Collection Highlights
The Child's Anti-Slavery Book
Date:
1859
Object Number:
LIB.E449.C5372
Medium:
Bound volume
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Handkerchief: California Gold Centennial 1848-1948
Object Number:
1950.198
Date:
1948
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 12 in. ( 30.5 x 30.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: bottom left corner: "1848/ -1948/ California GOLD Centennial"
Description:
Cotton printed souvenier handkerchief commemorating the cenntenial of the California Gold Rush; image of the state of California with a man panning for gold under two pine trees; printed in gray, blue, green, red, brown, black and gold.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Geraldine Beard
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
