Collection Highlights
Augustus Coe Gurnee dressed for the Vanderbilt costume ball, March 26, 1883
Date:
March 26, 1883
Object Number:
PR.223.1.16.1
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Object Number:
2002.1.4585
Date:
1944-1948
Medium:
Paper, plastic
Dimensions:
3 3/4 x 3/8 in.
Description:
An ivory colored paper cigarette holder with a plastic mouthpiece, printed in dark blue "Dewey". Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) of Pawling, Dutchess County, N.Y.; Republican. U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940; Governor of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President of the United States, 1944, 1948.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
