Collection Highlights
Mrs. Charles A. Lamb (1829-1893)
Date:
1878
Object Number:
1893.2
Medium:
Oil on millboard
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Box
Object Number:
2002.1.3472
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Paper, wood
Dimensions:
17 x 11 1/4 x 10 in. oval
Description:
A large oval cardboard box, probably a hat box, with a wood block in the bottom for support, printed around the outside with a goldish green and white image of the first Merchants Exchange in New York City. The Merchants Exchange building at 55 Wall Street was rebuilt between 1836-1842 after the Great Fire of 1835; in the 1850's the exchange failed and the building became the Custom's House until 1907, when it was converted to a Regent Hotel.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
