Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1856-1857
Object Number:
1857.11
Medium:
Oak
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Luce Center
Trade sign
Object Number:
2002.1.2210
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
30 1/4 x 20 1/4 x 1 in.
Description:
A sign chromolithographed on tin with a faux wood molded tin frame with portrait of a continental army soldier in a blue and ivory colored uniform holding a musket and wearing a tricorn hat. It reads in blue with white highlights "Continental/ (Fire)/ Insurance Co./ Of New York/ Cash Capital Ten Million Dollars". Formerly F-19.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
