Collection Highlights
Batter pitcher
Date:
1798
Object Number:
1937.587
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
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Historical Artifacts
Buffalo Delegate Harlan J. Swift Commemorative Medal and Ribbon
Object Number:
1908.39
Date:
1908
Medium:
metal and fabric
Dimensions:
4 1/2 x 2 inches
Description:
round medal with 3/4 portrait of 'DEPARTMENT COMMANDER HARLAN J. SWIFT" surrounded by laurel wreath with eagle perched on colored American flag, verso: obelisk with text: 'DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK G.A.R. 42ND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT", attached red ribbon with text CONVENTION HALL BUFFALO, N.Y. JUNE 1908, with decorative metal clasp with a bison and DELEGATE text
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
