Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Swizzle stick/ noise maker
Object Number:
2002.1.2364
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Wood, paper, foil
Dimensions:
6 x 7/8 in.
Description:
This wood stick has a star shaped head wrapped in foil and a shaft wrapped in tissue paper. It was either a drink muddler or a drumstick-like noise maker. It is printed on the tissue in blue "Walterspiel".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
