Collection Highlights
Politicians measuring Lincoln's shoes
Date:
March 5th 1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Politicians
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ruler
Object Number:
2002.1.4773
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
12 5/8 x 3 1/8 x 1/8 in.
Description:
A gray-green tin lithographed sign printed on one side "Jefferson Insurance Company, of St. Louis, Mo./ Represented by/ D.B. Keeler, Jr./ Agent and Attorney, No. 168 Broadway, New York./ Capital,-$200,000./ A portion of your business is solicited." On the reverse is a detailed scene of children in a donkey cart crashing through a fence with the captions "Say Billy, get me insured quick, will you?", and "If I had a donkey & he would'nt go, I'd insure him and whallop him high & low." [sic]
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
