Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tag
Object Number:
2002.1.4425
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Metal, rope
Dimensions:
1 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A grayish beige woven rope loop, bound together by a crimped brass collar above a short 's' link attached to a flat round brass disk engraved "DP-NYC/ 238". Reportedly used as an equipment identification tag by the New York City Parks Department.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
