Collection Highlights
Tammany Bank
Date:
ca. 1875
Object Number:
1937.1237
Medium:
Iron, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Hardware Sign
Object Number:
2002.1.1634
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
13 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This black tin sign has a color diagram of the connections between a coal stove, a water boiler marked Brown & Bro's Seamless Copper Boiler", and a hot water receptacle marked "Vulcan". The front reads in red "Vulcan/ Gas Water Heater/ Hot Water Almost Instantly." The reverse has a paper label that reads "W.M. Crane Co./ Gas Appliance Manufacturers/ 1131-1133 Broadway, New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
