Collection Highlights
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
Date:
1942-1945
Object Number:
1946.89a-c
Medium:
Wool, silk, metal
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Paint Tube
Object Number:
1932.237.c43
Date:
1864-1890
Medium:
Aluminum, paper label
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/8 x 13/16 in. (8.6 x 2.1 cm)
Description:
Aluminum paint tube with printed brown paper label, stained. Tube leaking green paint at end, leaking at cap and has paper fragments stuck to it. Label: "F. W. DEVOE & CO./BROWN ___K./NEW YORK."
Gallery Label:
Firm was organized as F. W. Devoe & Co. in 1864. It became F. W. Devoe & C. T. Raynolds in 1890.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nora Durand Woodman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
