Collection Highlights
The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. April 14th 1865
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.60
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Travel/ pin
Object Number:
2002.1.3099
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1 x 2 x 1/8 in.
Description:
A metal scarf or lapel stick pin that has a circle crossed by a bar with a banner suspended from it that reads "The North-Western Line/ Best Of Everything". This refers to the railroad company that eventually became The Chicago North-Western Railroad.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
