Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Photographic equipment
Object Number:
2002.1.3081
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
4 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1 1/8 in.
Description:
A brown cardboard box with a white label with dark red trim printed in black with a central image of a factory building below a hammer and the words "Photographic Dry Plates./ Keep In A Dry Place/ Open In Dark Room Only/ Manufactured by/ Hammer Dry Plate Company,/ St. Louis, MO.". A dark blue label on the side reads in white "Extra Fast/ Hammer Plates/ Record 351/ 1 Dozen/ 3 1/4 x 4 1/4".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
