Collection Highlights
Badge of the Society of the Cincinnati
Date:
ca. 1802
Object Number:
1972.12ab
Medium:
Silk, gold, enamel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ashtray
Object Number:
2002.1.292
Date:
1937
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Diameter: 4 in., height: 1/2 in.
Description:
This copper colored metal ashtray has a relief in the center of the front of a 1930's car with large fenders and a long grill and the words "General Motors". Surruonding the image are the words "Who Serves Progress/ Serves America". From the GM Waldorf Show of 1937. See also 2002.1.293a and b for an identical item still in original box.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
