Collection Highlights
Major Gen'l Z. Taylor Before Monterey
Date:
1848
Object Number:
PR.068.27
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pendant
Object Number:
1941.546
Date:
1896
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Description:
Metal mechanical campaign pendant; inscription changes when lever at top of pendant is moved down; inscribed when lever is up "SOUND MONEY/MEANS/A DOLLAR/WORTH/100 CENTS/MCKINLEY, HOBART/AND PROSPERITY"; reverse depicts image of an eagle; inscribed "I'M ALL RIGHT/PAT-APP-D FOR"; inscribed when lever is down "FREE SILVER/MEANS/A DOLLAR/WORTH/50 CENTS/BRYAN,SEWALL/AND ADVERSITY"; reverse depicts image of an eagle; inscribed "WHERE AM I AT?/PAT-APP-D FOR"
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Eva L. Guernsey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
