Collection Highlights
Mayor George B. McClellan at the controls of the first subway train, October 27, 1904
Date:
1904
Object Number:
PR.020.90.1
Medium:
Silver gelatin print
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: The H. B. S. (FW-149), with a Landscape Vignette of Bloody Pond
Object Number:
1907.36.132
Date:
1888
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 13 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 33.7 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: RA Grider / Canajoharie N.Y./ Jany 1888
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "R A Grider/Canajoharie N.Y./Jany. 1888.; inscribed at lower right: "The H.B.S….", followed by a brief history of the horn; above vignette at upper center: "VIEW of BLOODY POND…"
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
