Collection Highlights
Map of the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, showing relation between the distribution of foreign stock and negro population with the dissemination of communist and socialist propaganda during the summer of 1932
Date:
1932
Object Number:
LIB.NS11.M14.1.20
Medium:
black and color ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
Object Number:
1943.84
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Ivory, ink
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 13.7 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Engraved and polychromed whale's tooth; engraved on the obversed with a three- quarter profile view of a frigate flying two red flags one being American.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
