Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Hardware/ household
Object Number:
2002.1.1640
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Wood, graphite, rubber
Dimensions:
7 1/2 x 3/8 in. diameter
Description:
This white pencil is printed in gray "Hercules Cement Corporation/ New York-Phildelphia-Boston ", with the company symbol, a statue of Hercules. See also 2002.1.1532, 1534, 1637-1642 for other Giant Portland Cement items.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
