Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Medicine
Object Number:
2002.1.2486
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
1 1/2 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
This tiny metal canister holds small black hand-rolled pills and an advertising insert that reads , in part, "Alterative Tonic I" and may have testimonials on it-very fragile and not able to be unfolded.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
