Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Alphabet Birds
Object Number:
2000.779
Date:
1885
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 8 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 27.3 x 21.3 x 0.3 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the cover: "ALPHABET/ BIRDS/ COPYRIGHTED 1885/ BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N. Y."
Description:
"Alphabet Birds" children's book with 12 linen pages with chromolithographed images of birds accompanied by lines of an alphabetical poem about birds; chromolithographed cover with two medallions, each with a bird and flowers; back cover shows a turkey, ship and four bird medallions; cover inscribed, "ALPHABET/ BIRDS/ COPYRIGHTED 1885/ BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. N. Y."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
