Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Sewing needles
Object Number:
2002.1.685
Date:
1897
Medium:
Paper, metal
Dimensions:
4 3/4 x 3 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This needle package is one of four mounted together on a board for display. The front is a printed drawing of the battleship steamer "Iowa", ans the words "The Army and Navy Needle Book". On the back is an eagle on a stars and stripes shield with olive branch and arrows. Inside is orange with five individual black envelopes of different guage needles marked "Best Warranted Needles/ 1897/ 1.Qual/ Sharps".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
