Collection Highlights
Central Park Competition Entry No. 29
Date:
March, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.233
Medium:
Ink and Wash
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Trade Sign
Object Number:
2002.1.2186
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
16 3/4 x 22 3/4 x 1/8 in.
Description:
A chromolithographed tin sign advertising shoes. It shows a scene of girls sledding near a brick mill house with a water wheel above a scene of boys playing ball in the summer in front of a horse drawn salesman's wagon. Separating the scenes are the words "Cable Screw Wire/ Boots & Shoes" with a small picture of a black shoe and at the bottom "Will Not Rip Nor Leak". Formerly F-47.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
