Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Trade Sign
Object Number:
2002.1.2182
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
18 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 1/2 in.
Description:
A yellow painted tin moulding or trim piece from a larger frame that held a still- life of fruit that advertised a soda fountain product "True Fruit". It has white floral and leaf designs in shaded white and a frame around the words " 'True Fruit'/ J. Hungerford Smith Co./ Rochester, N.Y.", now a division of Con-Agra Co. See 2002.1.2181 for the main and 2002.1.2211 for a complete item.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
