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Collection Highlights

Mayor George B. McClellan at the controls of the first subway train, October 27, 1904
Date:
1904
Object Number:
PR.020.90.1
Medium:
Silver gelatin print

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Button

Object Number: 
Z.2413.1
Artist/Maker:
N. G. Slater Corp.
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 5/8 in. ( 4.1 cm )
Description: 
Circular metal pin-back button inscribed "CLINTON/GORE" on white ground below wavy red lines.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group