Collection Highlights
Masonic apron
Date:
1780-1800
Object Number:
1951.523ab
Medium:
Silk, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Food container
Object Number:
2002.1.914
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Paper, metal
Dimensions:
2 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
This tiny orange canister has a metal top and bottom and cardboard sides. It reads "Save Your money/ Save Your Health/ By Using/ Cottolene/ The Perfect Shortening/ Better Than Lard/ Better Then Butter". Made by the "N.K. Fairbank Company".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
