Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Officer's collars
Object Number:
1997.1ab
Date:
ca. 1918
Medium:
Cotton
Description:
Two white cotton collars.
Gallery Label:
This coat was worn by First Lieutenant John McGarvey Prewitt (1883-1957), who served in the Medical Corps during World War I. Originally assigned for duty overseas, when the flu epidemic broke out in 1918, he was reassigned to Camp Mills Base Hospital near Mineola, Long Island. The shoulder insignia identifies New York as the Port of Embarkation. The 1918 flu epidemic claimed the lives of 12,000 New Yorkers, as was one of the worst outbreaks recorded.
Credit Line:
Gift of Kate Breckinridge Prewitt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
