Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Campaign pennant
Object Number:
1945.40ab
Date:
1944
Medium:
Cotton, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 17 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 44.4 cm )
Part (staff): 24 x 1/4 in. (61 x 0.6 cm)
Marks:
printed: center: "DEWEY-BRICKER"
printed: at fly: "230 P. P. P."
Description:
Printed cotton campaign pennant for Thomas Dewey with five blue and white stripes; inscribed, "DEWEY-BRICKER" in the center; stapled to a wooden staff.
Gallery Label:
This pennant was used at a Madison Square Garden rally for Dewey and Bricker on November 4, 1944.
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry B. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
