Collection Highlights
Tammany Bank
Date:
ca. 1875
Object Number:
1937.1237
Medium:
Iron, paint
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Luce Center
Flagstaff
Object Number:
1948.23bc
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Metal, wood
Dimensions:
a: 85 1/4 x 1 3/8 in.; b: 42 x 1 3/8 in.
Description:
Wooden flagstaff varnished red; metal cuff 1/3 length from base with molded rings on upper and lower halves; upper half has a screw which attaches to lower threaded portion of the cuff; metal tapered and banded finial at top (missing sculpted decoration); metal ovoid tip on base; metal ring below finial to attatch flag onto the staff.
Gallery Label:
Typographia No. 7 was a German-American typesetters and compositers' union founded in 1869 and discontinued on September 1, 1947, when it joined New York Typographical Union No. 6. This flag was presented to the union by the Ladies Auxilliary in 1902 in the New York Labor Temple on East 84th Street. At this time the headquaters of Typographia No. 7 was in People's Hall, East 4th St, between 2nd and 3rd Ave.
Credit Line:
Gift of Typographia No. 7, through Mr. Ferdinand Meyer, Secretary
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
