Collection Highlights
Map of the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, showing relation between the distribution of foreign stock and negro population with the dissemination of communist and socialist propaganda during the summer of 1932
Date:
1932
Object Number:
LIB.NS11.M14.1.20
Medium:
black and color ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Trade sign
Object Number:
2002.1.2167
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Paper, wood, glass, cloth
Dimensions:
31 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 2 in.
Description:
An advertising sign in an ornate gold frame with molded leaves, flowers and fruit and the words "Welcome Soap". There is a printed picture of two women standing in a wooded garden and at the top the words "Mail us 25 'Welcome Soap' wrappers and get this picture/ Plain, and dress it to suit your taste". The women are dressed in real satin cloth dresses and hats, apparently added by the customer to create a uniquely crafted decoration. Formerly L38.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
