Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Luce Center
Pin-back button
Object Number:
Z.3316
Date:
1896
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button; depicts a sinking battleship and the torpedo boat Cushing; inscribed "U.S. TORPEDO BOAT/"CUSHING"; reverse printed on paper "MADE BY/THE/WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO.,/NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A./ PATENTED/JULY 17, 1894/APRIL 14, 1896/JULY 21,1896"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
