Collection Highlights
WILD STYLE: TRACY 168
1992
2003.38.6
Black marker and felt tip pen on heavy paper with glue residue from a bound border at left
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Souv: Ashstray US Honolulu
Title
Souv: Ashstray US Honolulu
Object name
Ashtray
Date
1937
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 4 1/4 x 5 3/8 x 1/2 in. ( 10.8 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm )
Description
Oval cast bronze souvenir ashtray of the U.S.S. Honolulu with an image of the ship steaming toward an island with a hut and palm trees; four depressions for setting down cigarettes on the raised flat lip; lip inscribed, "LAUNCHED/ U.S.S. HONOLULU/ AUG 26TH 1937/ NAVY YARD N.Y."
Credit Line
Gift of Lieutenant Abel I. Smith, U. S. N. R.
Object Number
1945.497
Marks
cast: on the raised flat lip: "LAUNCHED/ U.S.S. HONOLULU/ AUG 26TH 1937/ NAVY YARD N.Y."
Gallery Label
The U.S.S. Honolulu was built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, officially known as the New York Naval Shipyard. It was launched in 1937 and participated in naval engagements during World War II.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
