Collection Highlights
Panoramic View of New York City (in Eight Sections)
Date:
1842-45
Object Number:
1915.76
Medium:
Black ink over graphite on eight sheets of ivory paper with partial black ink borders, laid on Japanese paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pinback button
Object Number:
2002.1.4153
Date:
1896-1910
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A white metal pinback button printed with a flag divided horizontally into blue, white and blue sections, marked in black "Argentine." Part of a series of pre-World War I flag buttons; many of the flags and region names are no longer current. This button was probably part of a series of collectible premiums given by tobacco and gum manufacturers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
