Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Advertising ribbon
Object Number:
INV.2859.4
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/16 x 1 3/4 in. ( 8.4 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Light pink silk satin ribbon printed in black; depicts bust-length portrait of Ulysses S. Grant with his signature and dates "1869-1877" below; inscriptions: "MOGUL CIGARETTE/FACTORY No. 7. 3rdDISTRICT STATE N.Y."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
