Collection Highlights
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Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ashtray Box
Object Number:
2002.1.293b
Date:
1937
Medium:
Cardboard
Dimensions:
4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.
Description:
This dark red and cream colored box held a metal ashtray advertising General Motors Cars. It is printed with the words "GM/ Waldorf Show 1937" on the front and on the rear "Designed and Produced by/ Ternstedt Division/ General Motors Corp." See ashtrays 2002.1.293a ans 2002.1.292.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
