Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Hankerchief w/env: ...Lindbergh...June 16,1927
Object Number:
INV.1798
Date:
1927
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 23 1/4 in. ( 24.8 x 59.1 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: all over: "WELCOME HOME!/ SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS/ NEW YORK-TO-PARIS IN 33 1/2 HOURS/ STARTED/ FROM/ NEW YORK/ FRI. MAY 20, 1927/ 7-52 A. M./ (N.Y. TIME)/ ARRIVED/ IN/ PARIS/ SAT. MAY 21, 1927/ 5-30 P.M./ (N.Y. TIME)/ OUR WORLD HERO/ CAPTAIN CHA
Description:
Silk kerchief with a lithographed image of Charles Lindbergh in the center below an image of his airplane the Spirit of St. Louis; kerchief inscribed, "WELCOME HOME!/ SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS/ NEW YORK-TO-PARIS IN 33 1/2 HOURS/ STARTED/ FROM/ NEW YORK/ FRI. MAY 20, 1927/ 7-52 A. M./ (N.Y. TIME)/ ARRIVED/ IN/ PARIS/ SAT. MAY 21, 1927/ 5-30 P.M./ (N.Y. TIME)/ OUR WORLD HERO/ CAPTAIN CHARLES A. LINDBERGH;" purple and orange border of stripes and flowers.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
