Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cigarette silk
Object Number:
2002.1.2670
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
4 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.
Description:
A bright woven silk cloth similar to a ribbon and printed to resemble an elaborately patterned Persian rug with pink, pale green and silver dominating the design. Given as a collectible premium by cigarette manufacturers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
