Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Magnet
Object Number:
2000.14a
Date:
1999
Medium:
Metal, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 3.8 cm )
Marks:
enameled: banner inscribed: "10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1- 2000!"
enameled: and inscribed in the center: "Countdown/ My YEAR/ 2000/ Keepsake/ LAUNCH INTO THE NEW MILLENIUM"
Description:
Enameled metal magnet with an image of the ball droppng in Times Square with the moon in the background and a space shuttle dragging a banner across the top; banner inscribed, "10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1- 2000!" and inscribed in the center, "Countdown/ My YEAR/ 2000/ Keepsake/ LAUNCH INTO THE NEW MILLENIUM;" round magnet glued to the reverse.
Gallery Label:
This magnet was purchased at a souvenir shop in the immediate vicinity of Times Square shortly after the first of the year. It represents one of the many types of souvenirs hawked to revelers in Times Square on New Year's Eve, 2000.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
