Collection Highlights
Map of the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, showing relation between the distribution of foreign stock and negro population with the dissemination of communist and socialist propaganda during the summer of 1932
Date:
1932
Object Number:
LIB.NS11.M14.1.20
Medium:
black and color ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
General Tom Thumb Medalet
Object Number:
INV.13826
Date:
ca. 1846
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
diameter: 7/8 in. ( 2.2 cm )
Description:
Brass struck medalet with obverse depicting head of Queen Victoria facing left with legend: "VICTORIA REGINA."; date below bust: "1846". Reverse depicts standing figure of child, leaning onto large book; legend: "GENERAL TOM THUMB/15 LBS WEIGHT."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
