Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: Thomas Viaduct 1835
Object Number:
1929.55
Date:
1925-1929
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 6 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 17.1 cm )
Marks:
printed: on obverse: "THOMAS VIADUCT, 1835"
printed: on reverse: "1827 1927/BALTIMORE AND OHIO/RAILROAD/SCAMMELL'S/LAMBERTON CHINA/DESIGN PATENTED"
Description:
Whiteware plate with blue transfer printed train engine border and view of railroad bridge spanning river (Thomas Viaduct).
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
