Collection Highlights
Freedom to the Slaves
Date:
ca. 1865
Object Number:
PR.052.58
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mug/ historical
Object Number:
2002.1.3678
Date:
1898-1910
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
A beige ceramic beer mug with a color lithograph of a two mast steam powered battleship on the sea below and eagle flying with a banner in its beak that reads "Remember The Maine", all flanked by American flags. Below the scene is a caption "Battleship Maine Destroyed in Havana Harbor, Feb. 15, 1898".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
