Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Havell plate no. 26
Date:
c. 1825
Object Number:
1863.17.26
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Shopping bag
Object Number:
2002.1.1819
Date:
1980-1995
Medium:
Plastic
Dimensions:
25 x 9 1/2 in.
Description:
This white plastic bag was used to deliver a newspaper and advertise napkins. It is printed on one side with a photograph of a napkin on a beautifully set table and reads " Strength & Absorbency To Last The Whole meal Through./ Vanity Fair/ paper napkins/ Where Strength & Beauty Meet." Included is a sample packet of Vanity Fair Napkins.
Credit Line:
The Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
