Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Historical Artifacts
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view all| Title | Date | Object Number | |
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Calendar/Bookbinding | 1939 | 2002.1.226 |
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Pin-back button | 1896-1910 | 2002.1.1338 |
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Cigarette silk | 1890-1920 | 2002.1.2696 |
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Counting machine | 1900-1930 | 2002.1.3465 |
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Advertising token | 1900-1930 | 2002.1.4788 |
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Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal | 1909 | INV.4305 |
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Political button | 2008.39.28 | |
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Aerial camera equipment | 2017.68.9 | |
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Scrimshaw (whale's tooth) | 1910-1940 | 1943.25 |
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Parasol: black w/ crook handle | 1870-1900 | INV.8408 |
