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
Mantel clock
Object Number:
1937.105
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Mahogany and mahogany veneer; Pine; Brass bezel and hinge, steel screws; Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 17 x 5 1/4 in. (23.5 x 43.2 x 13.3 cm)
Marks:
painted in black: on either side of crescent-shaped opening on face: "F S"
Description:
Mantel clock with circular dial set in central rectangular frame with overhanging molded top; dial flanked by carved projecting squares on either side and set behind glass and brass circular door with latch; sheet metal face with black painted Roman numerals, with smaller, numbered dial to count seconds. Laporte Hubbell movement.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this clock was once the property of President Chester A. Arthur.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Arthur H. Masten
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
