Collection Highlights
Map of the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, showing relation between the distribution of foreign stock and negro population with the dissemination of communist and socialist propaganda during the summer of 1932
Date:
1932
Object Number:
LIB.NS11.M14.1.20
Medium:
black and color ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Raga
Object Number:
2007.6.275
Date:
ca. 1980-1992
Medium:
Cardboard, ink, staple and striker
Dimensions:
2 1/8 x 1 7/8 in (5.4 x 4.8 cm)
Description:
White cardboard matchbook with reverse striker; print of robed man playing a citar in brown on front; "RAGA" in gold on sleeve; "FOR SAFETY STRIKE ON BACK" in brown on footer; "Reservations: Plaza 7-3450" in brown on saddle; "57 w. 48th street/(rockefeller center)/new york city" in brown on reverse; "GREAT INDIAN COOKING/COMES TO NEW YORK/OPEN FOR LUNCH & DINNER/Available for Private Parties" on interior in brown.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joshua Shapiro
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
