Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ashtray
Object Number:
2002.1.286
Date:
1920-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Diameter: 4 in.
Description:
This clear glass hexagonal ashtray has a cream and blue printed bottom that reads through the glass "Go and Do Thou Likewise/ New York Hospital/ Created by Royal Charter in 1771 in the reign of King George III." With a central picture of a man in robes giving assistance to an injured man lying by a tree.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
