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
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view all| Title | Date | Object Number | |
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| Ironing bolster | ca. 1900 | Z.83 | |
| Dutch oven | ca. 1800-1830 | N-71 | |
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Spirit level | 1850-1900 | Z.177 |
| Carpenter's rule | ca.1779 | Z.178 | |
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Brace or bitstock | 1764-1800 | Z.180 |
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O G Molding | 1850-1900 | 1948.455 |
| Bell & plaque on base | 1880-1900 | 1969.34 | |
| Double hook | 1750-1800 | Z.235[dup] | |
| Vechte-Cortelyou House, Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York; verso: sketches of foliage and buildings | before 1856 | 1899.5 | |
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The Flatiron Building: Fifth Avenue and Madison Square, New York City | 1907 | 1947.72 |
