Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tobacco
Object Number:
2002.1.2929
Date:
1920-1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
4 1/4 x 3 x 7/8 in.
Description:
A rectangular white, green and black tobacco tin with rounded sides and a lid that opens on a hinge. The front has a red circle in the upper left that reads in black "Burley and Bright Tobacco", a white diagonal banner that reads in black "Half and Half", above the words "A Cargo of Contentment in the Bowl of any Pipe". The top is sealed with a blue tobacco tax revenue label marked "Act of Feb. 26, 192[?]".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
