Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Plaque from piano at the Collegiate Dutch Church
Object Number:
INV.3361b
Date:
1888
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 1 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 3.8 cm )
Marks:
engraved: "Presented to/HOME INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL NO. 9./by the/HAPPY HOUR ASSOCIATION./of the/COLLEGIATE DUTCH CHURCH./Fifth Ave. & 29th St./December 4th, 1888."
Description:
Flat silver rectangular plaque with cut corners and holes in each corner; engraved: "Presented to/HOME INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL NO. 9/by the/HAPPY HOUR ASSOCIATION./of the/COLLEGIATE DUTCH CHURCH./Fifth Ave & 29th St./December 4th 1888."
Gallery Label:
According to a note found with the plaque, it came off a piano at the Collegiate Dutch Church.
Credit Line:
Gift of Morris Curtis, May 5, 1948
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
