Collection Highlights
View from Cozzen's Hotel Near West Point, N.Y.
Date:
1863
Object Number:
S-189
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paper lantern
Object Number:
1954.55[dup]
Date:
ca. 1865
Medium:
Paper, metal, cardboard
Description:
Cylindrical white paper lantern printed with image of man in profile within red border with white stars; paper accordions open with a cardboard ring at the top and a carboard base with sheet metal cuff to serve as a candle holder.
Gallery Label:
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson were elected president and vice-president in 1864.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
