1 10 2 https://historyharvest.unl.edu/files/original/35ce67ef764d0c6d87877fa5af775405.JPG d8032239c466841b803c5dd4670d4acc Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 2592 Width 3872 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Robert E. Smith Description An account of the resource This collection contains the day book of Benjamin Franklin Thomas along with other items pertaining to his life. Thomas was an elephant tamer with the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Benjamin Franklin Thomas Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Robert Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Page on Right: [illegible] April 12, 1860. April 12. [Thursday] Yonkers - 15 miles - N.Y. 13. [Friday] White Plains (NY) - 16 miles 14. [Saturday] Bedford (NY) - 16 miles 15. Sunday - " 16. [Monday] Brewster Station (NY) - 18 miles 17. [Tuesday] Danbury - 10 miles - Conn. 18. [Wednesday] Norwalk (CT) - 22 miles 19. [Thursday] Hampford (CT) - 10 miles 20. [Friday] Bridgeport (CT) - 25 miles 21. [Saturday] Birmingham (CT) - 12 miles 22. Sunday - " 23. [Monday] New Haven (CT) - 18 miles 24. [Tuesday] " - " 25. [Wednesday] Wallingford (CT) - 14 miles 26. [Thursday] Middletown (CT) - 12 miles 27. [Friday] Heartford [Hartford] (CT) - 14 1/2 miles 28. [Saturday] " - " 29. Sunday - " 30. [Monday] Tolland (CT) - 22 miles May 1. [Tuesday] Willmatic [Willimantic] (CT) - 15 miles 2. [Wednesday] Norwich (CT) - 16 miles 3. [Thursday] New London (CT) - 15 miles 4. [Friday] Stonington (CT) - 14 miles 5. [Saturday] Westerly (CT) - 5 miles 6. Sunday - " 7. [Monday] Brand's Iron Works [Wyoming, RI] - 20 miles - R. Island 8. [Tuesday] East Greenwich (RI) - 20 miles 9. [Wednesday] Providence (RI) - 13 miles 10. [Thursday] " - " 11. [Friday] Pawtucket (RI) - 4 miles 12. [Saturday] Taunton - 17 miles - Mass. 13. Sunday - " 14. [Monday] Bristol (RI) - 24 miles - R.I. 15. [Tuesday] Fall River (MA) - 15 miles - Mass. 16. [Wednesday] Newport (RI) - 18 miles - R.I. 17. [Thursday] New Bedford (MA) - 32 miles - Mass. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Benjamin Franklin Thomas' Daybook: Daily Locations of the Van Amburgh Circus Description An account of the resource This portion of Benjamin Franklin Thomas's Daybook documents the distance traveled daily and the locations of the Van Amburgh Circus in April and May of 1860. Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled. This item was contributed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln spring 2014 History Harvest. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Benjamin Franklin Thomas Type The nature or genre of the resource image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Robert E. Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862 circa Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource document Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant United States Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Book Robert E. Smith Collection Van Amburgh Circus https://historyharvest.unl.edu/files/original/3042b3ed774ca768b1d55d9e0bcd245e.JPG eb35e9ba9b21a14a2c74448d798dd2f5 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 2592 Width 3872 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Robert E. Smith Description An account of the resource This collection contains the day book of Benjamin Franklin Thomas along with other items pertaining to his life. Thomas was an elephant tamer with the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Benjamin Franklin Thomas Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Robert Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data book Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Daybook of Benjamin Franklin Thomas: Accounting Pages Description An account of the resource These pages appear to be a record of accounting for Benjamin Franklin Thomas. They also include miscellaneous items. In this photo, an account of money spent on miscellaneous items can be seen. For example, one can see that Benjamin Franklin Thomas bought a tobacco plug for $.68. The top half of the page seen on the left shows a record, one can assume, of how much money was spent per day, beginning on June 8. Benjamin Franklin Thomas worked as an elephant tamer for the Van Amburgh Circus in the mid nineteenth-century. He wrote in his daybook regularly when he travelled. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Benjamin Franklin Thomas Type The nature or genre of the resource image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Robert E. Smith, Lincoln History Harvest, 2014 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862 circa Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource document Language A language of the resource English Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Benjamin Franklin Thomas daybook Lincoln History Harvest 2014 Van Amburgh Circus