Collection Highlights
Pictorial map of New York and vicinity, showing the suburban towns, and railroad and water communications
Date:
1871
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M32.3.10.1
Medium:
Black ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Lantern
Object Number:
2002.1.3437
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Metal, glass, cotton
Dimensions:
2 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.
Description:
A gold colored tin portable personal reading kerosene or oil lantern. The case has a black cross hatch pattern and a print of a man on a train reading on the front. A door is pulled up to expose a glass window with an adjustable wick above a small oil resevoir. There is a wire handle at the top for carrying and a hatch on the side for lighting the wick with a taper.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
