Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Advertising bust
Object Number:
2002.1.3181
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
11 x 6 x 3 7/8 in.
Description:
A carved wooden advertising bust with pedestal of a man in a jester's headress with many trailing tails of cloth with round bells on each end over a plaque relief carved "E. Kopriwa Co./ Chicago/ Ill.", above "Wood Carvers" engraved in script.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
