Collection Highlights
Map of the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, showing relation between the distribution of foreign stock and negro population with the dissemination of communist and socialist propaganda during the summer of 1932
Date:
1932
Object Number:
LIB.NS11.M14.1.20
Medium:
black and color ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Waistcoat
Object Number:
2432c
Date:
1870-1880
Medium:
Wool, silk, linen, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. ( 6.4 x 49.5 x 60.3 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on buckle frame: "SOLIDE"
stamped: reverse of buttons: "WATERBURY BUTTON CO."
Description:
Dark blue wool 4-pocket waistcoat, with 9 buttons down the front, buttons cast with the Great Seal; dark green twill-weave silk on the back with 2 straps at the waist which buckle at the center to a rectangular metal double-tongued chape buckle; inside lined with white silk with purple and green pin stripes.
Gallery Label:
This waistcoat was worn by Colonel John H. Janeway.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
