Collection Highlights
President Lincoln at Home, Reading the scriptures to his son and wife
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.52
Medium:
Paper
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Fan
Object Number:
1950.196
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Wood, paper, metal
Dimensions:
closed: 5 1/4 x 1 x 1/2 in. ( 13.3 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse of leaf: "Ombrelli, Ventagli, Specialità per Fumatori / ARTICOLI DA VIAGGO / G. B. e F.sco F.lli Righini / VENEZIA 'Telefono 856'"
Description:
Advertising fan with wooden guards and sticks and paper leaf; obverse with color-printed scene with one man and two women in historical costume playing lawn tennis, and reverse with printed inscriptions; metal handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs Roswell Skeel, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
