Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.5
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Luce Center
Coffee tin
Object Number:
2002.1.2250
Date:
ca. 1920-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
6 1/4 x 4 in. diameter
Description:
Yellow coffee tin with black vertical stripes and silhouette of a woman's head surrounded by laurel branches; printed "Alice Foote MacDougall / Bowling Green Coffee / New York/ The Only Woman Coffee Expert"; sides have percolating directions and list of coffee houses in New York City that serve the product.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
