Collection Highlights
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Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object Number:
2002.1.2328
Date:
1949
Medium:
Metal, paper, plastic, glass
Dimensions:
3/8 x 3 3/8 in. diameter
Description:
This white disk has a calendar for the year 1949 in black encircling a drawing of a building in red labeled "The Manufacturing House of Artistic Marcassite Jewelry". Below the building in black "Gus MFG. Co./ 821-23 Carpenter St./ Phila. 4, Pa./ WA 2-0663". The reverse is a pocket or purse mirror.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
