Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object Number:
2002.74.44
Date:
ca. 1990
Medium:
Metal, plastic
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.4 cm )
Marks:
printed: on side of button: "[illegible] NJ 201-535-6300"
Description:
Circular pin-back button: "DECENT WAGES/LOCAL/3882/AFT/FAIR TREATMENT POWERFUL UNION"; red and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
