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The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.QH41.C26.1974
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Luce Center
Tea tin
Object Number:
2002.1.3413
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
7 3/4 x 10 x 7 3/4 in.
Description:
A large gold and green tea tin with elaborate tin lithograph designs and on front the words "Siegel-Cooper Co./ The Big Store/ Importers & Grocers/ Hazel Pure Food/ 'Perfection & Purity'/ New York & Chicago". And on the reverse "The Worlds Greatest Grocery/ Direct Importers of The Choicest Teas/ New York & Chicago". Each side has an image of a store building on busy urban street with horse drawn wagons in the foreground, the right side of the Chicago Siegel-Cooper store and the left of New York store.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
