Collection Highlights
The Funeral of Ulysses Grant
Date:
1885
Object Number:
PR.020.98.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Historical Artifacts
Pen wipe/ tobacco
Object Number:
2002.1.2653
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
5 x 3 in.
Description:
A beige cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed to resemble a carpet with pale gray fringe. Given as a premium by cigar stores and manufacturers for blotting the ink from a nib pen. Part of a military uniforms of the world collectible series -printed in the center with a man in a kilt with a tall plumed hat holding a rifle surrounded in each corner by a modified Union Jack flag with a white border with yellow and blue geometric diamond and circle patterns.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
