Collection Highlights
A Song for the times, or John Brown
Date:
1860-1870
Object Number:
LIB.SY.B1860.104
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Commemorative cane
Object Number:
2010.24.46
Date:
2005
Medium:
Wood, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 x 2 1/4 x 3 in. (94 x 5.7 x 7.6 cm)
Description:
Adlai Stevenson.
Gallery Label:
After Lou Grumet collected a number of antique canes of iconic historic American political figures, he commissioned Baltimore carver Pat Harris to make a figural cane of Adlai Stevenson, the Governor of Illinois and the Democratic candidate for president in 1952 and 1956.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lou and Barbara Grumet
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
