Collection Highlights
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
Date:
ca. 1849
Object Number:
MSS.GallatinPapers.1
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Box
Object Number:
2002.1.4812
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Paper, wood
Dimensions:
3 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A pale blue cardboard box printed on the front in black "Siegel Cooper Co./ Sixth Ave. 18th & 19th Streets/ Mail Orders A Specialty. 75 Complete Stores Under One Roof". Inside are wood tooth picks each printed with one of several different advertising phrases or names of departments such as "Soda At Siegel Cooper"; "Hosiery-Siegel Cooper"; "Lowest Prices-Siegel Cooper"; "Silk Petticoats-Siegel Cooper"; etc.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
