Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Pin-back button
Object Number:
Z.2730.63
Date:
1896
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Circular metal button; depiction of bust of Lieut. R.P. Hobson with American flag border and the inscription "REMEMBER THE MERRIMAC, LIEUT. R.P. HOBSON, HERO OF SANTIAGO"; reverse printed on paper "WM F. MILLER & CO./23 DUANE ST.,/N.Y. CITY/W. & H. CO. PATENTS/JULY 17,1894/APRIL 14,1896/JULY 21, 1896"
Gallery Label:
Richard Hobson Pearson (1870-1937) sunk the Collier Merrimac in Santiago Bay.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
