Collection Highlights
Flags on 57th Street, Winter 1918
Date:
1918
Object Number:
1984.68
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Buttons mounted on card
Object Number:
1951.501a-m
Date:
1860-1865
Medium:
Brass, paper, silk
Dimensions:
Card: 11 x 7 in. ( 27.9 x 17.8 cm )
Largest (button): 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Marks:
stamped: c) front: "NORTH CAROLINA"
stamped: d) front: "UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL"
stamped: e) front: "MAP OF ALABAMA"
stamped: f) front: "H.N.R.C."
stamped: g) front: "VIRGINIA/SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS"
stamped: h) front: "MVC"
stamped: j) front:
Description:
Eleven dome-shaped brass buttons mounted atop circular blue card; silk ribbon with red and white strips attached to blue circle, which has a brass star in center encircled by a border of white stars.
Gallery Label:
These buttons were worn by Confederate state regiments during the Civil War.
Bibliography:
Holzer, Harold and The New-York Historical Society. "The Civil War in 50 Objects." New York: Viking, 2013.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
