Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medallion
Object Number:
2002.1.1973
Date:
1920-1950
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
A gold colored medallion or coin embossed on one side with the image of an African-American man in a top hat leading a horse with a jug on its back and the words "Green River Whiskey/ The Whiskey Without Regrets". On the reverse is a horseshoe, four-leaf clover and wishbone and the words "It's Lucky to Drink/ Green River/ Whiskey". Two of four, see also 2002.1.1972, 1974, 1975
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
