Collection Highlights
Declaration of Independence
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1776.4
Medium:
Paper, broadside
SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cut Up Rink: Fun on Roller Skates
Object Number:
2000.421
Date:
1883-1895
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. ( 3.2 x 19.4 x 24.4 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "CUT UP/ RINK/ FUN ON ROLLER SKATES/ J.H.S. N.Y."
Description:
"Cut Up Rink: Fun on Roller Skates" picture puzzles in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with caricatures of a soldier and a woman roller skating in an indoor rink; box cover inscribed, "CUT UP/ RINK/ FUN ON ROLLER SKATES/ J.H.S. N.Y."; seven cardboard puzzles cut into four strips each with images entitled, "BOLD/ HOW BRAVE THEY LOOK", "RACE/ HOW FAST THEY GO.", "MEET/ GLAD TO SEE YOU.", "AIRY/ SHE SKATES WITH GRACE.", "HURT/ PRIDE HAD A FALL.", "FAST/ GAZE ON THIS CHILD." and "FALL/ DOWN THEY ALL GO."; each puzzle with caricature figures skating including Native Americans, African Americans and the elderly.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
