National Museum of American History
Metal fragment from "The Great Eastern" ship that lay the Atlantic Cable
Unknown artist
The objects seen here are souvenirs collected by Abby Knight McLane and her husband Allen McLane. The well-traveled couple is thought to have personally gathered the collection, which represents the kind of curio-cabinet collecting that occupied many Americans in the late 1800s.
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