Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Campaign cane
Object Number:
2010.24.38
Date:
ca. 1933
Medium:
Steel, copper, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (87 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm)
Description:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Chicago Expostion.
Gallery Label:
This 1933 cane with a copper head of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the slogan "Century of Progress" was produced for the Chicago World's Fair of 1933. The aptly-named Century of Progress International Exposition celebrated Chicago's centennial. This cane is one of many of world's fair canes in the Grumet collection.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lou and Barbara Grumet
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
