Collection Highlights
Indenture of Peter van Dyck and Cornelia, his Wife, Documenting the Administration of Margrieta van Varick's Estate
Date:
September 4, 1719
Object Number:
MSS.VanCortlandtPapers.vanDyck
Medium:
Pen and ink on paper, wax
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Medicine advertising sign
Object Number:
2002.1.799
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
8 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 1/8 in.
Description:
Tin embossed sign with multicolored print of two boys in blue sailor suits sailing a boat made out of a red box marked "Allcock's Porous Plaster" with a mustard plaster sail and a banner flying from the mast marked "Brandreth's Pills". The sign reads in black "Allcock's Plasters Never fail to cure." and in red "The Race for the Cup/ The Winner Coming Home", next to a trophy marked "Public Opinion". See 2002.1.772 for Brandreth's Pill box.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
