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James R. Carrigan's Cane

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Black walking cane with silver knob.

Tags: canes, James Carrigan, walking sticks

Magnum Duorama Globe

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Handcrafted by Columbus Verlag in Stuttgart Germany. Scale 1:11,500,000; 181 miles to the inch. Satellite image with physical relief and vegetative shadings. Tilted at 23 degrees - earth's ecliptic plane in relation to the equator.

Tags: earth, globes, world

Ivy Covered Trinity Episcopal

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Watercolor on wove paper of Trinity Episcopal Church, covered in ivy. Located on Main Street in Danville, KY.

Tags: Boyle, Boyle County, Boyle County Kentucky, churches, ivy, Trinity Episcopal, watercolors

England: Three Children with Laptop

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Friston, England - A seated Caucasian boy smiling down at the screen of an iPad2 tablet which he is holding. Another boy is looking at the screen next to him. A third boy is leaning over his shoulder pointing at the screen. Blurred plain background…

Tags: children, England, Great Britain, laptop

Polk Office

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Polk Office on Buell Street Perryville, KY

Tags: Boyle, Boyle County, Boyle County Kentucky, Buell Street, Perryville KY, Polk Office

Story of the Underground Railway

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A modern, cotton quilt depicting the story of the Underground Railway by using traditional designs that would have been used by slaves.

States Sampler

Star and Flower Quilt

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Cotton quilt

Quilt

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Cotton quilt

Children's Quilt 2000

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Quilt

Children's Quilt Kentucky 200

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Quilt

Children's Quilt Library 100

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Quilt

Tree of Life

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Hand appliqued, embroidered, and quilted by Nannie Rankin. Made from Geneva Rankin's prom dress and some flour sacks.

READ: Boyle County Public Library Bookcase Quilt

Memorial bookcase quilt commissioned to raise money for the Boyle County Library 2008-2009 expansion.

The Danville Bicentennial Quilt

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Quilt made to celebrate the Danville, Kentucky Bicentennial. Depicts 24 images of Danville.

Log Cabin Pattern Quilt

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Quilt in a log cabin pattern of greens and pinks.

Quilt: Flying Home

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Pentagon shaped quilt with bird motifs on both front and back.

Reva Vest Memorial Quilt

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Handmade cotton quilt of the Boyle County Public Library, made in honor of Reva M. Vest. It depicts the front of the Young Rodes Library and includes imagery of things that Ms. Vest liked.

Friendship Quilt

Silk, friendship quilt. Names are in the centers of the flower motif. There is a black boarder and a purple backing. There is a thin cotton batten.

Elizabeth T. L. Wilkinson Fireplace Set

Fireplace Set under the portrait of Elizabeth T. Lee Wilkinson.

Tags: Elizabeth Wilkinson, fireplace set, fireplaces

Benjamin Franklin Bust

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Ceramic bust of Benjamin Franklin

Tags: Benjamin Franklin, busts

Female Doll

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Female, fabric doll with long, braided black yarn hair. She has glass eyes. Her head is formed with wood covered in fabric. She is wearing a white dress with short sleeves that has horizontal stripes in the skirt. She has a scarf that is orange,…

Tags: dolls, female, girls, Mexican, Mexico

Male Doll

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Male doll with a body made from leather and fabric clothes. He has short black hair made from horse hair?. He is wearing a woven straw hat and has a woven basket to his side and has brightly colored textiles around his body. His shirt is tan and his…

Tags: boys, dolls, male, Mexican, Mexico

Standing Bear

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Painting of a brown standing bear painted on a white feather with a black tip.

Tags: bears, feathers, paintings

Wolf

Painting of a wolf's head on a black feather.

Tags: feathers, paintings, wolves

Stained Glass

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Stained glass hanging from the ceiling between the Mahan house and the computers on the 5th level

Tags: glass, stained glass

Stained Glass Screen

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Stained Glass Triptich - 3 Panel

Tags: glass, screens, stained glass

John Christian Bullit Fireplace Set

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Fireplace Set that once belonged to John Christian Bullit, Graduate at Centre College 1824-1902.

