Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Berkshire Place
Object Number:
2007.6.302
Date:
ca. 1960-1980
Medium:
Cardboard, ink, staple and striker
Dimensions:
2 x 2 in (5 x 5 cm)
Description:
Cream cardboard matchbook with reverse striker; logo of backwards B and a P on tan square outlined in black printed on front; "PLEASE CLOSE COVER -- STRIKE ON BACK" in brown on footer; "RATH-VERTISING SWANZEY CENTER, N.H. -- MADE IN CANADA" in brown on manumark; "(212) PLaza 3-5800" in brown on saddle; "BERKSHIRE PLACE/A DUNFEY CLASSIC HOTEL" in brown above the same logo as front on reverse"; white interior printed with gray outline and "For Reservations At/DUNFEY HOTELS/Call Toll Free: (800) 228-2121/Or Your Travel Agent" in gray.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joshua Shapiro
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
