Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Handkerchief
Object Number:
1937.62
Date:
1883
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/4 x 14 in. ( 36.2 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: at center: " Souvenir./ 17TH ANNUAL BALL/ of the/ Theatrical Mechanical Association,/ at/ FERRERO'S ASSEMBLY ROOMS/ (TAMMANY HALL)./ 1883./ ..."
hand-written: on underside: "May 18th, 1937"
Description:
Cotton copper-engraved souvenir handkerchief from the "17TH ANNUAL BALL of the Theatrical Mechanical Association"; list of officers, trustees, and commitee of arrangements printed in red on a white ground; machine-made lace border and at lower right corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isidor Witmark
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
