Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: "Illinois Central"
Object Number:
1955.192
Date:
1951
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 24.8 cm )
Marks:
printed: on reverse: "9.FF/SYRACUSE/China/U.S.A"
Description:
Whiteware plate with pirate figure and maritime border.
Gallery Label:
This plate is part of the Hotel Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Fluekiger
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
