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ing launch, dated about 1913, donated by James B. Richardson, and 
the model of a motor garvey from southern New Jersey, donated by 
the builder, W. R. Main. Other specimens of note are a working 
scale model of an Italian coal-fired locomotive with tender, flatcar, 
extra assemblies, and spare parts, donated by Richard D. Boutros, 
and the Bayly gig, which has been on loan by the heirs of the Bayly 
and Orem families for a number of years. 
Arts and manufactures —A significant acquisition in the division 
of textiles is a reconstructed model of John Hargreave’s spinning 
jenny. This model, which demonstrates Hargreave’s original con- 
ception, was built in the Exhibits Laboratory by Robert Sampson 
from the specifications in Hargreave’s patent of 1770. An interest- 
ing collection of handwoven fabrics made in the South during the 
Civil War was presented by Mrs. N. C. Browder. A beautiful and 
rare cashmere shawl with a turquoise center was presented by Miss 
Sabra O. Burgess, and four silk shawls were given by Miss M. Agnes 
Neill. 
The division of ceramics and glass acquired a rare pressed-glass 
ornamented pane believed to be the earliest marked piece of Wheeling 
lacy glass manufactured by J. & C. Ritchie, Wheeling, W. Va. This 
specimen was purchased with funds provided by W. Daniel Quattle- 
baum of California. Fifty ceramic and glass items from the collec- 
tion of the late Aaron Straus, Baltimore philanthropist, were given 
by the Straus Foundation. 
The important accessions in the division of graphic arts are a gift 
by Capt. Emerson E. Morris of 10 etchings by Pierre van der Borcht 
(1545-1608) ; a color lithograph, “Go and Catche a Falling Starre” 
by June Wayne, presented by the Society of Washington Print- 
makers; and 12 pictorial photographs by Clarence John Laughlin of 
New Orleans, one of this country’s outstanding photographic artists, 
received as a gift from the Eickemeyer endowment fund. <A box- 
type camera by one of America’s earliest daguerreotype photogra- 
phers, Henry Fitz, Jr., was received as a gift from Mrs. Willard H. 
Howell. A camera of the pioneer western photographer James Fen- 
nemore was presented by Senator Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona. 
Civil history—The most significant acquisition in the division of 
political history is the collection of Lincoln memorabilia presented 
by his great-grandson, Lincoln Isham. Mary Todd Lincoln’s silver 
tea and coffee service, President Lincoln’s watch, his silver cutlery, 
and presentation revolver are some of the items in the collection. 
Additional important pieces of White House china were received. A 
salad plate and three oyster plates from the state service used during 
the administration of President Rutherford B. Hayes were given by 
Col. Theodore Barnes, and a dinner plate from the state service of 
