Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fan
Object Number:
2002.1.1433
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
18 x 9 1/2 x 1/4 in. unfolded
Description:
This woman's folding hand fan is printed on one side with a color scene of a man and woman motoring through the countryside in an open roadster. Printed in gold "Souvenir/ Cafe Martin/ New-York". The reverse has gold designs and in the center reads "Perfumed with Floramye/ L.T. Piver/ Paris (France)". See also 2002.1.1422, 1423, 1432, 1434, 1740.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
