Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Luce Center
Shoulder belt with bayonet scabbard (3)
Object Number:
1953.183a-c
Date:
1860-1870
Medium:
Leather, brass
Dimensions:
Part (belt): 53 x 2 in. (134.6 x 5.1 cm)
Part (scabbard): 19 x 1 1/4 in. (48.3 x 3.2 cm)
Marks:
handwritten: belt inside: "WH............."; "8th NY" (prob. 8th company, 7th Regt.)
cast, applied: plate: "7"
Description:
Leather and brass shoulder belt; white buff leather with corner-cut rectangular brass plate that has applied tin number on left, and left end terminating in V-shaped frog that contains black leather triangular bayonet scabbard with brass throat and tip.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
