Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pin-back button
Object Number:
2002.1.1353
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Metal, paper, celluloid
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
This lapel button features Outcault's Yellow Kid, the first comic strip, holding dollar bills and a red paint can; his gown is printed with the words "I Am Goin Ter Paint New York Red". On the reverse it advertises "High Admiral Cigarette and N Y Journal Yellow Kid". A small blue number 15 indicates a series.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
