Collection Highlights
Portrait of two girls
Date:
Object Number:
PR.012.1.326.Box12
Medium:
Ambrotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cigarette silk
Object Number:
2002.1.2801
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
6 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.
Description:
A natural beige silk cloth printed with two color images of a men playing sports, one in white knickers swinging a baseball bat and another in white shorts and a light blue sweater on skates playing ice hockey each with the word "Columbia" in blue and the school crest. One in a series of college sports collectible silks. Unmarked but probably from the Murad Cigarettes college sports series. Given as collectible premiums by cigarette manufacturers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
