Collection Highlights
Miscegenation: the theory of the blending of the races, applied to the American white man and negro..
Date:
1864
Object Number:
LIB.E185.62.C76.1864
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tin/ Medicine
Object Number:
2002.1.909
Date:
1920-1950
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
3 x 3 x 1 3/4 in.
Description:
This black and yellow tin has yellow printing on it the reads "Purepac Senna Pods/ Packaged by/ Purepac Corporation/ New York, N.Y.". The back gives directions for steeping as a tea for use as a laxative.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
