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
Pulmonary balsam
Object Number:
Z.890
Date:
1850-1950
Medium:
Paper, balsam
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 14 x 3.2 cm )
Marks:
printed: on label: "COMPOUND/ PULMONARY BALSAM/ For Consumptions, Asthma or Phinisic, Whooping Cough, Catarrh, affections of the lungs, Hydrothorax, dropsey of the chest, Influenza, Croup, Spitting blood, pain in the sides, shortness of breath, common col
Description:
Cylindrical packet of pulmonary balsam in original paper wrapping and with inscribed paper label.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
