Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Point counters
Object Number:
INV.11738ab
Date:
ca. 1886-1910
Medium:
Plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 3 x 3/8 in. ( 3.2 x 7.6 x 1 cm )
Marks:
marked: in two windows on obverse of each counter: "GAMES" and "POINTE"
impressed: on lower edge of each counter: "PAT'D JAN 28, 1878 OCT. 12, 1886"
Description:
Two rectangular plastic point counters each with two internal wheels on which numbers are marked and two round windows in which numbers appear.
Gallery Label:
The term plastic is used in this case to identify a resinous material that probably combined natural and synthetic elements.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
