Collection Highlights
Get off the track! : a song for Emmancipation, sung by the Hutchinsons, respectfully dedicated to Nath.l P. Rogers, as a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the cause of human rights
Date:
1844
Object Number:
LIB.M1622a.Hutchinson
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Insignia
Object Number:
INV.11453z-aa
Date:
1890-1900
Medium:
Silk, brass
Dimensions:
largest: 3/8 x 1/2 in. ( 1 x 1.3 cm )
Marks:
stamped: back: "U.S. PATENT/FRANCE 1888"
Description:
Circular red, white, and blue silk fastened to brass circle.
Gallery Label:
These insignia were inside a box sent by the William H. Horstmann Co. to Joseph H. Bradley, a Civil War veteran who was living at the National Soldiers Home in Virginia. Bradley had served as a lieutenant of the 5th New York Cavalry Regiment, and a chaplain of the 10th New York Cavalry.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary Margaret Bradley, 1940
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
