Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sign/ liquor
Object Number:
2002.1.3621
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Paper, metal
Dimensions:
14 x 16 x 2 in.; 6 1/2 x 7 x 1/2 in.
Description:
A two part electric cardboard store display sign. The main part has a electrical beel device mounted on a red cardboard sign printed with a hand holding a foamy glass of beer next to the phrase "Schaefer/ Rings The Bell/ with the Full-Flavored Brew/ That is light and dry, too!" Attached by wiring to the main sign is a small silver gray bell shaped sign with an electric button mounted in the center surrounded by the words "Ring the bell- for another glass of Schaefer".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
