Collection Highlights
Map of the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, showing relation between the distribution of foreign stock and negro population with the dissemination of communist and socialist propaganda during the summer of 1932
Date:
1932
Object Number:
LIB.NS11.M14.1.20
Medium:
black and color ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fur hats (2) and tippets (2)
Object Number:
1948.22a-d
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Sealskin, satin
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 8 in. × 8 1/2 in. (20.3 × 21.6 cm)
Overall (b): 4 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (11.4 × 24.1 × 16.5 cm)
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Marks:
embroidered: on cloth label stitched to lining of "a": "L. A. F."
printed: on lining of "b": "WARRANTED / GENUINE / ALASKA"
maker's labels: stitched to linings of tippets: "Fred'k Loeser & Co. / PARIS BROOKLYN."
Description:
Two sealskin hats with matching tippets; lady's hat (a) with high domed crown and a 3-inch band around base; man's hat (b) with low, rounded crown, a rounded visor that folds upward in front, and a 3 1/4-inch band that folds upward in back and on sides; all pieces with black satin lining.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, these items belonged to Charles S. Voorhies and his wife (née Charlotte A. Friend), parents of the donor.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Arlene B. Voorhies
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
