Collection Highlights
Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën... Volume 5, part 1 (deel 5, stuk 1)
Date:
1724-1726
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1724.V
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Token
Object Number:
2002.1.1069
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
This token reads on one side "Kasner & Co. Brooklyn's Leading Tailors 459 Fulton St./ The Place To Get Good Fitting Clothes and Right Up To The Minute on Style". On the back are the words "Membership Emblem of the Don't Worry Club/ Good Luck" and symbols of luck including a horseshoe, wishbone and a large swastika- indicating that this was produced before the 1930's when swastikas were considered an ancient symbol of fortune and not yet associated with Nazi Germany.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
