Collection Highlights
Petition from Lydia Heckle to Marinus Willett, Mayor of New York, re: Miranda expedition, May 16, 1807
Date:
1807
Object Number:
MSS.NewYorkCity.Misc.1
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Yardage
Object Number:
2002.1.4846
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/4 × 24 in. (48.9 × 61 cm)
Marks:
printed: all over: "HONOR TO THE IRON WORKER/ THE TWO POWERS IN ACCORD/ LABOR/ CAPITAL/ LABOR IS HONERABLE/ AFTER WORK/ THE HAPPY HOME"
Description:
Roller-printed cotton yardage fragment with vignettes of idealized scenes of labor and capitalism in floral garlands; printed in red, pink, tan, and olive-green on a white ground; pattern repeats.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
