Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tumbler
Object Number:
1958.150e
Date:
1955-1958
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 11.4 x 8.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: "4902 PENNSYLVAIA 4902" on engine, "PRR" in keystone
Description:
Colorless pressed glass tumbler; tapered tumbler with red and gray decal of a Pennsylvania RR passenger train against a background of monuments of Boston, New York, and Washington D.C with the Pennsylvania RR keystone logo.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this is part of a set of king-sized Old Fashioned glasses (an Old Fashioned containes whiskey, bitters, sugar, mushed-up fruit, and soda) that was aquired from the Pennsylvania RR in 1958 for $3.00 a glass.
Credit Line:
Purchase, Foster-Jarvis Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
