Collection Highlights
Miscegenation: the theory of the blending of the races, applied to the American white man and negro..
Date:
1864
Object Number:
LIB.E185.62.C76.1864
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Insignia
Object Number:
2002.1.4395
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
2 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1/2 in.
Description:
A gold metal military insignia cap pin in the shape of two crossed sabres with closed loop pommels under the letters "U.S.", with two small stickpins on the reverse. Probably a Civil War era (or slightly later) Union cavalry hat insignia.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
