Collection Highlights
Fort Hamilton Polka Redowa
Date:
1852
Object Number:
PR.020.1.1
Medium:
Color Lithograph.
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Museum Collections
Artillery shell fragment excavated at a Revolutionary War military site
Object Number:
INV.6318.401
Date:
1760-1783
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 1 in. ( 13.7 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Iron artillery shell fragment.
Gallery Label:
This shell fragment was excavated by Reginald Pelham Bolton and others at a military camp that extended between 190th and 194th Streets and Audobon and Eleventh Avenues in Washington Heights, Manhattan.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1947
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
