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
Goblet
Object Number:
1973.34a
Date:
1933
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 4 in. ( 14 x 10.2 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on bowl; "SUCCESS/ TO/ REPEAL/ 1933"
engraved: underside of base; "REPEAL GLASS/ VERNAY/ MADE IN ENGLAND"
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass goblet; double ogee-shaped bowl joined by baluster-shaped knop to pedestal foot with pontil mark; bowl wheel engraved with eagle over American shield on one side with inscription "SUCCESS TO REPEAL 1933" on the other.
Gallery Label:
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution, Prohibition, was repealed by the passage of the 21st Amendment in 1933.
Credit Line:
Gift of Gilbert Bergen
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
