Collection Highlights
Lincoln visits General McClellan at Antietam
Date:
1862, published later
Object Number:
PR.065.778.5
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pin
Object Number:
1940.496
Medium:
Cloth, paper, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 1 in. ( 5.1 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: "I'd give my shirt for/Roosevelt"
Description:
Pin in the shape of a shirt suspended from safety pin and red/white/blue ribbon; white cotton with green stripe cut and pieced to represent a shirt; paper label printed in blue pasted to front inscribed: "I'd give my shirt for/Roosevelt"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
