Collection Highlights
Bank of Newburgh Bank Notes
Date:
1823-1824
Object Number:
PR.221.3
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sign/ liquor
Object Number:
2002.1.3624
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
20 3/4 x 11 1/2 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A yellow cardboard advertising diorama that has a multi-layer full monochrome brown with red higlighted scene of a blacksmith working at a forge while another puts a shoe on the front foot of a horse. It reads at on the top and bottom in black and red "Canada's Finest- Since 1811/ Imported Black Horse Ale". This sign can be unfolded and assembled so as to produce a 3-D effect from the several layers of printed cardboard forming the sign.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
