Tab button
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1990
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 0.6 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Metal tab button "FREE/ SOUTH/ AFRICA"; the button in the shape of Africa.
Credit Line:
Gift of Kitty Krupat
Object Number:
2001.275
Gallery Label:
Apartheid in South Africa began in the 1940's and did not end until the 1990's after President F.W. de Klerk released Nelson Mandela after twenty-seven years of imprisonment, opened negotiations with the ANC and repealed most of the apartheid laws. This button protests apartheid laws in South Africa.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1990
eMuseum Object ID:
45670
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin:Eagle
Classification:
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
INV.1984
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
45668
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ribbon
Classification:
Medium:
cloth,
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 2 x in. ( 15.2 x 5.1 x 0 cm )
Description:
Rectangular orange ribbon with black printing. "THE UNION," printed at top, above an image of an eagle with an American flag, and "IT MUST AND SHALL/BE PRESERVED!" below.
Object Number:
INV.3068
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
45667
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1904
Medium:
cloth,
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 2 x in. ( 13.3 x 5.1 x 0 cm )
Description:
Rectangular cream-colored ribbon with fringed bottom and gold embossed text: "TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL/REUNION/KEARNY'S/1ST N. J. BRIGADE/SOCIETY/NEWARK, N. J./SEPT. 14, 1904". Printed red cross at top of ribbon, pin attached at top back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Madison Grant, 1936
Object Number:
INV.2985
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1904
eMuseum Object ID:
45666
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Badge
Classification:
Medium:
metal, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 x 9 in. ( 2.5 x 25.4 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Grant Monument
Object Number:
INV.2957
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
45665
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Badge
Classification:
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 x 3 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
1 Year Marksman
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Augustus Van Horne Ellis
Object Number:
1939.516
Marks:
Reverse: Tiffany & Co mark
Inscriptions:
Scratched on back: "AVH Ellis"
Gallery Label:
This badge belonged to John Stoneacre Ellis (1828-1896), who was the younger brother of the donor's husband, Augustus Van Horne Ellis.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
45663
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Badge
Classification:
Medium:
metal,ribbon
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 3 x 2 in. ( 7.6 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
White Cross 1914-1917
Object Number:
INV.1914
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
45662
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Impression for a pin
Classification:
Date:
1903-1908
Medium:
Lead
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. ( 3.8 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Lead impression of a die for a pin struck for the directors of the Metropolitan Opera House; octagonal shape with impression of musical instruments, theatrical masks, and banner inscribed "CONRIED/METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY".
Credit Line:
Gift of James H. Hyde
Object Number:
1942.617
Marks:
impressed: "CONRIED/METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY"
Gallery Label:
The die from which this impression was made was for a pin for the directors of the Metropolitan Opera House. It was made during the management of Heinrich Conried (1903-1908).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1908
eMuseum Object ID:
45661
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sunday School St. Paul's Church Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1839
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 7/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 17.5 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Light green silk satin ribbon with image of eagle holding laurel branch in its beak and open book propped against two closed books; inscription: "SUNDAY SCHOOL/St. Paul's Church,/TOMKINSVILLE/The Bible our guide./JULY 4TH, 1839."
Object Number:
INV.1599
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1839
eMuseum Object ID:
45654
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medal w/pin-back
Classification:
Date:
1898
Medium:
Brass, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 8.3 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Brass medal suspended from bar with pin back; upper bar inscription "MANZANILLO" circular medal inscription "U.S. NAVAL CAMPAIGN WEST INDIES 1898/WILLIAM/T./SAMPSON/COMMANDER IN CHIEF" with depiction of bust of William T. Sampson; reverse upper bar inscription "AUGUST 12." circular medal inscription "GUANTANAMO/JUNE 11-12-13" with depiction of three soldiers; red and blue silk ribbon connects medal to bar.
Object Number:
INV.4758
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
45628
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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