Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Advertising sign
Object Number:
2002.1.933
Date:
1907-1930
Medium:
Paper, metal
Dimensions:
1/4 x 3 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
This cardboard advertising sign is red and blue with a central print of Little Red Riding Hood. It is meant to be hung on the wall as a bill file. It reads "Shults Bread/ For Everybody Every Day". On the back is a parcel post table of rates and an explanation of how to use the attached hook as a "Postive Lock Bill File".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
