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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Officer's dress coat
Object Number:
1950.329
Date:
1899
Medium:
Wool, silk, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 17 3/4 x 38 in. ( 7.6 x 45.1 x 96.5 cm )
Marks:
stamped: reverse of each button: "HENRY V. ALLIEN & Co. / NEW YORK"
printed: on maker's label inside breast pocket: "RICE & DUVAL / 231 BROADWAY, NEW YORK"
handwritten: on maker's label inside breast pocket: "E J Sadler USN / Jany 1899"
Description:
Dark blue wool Naval officer's double-breasted dress coat with open double collar (no lapels), attachments for epaulettes at the shoulders, 9 buttons down each side of the front, closed sleeves (no cuffs) with single band of gilt lacing around each wrist with a 5-pointed star above; 4 panels at the back of the bodice with 2 buttons near the center of the waistline, a button at the bottom on each side of split skirt; all buttons cast with eagle perched on an anchor encircled by stars; coat lined with black silk, with horizontal slit pocket at the left breast, sleeves lined with white silk.
Gallery Label:
This dress coat was worn by E. J. Sadler when he served in the U.S. Navy. The Society also owns other uniform pieces worn by Sadler.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Irving Levy
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
