Souvenir fabric swatch from "The Gates," Central Park, New York 1979-2005
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
2004-2005
Medium:
Nylon
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 7 x 7 cm )
Description:
Swatch of bright orange rip-stop nylon, a sample of the fabric used for "The Gates."
Credit Line:
Gift of Margaret K. Hofer
Object Number:
2005.5
Gallery Label:
This small swatch of orange nylon fabric was acquired from a volunteer in Central Park during the run of "The Gates" (February 17-27, 2005), the $21 million public art spectacle by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. "The Gates" was comprised of 7,500 16-foot-high frames hung with rectangles of heavy nylon fabric, stationed at regular intervals along 23 miles of walkways throughout Central Park. "The Gates" organizers described it as a "memorable joyous experience for the people of New York."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2005
eMuseum Object ID:
59123
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Launching of Battleship Florida Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
1910
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 2 in. ( 12.7 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Black silk ribbon printed in gold with decorative border at top and "LAUNCHING/ OF/ BATTLESHIP/ FLORIDA/ MAY 12, 1910."; fringed bottom.
Object Number:
INV.2844
Marks:
printed at back of ribbon: "WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO./ NEWARK, NEW JERSEY."
Gallery Label:
This ribbon commemorates the launching of the fifth Battleship Florida (BB-30) on May 12, 1910 by the New York Navy Yard, sponsored by Miss E. D. Fleming, daughter of a former Florida governor. Captain H. S. Knapp was put in command. After extensive training in the Caribbean and Maine coastal waters, the Florida arrived in Hampton Roads, VA on March 29, 1912 to join the Atlantic Fleet as the flagship of Division 1.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
59121
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Battle of the Thames Commemorative Ribbon
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1824
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 22.2 x 7 cm )
Description:
White silk ribbon printed in black with "TO COMMEMORATE/ THE/ BATTLE OF THE THAMES,/ October 5th, 1813." and at bottom with "FIRST IN WAR- FIRST IN PEACE- FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF THEIR/ COUNTRYMEN."; copper engraved bust portrait of General William H. Harrison surrounded by curve-edged frame; printed below "GEN. Wm. H. HARRISON."; smaller bust portraits of George Washington and Lafayette surrounded by foliate design frames below.
Object Number:
INV.6599
Gallery Label:
On October 5, 1813, Harrison led his army against British soldiers and Indian warriors at Moraviantown along the Thames River in Ontario, Canada. The Americans won a total victory, with British soldiers surrendering and the Indians scattering after the death of their leader, Tecumseh. This was one of the most important land battles of the War of 1812 in the American Northwest. General Harrison's victory marked the end of Tecumseh's Confederacy and the downfall of the Indians in Ohio.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
59118
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Connecticut Historical Society 250th Anniversary Ribbon
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1889
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 2 in. ( 18.1 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Red silk ribbon printed in black with "CONNECTICUT/ HISTORICAL SOCIETY/ 1639-1889/ 250th/ ANNIVERSARY/ Of the Adoption of the/ FIRST CONSTITUTION/ OF/ Connecticut./ January 24th, 1889./ JUDICIARY." State seal printed at top with "QUI/ TRANSTULIT/ SUSTINET."
Object Number:
INV.4151
Gallery Label:
This ribbon commemorates the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the first Constitution of Connecticut in 1889.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
59114
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Card holder
Classification:
Date:
2003
Medium:
Plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 3 15/16 in. ( 13.7 x 10 cm )
Description:
Blue plastic transit card holder printed with commemorative date of reopening of World Trade Center PATH Station reopening; inscribed with "World Trade Center PATH Station Reopening / November 23, 2003" on front and "Remembering Reconnecting Rebuilding / Beginning a New Era for Lower Manhattan" on back; image of path station at front.
Credit Line:
Gift of Anthony Basic
Object Number:
2004.19.1
Marks:
inscription: "Rembering - Reconnecting - Rebuilding/Beginning a New Era for Lower Manhattan/1-800-234-PATH/www.panynj.gov/PATH [with logo]/THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NY & NJ"
inscription: "World Trade Center/PATH Station Reopening/November 23, 2003"
Gallery Label:
Distributed at the re-opening of the World Trade Center PATH Station, November 23, 2003.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2003
eMuseum Object ID:
59093
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pen
Classification:
Date:
2003
Medium:
Plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 14 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Blue plastic retractable push-button ballpoint pen inscribed with "World Trade Center PATH Station / Reopening November 23, 2003" and "PATH/ THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NY & NJ"; website address "www.panynj.gov" inscribed on clip.
