Collection Highlights
Map of the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, showing relation between the distribution of foreign stock and negro population with the dissemination of communist and socialist propaganda during the summer of 1932
Date:
1932
Object Number:
LIB.NS11.M14.1.20
Medium:
black and color ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Napkins (2)
Object Number:
1941.708ab
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
each approx.: 31 1/2 x 38 x 1/8 in. ( 80 x 96.5 x 0.3 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: on corner of obverse (both "a" and "b"): "C L / 6"
handwritten in sepia: on corner of obverse (both "a" and "b"): "[illegible] Van Rensselaer"
Description:
Two rectangular white linen damask napkins.
Gallery Label:
A handwritten note accompanying the napkins reads as follows: "from / Cousin Katherine / Van Rensselaer / of Rensselaer - Albany - / This Belonged to / Great,? Great? Grand Mother / Catherine Livingston / Napkins Initial in Corner / of it."
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lucille de Luze Foley
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
