Collection Highlights
The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown
Date:
Object Number:
PR.068.34
Medium:
Paper, engraving
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Luce Center
Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.3922
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
A beige pinback button with a red border around a central image of the U.S. Capitol Building with a long open wagon full of people in front encircled by the words in black "The International Auto Sight Seeing / Transit Co./ Touring Interior Public Buildings".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
