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
Medallion: Kings County Hist. Soc. 1911
Object Number:
INV.3196
Date:
1911
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: reverse, at lower center: "WHITEHEAD & HOAG NEWARK, N.J."
Description:
Brass struck medal with obverse depicting building within central roundel with surrounding legend: "Kings County Historical Society/1911." Reverse is inscribed: "THE 275TH/ANNIVERSARY OF THE/PURCHASE OF LAND ON LONG/ISLAND FROM THE INDIANS BY/JACOBUS VAN CORLEAR, WOUTER/VAN TWILLER, WOLPHERT GERRETSE/VAN KOUWENHOVEN AND ADRIES/HUDDIE. JUNE 16TH, 1636/JUNE 16TH, 1911."
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