Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Personal item
Object Number:
2002.1.3409
Date:
1947
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
9 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A flat piece of driftwood used as a postcard sent to Bella Landauer. The front is addressed in blue pen inscribed into the soft wood "Bella C. Landauer/ Hotel Drake/ 440 Park Ave./ New York, N.Y.", and the reverse reads "Dear BC,/ Is It Flotsam/ You're Collecting/ This Year, -- Or/ Jetsam? Let Us/ Know; We Have Plenty/ Of Both./ Love/ Claire & Daniel". The front has two three cent stamps and is postmarked "West South Port, Maine 1947" with a partially legible return address of "...Weeds/ ...South Port/ ...aine".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
