Collection Highlights
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman
Date:
ca. 1869
Object Number:
LIB.CT.T8855.B7
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Luce Center
Button
Object Number:
INV.5704.4
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 in. ( 1.9 cm )
Description:
Pewter button fragment.
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, this button was found at Kings Highway and Utica Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. The label gave a date of June 31, 1925, but did not clarify whether the object was found on that date, or presented that day to the Society. The address was the site of a Colonial inn that was built in 1680.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
