Collection Highlights
Miscegenation: the theory of the blending of the races, applied to the American white man and negro..
Date:
1864
Object Number:
LIB.E185.62.C76.1864
Medium:
Paper
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Bayonet and scabbard
Object Number:
1951.506e-f
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Steel, leather, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 1 in. ( 55.2 x 8.3 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on lower face of blade: "US"
Description:
Steel angular bayonet with triangular blade and cylindrical socket with screw clasp; leather scabbard with brass throat with circular frog stud and brass tip with acorn finial.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York, through Major Kenneth Miller
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
