Collection Highlights
Ye book of copperheads
Date:
1863
Object Number:
LIB.XS.E647.L52.1863
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
U.S. Merchant token
Object Number:
INV.13718.29
Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 in. ( 2.9 cm )
Description:
Token; metal; depiction of a bald eagle, with a shield on its chest and arrows and garland in its claws, on obverse, and a ring of garland on reverse; obverse "ROOT & CO. / N.Y. / DACUERRIAN GALLERY. 363. BROADWAY." reverse "FIRST / PREMIUM / AWARDED TO / ROOT. & CO. / DACUERREOTYPES"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
