Croton Aqueduct Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
1842
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 3 in. ( 20.3 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
White silk ribbon copper engraved with "COMPLETION of the CROTON AQUEDUCT/ CELEBRATED/ New York/ October 14th 1842" at top surmounting arms of New York with Native American and aristocrat flanking eagle and image of aqueduct in background. History of aqueduct printed below "In the year 1793, Dr. Joseph Brown proposed to supply the City of/ New-York with water, by bringing the river Bronx to Harlem in an open/ Canal, raising it to the required height by steam, & conducting it to-/ the city, in a 6 inch pipe. Propositions have been made since by Wm./ Weston & others, with reference to the same source. The CROTON..."
Object Number:
INV.2995
Marks:
printed at bottom of ribbon: "Published by W.L. Ormsby 142 Nassau St. Letters Engraved by a Machine/ just Invented by W.L. Ormsby: time, eight letters pr minute."
Gallery Label:
This ribbon commemorates the 1842 completion of the Croton Aqueduct, which provided the first dependable water supply for New York City. The water conduit spanned a distance of forty-one miles, from the upstate New York Croton Dam to a reservoir in what is today Central Park. The execution of John B. Jervis's design for the aqueduct cost upward of $13 million.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1842
eMuseum Object ID:
57935
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Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 23.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Light grey silk satin ribbon printed in black; depicts allegorical female figure seated on piece of ship wreck with sailing gallion in distance at left, inscription above: "HOPE."; beneath are portraits of George Washington and William Harrison with inscription above: "IN HONOR/Of the Founders and Defenders of/AMERICAN/INDEPENDENCE."; portrait of Harrison within oval medallion surrounded by floral wreath; scroll above inscribed: "SEN.Wm.HARRISON"; inscription above and below portrait: "ITS THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER O'LONG MAY IT WAVE,/O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE & THE HOME OF THE BRAVE./Son of BENJ.A.HARRISON,one of the Signers of the Declaration/of INDEPENDENCE July 4th 1776."; vignette with log cabin with American flag and farmer plowing field at bottom.
Object Number:
INV.2881
Marks:
Inscription: imrpinted in black across bottom edge of ribbon: "E.P.Whaites, Courtlandt St."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
57811
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Advertising ribbon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 7.9 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Light pink silk satin ribbon printed in black; depicts bust-length portrait of Ulysses S. Grant with his signature and dates "1869-1877" below; inscriptions: "MOGUL CIGARETTE/FACTORY No. 7. 3rdDISTRICT STATE N.Y."
Object Number:
INV.2859.5
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
57810
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Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. ( 8.3 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Cream silk satin ribbon printed in black; depicts bust-length portrait of Ulysses S. Grant with his signature and dates "1869-1877" below; inscriptions: "MOGUL CIGARETTE/FACTORY No. 7. 3rdDISTRICT STATE N.Y."
Object Number:
INV.2859.3
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
57809
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
General Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Campaign Ribbon
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1865
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 5/8 x 1 11/16 in. ( 16.8 x 4.3 cm )
Description:
Rectangular polychrome woven silk ribbon depicting uniformed bust-length portrait of Ulysses Grant with American eagle holding band inscribed: "E PLURIBUS UNUM"; shield with stars and striped encircled by wreath of oak and laurel with inscription beneath: "GENERAL GRANT/PRESIDENT."
Object Number:
INV.2859.2
Inscriptions:
"HOBANDT & SONS MANUE - BALE" inscribed on top edge
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
57808
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1939
Medium:
Silk or rayon chiffon
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. ( 29.2 x 29.2 cm )
Description:
Square silk chiffon handkerchief printed in green, orange, blue, and red; image of Chrysler Building-like edifice surrounded by flags in lozenge, inscribed "NEW YORK/WORLD'S FAIR/1939"; green ground with white banded border printed with orange floral motif; rolled hem.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Audrey Lake
Object Number:
2004.50
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
57752
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton Presidential Campaign Ribbon
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1888
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 2 9/16 in. ( 15.2 x 6.5 cm )
Description:
Cream silk satin ribbon with printed engravings of photorgaphic portraits of Harrison and Morton within oval medallions; beneath at center is image of eagle with laurel wreath and arrows in his talons atop of two crossed American flags; imprinted in gold: "FOR PRESIDENT/BENJ HARRISON/OF/INDIANA/FOR/VICE-PRESIDENT/LEVI P. MORTON/OF NEW YORK."
