Collection Highlights
Mrs. Charles A. Lamb (1829-1893)
Date:
1878
Object Number:
1893.2
Medium:
Oil on millboard
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pen wipe/ tobacco
Object Number:
2002.1.2652
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
5 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.
Description:
A red cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed to resemble a carpet with faded red fringe. Given as a premium by cigar stores and manufacturers for blotting the ink from a nib pen. Part of a college collectible series-printed in the center with a scene of a man playing tennis surrounded in each corner by two pennants marked "Colgate", the letter "C" and the school symbol and crest.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
