Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Luce Center
Trade Sign
Object Number:
2002.1.2188
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Wood, metal, glass
Dimensions:
30 1/2 x 27 x 1 1/2 in.
Description:
A bright yellow paper sign with a small hand-finished glass bottle mounted to the lower right corner in a black wood frame. It reads in black, in part, "Translated From The German/ The Matchless Sanitive/ Invented by the Immortal Louis Offon Goelicke, M.D./ of Germany, Europe/ is astonishing the World with its mighty victories over many Fearful Diseases which have been pronounced/ INCURABLE by physicians of every age...". Formerly F-1.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
