Collection Highlights
Twenty-third Street west of Sixth Avenue
Date:
1900
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
American Centennial Ribbon
Object Number:
INV.2798
Date:
1876
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Brown silk ribbon woven with central shield depicting profile bust of Thomas Jefferson over Independence Hall with "1776/ 1876" and 13 red stars above; shield flanked by American flags and surmounted by eagle. Motifs woven in red, white and blue.
Gallery Label:
This ribbon commemorates the 1876 Centennial celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
