Collection Highlights
The Indian Hunter
Date:
1860
Object Number:
1939.390
Medium:
Brown patinated bronze
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Luce Center
Can/ Food
Object Number:
2002.1.941
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
3 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. diameter
Description:
This tin can is wrapped in brown paper printed with a bird on a nest and reads in black "Mellin's Food/ For Infants and Invalids/ Manufactured by/ Mellin's Food Co. of North America/ Boston Mass, U.S.A./ Free Sample". Inside are original instructions.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
