 01/22/2011
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OHS 1-22-11 (6)
The 3-legged iron frying pan called a "spider". OHS accession records state: "Owned by ‘Old John’ the last of the Multnomah tribe of Indians. He always said his utensil was given him by the first white men he ever saw, presumably L&C.
Date: 01/22/2011
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OHS 1-22-11 (7)
George Shannon's sewing kit (known as a "housewife"). OHS accession records state: "Housewife was carried by the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, George Shannon. Donated by Elizabeth Monroe Story, great-granddaughter.
Date: 01/22/2011
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OHS 1-22-11 (8)
The detailed accession information for Shannon's housewife, when his family gave it to OHS.
Date: 01/22/2011
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OHS 1-22-11 (9)
Inspecting the branding iron.
Date: 01/22/2011
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