Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Walking stick
Object Number:
1944.126d
Date:
1892
Medium:
Bamboo, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 40 x 3/4 in. ( 101.6 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: at one end of bamboo: "HARRISON AND REID / 1892"
Description:
Straight bamboo cane with American flag concealed inside.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this campaign cane was made for the 1892 presidential campaign of Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid.
Credit Line:
Gift of Hugo V. Sass and Alfred F. Sass
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