Object Number:
INV.7393
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
57749
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
William H. Harrison Presidential Campaign Ribbon
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1840
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/8 x 3 1/16 in. ( 18.7 x 7.8 cm )
Description:
Light green silk ribbon printed in black. Images of Harrison, eagle holding banderole in beak, flags, log cabin. Inscribed: "THE PEOPLES CHOICE./HARRISON/TYLER/& REFORM./TRIUMPHANT/1840/WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON/THE/POOR MANS/FRIEND."
Object Number:
INV.7324
Marks:
Inscription: "THE PEOPLES CHOICE./HARRISON/TYPLER/& REFORM./TRIUMPHANT/1840/WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON/THE/POOR MANS/FIREND."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
57748
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation Proclamation Ribbon
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1863
Medium:
Silk, paper
Dimensions:
Overall (mount): 15 1/8 x 3 in. (38.4 x 7.6 cm)
Part (ribbon): 11 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. (29.8 x 5.4 cm)
Description:
Polychrome jaquard woven silk ribbon (bookmark) with bottom edge folded to a point with blue silk tassel suspended below; depicting Abraham Lincoln in a floral cartouche surmounted by an eagle holding stars and stripes shield in talons with rippling flag with banner "E Pluribus Unum." Cartouche above scroll inscribed in black: "EMANCIPATION PROC[LAMATION]/ABRAHAM LINCOLN"; below inscription in red and blue: "WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE,/WITH CHARITY FOR ALL, WITH/FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT, LET/US FINISH THE WORK WE ARE IN, TO/BIND UP THE NATION'S WOUNDS,/TO CARE FOR HIM WHO SHALL HAVE/BORNE THE BATTLE, AND FOR HIS/WIDOW AND HIS ORPHANS; TO DO/ALL WHICH MAY ACHIEVE AND/CHERISH A JUST AND LASTING/PEACE AMONG OURSELVES/AND WITH ALL/NATIONS." Ribbon pinned to grey paper mount with manufacturers' names printed in black.
Object Number:
INV.3153
Marks:
Inscription: upper section of paper mount, imprinted in black: "B.B.TILT & SON,/477 BROOME ST., N. Y./TRADE MARK./Manufactured by the/PHOENIX MANUFACTURING CO./PATERSON N. J."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1863
eMuseum Object ID:
57747
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The Goddess of Liberty
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Silk and metallic thread embroidery, metal sequins on painted silk ground
Dimensions:
overall, including frame: 31 1/4 x 24 in. ( 79.4 x 61 cm )
Description:
Needlework picture of silk and chenile embroidery with sequins on painted silk; young woman in long gown with outstretched right arm offering a feeding cup to a swooping eagle; in sky, liberty cap mounted on pole with American flag; figure tramples chains with right foot. Reverse painted glass frame with maker's name in gilded letters.
Credit Line:
Gift of Barbara Parker Chasis, Descendant of Gerrit Huybert Van Wagenen (1753-1835)
Object Number:
2004.30.10
Marks:
Mark: in gilded letters on bottom of reverse painted frame: "By Sophia Van Wagenen / The Goddess of Liberty"
Gallery Label:
This commanding needlework picture was modeled directly after Edward Savage's stipple engraving, "LIBERTY. In the form of the Goddess of Youth; giving Support to the Bald Eagle," published in Philadelphia in 1796. The eagle is symbolic of the proud new nation, while the chain being trampled under Liberty's foot represents English tyranny. The picture was made by Sophia Van Wagenen at a girl's school in New York City and remained in the hands of her descendants until its donation in 2004.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
57121
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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