Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Luce Center
Fan
Object Number:
2002.1.1436
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
16 x 8 1/2 x 1/4 in. unfolded
Description:
This woman's folding hand fan is ivory colored with a raised sparkly white floral design on one side. The other side reads in gold "Ross W. Weir & Co., Inc./ Coffee Roaster. Tea Importers/ New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
