Collection Highlights
Edwin Booth as Hamlet
Date:
1870-1879
Object Number:
PR.104.3
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Revolutionary War spontoon
Object Number:
1962.39
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 84 x 2 3/4 in. ( 213.4 x 7 cm )
Description:
Wood and iron spontoon; cylindrical wooden shaft with cone buttcap at end, and crossbar below leaf-shaped point with median ridge at top.
Gallery Label:
According to accesion records, this spontoon is believed to have come from Elmira in northern New York State.
Credit Line:
Gift of Carl Otto von Kienbusch
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
