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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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Printing
Object Number:
2002.1.3295
Date:
1928
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/2 x 5 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
A dark gold colored circular metal plaque with a central portrait of William Shakespeare with a high collar and puffy sleeves encircled by the words "MCMXXVII Federal Advertising Agency, Inc./ 'Ideas Are The Coinage of Brains' Shakespeare".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
