Collection Highlights
The Funeral of Ulysses Grant
Date:
1885
Object Number:
PR.020.98.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coverlet
Object Number:
2001.25
Date:
1984
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 72 x 48 in. ( 182.9 x 121.9 cm )
Description:
Red and white woven cotton coverlet or throw blanket made for the Society of the Preservation of Weeksville & Bedford-Stuyvesant History; central portrait of African-American woman; four corner reserves picturing Colored School #2; portrait of Rev. Edward C. Africanus; sign referring to James Weeks buying land in Brooklyn; and portrait of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward. Banner above central portrait "SAVE THE MEMORIES OF SELF"; list of historic sites around outer edge; 2" red and white fringe.
Credit Line:
Gift of the First AME Zion Church
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
