Collection Highlights
The Dead at Gettysburg
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.164.4.38.GettysburgDead
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object Number:
2002.1.64
Date:
ca. 1890-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
: 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
Clear glass paperweight with a white glass insert in the bottom that has a drawing of shoes and reads: The Heckel Pat. Turn Shank/ Gives comfort to the foot and retains stylish shape of shoe/ The Name/ "John Heckel"/ Stamped on every shank/ Beware of Imitations./ MFRD by John Heckel/ Rochester/ NY/ Patd May 23, 1893/ Shoes with Heckel's Pat. Shank/ Shoe without a Steel Shank.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
