Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Badge: Member...Poughkepsie NY August 1933
Object Number:
INV.10430
Date:
1933
Medium:
Silk, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 1 7/8 x 1/8 in. ( 10.2 x 4.8 x 0.3 cm )
Marks:
ribbon printed in gold with: "MEMBER/61ST ANNUAL/CONVENTION/POUGHKEEPSIE, NY/AUGUST/1933"
badge: "FIRE MENS ASSOCIATION/ STATE OF/NEW YORK"
Description:
Brass badge suspended from red silk ribbon and rectangular; ribbon printed in gold with: "MEMBER/61ST ANNUAL/CONVENTION/POUGHKEEPSIE, NY/AUGUST/1933"; badge with scene of bridge, and "FIRE MENS ASSOCIATION/ STATE OF/NEW YORK".
Credit Line:
Gift of William M. Wallace, 1934
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
