Collection Highlights
Draft wheel
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
1865.6
Medium:
Wood, metal
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Shopping bag
Object Number:
2002.1.1754
Date:
1990-1991
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
17 x 11 1/2 in.
Description:
This brown paper grocery bag is printed on one side with a candle with a yellow flame and reads in black "A light to come home by./ They would rather be home. Our Service men and women in far and troublesome places deserve our support/ What if all America lit not thousands, but millions of points of light to promise a warm welcome home, to tell them we love them..../ Grand Union/ Honor them as they honor us."
Credit Line:
The Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
