Collection Highlights
Pictorial map of New York and vicinity, showing the suburban towns, and railroad and water communications
Date:
1871
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M32.3.10.1
Medium:
Black ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Silas Sadler Packard (1826-1898)
Object Number:
1954.127
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 54 x 36 in. ( 137.2 x 91.4 cm )
Gallery Label:
Packard, a pioneer in the field of business education, founded a business college in New York in 1858. Packard's Business College was especially successful in training young women for office work; in this respect, Packard was a leader in demonstrating to employers the clerical skills of women, especially in stenography and with the newly invented typewriter.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Trustees of Packard Junior College
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
