Collection Highlights
Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Historical Artifacts
Collection box:...Victims of War, Debt to France
Object Number:
INV.11739
Date:
ca. 1914-1918
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Marks:
stamped: beneath coin slot: "PAT.APR.----"
printed: on edge of box: "EHRMAN MFG CO., MALDEN, MASS."
printed: on reverse: "THE FRENCH HERDES LAFAYETTE MEMORIAL FUND, Inc./360 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK.....29908"
Description:
Circular coin box with photograph of the birthplace of Marquis de Lafayette on obverse beneath the words "WILL YOU HELP TO REPAY OUR DEBT TO FRANCE?"
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this box was used to collect donations to be used for the restoration of Lafayette's birthplace as a "memorial to Franco-American Friendship and a home for victims of war."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
