Collection Highlights
Portrait of an Unidentified Woman
Date:
ca. 1700-1725
Object Number:
1952.80
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.3790
Date:
1952-1956
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A pinback campaign button divided horizontally into red, white and blue sections that reads "Harriman" in blue across the center white section. William Averell Harriman, (1891-1986), Democrat, U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1943-46; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1946; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1946-48; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1952, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952, 1960; Governor of New York, 1955-59; U.S. Ambassador at large, 1961.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