Tags: fireplace set, fireplaces, John Christian Bullit

Commodore Perry Scrimshaw

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An Ivory tusk with Scimshaw on both sides.
Side 1: Portrait of Commodore Perry, with banner underneath
Side 2: The Ship: Lawrence

Tags: boats, commodore, engravings, ivory, navy, Oliver Hazard Perry, scrollwork, ships

It's a Small World

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The work is a fabric hanging of the Earth with seven (7) children of various countries holding hands.

Tags: earth, fabric, multi-cultural, textiles, world

Young-Rodes Seal

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Young-Rodes Seal and Press, used on imprinting books

Tags: Boyle, Boyle County, Boyle County Kentucky, Boyle County Public Library, Young-Rodes

One Third of a Dollar

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One third of a dollar, printed on paper. On front, image of sundial with the words: "FUGIO/Mind Your Business." On reverse, 13 interlocking circles with the names of the original colonies."

Tags: Continental Currency, Currency, Dollars, money, Philadelphia Hall & Sellers

Screen with Butterflies and Flowers

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A contemporary Yonkyoku byobu, four panel paper and silk screen with wooden frame work, depicting butterflies, flowers and birds.

Tags: birds, butterflies, flowers, paper silk screen, silk, Yonkyoku byobu

Ephraim McDowell Home

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Glazed, plaster replica of the Ephraim McDowell Home. Part of the WPA Kentucky Museum Project.

Tags: Ephraim McDowell, houses, mcdowell, plaster, replicas, WPA

Chinese Export Bowl

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Chinese export decorative bowl with dragon, bird, dog imagery in reds, greens and gold filigree on the interior sides; a blue lion on the base of the interior and blue landscape on the exterior

Tags: birds, bowls, Chinese, dogs, dragons, exports, lions, porcelain

United States of America 34 Star Flag

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Silk flag of the United States of America. Thirteen stripes (seven red, six white). 34 white stars in a star pattern on a blue background. Measures 9.5 by 14 inches

Tags: flags, silk, stars, stars and stripes., stripes

Boyle Silver Spoon

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Silver spoon made by the Duhme Company in the "double swell fiddle" pattern

Tags: Judge Boyle, silver, silver spoons, spoons

Checkerboard Bowl

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Wooden bowl made of two different woods in a checkerboard pattern

Tags: bowls, checkerboards, patterns, wooden

Wooden Ship

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Tags: boats, ships, wood

Fragata Espanola

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A model ship of the Fragata Espanola ano 1780 made from wood, plastic, canvas and string.

Tags: boats, canvas, plastic, ships, wood

Oriental Rugs

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Oriental Rugs on the 4th level of the library. These are in the Reading Room and in front of the Reference desk.

Tags: oriental, oriental rugs, rugs, wool, woven

Hamadan Rug

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Hamadan (may be Kazakh), hand woven wool oriental runner with 1" fringe on the two ends.

Tags: rugs, runner, wool, woven

Judge Boyle Lap Desk

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Wooden lap desk designed to carry writing materials and opened on lap. Owned by Chief Justice John Boyle. There is a metal inlay on the top with the initials "JAB." There are two countersunk brass handles on either side. Wooden box opens to velvet…

Tags: desks, Judge Boyle, lap desks

Book

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Oversized book hanging from the ceiling in Children's Library.

Tags: books, children, kids

Train

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Train made from wood and various other metals, has working lights and whistle.

Tags: trains

Japanese Doll in Case

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Japanese doll in glass case, she is in an orange kimono with long black hair. She is holding cherry blossoms and there are pagodas in the background.

Tags: dolls, Japanese, Kimonos

Screaming Yellow Zonker

Model airplane.

Tags: airplanes, model airplanes

My Old Kentucky Home

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Composition of eight pieces of enamel on copper held together with wood and glue. Depicts images of Kentucky: a horse, the capital building, tobacco, state song, a horse farm.

Tags: capital buildings, horse farms, horses, Kentucky, state song, tobacco

Warriors

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Statues replicas of the Terracotta Army.

Tags: China, Qin Shi Huang, terra cotta, terracotta, warriors

Wagon (Toy Horse attached)

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Wooden wagon, with red painted axles and wheels, black tread on the wheels. The wagon body is natural wood color with black stripes painted along boards. It is held to a toy horse (2012.90.1) with red string.

Tags: toys horses, wagons, wood

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