Collection Highlights
"Columbia Demands Her Children"
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.30
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Flask/ historical
Object Number:
2002.1.3677
Date:
1898-1910
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
1 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
A circular hand-finished clear glass alcohol flask with a lithographed paper label covered with glass on the front printed in color with an eagle on a shield flanked by two American flags and fasces-a Roman symbol of power represented by an axe with rods bound around it, over a portrait of Admiral Dewey. The rear is embossed "U.S." and highlighted with red paint.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
