Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Box
Object Number:
2002.1.722
Date:
1866-1910
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
2 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
This cardboard box is covered in multi-colored paper and an orangish label on the lid reads in black "Boardman, Gray & Co./ Albany, N.Y./ Satisfaction Guaranteed To Every Purchaser" With a central drawing of a factory building marked "Boardman, Gray & Co./ Piano Forte Company".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
