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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Ink bottle
Object Number:
1937.1713
Date:
1847-1875
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 7/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 4.8 x 5.4 cm )
Marks:
molded: in low relief on side: "HARRISON'S/ COLUMBIAN/ INK"
Description:
Blue glass ink bottle blown in two part mold; cylindrical with slightly sloping shoulders and cylindrical neck with lip; low relief molded inscription on side.
Gallery Label:
Apollos Harrison, for whom this bottle was made, was a seller of books, maps, and ink in the Philadelphia area between 1847 and the 1870s (see publications)
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
