Collection Highlights
Petition from Lydia Heckle to Marinus Willett, Mayor of New York, re: Miranda expedition, May 16, 1807
Date:
1807
Object Number:
MSS.NewYorkCity.Misc.1
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
US Merchant Token: admit to Wood's Minstrels. 1857
Object Number:
INV.13706
Date:
1857
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 in. ( 2.2 cm )
Description:
Token; silver; depiction of the five story Wood's Minstrel building; obverse "ADMIT TO WOOD'S MINSTRELS / ERECTED / 1857 / 561 & 563 BD WAY N.Y" reverse "WARRANTED PURE SILVER / WOOD'S / MINSTRELS ' PERFORM EVERY / EVENING / GIVING A SELECTION / AND / VARIED / ENTERTAINMENT / INTRINSIC VALUE 25 CTS."
Gallery Label:
This silver token commemorated the 1857 opening of the new Wood's Minstrel building, or "Wood's new marble building."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
