Collection Highlights
Map of the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, showing relation between the distribution of foreign stock and negro population with the dissemination of communist and socialist propaganda during the summer of 1932
Date:
1932
Object Number:
LIB.NS11.M14.1.20
Medium:
black and color ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Brooch / pendant (mourning)
Object Number:
Z.1685
Date:
ca. 1857
Medium:
Gold, hair, pearls, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 2 x 1/4 in. ( 6 x 5.1 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on reverse: "In memory of / Catharine Elliot / died 2 Novr. 1850 aged 54 / John Elliot / died March 17th 1857 / Aged 64."
Description:
Large oval gold and hairwork mourning brooch; gold mounting framed with abstract stars and crescents; hair inside clear glass compartment in fan and flower motifs; 3 small pearls and gold wire decoration; pin and pendant bail attachments; inscription on reverse.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
