Collection Highlights
Freedom to the Slaves
Date:
ca. 1865
Object Number:
PR.052.58
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spoon
Object Number:
2002.1.2127
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
6 x 1 3/8 x 3/4 in.
Description:
A silver-plated metal spoon with the top of the handle shaped like a ventriloquist's dummy in a top hat. It is engraved along the handle "Charlie McCarthy", for Edgar Bergen's most famous dummy.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
