Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Museum Collections
Luce Center
Walking-stick
Object Number:
1927.61
Date:
1860-1870
Medium:
Metal, pressed paper, ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 x 1 1/4 in. ( 88.9 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Cane with ivory pear-shaped handle; tapered shaft made from a metal ramrod with discs of paper surrounding the rod; silver collar
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cane was made from fragments of letters and a ramrod by a soldier confined in Libby Prison during the Civil War. Given by the prisoner to a volunteer nurse in Bellevue Hospital.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
