Collection Highlights
American Bastille
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.E458.8.M36.1870F.XL
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Pin-back button
Object Number:
2002.1.1334
Date:
1896-1910
Medium:
Metal, paper, celluloid
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
This lapel button features Outcault's Yellow Kid, the first comic strip, in bed with a sleeping cap; the bed is printed with the words "I Have To Sleep Sometime". On the reverse it advertises "High Admiral Cigarettes/ Riley-Klotz M'f'g. Co./ Newark, N.J." and lists patent dates of 1894 and 1896. Small blue number 9 indicates a series. One of two identical. See also 2002.1.1352
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
