Collection Highlights
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
Date:
1866-68
Object Number:
1872.23.173
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
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Luce Center
Telescope
Object Number:
1948.588
Date:
1885-1898
Medium:
Metal, glass, cotton, rubber
Dimensions:
closed: 14 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 12 in. ( 36.8 x 44.4 x 30.5 cm )
Marks:
typewritten: on paper label affixed near one end of telescope: "This telescope was on the 'REINA MERCEDES', of the / Spanish Fleet, sunk at Santiago, July 5th, 1898."
Description:
Metal and glass telescope on table-top tripod stand attached with cotton straps.
Gallery Label:
A typewritten label attached to the object indicates that it was used during the Spanish-American War on the Spanish ship "Reina Mercedes," which was sunk at Santiago on July 5, 1898.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James G. Harbord
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
