Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fan
Object Number:
2002.1.1377
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
12 x 7 3/4 x 1/4 in.
Description:
This woman's hand fan is made of paper and has a wood handle. One side has a print of a young girl with a red bandana in her hair surrounded by ocean waves. On the reverse it has a print of a department store and reads "The Coolest Place In Greater New York/ Abraham and Straus Brooklyn."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
