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Front Door

DateAccession_numberMaterials
circa 1875n/aWood and metal

Victorian front door and etched glass of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site 1875 Italianate style home. Etched glass was a "BH" in the center of a shield for Benjamin Harrison in the top half of each side.

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Front Door

Curator's Notes | One original glass door panel survives in collections. The two in the doors are exact replicas.

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Ornate Victorian door knob at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site. The door knob is engraved with an intricate pattern featuring detailed curves and shapes.

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pocket door lock

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Ornate Victorian door hinge at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site. The patterning shows several curves bursting outward from a single origin point. The door hinge shows some signs of age.

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Architecture rosettes from the frieze band area of the house made of zinc. The Italianate house was built in 1874 - 1875.

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Victorian front door and etched glass of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site 1875 Italianate style home. Etched glass was a

Door Panel

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Decorative molding made of plaster that is in several of the hallways of the house. The molding is in archways on the first and second floors in the main halls.

Molding

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Photograph showing finer details on the dress skirt. There skirt is ornately connected with buttons and lining the accents vertically, in gold. The fabric is lightly wrinkled.
A certificate for a Naval Commission from signed by Ulysses S. Grant for John Parker to be promoted to Ensign in the Navy starting on July 17, 1875. Signed and issued on January 9, 1877. Grant's signature under text at lower right. Also signed by Secretary of Navy Geo. W. Robeson. George Maxwell Robeson (March 16, 1829 – September 27, 1897) appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant as Secretary of the Navy on June 25, 1869. Image of the eagle on top center; bottom center has a blue seal with image of Poseidon coming out of the sea with maidens, etc.
Oil on canvas by Lilly M. Spencer (Lilly Martin Spencer) of Caroline Scott Harrison in profile view. Spencer signature is in lower left (not visible when portrait is in frame). Many engravings and prints were made from this image of Caroline Harrison. She is wearing a dark dress with white lace trim at the high neck, gold earrings, and hair is pulled back in a bun. Background is green in varying dark to medium shades. Pat. date of 1885 on metal corner brackets of wooden stretcher.
Inside cover is heavy cardboard, red edges come out farther than the wood. Inside is pale green. Between each page is a layer of tissue paper. The book is written in Hebrew and opens from right to left. Pages appear to be done by hand.
Crazy quilt with velvet boarder, mostly silk fabric in the pattern. Signatures include, Rutherford B. Hayes, Mrs. James K. Polk, John Wanamaker, Julia D. Grant, W. T. Sherman / general, Benj. Butterworth / Ohio, Agnes Author McElroy, Grover Cleveland, Frances Cleveland, T. DeWitt Talmage, and John J. Ingalls.
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This close up of Caroline's gold dress shows an inscription on the inside that reads,
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