Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tape measure
Object Number:
Z.1549.8
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Ivory, vegetable ivory, silk, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 5.4 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Ivory tape measure in the form of a rook (chess piece), with blue silk measuring tape and a vertical ivory handle at the top which winds and unwinds the tape.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
