Collection Highlights
Memorial sample card
Date:
Object Number:
1947.490a
Medium:
Watercolor and hair on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
New Deal
Object Number:
2007.6.177
Date:
ca. 1960-1980
Medium:
Cardboard, ink, and striker
Dimensions:
outer box: 2 1/4 x 1 3/8 x 1/2 in. (5.7 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm)
inner box: 2 1/4 x 1 3/8 x 3/16 in. (5.7 x 3.5 x 0.5 cm)
Description:
Cardboard matchbox with inner and outer box; this skillet type is printed on the outer box with grey background and black text and design; printed on the front "NEW DEAL" is printed below a caricature of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; "CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH / EVERY DAY / .DINNER / .AFTER THEATRE / LIVE JAZZ / SPECIAL BAR MENU / AVAILABLE FOR / PRIVATE PARTIES / 152 SPRING STREET / NEW YORK CITY" is printed on the reverse; "RESERVATIONS / (212) 431-3663" / ADMATCH CORP / NEW YORK / PRODUCT /OF JAPAN" is printed on the manumark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joshua Shapiro
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
