3D Object Hickory mallet used by Leonard Wells Volk in making his busts of Lincoln and Douglas.

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Title: Hickory mallet used by Leonard Wells Volk in making his busts of Lincoln and Douglas.
Contributor Names: Volk, Leonard Wells (Sculptor)
Created / Published: Mallet used to make bust of Lincoln in 1860.
Subject Headings: - Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; - Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813-1861); - Lincoln-portrait of; - Volk, Leonard Wells (1828-1895); - Physical Objects; - Realia; - United States -- New York; - United States -- Massachusetts; - United States -- Illinois -- Cook -- Chicago
Genre: Physical Objects; Realia
Notes: - Accompanying handwritten note by the sculptor's son, Jessie Volk: Hickory mallet used by my father 16 years in New York and Massachusetts. Given me by him in 1847. Since which time I have used it. Mallet used by Leonard Wells Volk in making the bust of Abraham Lincoln in Chicago, 1860.
Medium: Box: 28.5 long x 18 w x 16.5 deep; mallet: 22 cm long x 12 cm wide.
Call Number/Physical Location: Stern catalog 5149 & 5141
Source Collection: The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
Repository: Rare Book And Special Collections Division
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lprbscsm.scsm1060
Language: english
Online Format: image
Original Format: 3d object

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Volk, Leonard Wells. Hickory mallet used by Leonard Wells Volk in making his busts of Lincoln and Douglas. Mallet used to make bust of Lincoln in, 1860. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/scsm001060/.

APA citation style:

Volk, L. W. (1860) Hickory mallet used by Leonard Wells Volk in making his busts of Lincoln and Douglas. Mallet used to make bust of Lincoln in. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/scsm001060/.

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Volk, Leonard Wells. Hickory mallet used by Leonard Wells Volk in making his busts of Lincoln and Douglas. Mallet used to make bust of Lincoln in, 1860. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/scsm001060/>.