Collection Highlights
Mayor George B. McClellan at the controls of the first subway train, October 27, 1904
Date:
1904
Object Number:
PR.020.90.1
Medium:
Silver gelatin print
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Advertising penny
Object Number:
2002.1.2609
Date:
1925-1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
This aluminum ring has a copper penny from 1925 mounted in the center and is embossed with a horseshoe and Asian characters on the front and reads "Keep Me And You Will Have Good Luck" and on the reverse "Henry Nockin-Jewelers 84th St. & Bway, N.Y."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
