Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Bottleglass fragments found in Battery Park
Object Number:
INV.7875.30-34
Date:
1820-1870
Medium:
Glass
Description:
Bottle glass fragments found in Battery Park from clear wine and liquor bottles.
Gallery Label:
These fragments were found by New-York Historical Society staff members in Battery Park during the excavations for the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel from 1948 through 1950.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
