Collection Highlights
Major Gen'l Z. Taylor Before Monterey
Date:
1848
Object Number:
PR.068.27
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pen wipe/ tobacco
Object Number:
2002.1.2825
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
8 x 5 1/2 in.
Description:
A green cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed with the Union Jack in the corner of a red field, the flag of "Great Britain", representing the empirial posessions prior to World War I, surrounded by a red, white and blue frame. Part of a series of Flags of the World given as a premium by cigar stores and manufacturers for blotting the ink from a nib pen.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
