Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1856-1857
Object Number:
1857.11
Medium:
Oak
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Luce Center
Package of cartridges (12)
Object Number:
1923.111c-n
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Lead, paper, cotton, gunpowder
Dimensions:
largest: 2 3/8 x 1/2 in. ( 6 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Lead, paper, and cotton package of cartridges; eleven conical lead minie bullets and black gunpowder charges inside cylindrical brown paper wrappings tied with cotton string at both ends; cartridges wrapped inside paper package.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
