Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
A Scene of Hilton Head During the Gale of March 27-31, 1863; verso: sketch of a turtle
Object Number:
1945.580.68
Date:
1863
Medium:
Graphite on paper; brown ink
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. ( 16.5 x 34.3 cm )
Inscriptions:
Annotations throughout in graphite; verso inscribed at upper center in graphite: "A Scene at Hilton Head S.C, / During the Gale of March 27th-31st/63."
Description:
Civil War Drawings Collection.
Credit Line:
James B. Wilbur Fund
Provenance:
John T. Kavanaugh Collection, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1945
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
