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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Luce Center
Revolutionary purse
Object Number:
188
Date:
1770-1790
Medium:
Leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 2 x 1/4 in. ( 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Red leather coin purse with green leather interior, accordioned on the two longer sides; both the front and back have a vertical strap which tucks into a loop for closure, and open to a compartment, but the two sides are oriented in opposing directions.
Gallery Label:
A note found with this purse, naming DeWitt Clinton Falls as the donor, states that the purse was used during the Revolutionary War era.
Credit Line:
Gift of Col. DeWitt C. Falls, 1925
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
