Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
ca. 1866
1921.20
Steel
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Plaque: presented by State Insurance Fund...N-YHS, 1933-58
Title
Plaque: presented by State Insurance Fund...N-YHS, 1933-58
Object name
Plaque
Date
1958
Medium
Plastic, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/8 x 9 3/4 x 3/4 in. ( 30.8 x 24.8 x 1.9 cm )
Description
Molded plastic plaque presented to the New-York Historical Society by The State Insurance Fund; rectangular form with gold painted scroll bearing inscriptions on gold painted ground molded in relief at center; border with faux wood texture; metal chain on reverse for hanging.
Object Number
INV.13946
Marks
relief: at center of obverse: "1933-1958 / PRESENTED BY / The / State Insurance Fund / IN SINCERE APPRECIATION / OF A CORDIAL / BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP / EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY / OVER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS"
stamped in gold: at bottom of obverse: "NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY"
printed plastic label: affixed to reverse: "THE HOLLIS PRESS, INC. / Mfrs. of Advertising Displays / 309 EAST 22nd STREET / NEW YORK 10, N. Y."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
