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Welcome to our Online Collections Database! Below you will find a searchable database showcasing images and information regarding tens of thousands of items in our online collection. Search using search terms, key words, object names, or names of historical figures to locate specific items, or, peruse at random to enjoy the breadth of collections available for view.

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Cabinet Card

Photograph

Cabinet card of a older woman wearing a fine wool gown with voided velvet plastron front. CF closure of buttons. At collar stand CF she wears a small bar pin or brooch. Flower in center with line work coming out of either end. She also wears what appears to be gold hollow-ware earrings. Bottom of card reads: "Oswald Bros. Minneapolis, Minn."

2025.16.352

Cabinet Card

Jewelry

The Drs. Revak & Lustig Antique Brooch Collection

Cabinet Card

1880 - 1890

Minneapolis

Minnesota

United States of America

North America

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