Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Souvenir Pin
Object Number:
1988.3
Date:
1909
Medium:
metal, textile, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 7 x 5.7 x 2.2 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: obverse: Hudson-Fulton/Centennial/ Sep.25 Oct.2 09/New York; Reverse M. Gerber, Jobber/Novelties & Buttons/729 South St., Phila. Pa.
Description:
Circle button showing double portrait of man and woman in front of a cityscape with the Flatiron building. Model of steamboat "CLERMONT" is suspended from the button by a gold ribbon.
Gallery Label:
Donor's mother had recieved this while at Morris High in 1909.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mike Blumenthal of Largo, Florida in memory of his mother Sarah Hoexter Blumenthal of New York City, New York.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