Credit Line:
Gift of Andrew Hofer
Object Number:
2004.33.2
Marks:
inscription: "World Trade Center PATH Station/Reopening November 23, 2003"
Gallery Label:
These pens were distributed at the re-opening of the World Trade Center PATH Station on November 23, 2003 along with Quickcard holders. After September 11th, the donor was forced to resort to traveling to Manhattan via the New York Waterway Ferry. The temporary station that opened in 2003 cost over $253 million to build and now accommodates over 50,000 passangers daily.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2003
eMuseum Object ID:
59092
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paterson, NJ Centennial Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
1892
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 21.9 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
White silk ribbon woven with black, red, blue and gold text and images; eagle holding American flag at top; woven with "PATERSON, NJ" below, over central bust image of Alexander Hamilton; woven below with "FOUNDED/ BY/ ALEX. HAMILTON/ CENTENNIAL"; "1792/ 1892" woven below over gold banner; black and white image of dam and bridge at tapered end of ribbon.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Thomas O. Mabbott
Object Number:
INV.2794
Gallery Label:
This ribbon commemorates the centennial year of the founding of Patterson, NJ by Alexander Hamilton. This is an example of a "Stevengraph" ribbon, characterized by its brightly woven colors and black and white images resembling copper engravings, that was named after Thomas Stevens of Coventry, England, who opened his own ribbon manufactory in 1854.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1892
eMuseum Object ID:
59046
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Washington and Lafayette The Battle Centennial Ribbon
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1875
Medium:
Cotton twill
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 18.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Blue cotton twill ribbon with copper engraved images of Washington and Lafayette flanking Washington Monument; printed with "1775/ 1875/ THE BATTLE/ CENTENNIAL/ 1825- Corner Stone Laid/ WASHINGTON/ LAFAYETTE/ They both still live in the hearts of every/ true lover of liberty." Image of coach at center and printed below, "WASHINGTON"S COACH/ Presented to him April 30, 1789, when/ first made President, and is still in ex-/ istence./ In this rode together the illustrious/ WASHINGTON and LAFAYETTE."
Object Number:
INV.2850
Marks:
printed at bottom of ribbon: "Copyright 1875, by A. O. CRANE & CO./ 98 Kingston Street, Boston,/ Publishers of "Prescott's Defence of the Redoubt at the Battle of/ Bunker Hill," a new picture, Heliotypes of which, 22 x 28, will be/ mailed in rollers, post
Gallery Label:
This ribbon commemorates the centennial of the beginning of the American Revolution in 1775.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
59045
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
George Washington Commemorative Ribbons
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca.1847; ca.1847; 1932
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall (Stevens ribbon): 9 x 2 1/2 in. (22.9 x 6.4 cm)
Overall (Phoenix ribbon): 6 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (17.1 x 5.7 cm)
Ov
Description:
White silk ribbon woven with black, blue and green text and images; central bust image of George Washington topped with laurel branches, eagle and stars; woven around edge "THE FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY." Image of crossed flags, canon and sword rested at top of tomb or plaque with fluting and curving acanthus scrolls; woven with "GENERAL/ GEORGE WASHINGTON/ 'THE FIRST IN PEACE,/ THE FIRST IN WAR,/ THE FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN.'" Printed "T. STEVENS/ COVENTRY" at bottom, originally folded into point at back.; White silk ribbon woven with black, blue, red and yellow text and images; eagle with American flag at top over central image of George Washington; woven above with "THESE UNITED COLONIES ARE,/ AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE,/ FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES." Woven in alternating vertical stripes of blue and red at bottom "NEW HAMPSHIRE/ RHODE ISLAND/ MASSACHUSETTS/ NEW YORK/ CONNECTICUT/ NEW JERSEY/ PENNSYLVANIA/ VIRGINIA/ DELAWARE/ N. CAROLINA/ S. CAROLINA/ MARYLAND/ GEORGIA"; line of yellow stars and blue silk tassle at bottom.; White silk ribbon with red and blue woven text and images; central image of George Washington; woven with "WASHINGTON/ BICENTENNIAL/ BOOK MARK/ 1732-1932/ Compliments/ of/ THE/ Rob.t Morris/ HOTEL/ PHILADELPHIA/ NAMED AFTER THE NOTED/ REVOLUTIONARY FINANCIER/ WHOSE SIGNATURE IS/ REPRODUCED."
Object Number:
INV.2879
Gallery Label:
The first and second ribbons are known as "Stevengraphs," characterized by their brightly woven motifs and text. This style of souvenir ribbon or bookmark was named after Thomas Stevens of Coventry, England, who established his own ribbon manufactory in 1854. Both probably commemorate the Washington Memorial project, which was largely completed by 1884. The third ribbon commemorates the two-hundred year anniversary of George Washington's birth in 1932.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1932
eMuseum Object ID:
59043
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Washington Monument Commemorative Ribbon
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1847
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 19.7 x 7 cm )
Description:
White silk souvenir ribbon with copper engraved image of plan for Washington Monument; printed in black with "TO THE/ GOOD AND THE GREAT/ FIRST IN WAR- FIRST IN PEACE- AND FIRST IN THE/ HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN./ In honor of laying the Corner Stone of the/ WASHINGTON MONUMENT,/ BY THE ASSOCIATION,/ OCTOBER 19, 1847./ TRUSTEES./ E.K. COLLINS,/ JOHN LEVERIDGE,/ JOSEPH C. HART,/ HENRY STORMS,/ THOMPSON PRICE,/ W.C.H. WADDELL,/ CALVIN POLLARD,/ JOHN PAINE,/ WILLIAM F. PLATT,/ WILLIAM HALL,/ HAMILTON FISH,/ ELIAS G. DRAKE,/ SHEPHARD KNAPP."
Object Number:
INV.2855
Inscriptions:
Handwritten note with ribbon:
"Silk Badge worn by Joseph LeViness Capt. of the "Washington Grays" at laying on corner-stone of the Washington Monument New York, Oct 19 1847 (with view of proposed monument)
presented by his son Wmst LeViness Nov 17., 1909"
Gallery Label:
This ribbon commemorates the laying of the first cornerstone of the Washington Monument in 1847. Major construction took place between 1847-56 and 1876-84, although plans for a national monument began as early as 1783. The President's death in 1799 rekindled public interest in the previously proposed memorial, and with the leadership of John Marshall and James Madison, a 1936 design competition chose architect Robert Mills' neoclassically inspired obelisk and collonade design represented here.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1847
eMuseum Object ID:
59042
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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