Collection Highlights
I Knew Him Horatio
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Horatio
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Match safe
Object Number:
2002.1.4640
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Metal, leather
Dimensions:
2 5/8 x 1 3/8 x 1/2 in.
Description:
A metal pocket match safe wrapped in dark brown leather with a spring loaded hatch at the top with a corrugated striker bar shaped like a cigar and on the bottom, a small cigar cutter. The leather is printed in gold on one side "Wallach Bros./ Hats and Furnishings/ Three Stores", and on the reverse "Wallach Bros./ 238, 240-242 Bowery./ Third Ave. Cor. 122d St./ 649 Eighth Ave."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
