Collection Highlights
Major Gen'l Z. Taylor Before Monterey
Date:
1848
Object Number:
PR.068.27
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Buttons mounted on frame
Object Number:
1951.500a-y
Date:
1860-1898
Medium:
Brass, wool, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 4 1/8 x 1/2 in. ( 15.2 x 10.5 x 1.3 cm )
Marks:
stamped: c) front: "INFANTERIA" (Infantry; prob. Spanish-American War)
stamped: f) front: "...CORREOS..."
stamped: g) front: "4" (inside horn design)
stamped: h) front: "5" (inside horn design)
stamped: j) front: "3"
stamped: k) front: "4"
stamped:
Description:
Twenty-four dome-shaped brass buttons mounted on front of blue velvet-covered wooden frame, with hinged wooden support on back.
Gallery Label:
Some of these buttons were worn by Union regiments during the Civil War, and some by Spanish forces during the Spanish-American War.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
